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Unanswered Questions Abound on the Plight of Haitian “Adoptees” in the U.S.

May 27, 2010

In the days following the Haitian earthquake, well over 1,000 children departed Haiti as “adoptees” bound for the U.S. and other nations like the Netherlands and France. Those children now in the U.S. were brought across the border in an expedited manner on humanitarian visas and without passports.

Countries: Haiti

Persons: Karen Smith Rotabi

CCAI hosts Haiti Convening to assist in rebuilding Haiti’s child welfare system

CCAI’s “Building a Foundation for Haiti’s Children and Families” convening on May 21, 2010 successfully brought together Haitian officials, United States’ and international experts from various child welfare and protection organizations to discuss the short- and long-term needs of Haiti’s vulnerable children and to determine how they might individually and collectively support the Haitian government in the development of a child welfare system that preserves and protects a child’s right to a permanent and loving family. This convening provided a critically important opportunity to share, listen and learn about the most effective ways to serve Haiti’s children and families in the wake of the disaster as well as how to build a strong, sustainable child welfare system long term.

Minister Yves Cristalin during his speech

CCAI was especially honored by the participation of His Excellency Raymond Joseph, Minister Yves Cristalin, Madame Bernard Pierre, and Senator Mary Landrieu.

Visit CCAI’s Haiti Convening page for more information and footage from the convening.

Persons: Mary Landrieu

Organizations: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute

Countries: Haiti

Nigeria: Octogenarian, Doctor Arrested for Allegedly Selling Babies

27 May 2010

Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Princess. Serah Sosah, with Children celebrate the 2010 Children's Day Celebration held at Police College Ground, Ikeja, Lagos. Photo by Bunmi Azeez.

Persons: Dr. Theresa Marques, Akanni Olufemi

Countries: Nigeria

Foreigners to pay more to adopt Vietnamese kids

Last updated: 5/27/2010 13:35

Foreigners who are not permanent residents in Vietnam should pay more when adopting Vietnamese children, according to a parliament’s sitting on Wednesday.

However, the fees should be approved by the National Assembly, the unicameral legislative body, not the government, representative Nguyen Thi Kim Thuy from the central city of Da Nang told the meeting.

Regulations regarding these fees should be watertight so as to prevent children trafficking and clear enough so as to help adopters prepare the money in advance, according to Thuy.

Most representatives agreed on the bill, but were concerned that it may contain loopholes, allowing people to abuse it to benefit themselves.

Under the proposed adoption bill, new fees include procedure charges, costs of raising the children from when they are put forward for adoption until all necessary procedures are completed, and “reasonable fees” to be paid to staff of centers where they are housed.

Currently, adopters are only required to pay adoption registration fees.

Draft makers said the bill was born from studies on countries like China and Thailand, which already charge US$4,000-7,000 as brokerage and then pay the related agencies.

The Hague Convention of 1993 also allowed people involved in adoption procedures to receive fees, they said.

Once the draft is approved by the National Assembly, it will take effect from next January 1.

Countries: Vietnam

Ju County destroyed a large criminal gangs trafficking in babies

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??????????????? Ju County destroyed a large criminal gangs trafficking in babies

