Foreign Adoption

The lessons of Idah's long journey from Malawi to Burlington

11-year-old Idah, in traditional Malawi dress, in the den of her family's Burlington home.

With their four-year legal battle to adopt from Malawi, Ontario family paved the way for Madonna to do the same. But their stories have sparked fierce debate, as activists worry these cases are flouting the country's laws

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Organisation bids to cut adoption times

Organisation bids to cut adoption times

21 June 2009

By Susan Mitchell

A new organisation that claims it will cut the waiting times for people who want to adopt children from overseas has lodged a formal proposal with the Adoptions Board.

Compass explores the changing nature of inter-country adoption in Australia. In the 1970s hundreds of babies were airlifted out of Vietnam for adoption by Australian families. Today increasing affluence in the developing world, and tighter controls on adoption procedures mean fewer babies are available to would-be Australian parents. It's no longer common for overseas babies to be adopted. They are more likely to be young children. This program explores what happens when a child is adopted out of its birth culture, and examines whether an adopting parent has an obligation to manage ongoing relationships with their child's birth parents and culture.

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• Geraldine Doogue, Presenter
• Deborah Boerne, Producer
• Francoise Fombertaux, Researcher

Teen mom on hunger strike outside court to prevent son’s adoption

20/6/2009

Ana Rita Leonardo gave birth to Martim at the age of 13 and, as she did not have the conditions to care for him, she handed him over to an institution. Recently, Cascais Family Court decided he should be adopted with urgency and so she has since staged a number of protests, the last being a hunger strike outside the Family Court.

The last time Ana Rita Leonardo saw her son was on December 20th 2008 at Aboim Ascenção refuge, and, after getting very distressed to see her leave, the Court decided she should not visit him anymore.

On May 21st she was informed he was to be adopted with urgency.

'Social workers took away my twins after I'd joked that birth spoilt my body'

By VANESSA ALLEN

Last updated at 9:22 AM on 20th June 2009

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Baby uit Leopoldsburg verkocht voor 25.000 euro

zaterdag 20 juni 2009Bron: BELGAAuteur: BELGA

BRUSSEL - Een 39-jarige vrouw uit Leopoldsburg heeft haar baby verkocht aan een koppel uit Noord-Nederland. Ze kreeg zo'n 25.000 euro voor de transactie, zo bevestigen bronnen bij het gerecht. Dat schrijven de concentra-kranten.

Het gerecht kwam de vrouw op het spoor na een reportage op tv. Na verhoor bleek dat ze op 27 juli 2007 in het ziekenhuis van Overpelt was bevallen, maar dat haar zoontje niet in haar gezin woonde. Kort na de geboorte had ze het meegegeven aan een koppel uit Noord-Nederland, dat ze via het internet had leren kennen.

Het kind is verwekt met sperma van de Nederlandse vader.

SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2009

Ethiopia-Day Three

Today was our birth mother meeting. I didn't get nervous about it till about an hour before our meeting. I think ours was at 11 am. We walked to HH, just the three of us.

On our way to HH we saw two women sitting around the corner, right at the top of the hill. Biruktawit had been holding Brandon's hand, and when she saw the two women she got a big smile and took my hand too. I knew she knew who they were. It ended up being her mom and her aunt.

A few minutes after we walked in the gate at HH, her birthmom knocked at the gate. The gaurd let them and and we all introduced ourselves. Biruktawit was crying. She gave her mom the album we had brought for her with pictures of the two of them and also a couple pictures of Biruktawits Room.

ARCHIV: STERNIPARK

Wo sind die Findelbabys?

STEPHANIE LAMPRECHT

Neuer Streit zwischen Sozialsenator Dietrich Wersich (CDU) und dem Verein Sternipark: Diesmal geht es um vier Babys, die im Jahr 2008 in die Babyklappen des Vereins gelegt wurden. Seit Monaten versucht die Sozialbehörde herauszubekommen, was aus den Säuglingen geworden ist. Doch Sternipark-Geschäftsführerin Leila Moysich verweist auf ihre Schweigepflicht. Jetzt lässt Sozialsenator Dietrich Wersich (CDU) prüfen, ob der Verein sich strafbar macht.

"Wir wissen nicht, ob die vier Kinder aus Hamburg kommen oder nur hier abgegeben wurden", so der Senator, "wir wissen nicht einmal, ob es die Kinder überhaupt gibt." Auch in den Jahren zuvor sei es für die Behörde "schwierig" gewesen, den Weg der Findel-Babys nachzuvollziehen, erklärt Behördensprecherin Jasmin Eisenhut: "Sternipark zeigte sich nicht sehr kooperativ." Nur über andere Quellen, etwa Jugendämter, sei es gelungen, aufzuklären, wo die Kinder nach ihrem Aufenthalt bei Sternipark geblieben sind: "Aber über die Kinder aus dem Jahr 2008 wissen wir gar nichts."

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/06/20/2003446656

AIT requires face-to-face interviews for kids’ US visas

By Jenny W. hsu
STAFF REPORTER
Saturday, Jun 20, 2009, Page 2

Starting on July 1, Taiwanese passport holders under the age of 14 will require a face-to-face interview with a US immigration officer when applying for a US visa, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) said.