A review into the prevalence of illegal adoptions in Ireland has found that up to 20,000 files could potentially relate to irregular birth registrations.

The review team examined 1,496 records from 25 adoption agencies and found that there were specific phrases called “markers”, or language that could indicate an improper registration or a “suspicious practice” on 267 records – nearly 18 percent of files.

Based on the prevalence of these “markers” within this sample, the review estimates that between around 5,500 and up to 20,000 files may have similar indicators within the wider State archives, consisting of about 100,000 records.

Both the Adoption Authority of Ireland (AAI) and Tusla warned they had found limited direct evidence of further illegal adoptions, with AAI saying its search for indicators of incorrect registrations “did not yield any meaningful information”.

Illegal adoptions: Government seeks advice on next steps

Judgment

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY,

NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR

- So awful.

- How can anyone make themselves do that to a small child?

Fy for the devil

This is how Anette S. writes in one of the comments written on SVT's Jönköbing's Facebook profile about a local couple who, after a year and a half with an adopted child, have handed it back to the country the child originally came from. And Anette S is not the only one who is shaken by the case, which has led the municipality to ask the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to help:

- Damn it.

Two parents in Jönköping County adopted a child of preschool age from another country, but after a year and a half with the child, the parents regretted it and wanted to return the adopted child.

The child is now back in his home country, but the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has issued a directive that the child must be taken care of in accordance with the Care of Young People Act.

A social secretary has now written to the Swedish Health and Care Inspectorate for the authority to sort out the question of what should be done and by whom.

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Sent to a Polish orphanage after seven years

The doctor couple adopted a boy from Poland, as a gift on their wedding day.

Five years later they had their own daughter. Shortly afterwards, they returned the boy to the orphanage in Warsaw.

The boy, who is now nine years old, was adopted by the couple seven years ago.

The couple has been working as a doctor in a Swedish city since 1999, but are Polish citizens.

The notion of Finnishness as whiteness challenges internationally adopted people to negotiate their identity, The Doctoral Research reveals. The Doctoral Research to be examined at the University of Jyväskylä examines the family of birth, the adoption family and the normative conception of Finnishness in the identity negotiations of internationally adopted people.

In her dissertation, Maarit Koskinen, M.Sc., examined the identity work of internationally adopted people. The research focused especially on the meanings of the family of birth, the adopted family and the normative conception of Finnishness in the negotiations on the identity of the adoptees.

Since 1985, almost 5,000 children have been adopted internationally in Finland. International adoptions are often closed adoptions, where the child has no contact with his or her family of birth as he or she grows up. Internationally adopted Finns also often differ from the native Finnish population in their physical characteristics, which exposes them to various experiences of racization, among other things. According to Koskinen's dissertation research, the identity negotiations of internationally adopted people often show both the unknown origin of birth and a different appearance from the native Finns.

Finding a family of birth builds an identity

Research interviews revealed that adulthood in particular, adopted parents ’own parenting, and encountering the family of birth were significant transitions in adopted lives. In this case, the negotiation of one's own identity was also activated.

Two parents in a Småland municipality received an adopted child from abroad.

One and a half years later, they "repented" and returned the child, who was of preschool age, to the country of origin. It reports the news agency Siren.

Now a social secretary wants the health and care inspectorate, Ivo, to answer how the municipality should act.

The Social Welfare Board must have been in contact with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA), which must have issued directives on the care of the child.

As the child is already abroad, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must have told the municipality that the "implementation of the decision" should go through them, through a so-called "request for enforcement".

Fatima walks toward the microphone and stands in front of the judge.

It’s Oct. 30, 2020, and Fatima is in the U.S. District Court in Spartanburg, South Carolina, to testify at the sentencing hearing for Michael and Charlotte Taylor.

They are her parents. Or, they were. Fatima isn’t sure what to call them anymore.

She is 19 years old, and the Taylors raised her as their daughter after adopting her from Nicaragua. This is the story she’s been told since she was 5.

Now, Fatima knows this story is a lie.

Resume

We are regularly startled by reports of illegal admission of children with the aim of adopting them and offering them a safe home. Sometimes innocent, sometimes very calculated adults, circumvent the law. [1]

preface

In recent years we have been regularly startled in the newspapers by reports about illegal admission of children with the aim of adopting them and offering them a safe home. Sometimes innocent, sometimes very calculating adults circumvent the law.

The desire to raise a child is great. Having a child via the internet or other contacts is relatively easy. All means seem justified and… it doesn't really matter that much, does it? In the end, the child will be fine in the new family, right? Is that correct? What is the interest of the child? Does it matter if it is a baby or an older child? When is the best interests of the child served and what means are or are not permitted when there is an illegal admission to a family?

PRIA facilitated a five day training on Right(s) Way Forward – Communities for Sustainability for Open Learning Systems (OLS) from December 7-11, 2015 in Odisha. This learning programme was promoted by Forum Syd, a Swedish funding organization, and its Swedish partner, Adoptionscentrum.

The primary objective of the training was to capacitate OLS to work on environment and climate change issues in 2016. The training was organised in Nimapara block of Puri district. A total of 20 participants (five women and 15 men) attended the training. The group consisted of two ward members, one sarpanch, two SHG members, three community volunteers and 12 field staff (working on community based rehabilitation). In addition, one main field programme coordinator from OLS and an Adoptionscentrum representative also observed the training.

While setting the objectives at the start of the workshop, the participants listed down many issues such as building understanding and awareness on climate change and its effects, whether it is manmade or not, changing attitudes and utilisation of local resources, etc.

All these issues were addressed in their learning. The programme primarily focused on building understanding of communities on issues related to climate change, how it has contributed to degradation of the environment and has affected their livelihood options. It also helped build understanding on the linkages between environment–institutions–economy and the wellbeing of communities. It took into account how climate change impacts natural resource management and its repercussions on women and men within a given community. The training process helped participants understand the importance of inclusion, especially marginalized groups, when preparing Community Action Plans. At the end of the training-learning programme, the participants were able to prepare a Community Action Plan.

The participants appreciated the training and actively engaged in the group exercises facilitated by PRIA. The Adoptionscentrum representative opined that the active participation by all was a good indicator of the success of the programme. “In many trainings, people generally disappear during group exercises, and only one or two work on the task at hand,” she said. “This especially happens at the community level. In this training, everyone participated. ”