?????????????????????????????????“????”? Them to produce babies for profit as a career; them by introducing the sale of baby riches; them to buy the baby, "continued incense." ??????????????????????“???”?????????????????? It is because of the different needs of these three interests, contributed to the production and marketing of baby "train" this heinous formation and operation of profit-making mechanism. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Recently, Ju-depth Mopai Police, dispatched a group of tracing the full and successful destroyed a large criminal gangs trafficking in babies, removed the damage of the surge in Ju County undercurrent years.
??2009?8???????????????????????????????????????????????? Back in August 2009, Ju County Public Security Bureau of the Interpol unit four squadrons in the survey visited learned chess at the Ju County Mountains, Luo a group of children with a sale of activities in secret. ?????????????????2010?4??????????????????????????????????? The large number of visits to the rural villages, detailed Mopai, in April 2010, a suspect into police view: chess Chahe Town, West Looe home village of Lu Moumou are suspected of selling babies. ????????????????????????????2004????????? This leads police to seize the link, through a secret investigation found that Lu Moumou younger son of its 2004 purchase by others.
???????????????????????????????? Lu Moumou suspected of committing the crime to determine, after a police rapid deployment force, actively carry out arrest operations. ????????????????????????????????????????????? To prevent alert the police repeatedly Mo Pai, careful arrangements, and detailed discussions of, the development arrest program, determine the best time and place of arrest. 4 ?20???????????????????????????????????????????? April 20 morning, Lu Moumou motorcycle nearby villages to send their son to school, thus the police were already guarding the door of success in school and arrested.
??????????3??????????????????????????12?? Lu Moumou arrested the same day at 3 pm from the beginning confessed his crime of trafficking in children, the trial continued until 12 midnight. ?????10????????????????2005???????????34??????? During 10 hours of the trial, Lu Moumou statement of its child trafficking since 2005, 34 facts of the crime of crimes. ?2005?????????????????????????? Since 2005, he has sneaked Weifang, Laizhou, etc., contact selling baby matters. ????????????“??”?“??”?“??”?????????????????20??????“??”?????????????????????????? First, from Weifang through several nicknamed "Aba", "hairy child", "European ball" baby Sichuanese contact the seller, more than 20 during the sale of babies, after the adoption of "Aba", Lu Moumou know Laizhou Cho , will be transferred to the Laizhou trading baby market. ?????“??”??????????????2009?????????????????? According to Lu explained, "Aba" and other diseases due to drugs, has died after his 2009 no business dealings with them because they interrupt the connection.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????? When asked about the source baby, Lu Moumou confession, buy baby caught Department of the baby's natural parents, his mother of the baby trafficking are to Sichuan, Shandong working women. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The sale of their biological children as economic resources, some students will complete the sale after the Na Zhaoqian disappear, and then disappeared; also some for several years to Shandong Laizhou giving birth in the money returned to Sichuan after the sale. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????10????? The Lu also sure that their children were trafficked from the hands of children, birth parents to buy, no theft of trafficked persons, as he trafficked were less than 10 days after birth infants.
?????????????????????????????????? Police to Lu Moumou in Laizhou Zhao as the main point of contact and quickly leave, rushed to the Laizhou arrest Zhao. ????????????????????????????4?22?16????????????????? Laizhou City public security bureau of Interpol in the squadron and the brigade technology Shahe strong cooperation of the police station, April 22 16 am, Police Zhao successfully captured in his home.
???????????? Zhao night police will back Tushen. ???????????????????????????????????? Zhao truthful confession, because of its runs a grain and oil station, near many of Sichuan migrant workers, frequent contact with him. 2009??????????“??”??????????????????????????????? Before 2009, Weifang called "Aba" who rented the van with the others several times joint, link trading near the Sichuan woman's baby. ??????????????????????????????????? After he and Ju County of Lu Moumou familiar, he was responsible for contacts here in Sichuan women, have the child sell and Lu Moumou. ???????2009????????4???????????????? By Zhao confession, since 2009, since its has the four babies sold to Lu Moumou who led Ju County.
??????????????????? Thus, the case has two major criminal suspects arrested. ??????????????????????????????????? The other arrested suspects, according to confessions, the police along line of attack, quickly Ju County native captured five other associates. ??????????????????????25??25????????????????????DNA???????????????????????? At present, the police have to verify the statement Lu Moumou 25 criminal cases of child trafficking, the 25 trafficked children have been photographed and collected blood samples, enter the DNA database in order to have stolen to contact the baby's parents can claim. ??????????????????????????????????????????25???????????????? As the case of baby birth parents have after selling the baby to take the money and run, hopes of finding extremely difficult, and is only required by law, the 25 children were trafficked by their parents temporary custody.
??????????????30????????3???? Police found that Lu Moumou statement of trafficking 30 babies, only three girls. ?????????????????????????????????????? Mostly buy baby girl has been married several years without children, but also hope to be able to grant the second child, birth of a baby's families. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????“??”? ?“?”???? Most people buy baby girl home with two or more people, and their motivation to buy the boy is only one: in the countryside, there is no boy inferior, no boy would be like "non-repeatable," raising "children" as old age. ??????????????????????????“???”??????????????????????“????????”??????????????????? Ideas in advance of the economy and today, the only child in the city become a "second generation alone," the elderly are two competing pet the same time, some rural areas continue to pursue a "No son of inferiority," the concept behind such as these inevitably make people sadly puzzled. ????????????????????????????? More people have to face is that baby deal, the price was lower than the baby girl. ??????????“??” ???? Gender differences also determine the "worth" of difference. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Can imagine their future, settled in, schooling, employment, and even the protection of social rights, will be a significant amount of interdependence between their growing need to work together, and our common love. ??? ???? (Xu Qun Song Shilun)

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http://www.jxxcw.gov.cn/content.php?id=4156

Countries: China

Speech Hans van Loon - Brussels Parlament

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Persons: Hans van Loon

Organizations: Subsidiarity, The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and International Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption

Priests - Kingpins of ‘KID’nappers

Priests - Kingpins of ‘KID’nappers
27/05/2010 13:38:08 Aron

PEDOPHILE PRIESTS - IS OLD HAT- WHAT NOW?

