tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993038200998852842023-11-16T13:06:03.288+01:00ROMANIA - FOR EXPORT ONLYThe untold story of the Romanian 'orphans' - Roelie PostUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-6753176411836273062010-07-17T00:18:00.001+02:002010-10-14T18:31:19.451+02:00Indian family files police complaint of kidnapping in the NetherlandsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-42912404946041643302010-06-06T11:16:00.007+02:002010-06-07T13:08:56.870+02:00Help Nagarani and other parents of missing childrenToday the Sunday Times reported on the work of ACT (Against Child Trafficking), being to assist parents of missing children. Children missing because they were adopted by foreigners, in exchange for money. Some of these children were kidnapped directly from their parents. Nagarani's son, for example, was kidnapped during the night - just as Madeleine McCann.Madeleine McCann fund raised £2 millionUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-87563643447815654452010-05-15T14:53:00.004+02:002010-05-15T15:18:11.387+02:00Ethiopia: Export Commodity ChildInformal translation of summary: Sonntaz Exportgut KindEXPORT COMMODITY CHILDFULL ARTICLE (not yet online) HOPE This Ethiopian Family has given a son to Germany. The father hoped that it would be better off there. That’s why he lied. Adoption agencies and orphanages claim such lies – at the intercountry adoption market. ONE IS MISSING(summary)Export commodity child A family in Ethiopia has many Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-66702531383101967782010-05-08T15:36:00.002+02:002010-05-08T15:45:22.120+02:00France: Over 80 adopted children abandoned each yearUnofficial translation - via Fabriquée en CoréeFrance: Over 80 adopted children abandoned each year Published in France-Soir, Nicole Korchia, May 3, 2010. The figures are secret and taboo in France: officially 2% of adoptions are doomed to fail in France. But unofficially, the specialists speak bluntly of one out of ten ... Our investigation. A terrible fact ... The failures of the adoption, is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-3165227244287589972010-04-30T13:01:00.002+02:002010-04-30T13:19:43.199+02:00Why Russia should stop exporting its childrenAmidst the pressure to re-open Romanian adoption, I of course followed the situation of Artyom Savelyev, the Russian adoptee who was ‘returned to sender’ by his US adoptive mother. This case has brought the controversial issue of intercountry adoption from Russia back into the international news. The possibility that Russia might stop exporting children has spread panic in the adoption industry. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-84675455538545002012010-04-22T19:11:00.006+02:002010-04-22T21:19:04.190+02:00Romanian President: Country’s Adoption Law Will Not Change During My TermRomanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday in Brussels that the country’s law on adoptions will not change, “at least” not during his term, regardless of the lobby in favor of change made “in Brussels and elsewhere.”A petition for the reopening of international adoptions in Romania was dismissed on March 23 on the request of Romanian MEP Victor Bostinaru, unanimously backed by the European Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-77990234628763737392010-04-12T15:06:00.001+02:002010-04-12T15:08:39.460+02:00The Adoption Lobby: Report from BrusselsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-44642485567302188502010-01-24T22:19:00.002+01:002010-01-24T22:23:02.422+01:00Haiti puts a halt to new adoptions.In the midst of adoptions? That's rather vague. Finalised adoptions, Court Decision. That would be clearer: Lassegue told the German Press Agency dpa that the government has put a halt to new adoptions. Only those children who were already in the midst of adoptions would be allowed to leave. There have been increasing reports from the UN and elsewhere over trafficking in the disaster's smallest Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-84926539521255258372010-01-16T16:12:00.002+01:002010-01-16T16:21:57.753+01:00The Dutch Airlifting Haiti's childrenInstead of airlifting the 56 Haitian children out of the country, it would be advisable to find back their parents and to help them reunite if that's what they want. That would be a true humanitarian act - and a great blessing in these tragic days. Because, in many cases the children have parents who with a little bit of help will be able to care for their children themselves. And not always theyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-35447219372526711402009-12-11T10:46:00.002+01:002009-12-11T10:58:10.355+01:00Samoa's stolen childrenAdoption Scam? I would rather call it Adoption Crime. And as long as such crimes go unpunished, and the biggest risk is losing the adoption licence, these crimes will continue over and over again. Focus on Children scam: No jail time in adoption-fraud caseIn a plea deal, four defendants get probation and are banned for life from the business.CBS News will present, "The Lost Children," a "48 HoursUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-7843742192885972812009-11-24T19:09:00.002+01:002009-11-24T19:17:14.464+01:00Romanian Grandmother looking for her GrandchildrenThe Romanian newspaper Curentul today published an article and video about alleged child trafficking for adoption by Klaus Werner Iohannis, who is a candidate to become Romania's new Prime Minister. ... The Iliuţ family tragedy begins in the years 1990-1991, when, taking advantage of early loss of parents of three children, appears on the line school inspector Klaus Werner Iohannis. He, together Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-48114454174059702132009-11-23T18:06:00.004+01:002009-11-23T18:18:34.679+01:00Recommended reading:Mirah Riben about how the US treats its children: Suffer the Children: The Exploitation of America’s Most Vulnerableby Mirah Riben / November 23rd, 2009“Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest—tost to me,”And we will send you ours?Full text HEREUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-67283402436931431992009-11-22T13:32:00.002+01:002009-11-22T13:54:13.140+01:00Madagascar. Adoption of a child. A mother victim of a scamOne by one, mothers who saw their children