I think that it is worth remembering that events such as this were engineered and administered by people now long dead. Through the safe and comfortable telescope of time, it is very difficult to understand the reasoning, emotions and politics of an era which is, now, a life-time from us.
Current leaders and politicos may express regret for such actions; this really changes little, other than to act as a soothing (and justified) balm to the survivors themselves, and relatives & descendants of the subject individuals.
I sometimes find it slightly bizarre to hear present-day leaders 'apologising' for events which occurred perhaps more than 100yrs ago, before any of us were born; history is all in the past, as some sage said............
HB (Irish)