Baby probe halts adoptions; could jeopardize lives

By RICHARD S. EHRLICH, United Press International | Aug. 29, 1982

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Open letter to European Commission: Seeking successor to EU Agenda for the Rights of the Child

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20140904PHT58603_originalMr. Jean-Claude Juncker

President of the European Commission

B-1048 Brussels

The European Commission and Lumos highlight the link between trafficking and children in institutions

18/10/2017

In light of the EU Anti-trafficking Day, the issue of orphanage trafficking is being examined at a high-level discussion hosted by the Cabinet of Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development in partnership with Lumos.

There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating how girls and boys are trafficked in and out of orphanages and other institutions. These children are often unregistered and uncounted – leaving them exposed to the risk of trafficking.

Research consistently shows that more than 80% of the children in orphanages and other institutions are not 'orphans', but are placed there due to reasons such as poverty, disability, and marginalisation - or because of trafficking. There are an estimated 8 million children living in orphanages and other institutions globally. Georgette Mulheir, Chief Executive, Lumos said:

Rwanda: Taken as a Toddler, 'Orphan' Reunites With Family

Photo: PHOTOESSAY: Rwandan Family Finds Adopted Sister After 23 Years

The last time Leonard Sebarinda saw his child, two-year-old Beata Nyirambabazi, was in 1994 at the Mengeti Orphanage run by Italian priests and nuns in Nyamata, Bugesera.

Her mother, twin sister and brother had been killed during the ge…

Leonard Sebarinda, now 70-years-old, was haunted for decades by the disappearance of his daughter, a toddler, in the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

As of 15 December 1995 the Convention had been signed by twenty-three States and ratified by Mexico, Romania, Sri Lanka, Cyprus, Poland, Spain, Equador, Peru and Costa Rica. It entered into force on 1 May 1995.

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West Germany: The baby business

Babies have become the latest export commodity in a number of developing countries where organisations engaged in unscrupulous adoption practices have mushroomed.

Manik Mehta

January 15, 1983 | UPDATED 13:36 IST

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Fewer children being adopted in India, Centre asks states to get their act together

Though there is no official data, surveys by NGOs say there are approximately 50,000 orphans in India. Around 14,000 applicants are in the queue to adopt but only 1,800 children are available.

INDIA Updated: Oct 05, 2017 10:58 IST

Moushumi Das Gupta

Hindustan Times, New Delhi

3.5 Sri Lanka

Binnen het bestuur was reeds eind 2004 de discussie

opgestart of we wel verder willen gaan met de toenmalige

contactpersoon. Dit omdat wij van mening waren dat het

aantal adopties achterbleef bij onze verwachtingen. Tijdens

Onze contactpersoon in Sri Lanka

Alle adoptieaanvragen worden ingediend bij de Probation (Kinderbescherming), de centrale autoriteit in Colombo. Kinderen die voor adoptie in aanmerking komen moeten eerst aan minimaal 3 Sri Lankaanse gezinnen zijn voorgesteld voordat ze voor een buitenlandse adoptie in aanmerking komen.

Stichting FLASH heeft in Sri Lanka een contactpersoon die de kindertehuizen langsgaat om te kijken of er adoptabele kinderen zijn en probeert te bespoedigen dat de documenten via de provinciale Kinderbeschermingen worden doorgestuurd naar de Probation in Colombo.

Officieel doet de Probation de matching, maar in veel gevallen wordt het kind voorgesteld aan de organisatie waarvoor de contactpersoon werkt. Onze contactpersoon is Gamini Wijewardena, die ook de aspirant-adoptiefouders begeleidt tijdens de adoptieprocedure in Sri Lanka.

Gamini Wijewardena