The Dinamalar Sunday issue dated 23-5-2010, has repotyed -Special branch Cops have arrested the ring leader of a group of kidnappers of children, and guess what- 'a Christian Priest, and the hunt is on for another Priest”

It seems the Christian Church will not let us any respite to laugh up one’s sleeves watching their world wide slide splitting Scandal Gospel Comedy Show-

We pagan souls are as pleased as Punch but too much of laughing can kill, you see.
In Krishnagiri, last 18th one Rammaka’s 4 months old infant had been kidnapped by a gang of four who had earlier been arrested.

Grilling with due respects, had them capitulate further information- regarding the modus operandi and the actual linchpin behind this Ring of ‘Kidnappers’.

It seems in Krishnagiri, the 3 year old boy of a resident of Lakshmipuram, which was playing in the street, had been nabbed away by one Dhanalakshmi , who had handed over the child to another Girija of Chennai.

The trail then lead the Special Branch police, according to the report- to a Perambur- Irumbuliyur Christian Priest – Alphonse Xavier, whom the Police have revealed to the newsmen, as the Leader of this ‘Kid’napping Ring.

Kidnapper Linchpin Priest- also the Leader of a Political party

True to Kollywood style villainy, this Christian Priest, Alphonse has also launched his own Political Party recently- the Raja Reega Peoples Party.

We are not able to comment on this, however- because whatever these Rajareega or people must mean, whether such Royal Pursuits of such Christian Priests, or the Rule by such People or their supporters or ...it escapes understanding, so we give up. Suffice; we know that he was the leader of such Rajareega People.

This Girija who had sung like a bird, and exposed our Rajareega neta of kidnappers, had earlier been appointed as the leader of RRP party’s Perambur women’s wing.

Last December 4th the Paper says- she had kidnapped another boy Deva and handed him to Alphonse Xavier for which she was paid Rs.10,000/-

This boy had been sold through the RRP party’s Senchi taluk secretary one Selvam who is also a Christian Priest.

The Priest had gone absconding, after the cops rescued the boy from the Milkman to whom it had been sold at Devanampettai.

The whole Ring had been running a Christian Charity organisation in Perambur- the report says.

Christian kingpins of ‘Kid’nappers-No laughing matter

The above news was initially droll to read, but it seems it is no laughing matter- till we could connect this with the Global Sex Scandal of the Christian Church- where the revelations are not at all charming- but hair raising, involving the kids of the unsuspecting Laity.

It seems like, this Class of sacrosanct and pompous religiosity- had been so shielded from any public scrutiny and allowed free to go wearing frocks to do their nefarious activities, here in India, unlike the West where they have come under the heat of increasing query, investigations and merciless exposures- that this news might be the foretaste of a much larger and ghastly goings on.

This might just be the tip of an iceberg of a soon to come- devastating exposes of the Criminality of Christian Clergymen in India- something we had already been warning in our forums.

Our daftly cultivated aura of the pious Christian Clergymen, has made easy- the entrenchment of their dark and perverse influence- That Indian bogus secularism has thoughtlessly allowed to grow, among our culturally sensitive and refined Indian Society-in the name of Respect for Faith and Minority rights- An abominable travesty of religiosity-which is sad not just because the victims might be Christians themselves- but also most are our own uncared for sections converted by lure.

Persons: Alphonse Xavier

UPDATE: DOS Adoption Alert Nepal

UPDATE: DOS Adoption Alert Nepal
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Office of Children’s Issues

Caution About Pursuing Adoption in Nepal

May 26, 2010

The U.S. Department of State strongly discourages prospective adoptive parents from choosing adoption in Nepal because of grave concerns about the reliability of Nepal’s adoption system and the accuracy of the information in children’s official files. The Department also strongly discourages adoption service providers from accepting new applications for adoption from Nepal until reforms are made, and asks them to be vigilant about possible unethical or illegal activities under the current adoption system.

The Hague Conference on Private International Law recently released a report on its Intercountry Adoption Technical Assistance Program, based on a visit by a delegate from the Hague Conference’s Permanent Bureau to Nepal in November 2009, available at (http://www.hcch.net/upload/wop/nepal_rpt09.pdf). This report is the result of an independent analysis of Nepal’s intercountry adoption system under the new Terms and Conditions put in place in 2008. The report details a number of weaknesses in Nepal’s adoption system, including ongoing concern about the falsification of documents, improper financial gain, and lack of a child protection system.

Although the U.S. Embassy in Nepal has only seen a handful of adoption cases since the new Terms and Conditions went into effect, we share many of the concerns outlined in the Hague report. As a case in point, in one of the first cases processed by the Government of Nepal after the revision of the Terms and Conditions, the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu found that the adopted child was not a true orphan and that the birth parents were actively searching for the child.

We encourage parents who have filed an application with the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) in Nepal, but have not yet been matched with a child or received an Adoption Decree issued by the Government of Nepal, to consider a change of countries. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) allow one change of country to be made in connection with one’s I-600A application without fee. A request to change countries should be made in writing to the USCIS Field Office where the I-600A was originally filed. More information about how to request a change of country can be found on the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov (Any subsequent request for a change of country would require a fee.).