disappear for intercountry adoption are speaking out. This time a mother from Madagascar, whose child is somewhere in Europe. Yesterday I read the following statement: Should original mothers on this planet ever stand up en masse and demand their children back, there will be a revolution the likes of which this planet has never seen.Let's spread the wordUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-60367237151445212672009-11-06T11:14:00.003+01:002009-11-06T12:56:47.309+01:00“Gotcha” from a mother's perspectiveI strongly recommend Jane Trenka's article What does “Gotcha” mean?, in which she gives her mother a voice.It is no longer a secret that intercountry adoption, in the past and present, is not about 'saving orphans', but about taking children from vulnerable families.The abuses of the Korean adoption system, spelled out in THIS ARTICLE are not typical for South Korea. They can be found in most if Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-66750409492811260442009-10-26T11:54:00.004+01:002009-10-26T13:24:37.668+01:00Adoption Agencies: GET US CHILDREN. NOW!Surfing the Internet to look more into the background of the European Convention "Challenges in Adoption Procedures in Europe: Ensuring the Best Interests of the Child", this is what I found.The Nordic Adoption Council was careless enough to give us a look behind the curtains. Leaving their Members only site open, they gave us a look into their desperation to GET CHILDREN.Children from other Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-51510711082535855762009-10-16T17:05:00.003+02:002009-10-16T17:16:21.417+02:00Romanian Government opposes resumption of international adoptionsYesterday the Romanian Secretary of State for Adoptions, Bogdan Panait, handed in a proposal to re-open intercountry adoption. Bad news for the Adoption Lobby, because today the Romanian Prime Minister announced NOT to change the adoption law.Full article HERECONGRATS ROMANIAUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-45014739553616306352009-10-15T21:47:00.005+02:002009-10-15T22:04:01.494+02:00Adoption: Island of the Lost Children - FranceFrench adoptions from the Reunion: a must see:HARVESTING CHILDRENUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-20441304628399834292009-09-29T12:53:00.004+02:002009-09-29T13:14:44.560+02:00The French and the Adoption MarketWith courtesy to ABANDON & ADOPTION where the full text can be read in French.ADOPTION, THE PRACTICE OF "ENVELOPES" DIVISESThe French adoptive families are increasingly faced with requestf for "gifts" to the adoption countries. The Associationsaffected by this are divided on the practice. The President of the French Adoption Agency, Yves Nicolin, outraged Enfance et Famille d’Adoption, the main Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-15214199247514160402009-09-19T20:09:00.003+02:002009-09-19T20:15:10.026+02:00China's Adoption Myth further unraveledSome Chinese parents say their babies were stolen for adoptionIn some rural areas, instead of levying fines for violations of China's child policies, greedy officials took babies, which would each fetch $3,000 om adoptions.By Barbara DemickSeptember 19, 2009 reporting from Tianxi, China - The man from family planning liked to prowl around the mountaintop village, looking for diapers on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-24470021789861775112009-09-18T08:16:00.003+02:002009-09-18T08:38:22.276+02:00Suspension of adoptions from Ethiopia:Netwerk TV yesterday evenening announced the suspension of adoptions from Ethiopia: The biggest adoption agency from the Netherlands, Wereldkinderen, stops per immediately with adoption procedures from Ethiopia because of a new adoption scandal. From research done by the organisation it appears that the background information of the adopted children is not always in line with the information inUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-90247303095047554952009-09-02T14:49:00.007+02:002009-09-02T19:27:31.833+02:00Guest BloggerToday I am guest blogger of my mother's blog. My name is Anne-Catherine and I am seventeen years old. I gave up breakfast and lunch for two days's, not three, as we are on holiday in lovely Greece with a large group of friends and I don't want to lose my good mood! I do have dinner as we go out to restaurants every night, but it does not help to eat a whole lot as I only get more hungry the next Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-80782929159659064742009-09-01T07:31:00.012+02:002009-09-01T10:01:19.752+02:00HUNGER STRIKE TO BRING DAUGHTERS BACK HOMEToday I join the INTERNATIONAL HUNGER STRIKE that was called to support three mothers in Guatemala in getting back their stolen daughters. These daughters were adopted by US families.In joining this international hunger strike I will fast for three days in the hope that it might help forcing the US side to take appropriate action: to give back these daughters to their mothers.I am writing these Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-11724421100142277632009-07-20T18:57:00.002+02:002009-07-20T19:00:58.125+02:00Korean Adoptions: "A Game of Living Ghosts"TRACKUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-57243682588117534192009-06-26T09:45:00.002+02:002009-06-26T10:41:18.021+02:00Guatemala's stolen childrenThis story about Guatemala is sad example of the result of the demand-driven adoption market. Lawyers, doctors, facilitators bend over backwards to get children for adoption. That's not just the case in Guatemala, read what Yuri Pavlenko, Ukranian Minister for Family, Youth and Sport, has to say about this: Full text HERE: ... But most of the trouble has been caused by middlemen, who allegedly Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299303820099885284.post-52603800406218695512009-06-24T17:30:00.003+02:002009-06-24T17:35:50.134+02:00No More Angels - Operation BabyliftWith Courtesy to the Humanist, Published in the May/June 2009 HumanistFor the full article click HERENo More Angels For YouVietnam is currently experiencing social and economic growing pains similar to those South Korea went through during the 1970s and 80s. Korean children were the hot commodity in international adoption up until many adult Korean adoptees put the South Korean government’s feet Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0