News: Online petition seeks apology for the 1946 Forced Repatriation of thousands of Chinese Seamen

An online petition set up by Peter Foo is seeking acknowledgement and an apology from the Home Office for the 1946 Forced Repatriation of thousands of Chinese Seamen based in Liverpool on behalf of their families, wives, children and grandchildren. It is well documented that thousands of Chinese seamen made up the numbers to crew the British merchant ships during the Second World War, with the majority manning cargo ships on the renowned North Atlantic run. However it was brought to light and made available to the general public in 2002 that in July 1946 the police under the supervision of UK government agents indiscriminately rounded up thousands of these Chinese seamen and forcibly deported them from the UK to the Far East. Our reporter Nath Griffiths spoke to one of those who lost his father in 1946 due to the repatriation, an event which had a detrimental effect on his life.​ Nath Griffiths reports @nathgriffithss