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Mediated by child traffickers: What will become of this girl?

 

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Mediated by child traffickers: What will become of this girl?

Romanian girls busy offices and authorities
Marie is two years old. Marie is funny. They prefer to go with grandpa on the tractor or playing with Tom and Jan in the mud. That Opi not her real grandfather and Tom and Jan are their real brothers do not know Marie. The girl came at the age of three months under dubious conditions from Romania to Germany. This busy last week, the court which sentenced for human trafficking, the masterminds behind (we reported). The further fate of the girl, however, is unclear.


A private initiative of two women from Hammelburg Astrid R. meets (all names have been changed, the editorial office) in late 2006 in a village near the Romanian town Lipova to little Mary, then, the youngest of nine children. "The conditions there were deplorable," she recalls. First, they have agreed in writing with their own parents for a temporary guardianship, says Astrid R. "Then, should culminate in a foster care adoption."
The authorities of course she does with that of Romanian Hammelburg. You have to rely on their integrity and their supposedly good contacts with the right people, says Astrid R. "I do not understand the language." They've paid on the advice of her companion and bribes, so faster formalities went, she admits.
No sooner had Astrid R. Marie brought with him to Germany and recorded with the youth due to a care application contact began, the problems, she says. "It was said that we should bring back the child. An adoption of Romanian children was possible only by relatives. "They did not know insists Astrid R., Marie, they will return under any circumstances." At that time she was half starved. " The little girl would not have survived in Romania is, Astrid R. secure.
For two years Mary lived in the district of Bad Kissingen. She likes Pippi Longstocking and the Sandman. The lively blond climbs on the bench in the dining room and grabs a piece of chocolate. "It's become so close to my heart," says Karin Pflegeoma. Family R. will therefore do everything so Marie can stay permanently with them.
But legally speaking, is Marie "in a sort of gray area" as an employee of the Immigration Office at the District Office stated. A notarized statement by the birth parents to secure family R. until mid next year, the guardianship of Mary. Then the child has a total spent three and a half years in Germany. knows what happens next is uncertain.
"The youth is related to the Romanian consulate," said Anna Barbara Keck, Department for Communities and Social Affairs at the District Office at the request of the Main-Post. "We can make up for weeks no personal contact with the biological parents anymore," laments Astrid R.
However, without the consent of the custodial parent remain in Romania are the foster parents in all decisions regarding Marie's hands are tied. An application from Mr and Mrs R. on guardianship has rejected a family judge of the District Court of Bad Kissingen. "A guardianship is possible only if the parental care can not be guaranteed," said the judge on request. That he had seen in this case as not given.
Astrid R. is a very different view. "As a judge can say that the parents in Romania could just take good care of the child as we do here? They have nothing, "Keck confirmed that the child was safe with his foster parents very well and that for the youth" of the child first "stand.
"From our side there is no constraint that the child must return to Romania," said an official with the foreigners authority. It was not even illegal there, and was health insurance. "The crux is that the child without the custodial parents in Germany. Therefore, it is not to freedom of movement under EU law. Otherwise it would in an adoption, but that is indeed possible in this case. " Much is wrong in the case of Marie stupid even from the beginning, regretted the administration officials. That there be for the child, a legally proper solution needs to have the youth, family law and immigration authorities agree. When will it happen, would depend primarily on the Romanian authorities, as Keck. "There are always possibilities."
Astrid R. refuge now in their concern about Marie's future in gallows humor: "If we had a baby polar bear Knut, might have been long since found solutions." Marie, meanwhile bouncy hops on Papa's lap, nursing.

http://www.mainpost.de/lokales/bad-kissingen/Von-Kinderhaendlern-vermittelt-Was-wird-aus-diesem-Maedchen-, art766, 4963754

Families for Orphans Act of 2009 - HISTORY

The Families for Orphans Coalition is a group of nonprofit organizations, adoptive parents and individuals associated with Coalition member organizations working to attract attention and resources to the plight of millions of orphans growing up without permanent families worldwide. By combining forces we hope to have legislation introduced and passed called The Families for Orphans Act. This Act provides for a diplomatic authority and technical and coordinating capacity within the United States Department of State to help countries worldwide develop policies and capacity to keep children in their birth families whenever possible and move orphans and other children without parental care into permanent families.

The Families for Orphans Coalition has united many organizations with experience working in countries to help orphans. Several members grew out of a working group which convened in August 2007 to collaborate on strategies for providing a holistic model for family preservation and permanent family care. As this practice-focused group focused on the task at hand it was clear that for any efforts to be successful, U.S. foreign policy needed to support the efforts. It had become apparent to many that the United States Agency for International Development did not have permanent family care as a priority, nor was it likely to become a priority. Serendipitously, at the same time several other orphan advocates had become vocal on Capitol Hill about the same challenges within the AID community and issues that needed to change for greater support of permanent family-based care for orphans. Seeking clarity, Members of Congress contacted The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute, who convened a meeting of the involved organizations to explore collaboration. The organizations agreed to work together and collaboratively drafted the Families for Orphans Act of 2009.

