3 Nepali kids set to land in US

Kantipur Report

KATHMANDU, Sept 9 - After a gap of one and half years three Nepali children are all set to land in the U.S with their new adoptive parents. This was made possible for three orphaned girls —Anita Himali, Anisha Sai and Santi Sai — after the government approved their documents related to inter-country adoption.

The adoptive mothers are Bonnie Lee Donohue of Wisconsin, Michelle Kyla Blanchard-Roma of Louisiana and Dr. Teryl Rae Elam of Alaska.

Donohue, who is a general manager in the food service sector, has been matched with three-year-old Himali, Blanchard-Roma, who is a reputed Louisiana-based attorney, has been matched with two-year-old Anisha, and reputed Alaska-based physician, Elam has been matched with nearly one-year-old Santi.

Chinese children's homes pay money to finders who drop children off at homes. This is apparent from an investigation by the Ministry of Justice following a Network report on adoption from China. According to China, these are 'symbolic amounts'.

Netwerk managed to obtain the contents of a draft letter on this subject from Justice Minister Hirsch Ballin to the House of Representatives. In it he discusses the fuss that arose in March about adoptions from China following a report by Netwerk. That report revealed that children's homes in Hunan province pay for children brought in. Many -also Dutch- adopted children come from this province. The ministry then launched its own investigation.

In the draft report, the ministry calls the Chinese adoption system 'vulnerable'. "Possible new irregularities are reported with some regularity," the report said. The Chinese adoption agency has admitted to the ministry that "symbolic amounts" are paid to finders who deliver children to children's homes. Last March's Network broadcast showed that finders were paid semi-annual salaries.

According to the Hague Adoption Convention, which both the Netherlands and China have signed, it is prohibited to pay finders of children. "Not a dollar, not a cent," the Hague Permanent Bureau on the Adoption Convention told Netwerk in March. The letter to the House of Representatives shows that the Ministry of Justice has doubts about whether this ban is being observed in the provinces. "Many children's homes are located in poor regions where small amounts can be of great significance," the report said. That can encourage child trafficking.

Emeritus professor Rene Hoksbergen speaks in a reaction of 'a critical report'. He has doubts about new adoptions from China. Hoksbergen: 'It is extremely difficult for the Netherlands to continue in the same way after this report. But it is up to the adoption organizations to make a decision about this'.

Red tapism delays relief for parents

September 1, 2008

K Praveen Kumar

TNN

CHENNAI: Three years after the controversy over illegal adoptions carried out by Malaysian Social Services (MSS), hit the news stands, the story has made it to the headlines again following a recent report by a foreign publication.

The Great Indian adoption racket across four continents

Lakshmy Ramanathan, TNN, Sep 1, 2008, 05.30am IST

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Painful truth about adopted children

August 26, 2008

Siobhain Ryan and Sean Parnell

WHEN Julia Rollings first heard that the orphanage from which she had adopted her son and daughter was embroiled in a child-trafficking scandal, she was faced with a life-changing choice.

She could do nothing, safe in the knowledge that her children, Akil and Sabila, had been declared free for adoption by Indian courts, were Australian citizens and were in a place they called home.

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From: Lynelle Beveridge [mailto:icasn@bigpond.net.au]

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Subject: RE: Kids 'kidnapped for Aussie adoption'

I believe we as a Peak Group (and as individual organisations) should be pushing for the Australian Govt to conduct an investigation / full inquiry into these Indian adoptions and ensure that Australian procedures are tightened to prevent adoptions from organisations that have a history of, or any questionable behaviour of child trafficking / stolen children. If the Netherlands can do this, surely the Australian Government can also take some responsible action?

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