The Exiles
47:03 Min
Hundreds of Chinese seamen who served with the Allies during the Second World War mysteriously vanished from their homes and families in Liverpool. The Exiles reveals the shocking truth.
The Exiles
The Exiles - My Stolen Chinese Father
20 Mar 2023 08:00pm
Hundreds of Chinese seamen who served with the Allies during the Second World War mysteriously vanished from their homes and families in Liverpool. The Exiles reveals the shocking truth.
The Exiles
About the show:
The Exiles reveals untold stories of love and loss during an era of racially motivated deportations from post-war UK and Australia. At the end of the Second World War, on opposite sides of the world, Asian men were forcibly deported from their adopted homes, tearing them away from wives and children and thrusting them into an uncertain future. This series tells poignant and little-known stories of men who served valiantly for the Allies during wartime; but in a new era of peace, found themselves unwanted and discarded. Faced with a hostile immigration system, these men were forced onto ships and deported, in some cases in secret and unknown to their own families. The Exiles follows the descendants of these men as they reflect on seismic events from the past which still resonate today. These are poignant and agonising stories of deception and betrayal, and of love and resilience.