A little girl named Aya, whose mother did not survive, was rescued in Jenderis, Syria, more than 10 hours after the 7.8 magnitude quake rocked the region

A child born in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 20,000 people, will soon have a new home.

The baby, who's been given the name Aya, was rescued in Jenderis, Syria, more than 10 hours after the 7.8 magnitude quake rocked the region, the Associated Press reported.

The child was orphaned by the quake, which killed her mother Afraa Abu Hadiya, her father and her four siblings, according to the BBC.

Aya was likely born shortly after Monday's earthquake, and was still attached by umbilical cord to her mother when she was rescued, per the reports.

KOCHI: In a significant development in the birth certificate forgery case, the police team has identified a person who has played a key role in facilitating the illegal adoption of the child. The Special Investigation Team, under Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Baby P V, is now trying to trace the facilitator who could throw more light on the case.

“According to the statement given by Anoop’s brother, who reported before the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) with the child, there is a middleman who played a role in facilitating the illegal handover of the child. The facilitator and the biological parents of the child are from the same music ensemble,” said Circle Inspector Santhosh of Kalamasserry police station.

“The police are collecting more information like documents, reports, and CCTV footage from the Medical College Hospital,” he added. However, the biological parents, the middle man, and the Tripunithura couple who were raising the child are absconding.

“Anilkumar and others who are involved in this case are still absconding. We are trying to trace them. Meanwhile, the absconding couple from Tripunithura has approached the court for bail,” said ACP Baby P V.

Meanwhile, the chairperson of the child welfare committee(CWC) K K Shaju said, “The health department and CWC are investigating the case. The District Child Protection Office will advertise in newspapers requesting the parents or relatives of the child to appear before CWC and we will go ahead with further legal actions later.”

Facts The association "Le Rayon de Soleil de l'enfant etranger", accused of "serious" abuses, had its authorization withdrawn by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday 10 February.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Friday February 10 that it had withdrawn its accreditation from the association "Le Rayon de Soleil de l'enfant etranger" (RDSEE), implicated for irregularities in procedures for adopted children. This clearance was withdrawn "due to his past activities" , said a diplomatic source.

On its website, RDSEE confirms that it “will cease its International Adoption activities on December 27, 2023” , as already specified in a decree published in the Official Journal on December 28, 2022.

“The ministry, in taking this decision, considered that the repeated attacks against the RDSEE in certain media did not allow (it) to fully carry out its mission. We contest this decision, a first complaint having been filed in July 2020 and no other complaint being known to date , ”says RDSEE on its site.

An association accused of "drift"

A shocking report compiled by two historians questions the 'systemic' nature of the irregularities that have persisted in some 20 countries for over 30 years.

Pandora's box has been opened. These last few years, the growing number of testimonies of French people claiming to have been illegally adopted abroad already suggested that such abuses were numerous in France. But the "Historical Study on the Illicit Practices of International Adoption in France" published on Monday, February 6, by historians Fabio Macedo and Yves Denéchère presents an even more shocking picture of the scale of the issue.

"This raises questions regarding the commonality of these illicit practices and their systemic nature," said the two researchers attached to the University of Angers. In December 2021, the French Foreign Affairs Ministry signed an agreement to allow them to compile this independent research report.

Their study, based on 9,600 pages of archives from the government's diplomatic collections, most of them classified, demonstrates that numerous illicit adoptions have been carried out in over 20 countries since 1979, despite the incessant warnings sent by the consular services to the Foreign Affairs Ministry. These include: "Child trafficking" and "irregular adoptions" in Chile, Paraguay and Peru. "Monthly income" offered to biological parents in exchange for their child in India. "Corruption and document fraud" in Cambodia. "Abductions," "fabrication of false orphans" and the forced abandonment "of newborns by very young mothers" to meet "the demand of French adoptive parents" in Madagascar.

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Justice Rekha Palli granted more time to Centre, and CARA to file a reply on the petition and listed the matter for further hearing on December 2.

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked Centre and others to file a response on a petition by an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder couple, residing in New Delhi for the last four years, with a grievance that despite having registered with the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) for the adoption of a child in 2018, have till date not received any referral for a child.

Justice Rekha Palli granted more time to Centre, and CARA to file a reply on the petition and listed the matter for further hearing on December 2.

Advocate Tara Narula, the counsel appearing for OCI cardholder couple, has filed the petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ in the nature of a mandamus directing Respondents to take the necessary steps as provided under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (the JJ Act) and the Adoption Regulations, 2017, including, inter alia, 'referring' a child legally free for adoption to the petitioners and treating them at par with Non-Resident Indian (NRI) Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs).

The petitioner said that despite having registered with the CARA for the adoption of a child on March 22 2018, wherein their seniority in the wait-list was with effect from March 16 2018, the petitioners have till date not received any referral for a child, whereas applicants who registered subsequently have already received referrals.

The new law on international adoptions has entered into force in France, which establishes the obligation for French couples to be followed by an authorized body, the possibility of adopting for unmarried couples and a one-year post-adoption follow-up. The other most important news

A reform that "will have a direct and beneficial impact on the daily life and development of thousands of children in our country"... for "better taking charge of children's needs , guaranteeing them fully reassuring life plans". With these words the secretary of state responsible for children and families to the Minister of Solidarity and Health Adrien Taquet greeted the reform of international adoptions that France has recently launched by introducing several rather significant innovations which, here, we will try to briefly analyze.

International adoptions in France: ban on proceeding with individual procedures

First of all, the Law regulates international individual adoptions: all candidates in possession of suitability must, therefore, be accompanied by an Authorized Adoption Organization (OAA) - of which there are 24 in all - or by the French Agency for Adoptions ( AFA).

The other significant aspect of the reform is the introduction of a mandatory follow-up period of one year starting from the moment in which the minor is definitively accepted into the adoptive family.

News & Events (archive) Three States join the 1993 Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention 20-12-2013 In December 2013, the following three States have joined the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: Croatia (5 December), Haiti (16 December) and Serbia (18 December). The Convention will enter into force for all three States on 1 April 2014.

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Yung Fierens, on behalf of adoption interest groups Adoption Schakel Connecteert, CAFE, CAW, Racines Perdues Raìces Perdidas, Empreintes Vivantes.

YUNG FIERENS 1 February 2023 , 03:00

In June last year, a resolution on intercountry adoptions was voted in the Chamber of Representatives.

With this, the submitter of the resolution Michel De Maegd (MR) was supported by the entire hemisphere in asking the Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open Vld) to conduct an investigation into illegal adoptions that have taken place from various countries to Belgium.

Eight months later, Van Quickenborne seems to make little move to accede to this request, supported by his own party. The minister replied to questions about the lack of any initiative, including that he had been 'very busy'. He refused to answer the request to set a date for a first meeting. He also indicated that he did not know exactly what was expected of him.

Rosanne (41, obstetrician) and Martin (38, has her own company in marketing and strategy), have three adopted children: Shawn (12), Josiah (9) and Hannah (3). All three children are from South Africa. First came Josiah (when he was 11 months), then Shawn (who was 5.5 at the time). Hannah came in April 2020, she was almost 1.5 years old then. The family lives in Veenendaal.

No need to be pregnant

Rosanne: 'I don't recognize the need to carry a child. Not even to give birth. As a midwife, I am often asked that, logically. I think it's fantastic to experience, but for myself I don't feel that need so strongly.

Now that I am a mother, I can miss that feeling that you know from scratch where your child is and what it is going through. That sometimes saddens me. That I couldn't be there for them from day one. They were able to save them from that difficult and sometimes damaging start they had.

Repair the damage