Hague-accredited U.S. adoption services providers, and adoption service providers that may apply for Hague accreditation in the future are reminded that their actions in facilitating and/or processing adoptions in any country (whether Hague or non-Hague) will be evaluated during the Hague accreditation or accreditation renewal processes in accordance with the accreditation regulations (22 CFR Part 96), including whether, among other things, the provider has established and rigorously followed ethical adoption practices and operates in the best interest of prospective adoptive children.

Consular Officers are required to conduct an I-604 investigation to verify the child’s orphan status prior to immigrant visa processing. We generally rely upon the host government’s diligence to protect the safety and interests of their own children through careful administration of their national adoption process and use the I-604 investigation to confirm that this process has been followed. Because Nepal’s adoption process is questionable, it can be very difficult to satisfy the requirements of the I-604 investigation. Thus, these investigations could take a matter of months. Prospective adoptive parents are advised that they need to have flexible travel plans and be prepared to stay in Nepal while awaiting the results of the I-604 investigation or plan to make two trips (one to finalize the adoption and a second after the I-604 investigation is completed to bring their child home.)

When an I-600 is adjudicated by USCIS in the United States, consular officers must then conduct an I-604 investigation once the approved petition reaches the Embassy in Nepal to verify the child’s orphan status prior to immigrant visa processing. For I-600 applications filed at the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, the I-604 investigation is initiated after the prospective adoptive parents have appeared before a consular officer to sign the application.

Both DOS and USCIS recognize that it would be preferable for the I-604 investigations to be completed earlier in the process. However, under current procedures, the U.S. Embassy cannot begin the I-604 investigation until the PAPs have filed their I-600 application and have submitted the necessary documents pertaining to the adoptive child, such as police reports, newspaper announcements and certification of orphan status. The Department of State and USCIS are currently in discussion about possible ways to revise the procedures under U.S. Government control to mitigate this problem.

The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu continues to meet with officials within the Government of Nepal and with other foreign missions concerning the current status of adoptions in Nepal. The February 25, 2010 joint statement issued by the International Adoption Working Group (an ad hoc group of Embassies in Nepal who have an interest in intercountry adoption issues) may be found athttp://nepal.usembassy.gov/pr-2-24-2010.html.

Adoptive parents may contact the Embassy at adoptionsnepal@state.gov if they have questions.

Please continue to monitor http://adoption.state.gov for updated information as it becomes available.

http://adoption.state.gov/news/nepal.html

Countries: Nepal

Aantal adopties in Vlaanderen stijgt

woensdag 26 mei 2010, 07u40 Bron: belga

Het aantal adopties via erkende diensten is vorig jaar in Vlaanderen toegenomen met 12 procent. Dat meldt de Vlaamse Centrale Autoriteit voor Adoptie dinsdag. Het gaat vooral om kinderen uit het buitenland.

In het jaar 2009 werden 268 kinderen geadopteerd, tegenover 239 in 2008. De stijging is een gevolg van het toegenomen aantal adopties vanuit het buitenland (interlandelijke adoptie). Vorig jaar werden in Vlaanderen immers 244 kinderen vanuit het buitenland geadopteerd, tegenover 210 in 2008. Het aantal binnenlandse adopties liep terug van 29 naar 24.

De 244 kinderen (130 jongens en 114 meisjes) die via bemiddeling van adoptiediensten vanuit het buitenland in Vlaamse adoptiegezinnen zullen opgroeien, komen vooral uit Ethiopië (97) en Kazachstan (58). Ook werden in 2009 voor het eerst sinds lang opnieuw adoptiekinderen uit Haïti geplaatst.

Bij de 24 binnenlands geadopteerde kinderen in 2009 gaat het om 13 jongens en 11 meisjes. Het gaat om in België geboren kinderen die door hun ouders werden afgestaan voor adoptie. Binnenlandse adopties kunnen ook op zelfstandige wijze plaatsvinden. Het gaat dan om kinderen die vooraf gekend zijn door de kandidaat-adoptieouders.

Countries: Kazakhstan, Belgium, Ethiopia

US senators unveil plan to aid Haiti orphans

(AFP) – 1 day ago

WASHINGTON — Three US senators on Wednesday unveiled a bill to clear away hurdles to citizenship for roughly 1,000 Haitian orphans whose adoptions by US parents were rushed because of a January earthquake.

US and Haitian authorities cleared the children to join their adoptive parents after the disaster. But without the complete paperwork necessary to finalize their adoptions, a roadblock has been raised to what would normally be automatic US citizenship upon entry into the United States.

"The unprecedented devastation has turned the adoption process upside down, where it could take years before these children could have any legal status," said Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

Persons: James Inhofe, Mary Landrieu

Countries: Haiti