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They lacked the right papers, but knowingly went looking for an adopted child in Sri Lanka. "That is not adoption, but borders on child trafficking." This is according to Peter Benders, director of the Adoption Facilities Foundation; the place in the Netherlands where everyone with adoption plans must register. The Dutch couple Jan and Susan went looking for an adopted child in Sri Lanka last year. There they spent 8 weeks in jail because they had violated all the adoption regulations. Now, a year later, they have been arrested again, this time by the Dutch police.

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'Profit Culture' Mars Kenya Adoptions

In Kenya, Turf Wars Often the Biggest Obstacle to International Adoption

By DANA HUGHES

May 16, 2008—

Two years ago, Ron and Mary Nelson and their four children traveled from Indiana to Nairobi, Kenya, to volunteer at an orphanage for three months. While there, they fell in love with a baby girl named Mercy and decided to adopt her. "She was patient and sweet and seemed sensitive to my husband trying to help the babies," says Mary Nelson.

Finding a home

May 16, 2008

By Amy K.D. Tobik

The Voice

Carlos was in desperate need of someone to love. The 5-year-old's mother had driven him to the end of a dirt road and asked him to get out of the truck and count. When the boy finished reciting his numbers, he turned around and she was gone.

Australian LGBTI issues by a gay Brisbane lawyer. All about discrimination, parenting, property settlement, same sex domestic violence,same sex law issues.

Thursday, 15 May 2008

National Peak Overseas Adoption Support Group announced

Attorney-General, The Hon Robert McClelland MP, announced the establishment of Australia’s first National Peak Overseas Adoption Support Group.

"I am particularly pleased the Peak Group is being established. It will provide an important, national voice on the complex issues involved in intercountry adoption." Mr McClelland said.

By Kim Young-gyo

SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) -- Following recent allegations of irregularities in international adoptions from Vietnam, Korean adoptees said Wednesday South Korea's adoption system has also had serious problems.

"Earlier signals about trafficking from Vietnam ... has significant comparisons with those of South Korea in earlier 1970s and 1980s," said a Dutch activist, who was adopted from South Korea, in an interview with Yonhap News Agency.

Hilbrand Westra has been actively involved in international adoption, working as a chairman of the Netherlands-based United Adoptees International, the first independent and international foundation by adoptees, since 2006 with a political and social aim to address problems involving adoption.

"In the seventies and eighties, many children disappeared from streets in Seoul and Busan. Many older Koreans in these cities have been confirming that they knew or heard about this. Still, no one ever asked for a thorough investigation in South Korea," Westra said.

SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2008

Kemerovo Closed . . .

The last couple of weeks have been difficult reading/hearing the rumors of "changes". Involuntary thoughts & questions have rolled through my mind until Friday, when my agency officially communicated the “changes”. It has been hard to concentrate! My mind has wondered in & out of thoughts of hope, and then despair.

Part of my heart was hopeful, thinking it would be good news, since my dossier is already in Kemerovo waiting for registration. I thought, “Maybe I’m far enough along, it won’t affect me!” But a bigger, more realistic part of my heart knew that, once again, we were in for more delays & more wait. And, yes, unfortunately, the latter is true. Kemerovo is closed to International Adoptions until further notice. Below is the official update from my agency.

Kemerovo Update:

International Adoptions - Moratorium on International Adoptions from Liberia

The Government of Canada has concerns regarding the adoption process and the child protection framework in Liberia. The Government of Canada has shared its concerns with the Canadian competent adoption authorities and suggested that a moratorium be implemented in light of the best interests of the child standard set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. These authorities have consequently implemented a moratorium on international adoptions from Liberia.

As of May 2008, the moratorium was effective across all Canada.