What is it like to grow up and raise in Amsterdam? This time: Shiva (46) and Dharan Mulder (13). 'I was once 'given away'. When I had children, there was a very strong feeling: I would never do this with my children.'

Yuki HochgemuthOctober 18, 2023 , 3:00 am

Dharan: “I really learned how to make raps from my childhood. My father also used to write lyrics and often showed clips of them. He always made a rap for his company.”

“I thought that was really cool, I wanted that too, so we started making more and more clips together. That didn't happen online, it was just for ourselves. Other people often said we should put that on YouTube.”

Shiva: “My wife and I used to not want to put our children on social media. When we started making clips for his raps, it was just for ourselves. Dharan wanted it to be online. I've always said: you have to have something to say.”

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There should be an independent reporting point for abuses in intercountry adoptions, says Miranda Ntirandekura Aerts , former member of the expert panel on intercountry adoption.

After hearings in the Flemish Parliament, just before the previous elections, it was decided to put together an expert panel that would examine intercountry adoption. Therapist Miranda Ntirandekura Aerts (39), adopted from Rwanda, was part of it. She hoped to help initiate a real paradigm shift.

'For years the government has been saying that it will do things differently and better. Scandals appear in the press, hearings follow in the Flemish Parliament, the minister proposes a new decree, and after a while the whole cycle starts again. That's why we suggested pressing the pause button.'

Politics did not choose that. Minister Hilde Crevits (CD&V) has ready a new adoption decree.

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Un siècle d’adoption des enfants en France (1923-2023)

EXAMINATIONIN ADOPTION CASESMEANING IIFROM THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICEADOPTION COMMITTEE

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2022

Only the human imagination sets limits to what can happen here, says a report written by the Norwegian authorities in 2009. Nevertheless, adoptions continued as before.

The short version

• Norwegian authorities have been notified time and time again about possible illegal adoptions on inspection trips to countries Norway adopts from. It emerges from reports that the authorities themselves have written. But only a small number of the notifications have led to measures or reactions.
• VG has gone through all the reports after the inspection trips to these countries, and revealed notifications about various offenses such as the sale of children, false identity documents, corruption, prostitution and human trafficking.
• Bufdir and Minister for Children and Families Kjersti Toppe have not wanted to answer specific questions about VG's disclosure, and refer to an upcoming investigation of foreign adoptions into Norway.

https://www.nrk.no/norge/regjeringa-vil-ikkje-stoppe-adopsjonar-fra-utlandet-medan-bufdir-granskar-1.16931078?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1A3RHKU3wGUbH_lB8UerrHoK9Y39nE8GJlDL0TUXExE_dArYaO9XgXbPk_aem_ZmFrZWR1bW15MTZieXRlcw

Bufdir has asked that adoptions from abroad be stopped while waiting for an investigative committee to look into historical adoptions. But the government would rather strengthen control.

There has been a storm surrounding adoption from abroad in recent years. Among other things, there have been cases of kidnapping, false documents and human trafficking that have been discussed by NRK and VG.

The Directorate for Children, Youth and Families (Bufdir) has therefore started an investigation where all licenses are reassessed. Several of the countries that have cooperated with Norway have already had their permits withdrawn or refused.

Last year, an investigative committee was also set up to look at historical adoptions. Bufdir has asked for a full freeze on adoptions from abroad until the investigation is completed during 2025.