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MP suggests returning adopted children back to Kazakhstan

Source: http://en.tengrinews.kz Monday, 05.08.2013, 10:43 Kazakhstan Senate deputy Gani Kassymov has suggested to return all the children adopted by foreign citizens back to Kazakhstan, STV channel reports. According to the senator, the country is capable of creating normal conditions for its orphans. He also reminded that her colleagues called to ban adoption of Kazakhstan children by… Weiter »

German Claudia Gerstner in search of her biological mother in Mangalore

Source: http://www.daijiworld.com Wednesday, July 10, 2013 2:08:54 PM (IST) Florine Roche Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore Mangalore, Jul 10: “Blood is thicker than water” is a well-known German proverb, which means that bonds of common ancestry are stronger than any other. This is what has brought many of the foreign nationals who were adopted from India,… Weiter »

Adoptions no longer ‚humanitarian‘, instead heavily politicized – expert

Date: 2013-07-03 Source: http://english.ruvr.ru On Tuesday the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) passed a resolution “On international adoptions”. Although Russia is not directly mentioned in the document, its author, US Senator Roger Wicker, implied that the resolution had resulted from Russia’s ban on US adoptions. Roelie Post from the… Weiter »

Wicker to Introduce International Adoption Resolution

Source: http://www.wicker.senate.gov Jun 27 2013 Mississippi Senator Aims to Protect Children Caught in Adoption Limbo WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., will offer a first-of-its-kind resolution aimed at protecting children and families caught in the middle of legal adoption changes. Wicker’s resolution will be introduced at the 57-country OSCE Parliamentary Assembly this month in the… Weiter »

Americans banned from adopting children from Kazakhstan

Source: http://en.tengrinews.kz Wednesday, 12.06.2013, 16:29 U.S. citizens will not be able to adopt Kazakhstan children until U.S. authorities explain how two orphans from Kazakhstan ended up at the American ranch, Tengrinews.kz reports citing chairwoman of the Commission for Children’s Rights Protection of the Kazakhstan Ministry of Education and Science Raissa Sher. “Last July it turned out… Weiter »

AFRICA: Call to reverse soaring adoption rates

Source: http://www.irinnews.org ADDIS ABABA, 6 June 2012 (IRIN) – As the number of African children adopted by people outside the continent reaches record levels, experts, activists, government officials and academics have called for the practice to be stemmed, warning that adoption was too often motivated by financial gain rather than the best interests of the children… Weiter »

Colombia closed the door for foreign adoption

Date: 2013-05-30 Source: http://www.radiosantafe.com Google Translation from Spanish: May 30, 2013 E n an unprecedented move, the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare has temporarily suspended acceptance of new applications for foreign families who want to adopt Colombian children between 0 and 6 years, with no special conditions. The move, announced on Thursday at the First Meeting… Weiter »

Sale of children, great business getting out of hand

Source: http://www.latribuna.hn May 13, 2013 (Google Translation) The lack of opportunities in education, health and employment, coupled with excessive growth of poverty, every day’s shore Honduran women have to give away or sell their children. Many women would give birth to their children and handing them over to foreigners in other countries, for paltry sums of… Weiter »

adoptie is big business

Source: http://www.vpro.nl Maartje Duin , 29 april 2013 Holland Doc: Mercy Mercy Maandag, Nederland 2, 20.55-22.00 uur Bezoekers die huilend naar buiten kwamen. Een woedende pedagoge die de filmmaakster wel iets wilde aandoen. Bij de IDFA-première afgelopen november bleek de documentaire Mercy Mercy de gemoederen flink te beroeren. Niet verwonderlijk, want in de film voltrekt… Weiter »

Review: ‘Mercy Mercy’ is a sad portrait of international adoption SPECIAL

Sarah Gopaul Apr 27, 2013 ‘Mercy Mercy: A Portrait of True Adoption’ is a documentary about inter-country adoption that provides a raw look at all participants in the adoption process. When the average person thinks about adoption, they think about all the orphans in the world. But a surprising number of adoptions involve living biological… Weiter »