Between 1850 And 1970, Around Three Hundred Thousand Children Were Sent To New Homes Through Child Migration Programmes Run By Churches, Charities And Religious Orders In The United States And The United Kingdom. Intended As Humanitarian Initiatives To Save Children From Social And Moral Harm And To Build Them Up As National And Imperial Citizens, These Schemes Have In Many Cases Since Become The Focus Of Public Censure, Apology And Sometimes Financial Redress.remembering Child Migration Is The First Book To Examine Both The American Orphan Train Programmes And Britains Child Migration Schemes To Its Imperial Colonies. Setting Their Work In Historical Context, It Discusses Their Assumptions, Methods And Effects On The Lives Of Those They Claimed To Help.