Allegations of abuse of child migrants sent to Australia are being heard at an inquiry in Northern Ireland.

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SBS

By Greg Dyett
Source World News Radio 4 SEP 2014

(Transcript from SBS World News Radio)

Substance abuse, failed relationships and, sometimes, even premature death are some of the devastating results for adults abused as children.

Their stories are being told at Australia’s royal commission into child sexual abuse, but that is not the only place.

Some of their voices are also being heard this week in Northern Ireland, at the biggest inquiry ever held in Britain.

Greg Dyett reports.

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“Better late than never” is how Tony Costa characterises his journey back to Northern Ireland after first arriving in Australia in 1953 at age 11.

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