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Government temporarily suspends recognition of unsafe international adoptions

The Government is moving with urgency to suspend recognition of unsafe international adoptions to protect children and young people from harm, Associate Justice Minister, Nicole McKee says.

 

The Adoption Amendment Bill has been introduced to the House today to immediately and temporarily suspend New Zealand’s recognition of unsafe overseas adoptions for citizenship and immigration purposes.

 

“There is evidence that our international adoption laws do not provide sufficient safeguards for children and young people. Adoptions that take place in overseas courts do not always access or require an adoptive parent’s criminal or child protection record,” Mrs McKee says.

Let’s shape the Switzerland of tomorrow

We are no longer accepting applications for the following position: “Legal Intern in Private International Law”.

Le prince Laurent rejoint la princesse Esméralda au palais d’Egmont pour le 10e anniversaire de CARE Belgium

Le prince Laurent rejoint la princesse Esméralda au palais d’Egmont pour le 10e anniversaire de CARE Belgium

par Nicolas Fontaine

Comme chaque année, la princesse Esméralda de Belgique a assisté au gala CARE Belgium. Ce gala caritatif était organisé le 12 juin, dans le cadre majestueux du palais d’Egmont à Bruxelles, pour marquer le 10e anniversaire de cette soirée de bienfaisance. Le prince Laurent a rejoint sa tante pour montrer son soutien dans cette noble cause.

 

Lire aussi : La princesse Esméralda présente un livre de transmission et de mémoire à Bruxelles

Sita van Groesen For Charlotte – and for adoptees who suffer in silence

Why we take action

We, Sharon and Sita, are sisters—but we didn't know that for a long time. We were separated through adoption and grew up unaware of each other's existence. In 2016, we reconnected. Shortly afterward, we discovered we had another sister: Charlotte. But she was already gone by then. Charlotte had taken her own life.

On June 7th, Charlotte would have turned 40. We would have loved to have known her so much. With this campaign, we commemorate her—and draw attention to a painful truth: adoptees have a threefold higher risk of suicide.

For Charlotte. For all the adoptees who suffer in silence. For those who are no longer here, and for those who are still here.

We are taking action, will you also support us in this action?

A fake Dutch nun donated centers where she managed irregular adoptions during the dictatorship to the Integra Foundation: today they are kindergartens.

Between 1970 and 1990, Geertruida Kuijpers not only arranged irregular adoptions of Chileans to the Netherlands, but also purchased a large number of properties to operate in La Cisterna and Buin. In the 2000s, she donated a large portion of the properties to the Integra Foundation, while selling others to Jehovah's Witnesses and her former right-hand man in Chile.


Despite the passing of years, the story of Geertruida Kuijpers, who arranged irregular and illegal adoptions from Chile to the Netherlands, continues to be written. A well-known fact, but one that has not been fully explored, is the donations of real estate that this fake Dutch nun made to the Integra Foundation in the early 2000s. 

Specifically, these were six properties that Kuijpers acquired in the 1970s and 1980s with cash payments and then, thirty years later, without his personal motivations being known, were transferred to the institution. 

In this context, four properties located in the El Bosque district of Santiago were donated: one on Caminos de Chile Street and three in Los Aviadores, donated in 2004. 

In addition, Kuijpers had his own foundation called Stichting Kindertehuis Las Palmas Foundation, which he also used to manage donations, but in Buin. One was located on Calle San Martín and the other in Balmaceda in 2005. 

Missing relatives 1. Siri's Indian Adventure • 39 min

21-year-old Siri is adopted from India and lives in Sandnes. She feels that she will not get any peace until she finds her biological mother. The host Tore Strømøy begins to unravel the clues and travels to India with Siri. But is it even possible to find a single person in a country with nearly 1.4 billion inhabitants? Tore Strømøy travels the world to help people find family and friends. Part 1 of 5. (Norway, 2018)


 

Melioidosis outbreak: Andhra wakes up after 20 deaths, declares health emergency in Turakapalem

For the last two months, 20 people have died due to the Melioidosis virus in Turakapalem village

 

Melioidosis outbreak: Andhra wakes up after 20 deaths, declares health emergency in Turakapalem

Melioidosis outbreak: Andhra wakes up after 20 deaths, declares health emergency in Turakapalem

Amaravati: Waking up to suspected Melioidosis deaths, Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has declared a health emergency in Turakapalem village and rushed all infected people to hospitals.

Adoptee calls for dialogue and dignity at National Assembly

Adoptee human rights advocate Simone Eun Mi stood before lawmakers on Sept. 2 with a question that has haunted thousands of Koreans sent abroad as children: “Where is my home? When will I have the right to be in Korea?”

It was the fifth time she had been invited to speak at the Assembly. Her remarks were part of the “Korean Diaspora: Memories Across the Sea, National Responsibility Beyond Borders” forum, which brought together policymakers, scholars and diaspora representatives.

More than 250,000 Korean children were adopted overseas in the decades following the 1950-53 Korean War, most of whom were not true orphans but children born to single mothers who lacked state support. For many, returning to Korea as adults has brought new difficulties: visa insecurity, lack of housing and no guaranteed access to adoption records.

 

“These are not isolated tragedies,” Simone told the audience. “They are the outcome of policies that treated children as numbers to be exported, not citizens to be protected.”

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Two years ago, Christina Rhedin started the association ARV, Adopted Resource Center West. Photo: Maria Steén