Dozens of letters sent to the Taoiseach reveal the deep pain felt by many survivors of mother and baby homes who are still denied access to information about who they are.

Some 50 people contacted Micheál Martin after the publication of the report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission.

Many of those called on the Government to urgently publish a bill that would give them access to their birth certs and other personal information.

Children's minister Roderic O'Gorman had initially indicated that a tracing and information bill would be brought to Cabinet by the end of March, however, legal issues have delayed this and it is now expected that this will discussed by ministers in the coming weeks.

One person who contacted the Taoiseach said that there are thousands of people who are seeking to "fill in at least some of the banks" about who they are.

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SERVICE BY-LAWS (Adopted at the 2021 Extraordinary International Council, 7 April, Teleconference)

MIDDELBURG - Aggression in a thrift store in Zeeland. Terre des Hommes has decided to close its doors. Several customers at the door had not made an appointment but wanted to go inside. They started throwing things at employees.

One of the volunteers has already received a shopping basket. Another angry customer deliberately broke crockery, says Omroep Zeeland. A declaration may still be made. “We are still looking at that, but the question is whether it makes sense. Who do you report against? We are a thrift store and so far had no reason to buy a security camera, ”says a spokesperson for the store.

The dissatisfaction with the corona rules, imposed from The Hague, is great, according to the spokesman. “We too are forced to keep shopping by appointment. This means that you book at least four hours in advance. Volunteers not only have to deal with misunderstanding but also with angry reactions. That cannot be the intention! ”

'Unheard of'

The incident with broken crockery turns out to be the last straw for the thrift store. “Unfortunately, that is the consequence of the behavior of some customers. Our volunteers are there day in and day out for a good cause. To deal with their safety in this way is unheard of. ”

In her new book, “American Baby: A Mother, a Child, an the Shadow History of Adoption”, journalist Gabrielle Glaser exposes the secret adoption system in postwar America that exploited generations of women and children and the ongoing efforts to get answers for victims.

Born on a baby farm , stolen from your mother, or traded by criminals. That is the past of many adopted children from abroad. The Dutch government knew about it, but there is no compensation to find out the truth. Some adoptees are fed up and go out of their way to find answers.

A group of adoptees has sent a statement in which they hold the Ministry of Justice and Security liable for damage caused by illegal adoption procedures of children from abroad. The adopted children hope for a financial compensation. Among other things, they want to pay for the searches for their biological families.

The Joustra Committee published a report in February which showed that the Dutch government was aware of abuses in adoptions from abroad between 1967 and 1998. The government then apologized - to the surprise of many adopted children. Lawyer Dewi Deijle, herself adopted from Indonesia, has been campaigning for the rights of adoptees in the Netherlands for years. "I did shed a tear that day," says Deijle.

But then came the next step. "If you apologize, you also have to take responsibility." And according to Deijle, that should be in the form of compensation for all adoptees. Minister Sander Dekker (Legal Protection) wants to set up a knowledge center and has come up with a subsidy scheme for organizations that support adopted children, but financial support for all individual adoptees is not yet available.

Deijle talked to Dekker: 'He believes that the Dutch taxpayer should not have to pay for this. While I think that the Netherlands is all about solidarity. I don't know who my biological mother is, but I was most likely trafficked by criminals. We are solving crimes, why do we have to pay for it ourselves? '

Date of publication 19-05-2021

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Seat location Almelo

Jurisdictions Civil rights; Person-and familyright

Hindu couple seek no-objection certificate to adopt child born to Christian parents

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) on a plea by a Hindu couple, living in the U.S., seeking a no-objection certificate (NOC) to adopt a child born to Christian parents.

“The present petition raises an issue of enormous importance as it relates to a legal vacuum in respect of adoptions carried out prior to the coming into force of the Juvenile Justice [Care and Protection of children] Model Rules, 2016... in respect of a child born to Christian parents, as in the present case,” Justice Prathiba M. Singh remarked in a March 15 order.

As per the couple, they adopted a minor child, who was born on December 11, 2014, from Ferozepur, Punjab. The biological parents of the child got the legal formalities done for completion of adoption of the child with them by preparing an adoption deed which was signed and executed between the biological and the adoptive parents of the child.

The adoption deed was duly witnessed by the village sarpanch as well as the relative – social worker and was also registered on December 18, 2014 under the provisions of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA), 1956, the couple said.

New Delhi: The 2016 Rafale deal between India and France also involved the payment of 1.1 million Euros by aviation major Dassault to an Indian middleman, French publication "Mediapart" has reported citing an investigation by the country's anti-corruption agency. Dassault claimed the money was paid for 50 replicas of Rafale fighter planes ordered from a Defence Company whose owner Sushen Gupta is being investigated in the Agusta-Westland helicopter scam.

"The company (Dassault) said the money was used to pay for the manufacture of 50 large replica models of Rafale jets, even though the inspectors were given no proof that these models were made," Mediapart reported.

One of these models can be seen outside the residence of the Air Chief. Sources say other models are installed at the Western Air Command, the IAF base in Gwalior; some are headed to the new Rafale squadron being set up in Hasimara and others lie in a warehouse waiting to be installed.

The allegations were first uncovered by the French anti-corruption agency Agence Francaise Anticorruption (AFA) during their audit of Dassault, according to the report.

But the AFA "against all apparent logic" decided not to refer the case to prosecutors, it said.

'The narrative about adoption should not be dominated by non-adoptees,' writes Renate Van Geel. 'If you as a society continue to opt for the system of intercountry adoption, you are actually saying: we are prepared to take the gigantic risks and we regard the human toll as collateral damage.'

Because I was adopted myself, I was very touched by the recently published report of the Joustra Commission in the Netherlands. As a result of the structurally proven abuses within intercountry adoption, the Netherlands immediately took an adoption pause. There was a lot of reaction to that decision. All together, these opinions form the existing narrative about adoption.

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Hindu couple seek no-objection certificate to adopt child born to Christian parents

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) on a plea by a Hindu couple, living in the U.S., seeking a no-objection certificate (NOC) to adopt a child born to Christian parents.

“The present petition raises an issue of enormous importance as it relates to a legal vacuum in respect of adoptions carried out prior to the coming into force of the Juvenile Justice [Care and Protection of children] Model Rules, 2016... in respect of a child born to Christian parents, as in the present case,” Justice Prathiba M. Singh remarked in a March 15 order.

As per the couple, they adopted a minor child, who was born on December 11, 2014, from Ferozepur, Punjab. The biological parents of the child got the legal formalities done for completion of adoption of the child with them by preparing an adoption deed which was signed and executed between the biological and the adoptive parents of the child.

The adoption deed was duly witnessed by the village sarpanch as well as the relative – social worker and was also registered on December 18, 2014 under the provisions of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA), 1956, the couple said.