Honours and Recognition
Humphreys was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in March 1993 and an honorary Master of Arts in 1996 by Nottingham Trent University in recognition of her work. She was named a Paul Harris Fellow in 1997 by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International "in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world". On 30 May 1998 an honorary Master's degree was awarded to Humphreys by the Open University as an "ambassador both for Nottinghamshire and for Britain". More recently,in December 2011, Humphreys was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Nottingham.
Both Kevin Rudd and Gordon Brown, the Australian and British prime ministers, in their public apologies in 2009 and 2010 thanked Humphreys for her campaigning and contribution to the cause of UK child migrants and their families. In the 2011 New Year's honours list, Humphreys was awarded a CBE for services to disadvantaged people.
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