From my archive of press clippings:
RIA Novosti
Russian parliament may request ban on U.S. child adoptions
07:0007/05/2010
The lower chamber of the Russian parliament will discuss on Friday sending a proposal to the Russian prime minister to consider suspending adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens.
Read the whole article here.
MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti)
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Sunday, May 30, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
CNN - U.S. official: Russia still allowing adoptions by Americans
From my archive of press clippings:
CNN
U.S. official: Russia still allowing adoptions by Americans
From Charley Keyes, CNN
May 4, 2010 -- Updated 0056 GMT (0856 HKT)
Washington (CNN) -- A senior State Department official said Monday that Russian authorities continue to approve U.S. adoptions despite some public sentiment there to call a complete halt.
"There are several different moods, I think, in Russia. There is some popular opinion for ending all adoptions to the United States," the official said.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The latest uproar and the high-level meetings were prompted by a Tennessee woman who sent the young Russian boy her family had recently adopted back to Russia unaccompanied.
The senior State Department official said Russians understandably are upset that 18 Russian children have been killed by their adoptive parents since the early 1990s and 17 of those cases involved Americans."
CNN
U.S. official: Russia still allowing adoptions by Americans
From Charley Keyes, CNN
May 4, 2010 -- Updated 0056 GMT (0856 HKT)
Washington (CNN) -- A senior State Department official said Monday that Russian authorities continue to approve U.S. adoptions despite some public sentiment there to call a complete halt.
"There are several different moods, I think, in Russia. There is some popular opinion for ending all adoptions to the United States," the official said.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The latest uproar and the high-level meetings were prompted by a Tennessee woman who sent the young Russian boy her family had recently adopted back to Russia unaccompanied.
The senior State Department official said Russians understandably are upset that 18 Russian children have been killed by their adoptive parents since the early 1990s and 17 of those cases involved Americans."
Friday, May 7, 2010
NYT - Russian Orphanage Offers Love, but Not Families
From my archive of press clippings:
New York Times
Russian Orphanage Offers Love, but Not Families
James Hill for The New York Times
A child at Orphanage No. 11. Of the 45 to 50 children there, just one has been adopted this year.
By CLIFFORD J. LEVY
Published: May 3, 2010
MOSCOW — There is nothing dreary about Orphanage No. 11. It has rooms filled with enough dolls and trains and stuffed animals to make any child giggly. It has speech therapists and round-the-clock nurses and cooks who delight in covertly slipping a treat into a tiny hand. It has the feel of a place where love abounds.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The case of a Russian boy who returned alone to Moscow, sent back by his American adoptive mother, has focused intense attention on the pitfalls of international adoption."
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"Ms. Mizulina noted that for all the complaints about the return of the boy, Artyom Savelyev, by his adoptive mother in Tennessee, Russia itself has plenty of experience with failed placements. She said 30,000 children in the last three years inside Russia were sent back to institutions by their adoptive, foster or guardianship families."
New York Times
Russian Orphanage Offers Love, but Not Families
James Hill for The New York Times
A child at Orphanage No. 11. Of the 45 to 50 children there, just one has been adopted this year.
By CLIFFORD J. LEVY
Published: May 3, 2010
MOSCOW — There is nothing dreary about Orphanage No. 11. It has rooms filled with enough dolls and trains and stuffed animals to make any child giggly. It has speech therapists and round-the-clock nurses and cooks who delight in covertly slipping a treat into a tiny hand. It has the feel of a place where love abounds.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The case of a Russian boy who returned alone to Moscow, sent back by his American adoptive mother, has focused intense attention on the pitfalls of international adoption."
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"Ms. Mizulina noted that for all the complaints about the return of the boy, Artyom Savelyev, by his adoptive mother in Tennessee, Russia itself has plenty of experience with failed placements. She said 30,000 children in the last three years inside Russia were sent back to institutions by their adoptive, foster or guardianship families."
