The Danish Appeals Board can help review your international adoption case if you suspect that something illegal has happened in the case.

You can read more about the Danish Appeals Authority's guidelines for handling adoption cases with suspected illegal circumstances here .

Contact the Danish Appeals Board

If you would like to see the documents (file inspection) in your adoption case, you must contact Danish International Adoption (DIA) if you were adopted through AC Børnehjælp, Glemte Børn, DanAdopt or DIA.

Go to the DIAS website

The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Ms. Catherine Colonna, the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, Mr. Eric Dupond-Moretti and the Secretary of State to the Prime Minister for Children, Ms. Charlotte Caubel, decided to seize the General Inspectorate of Foreign Affairs (IGAE), the General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ) and the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (IGAS) on illicit practices in international adoption.

International adoption developed significantly in the 1950s to culminate in 2005 with the arrival of more than 4,000 children from abroad on our territory. Since then, the number of adoptions has dropped significantly, from 4,136 in 2005 to 421 in 2019 1 .

This drop is mainly due to changes in policies in the countries of origin of adopted children, but also to the implementation of the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption; the creation of the French Adoption Agency in 2005 also made it possible to further improve fraud prevention.

Despite these significant results, several associations of children adopted prior to the implementation of the convention and the actions initiated by the French Adoption Agency (AFA) argued that adoptions organized in the past had been able to be irregular or even illegal. They would like the public authorities to be able, as far as possible, to document these irregularities and ensure that the structures which today contribute to the adoption of foreign children in France put in place effective systems to prevent fraud.

During the parliamentary debates around the law of February 7, 2022, the government undertook to shed light on the phenomenon of illicit adoptions, which was able to develop internationally from the 1980s.

Welcome to Our Place, an article series exploring identity in Aotearoa. This article explores M?ori adoptee identity, the legislation reform, and the importance of whakapapa and tikanga M?ori.

Adoption can look different for everyone, and this article does not represent everybody’s story. Instead, it focuses on two individual perspectives, told through the lens of M?ori adoptee Dr Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll, and daughter of a M?ori adoptee, Dr Erica Newman.

The European idea of adoption has been legally practiced in New Zealand for over 67 years. But wh?ngai, a M?ori kinship practice, has been practiced since before colonisation. Wh?ngai is where tamariki M?ori are brought up by wh?nau, instead of their birth parents. Many knew who their birth parents were and kept in contact, but they grew up in a different family member’s home.

Adoption grew in Aotearoa from the 1950s, and in 1955 The Adoption Act changed the way in which children were adopted. Adoptions would be closed, a clean break – there would be no legal obligation for birth parents to stay in contact with their child. Single mothers who adopted their child out were thought, through a closed practice, to be given a second chance.

M?ori, who had not been allowed to legally adopt non-M?ori children since 1909, were now treated the same as P?keh?. Iwi affiliations were hardly recorded. This meant that many M?ori adoptees grew up without knowledge of their whakapapa and were disconnected from tikanga M?ori.

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Multiple estimates from different agencies indicate a very high number of orphaned children in the country following deaths due to COVID-19. However, the number of new registrations on the CARINGS portal has decreased continuously in the last three years and the number of adoptions has also come down.

A study led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the national public health agency of the USA, estimates that as of 01 May 2022, around 10.5 million children globally have experienced the loss of a parent or caregiver due to COVID-19-related deaths. An increase in the likelihood of poverty, abuse, delayed development, mental health challenges, reduced access to education, etc. is a few of the potential risks that such children are exposed to.

This model estimates that around 2 million children in India have experienced orphanhood (death or one or both of the parents) due to COVID-19.

Government of India estimates that 4,345 children have lost both the parents during pandemic

As per the update provided in Lok Sabha on 09 December 2022, a total of 4,345 children have lost both the parents due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This information is based on applications approved under PM CARES for Children scheme.

According to the latest reports (February 2022), 234 children have been adopted by Maltese parents so far. Sangeeta Bahadur, the Indian High Commissioner to Malta, told TVM News that Maltese parents adopting children from India is another link in the chain that is strengthening ties between India and Malta. Ms. Bahadur also stressed that the relationship between India and Malta is excellent and that India received support from Malta during the pandemic and on other occasions as well.

The Minister for Social Policy and Children’s Rights of Malta, Dr. Michael Falzon, at a conference on Adoption National Strategy revealed that a record number of children were adopted by Maltese families in 2018, and more than 70 % were from India. In the year 2018, it was considered the best year for adoption in the last 10 years. He noted that the best interests of the children are always the priority in this process of adoption. Furthermore, Dr. Falzon stated his focus on furthering the adoption strategy in Malta. Different countries follow different rules of adoption in Malta. With India’s adoption procedure being less intricate and highly accessible than most other countries, it has greater records of adoption from India.

The process of adoption is convenient in India with the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), which was established by the Ministry of Welfare, Government of India in 1990. CARA regulates, monitors, and promotes the adoption of orphans, abandoned, or surrendered children, with the principal aim of finding loving families for children who need care and protection. An international webinar held on the occasion of International Adoption Month 2020, “Adoption across Borders: Sharing of Experiences,” was chaired by the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani. It was attended by esteemed dignitaries and diplomats from India, along with 12 central authorities of foreign countries, 14 Indian diplomatic missions, and 3 foreign embassies who participated in the webinar. The Central Authorities of Malta and France also presented their views and best practices. A Maltese couple who pursued the adoption of a second child from India were stuck during the lockdown in 2020. However, a few weeks later, they traveled back to Malta, adopting and thanking each other during the adoption process in India.

On March 24th, 2021, the High Commissioner of Malta in India, H.E. Reuben Gauci, met Mrs. Smriti Irani, to discuss women’s rights and the adoption of Indian children by Maltese families.

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Our International Post Adoption Tracing Service (IPATS) provides tracing and reunion support to NSW residents who have been affected by adoption, where one party is now overseas.

This can concern an adoption that took place within NSW, within Australia, or in an overseas country, in which the adopted person or biological family member resides in NSW and is searching for an adopted person or biological family member overseas.

Our goal is to locate and reunite family members and facilitate contact (when appropriate) in a supportive, respectful and empathetic manner.

Our service is free as we are funded by the NSW Government’s Department of Communities and Justice.

Please note ISS Australia has limited search services available in some of the countries in which Australia has facilitated intercountry adoptions. Therefore, additional search related costs may also apply.

Ex-Strongsville adoption agency employee sentenced for schemes to bribe Ugandan judges, lying to adopt Polish girl, who was raped

CLEVELAND, Ohio— A former employee of a defunct Strongsville adoptions agency was sentenced Friday to one year and one day in prison for two adoptions schemes that included bribing Ugandan officials and lying to Polish authorities about the adoption of a girl, who was later raped.

U.S. District Judge James Gwin sentenced Debra Parris, 70, to below the recommended sentence of about three years. He said he would have sentenced her to a longer prison term for her “terrible conduct” if it wasn’t for her serious healthcare needs.

“The amount of damage you’ve done to these children is horrendous,” Gwin said. “You’ve caused immeasurable psychological damage to these children and parents.”

Gwin also ordered Parris to pay a $10,000 fine and $118,197 in restitution to 42 families. He allowed her to self-report to prison by Jan. 9, unless the Bureau of Prisons directs her otherwise.

"I don't want any more contact with you!" her adoptive mother announced coldly and succinctly. "In retrospect, that break is the best thing that happened to me," says Myranda Hilhorst (52) from Hooglanderveen now. She describes her experiences as an adopted child in her book Wees.