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Expert: "International adoption should be abolished as soon as possible '

By Simone Okkels

13 February 2014, 17:00

Adoptions maintains weak social structures in sending countries. One of the reasons why the area should be completely re-thought, if not it should be abolished, according to adoption researcher.

Ekspert: »International adoption burde afskaffes så hurtigt som muligt«

Simone Okkels Af Simone Okkels

13. februar 2014, 17:00

Adoptioner opretholder skæve sociale strukturer i afgiverlandene. Blandt andet derfor skal området nytænkes helt, hvis ikke det skal afskaffes, mener adoptionsforsker.

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42 kids rescued from a Vasai shelter accused of running adoption racket

By Yogesh Sadhwani, Mumbai Mirror | Feb 11, 2014, 12.55 AM IST

Kids were brought in without CWC knowledge, given for adoption to foreigners.

Forty-two children were rescued from a Vasai-based orphanage-cum-adoption centre on Monday, in a joint operation by the Department of Women & Child Development (DWCD) and the Child Welfare Committee (CWC).

Investigators said the centre, Shejar Chaya, which was launched in 1985, had been under the scanner for more than a month, and that it ran a major adoption racket wherein majority of the children were given away to foreign nationals. The investigators also said that a six-year-old inmate died on January 31, but the centre didn't even inform police or any other agency, nor did it bother to get an autopsy done.

Officials to head to US for adoption training

Thu, 13 February 2014

Amelia Woodside

Cambodia's long-awaited resumption of international adoptions will soon take another tenuous step forward with a US State Department program that will see local adoption officials flown to the United States for training.

The initiative, pegged an “informational visitor’s program”, follows on the heels of a January visit by US Special Adviser for Children’s Issues Susan Jacobs to Cambodia, a State Department official told the Post.

I received an Email from Joint Council about corruption in the DRC. This is really frustrating because if not stopped it will ultimately lead to the closure of programs in the DRC.

I would hope that US agencies, take this seriously and work to prevent this from happening. Otherwise orphans will suffer. I get that in the DRC (and other places) folks there operate under a different system than ours, but it takes 2 and I would hope that US agencies would work to prevent this as much as they could.

Here is the mail.

A team from Wasatch International Adoption Agency has just returned from the DRC. While we were there, we had a visit with the vice consular officer.

He explained to us that, due to serious concerns about how some children become available, they are going to do more in-depth investigations, hence the new 3-6 month investigation period. He said that the State Dept. feels that DRC can be corrupt, and agencies and independents may be falling into situations where they pay an office or person to acquire a child for placement. He said that in their investigations, if they find any instance of that, they will shut down the Congo program, and he thinks that this is a good possibility.

From DR1 webpage

1. link containing 4 letters

first letter: From Adoptionsnævnet to AC Børnehjælp and DanAdopt asking to give en statement

second letter: answer from DanAdopt to Adoptionsnævnet

third letter: answer from AC Børnehjælp to Adoptionsnævnet

Anders Riel Müller er adopteret fra Sydkorea og har i hele sin ungdom troet, han var forældreløs. Det, fandt han ud af, var en løgn, da han begyndte at søge efter sin historie. Han mener, der skal være større åbenhed i adoptioner, så barnets dokumenter kan følge den adopterede hele livet. Foto: Kasper Palsnov

Eksperter: Adoptioner skal være mere åbne i fremtiden

Simone Okkels Af Simone Okkels

12. februar 2014, 17:00

I fremtiden skal det være lettere for adopterede at finde deres rødder. Det mener flere eksperter. Men større åbenhed kan også have konsekvenser.

Maria Klingsholm blev i 1974 bortadopteret til Danmark. Sidste sommer rejste hun, manden og datteren (billedet) til Bangalore for at søge efter Marias biologiske familie.

»Det er en menneskeret at kende sin identitet«

Simone Okkels Af Simone Okkels

12. februar 2014, 11:51

Adopterede skal have lov til at kende sit biologiske ophav. Det mener Maria Klingsholm, som i dag endnu ikke ved, hvorfor hun blev bortadopteret fra Indien. Oplysningerne om hendes adoption er nemlig yderst sparsomme.

Maria Kling Holm: "It is a human right to know his identity '

By Simone Okkels

12 February 2014

Adoptees should be allowed to know his biological ancestry. It believes Maria Kling Holm, who today still do not know why she was given up for adoption from India. The information about her adoption is in fact extremely scarce.

For a long time she did not give it a thought. Wondered just why she was treated differently from the other kids in town, and just trying to fit into. Maria Kling Holm was given up for adoption from India and came to Denmark at just four months old. She remembers no other parents than the Danish couple who have taken care of her since they picked her up at the airport. Today she is 39 years and still does not know why she grew up in Birkeroed and not Bangalore.

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Four Employees of Adoption Services Provider Charged with Conspiracy to Defraud the United States in Connection with Ethiopia Operations