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
MR - Embassies push for transparency in adoptions
From my archive of press clippings:
My Republica
Embassies push for transparency in adoptions
KIRAN CHAPAGAIN KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Embassies of 12 countries entertaining inter-country adoptions from Nepal have jointly asked the government to ensure transparency and meet international standards while processing inter-country adoption cases.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The embassies passed their concerns in the form of a note verbale (a diplomatic memorandum) to the government via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 24 after they found that the "inter-country adoptions from Nepal were not meeting international standards and practices determined by the Hague Convention"."
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"Submitted by the German Embassy on behalf of the countries on inter-country adoption, the note verbale was initially issued by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Later, France, Italy and Spain also signed on it. Australia, Canada and the US have also supported it.
A diplomatic source told myrepublica.com that the embassies are particularly concerned over lack of a central authority with responsibility to ensure that inter-country adoptions met international standards and the lack of laws on a par with the convention."
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kiran@myrepublica.com
Published on 2009-12-07 00:00:01
My Republica
Embassies push for transparency in adoptions
KIRAN CHAPAGAIN KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Embassies of 12 countries entertaining inter-country adoptions from Nepal have jointly asked the government to ensure transparency and meet international standards while processing inter-country adoption cases.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The embassies passed their concerns in the form of a note verbale (a diplomatic memorandum) to the government via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 24 after they found that the "inter-country adoptions from Nepal were not meeting international standards and practices determined by the Hague Convention"."
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"Submitted by the German Embassy on behalf of the countries on inter-country adoption, the note verbale was initially issued by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Later, France, Italy and Spain also signed on it. Australia, Canada and the US have also supported it.
A diplomatic source told myrepublica.com that the embassies are particularly concerned over lack of a central authority with responsibility to ensure that inter-country adoptions met international standards and the lack of laws on a par with the convention."
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kiran@myrepublica.com
Published on 2009-12-07 00:00:01
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
CSM - Why 27 Haiti orphans, adopted by US parents, are stuck in Haiti. The Haiti government, concerned about child trafficking, has stalled adoptions
From my archive of press clippings:
Christian Science Monitor
Why 27 Haiti orphans, adopted by US parents, are stuck in Haiti
The Haiti government, concerned about child trafficking, has stalled adoptions of orphans in the wake of the earthquake.
By Howard LaFranchi Staff writer / January 28, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
A group of 27 Haitian orphans – with documents in order and the blessings of the US government to travel to their adoptive American families – have been stopped from leaving by the Haitian government.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Marc Bellerive decided Jan. 22 that even children granted “humanitarian parole” by the US government in order to expedite their departure from Haiti’s post-earthquake disaster will have to complete an exit process with the prime minister’s office.
But the new process has yet to be defined. For now, the 27 adoptive families in the US who had thought they would be united with their children are still waiting."
"The Haitian government halted the adoptions even as it faces what is arguably Haiti’s biggest crisis in its history. The government’s decision to slow the adoption process is especially galling to adoption advocates in the US and in Haiti since it comes as millions of Haitian children face such adversities as deteriorating living conditions, exposure to disease, and lost schooling as a result of the quake.
At the same time, the Haitian government faces a chorus of warnings from some domestic and international child advocates who say the aftermath of such disasters is often a time of increased child-trafficking."
"In a statement issued Wednesday by the State Department in Haiti, the US government said it is “seeking to expedite the departure of children approved for humanitarian parole so they may be united with their U.S. adoptive parents.”
But the US was also careful not sound critical of the Haitian government’s decision, saying the US government recognizes that “in the aftermath of a crisis such as the Haiti earthquake, children are especially vulnerable,” and that there is “an increased potential for abuse of, and trafficking in, children.”"
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"The US says it has approved 500 Haitian orphans for “humanitarian parole,” 200 of whom are already with the American families."
Christian Science Monitor
Why 27 Haiti orphans, adopted by US parents, are stuck in Haiti
The Haiti government, concerned about child trafficking, has stalled adoptions of orphans in the wake of the earthquake.