Collaborating Organizations:

The Executive Committee of the Families for Orphans Coalition includes:

Jane Aronson, Worldwide Orphan Foundation, orphandoctor@aol.com

Kinderen zonder ouders zijn weerloos - het WIO is hun advocaat

Kinderen zonder ouders zijn weerloos - het WIO is hun advocaat

Samenwerking in vergevorderd stadium

Binnenkort worden de besprekingen tussen Stichting Vereende Krachten en het "World Initiative for Orphans" voor een langdurige samenwerking afgerond. De opbrengsten uit veilingen ed. zullen hierdoor ten bate komen van het werk van WIO. Het WIO is een nonprofit organisatie, die de mensenrechten van wezen en vondelingen wereldwijd bewaakt. Zij zet zich in voor de basisbehoeften van deze achtergestelde bevolkingsgroepen door het verlenen van juridische en opvoedkundige diensten en het bieden van de juiste oplossingen. Het WIO is de stem voor deze kinderen

Vergaande efficiëntie bij hulpverlening

Op dit moment houdt het WIO zich meer met de fundamentele behoefte van weeskinderen bezig dan met korte termijn voedselhulp. Het huidige wereldwijde adaptiesysteem is inefficiënt, duur en wordt geplaagd door administratieve romsplomp die de adoptie bijzonder vertraagt, wat niet in het belang van het kind is. De diplomatieke inspanningen van het WIO resulteren bij regeringen in alternatieve oplossingen. De zienswijzen ten opziche van deze inefficiëntie processen leidt bij professionals tot logische alternatieven.

Cécile Brossard is jailed for eight years over bondage murder

From The Times

June 19, 2009

Cécile Brossard is jailed for eight years over bondage murder

Charles Bremner, in Paris

A mistress who murdered a billionaire banker during a bondage session was jailed for 8½ years yesterday after a Swiss jury accepted that he had humiliated and harassed her.

Madoff Mess Means Business for Pawnshops and Lazard

Madoff Mess Means Business for Pawnshops and Lazard

December 19, 2008, 11:43 AM

Bernand L. Madoff’s giant Ponzi scheme has created legions of losers across the world. These include huge European banks, charitable organizations, Eliot Spitzer’s family and many, many others.

But a few people seem be getting a boost from the debacle. One of these may be Levi Touger, who runs a scruffy pawnshop in Royal Palm Beach, Fla.

Mr. Touger tells The Associated Press that he’s seen an uptick in well-heeled customers since the Madoff scandal broke. Mr. Madoff, pictured above, was a big wheel in Palm Beach society, and many of its wealthy (or perhaps formerly wealthy) residents are facing serious reversals of fortune.

Lazard's de Combret, Partner in Paris, Leaves Firm, People Say

Lazard's de Combret, Partner in Paris, Leaves Firm, People Say

Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Lazard Ltd.'s Francois de Combret, a partner in Paris, is leaving the investment bank after 23 years advising on takeovers, people familiar with the situation said.

De Combret, 64, helped arrange last year's $5.7 billion purchase by Sagem SA, France's second-biggest maker of military electronics, of engine-maker Snecma SA. He's also a director of companies including carmaker Renault SA. De Combret and Lazard spokesman Richard Creswell declined to comment.

He's departing as Lazard's mergers ranking in France slipped to 17th, its worst in at least a decade, after a feud between Chief Executive Officer Bruce Wasserstein and former Chairman Michel David-Weill over the firm's initial public offering. Gerardo Braggiotti, a deputy chairman in charge of business outside of France and Britain, left in July after Wasserstein, 57, named Paris partner Georges Ralli to run the region with Jeffrey Rosen and William Rucker.

``When there is an IPO, there is going to be some turmoil,'' said Eileen Fahey, a credit-rating analyst at Fitch who covers U.S. investment banks, including Lazard. ``Hopefully, it slows down.''

The changing face of adoption

The changing face of adoption

By MILLICENT MWOLOLO,mmwololo@nation.co.ke

Posted Tuesday, September 30 2008 at 16:52

IN SUMMARY

More adults are adopting children today than was the case about three years ago.

Child Snatching By The State Conference – 10th April

Child Snatching By The State Conference – 10th April

Article by Brian Gerrish

mar 25th 2010

Update: Robert Green, Anne & Hollie Greig will attend. Robert plans to speak. Further details to come.

Saturday 10 April 2010 Start: 11 a.m. Finish: 5 p.m.

Britain's child snatchers are a scandal

Britain's child snatchers are a scandal

The UK's system of forced adoption requires the Government's urgent attention, says Christopher Booker

By Christopher Booker

Published: 6:15PM BST 15 May 2010

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Blog: While we wait... A subject of confusion (4500 kids to be put in adoption registry)

FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2010

While we wait... A subject of confusion

I have been a little confused about the way Bulgarian children are entered into the registry and think I finally understand, so I thought I would share.

However, do not write this in stone because it might change next week. Remember things are as clear as mud in the world of international adoption!!

The MOJ plans to register 4500 kids in the next 6-8 months. What this means is that these kids will be entered in the NATIONAL registry. They must remain on this registry for six months before they can be on the INTERNATIONAL registry. In my mind this means even longer waits for the many families including ours waiting for a child. It also means that there are thousands of kids in homes that are not even "adoptable". It is heartbreaking!!!