Plan to deregulate council social workers is a bad idea that has not been properly evaluated, says Lord Ramsbotham

House of Lords chamber

Peers voted 245-213 in favour of an amendment to scrap clause 29 of the bill in its entirety. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA

Tuesday 8 November 2016

The government has suffered a defeat in the House of Lords over plans to allow councils to opt out of legal obligations to vulnerable children.

Is this adoption agency selling children?By Fusion | November 8, 2016

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nelufar visits a school and center for abandoned children. Here she meets the woman in charge, who tells Nel how she convinces parents to relinquish rights to their kids.The Traffickers airs Sundays at 10 PM on Fusion.

The blurry line between international adoption and child traffickingBy Fusion | November 8, 2016

When people look to adopt abroad they can’t be sure they’re not playing into the hands of traffickers. On this episode of The Traffickers, host Nelufar Hedayat takes us inside the underworld of international adoption and explains what surprised her most along the way.The Traffickers airs Sundays at 10 PM on Fusion.

November 7th, 2016

Journalist explores the dark world of trafficking in riveting TV seriesBritish journalist Nelufar Hedayat is hosting the new Fusion show “The Traffickers,” which looks at the dark underside of the black market in adoptions, pharmaceuticals and human organs. The former Afghan refugee tells Kathie Lee and Hoda she wants to give a voice to the people who are impacted by illicit trade.

Film The Lost Son - November 8

Arierang November 7, 2016

Guestion and we invite members of your organization for the preview of the documentary The Lost Son on November 18 next in Amsterdam. The film is about an adopted Dutch boy who has been looking for his Chinese parents as a young adult in recent years. http://www.thelostson.eu/

The preview will take place in Pakhuis de Zwijger in A'dam and will start at 7.30 pm . Then there is a forum discussion with, among others, adoption scientist René Hoksbergen and a representative of Terre Des Hommes.

We organize this preview especially for adoptees and their parents. For that reason, admission is free. Every visitor must register personally on the Pakhuis de Zwijger site. https://dezwijger.nl/programma/de-verloren-zoon

nov 7, 2016

J’ai remis la décoration de Grand Officier de l’Ordre de Léopold à Madame Catherine Day

Ce lundi 7 novembre, j’ai remis la décoration de Grand Officier de l’Ordre de Léopold à Madame Catherine Day, ancienne Secrétaire générale de la Commission européenne.

Catherine Day a été de novembre 2005 à septembre 2015 Secrétaire générale de la Commission européenne, nommée par le Président Barroso et maintenue par son successeur Juncker.

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Huig Plug (klokkenluider Justitie)

Roemenië heeft nu zelf jeugdzorg

adoptiestop | Roemeense kinderen waren populair op de adoptiemarkt: zielig en toch niet zwart. Roemenië stopte met internationale adoptie in 2001.

RUNA HELLINGA

BOEDAPEST

Roemenië weet alles van de schaduwzijde van internationale adoptie. Toen begin jaren negentig de beelden de wereld over gingen van naakte, vervuilde en broodmagere kinderen in naargeestige tehuizen, die bezoekers vanuit hun spijlenbed met holle ogen aankeken, voelden vele West-Europeanen en Amerikanen zich geroepen om zo'n kind te helpen.

Prevent Trafficking: Adopt

A misconception that adoption will cause trafficking has the government doubting the benefits of adoption.

Daniel Nehrbass November 04, 2016

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Nowadays, adoptive families are at odds with government regulators (both in the US, and abroad) over the most fundamental understanding of what adoption is. Adoptive families know from experience that adoption prevents trafficking.

An exclusive first look at Fusion's newest investigative series, 'The Traffickers'By Fusion | November 3, 2016

From Asia to Africa and beyond, journalist Nelufar Hedayat goes under the radar tracking down black markets in Fusion’s newest series, The Traffickers, to learn how guns, babies, even human organs are bought, moved, and sold to the highest bidder.In this exclusive look at the first episode, Nelufar begins her journey in America, which adopts more children from overseas than all other countries in the world put together. But ominous forces lurk beneath many of these joyful unions.The Traffickers airs Sundays at 10 PM on Fusion.