By Howard LaFranchi Staff writer / January 28, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
A group of 27 Haitian orphans – with documents in order and the blessings of the US government to travel to their adoptive American families – have been stopped from leaving by the Haitian government.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Marc Bellerive decided Jan. 22 that even children granted “humanitarian parole” by the US government in order to expedite their departure from Haiti’s post-earthquake disaster will have to complete an exit process with the prime minister’s office.
But the new process has yet to be defined. For now, the 27 adoptive families in the US who had thought they would be united with their children are still waiting."
"The Haitian government halted the adoptions even as it faces what is arguably Haiti’s biggest crisis in its history. The government’s decision to slow the adoption process is especially galling to adoption advocates in the US and in Haiti since it comes as millions of Haitian children face such adversities as deteriorating living conditions, exposure to disease, and lost schooling as a result of the quake.
At the same time, the Haitian government faces a chorus of warnings from some domestic and international child advocates who say the aftermath of such disasters is often a time of increased child-trafficking."
"In a statement issued Wednesday by the State Department in Haiti, the US government said it is “seeking to expedite the departure of children approved for humanitarian parole so they may be united with their U.S. adoptive parents.”
But the US was also careful not sound critical of the Haitian government’s decision, saying the US government recognizes that “in the aftermath of a crisis such as the Haiti earthquake, children are especially vulnerable,” and that there is “an increased potential for abuse of, and trafficking in, children.”"
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"The US says it has approved 500 Haitian orphans for “humanitarian parole,” 200 of whom are already with the American families."
Monday, March 29, 2010
POLITICO - Senators speak out for Haitian orphans
From my archive of press clippings:
Politico
Senators speak out for Haitian orphans
By JAMES HOHMANN 1/27/10 4:41 AM EST
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), eager to capitalize on the goodwill engendered by the month's earthquake, held a news conference with six other senators to push a bill that would create a new office in the State Department that coordinates adoption policy. Photo: AP
A bipartisan group of senators pushed Tuesday for the federal government to ease requirements for Americans to adopt Haitian orphans.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), eager to capitalize on the goodwill engendered by the month’s earthquake, held a news conference with six other senators to push a bill that would create a new office in the State Department that coordinates adoption policy."
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Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32055.html#ixzz0dqr874nf
Politico
Senators speak out for Haitian orphans
By JAMES HOHMANN 1/27/10 4:41 AM EST
Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), eager to capitalize on the goodwill engendered by the month's earthquake, held a news conference with six other senators to push a bill that would create a new office in the State Department that coordinates adoption policy. Photo: AP
A bipartisan group of senators pushed Tuesday for the federal government to ease requirements for Americans to adopt Haitian orphans.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), eager to capitalize on the goodwill engendered by the month’s earthquake, held a news conference with six other senators to push a bill that would create a new office in the State Department that coordinates adoption policy."
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Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/32055.html#ixzz0dqr874nf
Sunday, March 28, 2010
ST - Not so fast with Haiti adoptions
From my archive of press clippings:
Seattle Times
Not so fast with Haiti adoptions
Originally published Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 10:00 PM
Sometimes the impulse to do good can make a problem worse. Relief agencies working in Haiti know that images of distressed children often spur people to pursue an adoption. That is a noble sentiment, but one that needs to be leavened by some serious thought.
Jerry Large
Seattle Times staff columnist
Sometimes the impulse to do good can make a problem worse.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Relief agencies working in Haiti know that images of distressed children often spur people to pursue an adoption. That is a noble sentiment, but one that needs to be leavened by some serious thought."
"Amy Parodi, a World Vision communications specialist, said the agency has two primary concerns.
One is that a child who is separated from her family might be adopted on the assumption that she is an orphan, when she has just been separated from her parents by the disaster. They could be found or there may be aunts, uncles or extended family who would want to take her in once they are located.
The second concern is that, "In the chaos following any disaster, it's easy for children to be exploited." There is almost always a black market in which children are offered for adoption, she said. "We want to make sure these children are protected at every stage."
