Press release – 712(2006)

“They need a home”

Statement by Maud de Boer-Buquicchio

Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe on the anniversary of the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

Strasbourg, 20.11.2006 – “Tens of thousands of children in Europe live in their own, nightmarish version of Neverland, in which there are very few Wendys and far too many Captain Hooks. For these children, Neverland means that they never had a real home, never experienced genuine love, never had a real childhood and, if nothing is done, will never have a chance at a decent start in life.

MADAGASCAR

DIPLOMACY

n°1131 - 16/04/2005

Adoptions issue soon to be settled

The government of Prime Minister Jacques Sylla has set a priority in settling the question of adoptions by French families of around 150 Madagascan children before President Jacques Chirac comes to Antananarivo for the summit of the Commission de l'Océan Indien (COI), in July this year. These applications for adoption were frozen in August 2004 by the Malagasy administration which was keen to draft a new bill on the matter after having broken up a child trafficking network. During his recent meeting in Antananarivo with the French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Renaud Muselier, Sylla promised to settle the adoption cases within three months. However, the cases in question have to go through four different ministries before getting Sylla's approval, which has already been granted, and finally that of President Marc Ravalomanana. This should not pose a problem with three of the ministries (justice, foreign affairs, interior). However, the French families waiting for their applications for adoption to be approved have found the bottleneck is with the ministry of population, social protection and leisure, whose minister is M. Zafilaza. These families informed Muselier of the issue, who mentioned the matter to Sylla and also to the French ambassador to Antananarivo Catherine Boivineau. In Muselier's office, it is a technical advisor of Madagascan origin, Irchad Ramiandrasoa Razaaly, who is in charge of this delicate matter and who is in regular contact with the French prospective adoption families. Joking about this situation, Muselier declared during a reception at the French embassy in Antananarivo, that he had ?adopted a Madagascan? to handle the issue. Irchad Razaaly, who has studied law at Antananarivo University, still has many friends in Antananarivo, one of which is Barijaona aka Bary-Ramaholimiaso who is one of the directors of BNI-CL, and Dominique Rakotomalala of the Fondation Friedrich Ebert.

German court rules gay couples cannot adopt children

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A bad day for same-sex couples in Germany

Germany’s highest court has ruled against giving same-sex couples in civil partnerships the right to adopt children.

By Pernille Eriksen, pere@tv2.dk 14 June 2012 08:11

For the first time breaking adoptive silence in the case of Amy. They want her to come back.

"There is nothing we want more burning than to get Amy back to our family," says Oxana and Kenneth Steen to the Sealand.

Also read: Municipality: Amy was not in acute danger

The couple is working closely with Næstved and residence ark, where 12-year-old Amy is currently located, and is trying to slowly rebuild trust relationship, so the girl can come home again.

12-year-old Amy wants to go home to Ethiopia

NaBr 08 June 2012 06:51

The 12-year-old Amy Steen, who was forcibly removed from her foster parents of Kortrijk municipality would rather return to Ethiopia than to stay in a residence that is the case right now. It says she Zealand.

"My greatest wish is to move back to Hanne and Ole (foster parents, Ed.). But it is probably impossible. This is about the municipality does not want to lose face. I would 100 percent rather go back to Ethiopia, but to be here, "Amy says Steen.

Also read: Municipality reported to the police for child violence

Ukrainian kids, new victims of Israeli 'organ theft'

Thu Dec 3, 2009 2:35PM

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An international Israeli conspiracy to kidnap children and harvest their organs is gathering momentum as another shocking story divulges Tel Aviv's plot to import Ukrainian children and harvest their organs.

The story brings to light the fact that Israel has brought some 25,000 Ukrainian children into the occupied entity over the past two years in order to harvest their organs. It cites a Ukrainian man's fruitless search for 15 children who had been adopted in Israel. The children had clearly been taken by Israeli medical centers, where they were used for 'spare parts'.

Regina doctor who lied to Ukrainian authorities on adoption papers can’t raise children in Canada, court rules

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Vinnitsa train station. In the summer of 2011, Dr. Svitlana Cheshenchuk flew to her hometown of Vinnitsa, Ukraine, where she has an apartment, and adopted two children, a brother and sister, then aged three and four respectively.

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Ukraine Is America’s New Adoption Mecca

A year after Russia halted adoptions to the U.S. in retaliation for sanctions, neighboring Ukraine is becoming an attractive alternative for hopeful parents. But will the country’s protests strand orphans in need?

Back in 2003, when I was adopting a baby from Russia, I was never afraid our efforts would be stymied by shifting political winds, or by anything at all. Like many other adoptive parents, we chose Russia because—though the adoption process was grueling and expensive—it was a sure thing, unlike the minefield that domestic adoption can be.

In 2003 alone, Americans adopted 5,221 Russian children, about the same number adopted annually from Russia since 1999. It wasn't until 2008, when other countries' adoption programs expanded, that Russia's started to fall off.

Topeka family stuck in Ukraine amidst protests

By Katie SampsonPublished: Thursday, February 20, 2014, 9:39 pm

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A Topeka family is in Kiev right now as 100 people have died amidst political protests. Back here in Topeka, the couple’s church community is praying for them.

Topekan Don Jenkins and his wife, Lisa, have adopted four children in Ukraine and are trying to bring them back to the United States.

2002-04-18

Stolen children? without identity

Over 900 children received new home in Sweden

Several hundred Swedish adoptees can be stolen from Thailand.

At least 19 children were in the 70's hit with false identities and birth certificate.