The six-year-old boy was adopted by a non-Malayali couple four years ago

A child who was adopted by a non-Malayali couple from the adoption centre of the Kerala State Child Welfare Council at Thycaud here has been brought back following allegations of abuse.

The child was allegedly being physically abused by the adopted mother.

The boy, a six-year-old, was adopted by the couple nearly four years ago. A year ago, a complaint was received at the council about the boy being hit by the mother.

The parents were called in and given counselling and warned against any further abuse.

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European Adoption Consultants (EAC) Temporary Debarment Upheld

December 15, 2017

On December 16, 2016, the Department temporarily debarred European Adoption Consultants, Inc. (EAC) for a period of three years. As part of the debarment process, EAC was given an opportunity to dispute the Department’s temporary debarment action. EAC requested a hearing and presented its case through written submissions and an administrative hearing held October 23-26, 2017. On December 13, 2017, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Carl Risch upheld the Department’s temporary debarment of EAC. The temporary debarment will remain in effect until December 15, 2019, at which time EAC may apply to the Secretary for withdrawal of the debarment. In the interim, EAC is prohibited from providing any adoption services in any intercountry adoption cases.

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Kamola van der Kooij (l) en Naomi Bruinsma zijn als adoptiekinderen in Nederland gekomen. Nu worden ze geconfronteerd met een tombola van emoties. FOTO GERRIT BOER

Kamola van der Kooij (l) en Naomi Bruinsma zijn als adoptiekinderen in Nederland gekomen. Nu worden ze geconfronteerd met een tombola van emoties. FOTO GERRIT BOER

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District collector Pravin Kumar hands over baby Sarayu for adoption to Vennisa Christina Sathur from Spain at his office in Vizag on Tuesday. (Photo: DC)

District collector Pravin Kumar hands over baby Sarayu for adoption to Vennisa Christina Sathur from Spain at his office in Vizag on Tuesday. (Photo: DC)

Visakhapatnam: A two-year-old orphan girl child from Visakhapatnam has found a new home in Spain. A single woman from Spain adopted a two-year-old girl child from Visakhapatnam here on Tuesday. After the rules and regulation as per the guidelines of the Central Adoption Resource Authority followed, district collector Pravin Kumar handed over the girl child to Vennisa Christina Sathur, a Spain citizen. District Child Protection Officer A. Satyanarayana was also present. The girl child’s name is Sarayu.

He said the woman had applied seeking adoption through online platform of the CARA. In 2016-17, Americans, Italians and Spanish nationals adopted most Indian children. According to Child Protection officials, the changes made two years ago has made little easier for foreign nationals to adopt special needs and older children, who are now moved sooner to the list of prospective adoptive children for foreign nationals if they are not picked for adoption by Indian nationals after a specified period of time.

Moreover, the Foreign Ministry is no longer insisting on a separate birth certificate to issue a passport to an adopted child. The court order which is necessary for adoption will suffice as proof of birth date. Instead of running from pillar to post to obtain a birth certificate, especially for orphans and abandoned children, foreigners can get an Indian passport for their adopted children based only on the court order.

KP Saikiran | TNN | Dec 10, 2017, 07:14 IST

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the state insisting on mandatory registration of orphanages under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act by December 15, at least 180 institutions have informed the government that they are not willing to register and are planning to shut down their operations.

The orphanages are citing serious financial crunch and loss of decisionmaking powers with regard to the admission of children, if they are brought under the JJ Act. A couple of such applications sent by the orphanages to the government, accessed by TOI, says that they want the children to be shifted from their institutions to places that are deemed fit by the government.

België ziet strenger toe op nieuwe adoptiekanalen met andere landen

Minister van Justitie Koen Geens heeft een protocolakkoord gesloten met de gemeenschappen over interlandelijke adoptie. Dat akkoord moet ervoor zorgen dat er beter wordt samengewerkt. Afgelopen jaar kwam er nog een geval van adoptiefraude aan het licht met adoptiekinderen uit Congo.

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In het protocolakkoord staat dat de federale autoriteit en de autoriteiten van de gemeenschappen beter gaan samenwerken bij interlandelijke adoptie. Ze gaan beter informatie uitwisselen en de procedure wordt transparanter. "Het is heel belangrijk dat bijvoorbeeld de Vlaamse autoriteit, die de kanalen verkent, vóór ze zo'n kanaal opent, met de federale autoriteit overlegt", zegt minister van Justitie Koen Geens. "Want die heeft vaak meer informatie, meer bepaald Buitenlandse Zaken en Justitie, over de toestand in het land en de kansen die er zouden bestaan op misbruik."

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