Adoptions that were already in the works are a different matter, but even with those, speeding up the process risks missing some steps established to protect children."
"(P)eople who are committed to adoption should find a reputable agency and be willing to forgo shortcuts, to be sure the child's interests are served.
Last year, U.S. citizens adopted 330 Haitian children. Between 1998 and 2009, Washington state families adopted 166 children from Haiti, according to the U.S. State Department, which has a site with information on international adoptions:
www.travel.state.gov/family/adoption/convention/convention_462.html. "
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Jerry Large's column appears Monday and Thursday. Reach him at 206-464-3346 or jlarge@seattletimes.com.
Seattle Times
Not so fast with Haiti adoptions
Originally published Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 10:00 PM
Sometimes the impulse to do good can make a problem worse. Relief agencies working in Haiti know that images of distressed children often spur people to pursue an adoption. That is a noble sentiment, but one that needs to be leavened by some serious thought.
Jerry Large
Seattle Times staff columnist
Sometimes the impulse to do good can make a problem worse.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Relief agencies working in Haiti know that images of distressed children often spur people to pursue an adoption. That is a noble sentiment, but one that needs to be leavened by some serious thought."
"Amy Parodi, a World Vision communications specialist, said the agency has two primary concerns.
One is that a child who is separated from her family might be adopted on the assumption that she is an orphan, when she has just been separated from her parents by the disaster. They could be found or there may be aunts, uncles or extended family who would want to take her in once they are located.
The second concern is that, "In the chaos following any disaster, it's easy for children to be exploited." There is almost always a black market in which children are offered for adoption, she said. "We want to make sure these children are protected at every stage."
Adoptions that were already in the works are a different matter, but even with those, speeding up the process risks missing some steps established to protect children."
"(P)eople who are committed to adoption should find a reputable agency and be willing to forgo shortcuts, to be sure the child's interests are served.
Last year, U.S. citizens adopted 330 Haitian children. Between 1998 and 2009, Washington state families adopted 166 children from Haiti, according to the U.S. State Department, which has a site with information on international adoptions:
www.travel.state.gov/family/adoption/convention/convention_462.html. "
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Jerry Large's column appears Monday and Thursday. Reach him at 206-464-3346 or jlarge@seattletimes.com.
MR -Don't suspend inter-country adoption
From my archive of press clippings:
My Republica
Don't suspend inter-country adoption
PHILIP HOLMES
Inter-country adoption is once again receiving a bad press. First we had the arrest of a group of Americans in Haiti who were allegedly trying to remove children from the country without the permission of the authorities. Then in this past week UNICEF in Nepal has endorsed the findings of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference that inter-country adoptions from Nepal should once again be suspended. This they state is in response to the Government of Nepal’s failure to fulfill commitments that it gave to reform adoption practice and improve child protection after it signed the Hague Convention in April 2009.
Read the whole article here.
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philip.holmes@ebtrust.org.uk
Published on 2010-02-24 01:48:28
My Republica
Don't suspend inter-country adoption
PHILIP HOLMES
Inter-country adoption is once again receiving a bad press. First we had the arrest of a group of Americans in Haiti who were allegedly trying to remove children from the country without the permission of the authorities. Then in this past week UNICEF in Nepal has endorsed the findings of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference that inter-country adoptions from Nepal should once again be suspended. This they state is in response to the Government of Nepal’s failure to fulfill commitments that it gave to reform adoption practice and improve child protection after it signed the Hague Convention in April 2009.
Read the whole article here.
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philip.holmes@ebtrust.org.uk
Published on 2010-02-24 01:48:28
Saturday, March 27, 2010
ABC12 - Local man tries to get daughter out of Haiti
From my archive of press clippings:
ABC12
Local man tries to get daughter out of Haiti
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Autumn Perry
FLINT (WJRT) -- (01/24/10) -- A local sheriff's deputy whose daughter was injured in the earthquake says he's running out of time.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Prisnor Pascal found his little girl nearly a week ago, but, but can't get her out of the country.
Pascal is a U.S. citizen. His daughter isn't."
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"(T)he number-one priority is evacuating U.S. citizens.
When the earthquake hit, 45,000 U.S. citizens were living in Haiti. American officials are still trying to get many of them out of the country.
The second priority for the State Department is Haitian orphans who were being adopted by U.S. Citizens."
ABC12
Local man tries to get daughter out of Haiti
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Autumn Perry
FLINT (WJRT) -- (01/24/10) -- A local sheriff's deputy whose daughter was injured in the earthquake says he's running out of time.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Prisnor Pascal found his little girl nearly a week ago, but, but can't get her out of the country.
Pascal is a U.S. citizen. His daughter isn't."
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"(T)he number-one priority is evacuating U.S. citizens.
When the earthquake hit, 45,000 U.S. citizens were living in Haiti. American officials are still trying to get many of them out of the country.
The second priority for the State Department is Haitian orphans who were being adopted by U.S. Citizens."
Friday, March 26, 2010
JO - 'Jamaican couples want Haitian children too'
From my archive of press clippings:
Jamaica Observer
'Jamaican couples want Haitian children too'
BY INGRID BROWN Sunday Observer senior reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, January 24, 2010
AMERICAN couples are apparently not the only ones lining up to adopt Haitian orphans, thousands of whom are without a home following the deadly January 12 earthquake which flattened sections of the country.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Wealthy Jamaicans, many of them unable to have their own children, also seem poised to join that race if a channel should open up to allow them a quick and smooth transition into parenthood."
"Dr William Aiken, consulting urologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, said he is aware of some Jamaican couples who are willing to adopt Haitian orphans if given the opportunity."
"While many will argue that Jamaica has its fair share of orphans to be adopted, Aiken insists that this is easier said than done. He told the Sunday Observer that there is a lot of bureaucracy and red tape which make it a long and tedious process for Jamaican children to be adopted."
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"Tens of thousands of Haitian children are believed to have been orphaned by the earthquake, according to reports from aid groups on the ground in Haiti. But officials have not yet been able to provide a number. However, even before the deadly magnitude-7.0 earthquake, Haiti -- one of the world's poorest countries -- was awash in orphans, with 380,000 children living in orphanages or group homes, the United Nations Children's Fund reported on its website.
Some of the children, it said, lost their parents in previous disasters, including four tropical storms or hurricanes that killed about 800 people in 2008, deadly storms in 2005 and 2004, and massive floods almost every other year since 2000. Others were abandoned amid the Caribbean nation's long-running political strife, which has led thousands to seek asylum in the US -- without their children -- or by parents who were simply too poor to care for them."
Jamaica Observer
'Jamaican couples want Haitian children too'
BY INGRID BROWN Sunday Observer senior reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com
Sunday, January 24, 2010
AMERICAN couples are apparently not the only ones lining up to adopt Haitian orphans, thousands of whom are without a home following the deadly January 12 earthquake which flattened sections of the country.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Wealthy Jamaicans, many of them unable to have their own children, also seem poised to join that race if a channel should open up to allow them a quick and smooth transition into parenthood."
"Dr William Aiken, consulting urologist at the University Hospital of the West Indies in Kingston, said he is aware of some Jamaican couples who are willing to adopt Haitian orphans if given the opportunity."
"While many will argue that Jamaica has its fair share of orphans to be adopted, Aiken insists that this is easier said than done. He told the Sunday Observer that there is a lot of bureaucracy and red tape which make it a long and tedious process for Jamaican children to be adopted."
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"Tens of thousands of Haitian children are believed to have been orphaned by the earthquake, according to reports from aid groups on the ground in Haiti. But officials have not yet been able to provide a number. However, even before the deadly magnitude-7.0 earthquake, Haiti -- one of the world's poorest countries -- was awash in orphans, with 380,000 children living in orphanages or group homes, the United Nations Children's Fund reported on its website.
Some of the children, it said, lost their parents in previous disasters, including four tropical storms or hurricanes that killed about 800 people in 2008, deadly storms in 2005 and 2004, and massive floods almost every other year since 2000. Others were abandoned amid the Caribbean nation's long-running political strife, which has led thousands to seek asylum in the US -- without their children -- or by parents who were simply too poor to care for them."
Thursday, March 25, 2010
MR - Nepal's adoption system unreliable: US
From my archive of press clippings:
My Republica
Nepal's adoption system unreliable: US
KIRAN CHAPAGAIN KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The United States has accused Nepal´s inter-country adoption of being unreliable and cautioned prospective adoptive US parents to find out orphan status of the minors before taking any decision on adoption from Nepal. "We caution prospective adoptive parents who have yet to choose a country that the inter-country adoption system in Nepal is not yet reliable," said the US State Department in a notice last week.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The US allegation comes after the finding of US Embassy in Kathmandu which found that a child set for adoption was not a true orphan and its biological parents were actively searching for it.
The US´s concerns follow a similar allegation by The Hague Conference on Private International Law, an inter-governmental organization based in The Hague, early this month."
"The State Department said in the notice that the US shares many of the concerns outlined in The Hague report. US is the second country to respond to the report."
"Most Nepali children are adopted by families in Spain, Italy, the US, France and Germany."
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"(A) Kathmandu-based international group on adoption, which held a meeting at the US embassy on February 11 on The Hague report, is making preparations to come up with a common response to the report, most likely this week, according to an official working at the embassy of an EU country."
My Republica
Nepal's adoption system unreliable: US
KIRAN CHAPAGAIN KATHMANDU, Feb 23: The United States has accused Nepal´s inter-country adoption of being unreliable and cautioned prospective adoptive US parents to find out orphan status of the minors before taking any decision on adoption from Nepal. "We caution prospective adoptive parents who have yet to choose a country that the inter-country adoption system in Nepal is not yet reliable," said the US State Department in a notice last week.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The US allegation comes after the finding of US Embassy in Kathmandu which found that a child set for adoption was not a true orphan and its biological parents were actively searching for it.
The US´s concerns follow a similar allegation by The Hague Conference on Private International Law, an inter-governmental organization based in The Hague, early this month."
"The State Department said in the notice that the US shares many of the concerns outlined in The Hague report. US is the second country to respond to the report."
"Most Nepali children are adopted by families in Spain, Italy, the US, France and Germany."
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"(A) Kathmandu-based international group on adoption, which held a meeting at the US embassy on February 11 on The Hague report, is making preparations to come up with a common response to the report, most likely this week, according to an official working at the embassy of an EU country."
Saturday, February 20, 2010
CBS - Child: U.S. Adoption Agency Bought Me. CBS News Investigates Serious Questions about the Legitimacy of Some Ethopian Adoptions.
From my archive of press clippings:
CBS News
Child: U.S. Adoption Agency Bought Me
CBS News Investigates Serious Questions about the Legitimacy of Some Ethopian Adoptions
By Armen Keteyian
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 15, 2010
Questions are being raised about the legitimacy of Ethiopian adoptions after a girl claims an agency bought her in Ethiopia and placed her for adoption in the U.S. Armen Keteyian investigates.
CBS News
Child: U.S. Adoption Agency Bought Me
CBS News Investigates Serious Questions about the Legitimacy of Some Ethopian Adoptions
By Armen Keteyian
NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 15, 2010
Questions are being raised about the legitimacy of Ethiopian adoptions after a girl claims an agency bought her in Ethiopia and placed her for adoption in the U.S. Armen Keteyian investigates.
Read the whole article here.
Friday, February 19, 2010
CT - International adoptions grow more difficult. Higher standards and costs play a role.
From my archive of press clippings:
Chicago Tribune
International adoptions grow more difficult
Higher standards and costs play a role
By Bonnie Miller Rubin, Tribune reporter
February 15, 2010
For years, Americans hoping to build families through adoption looked overseas because the path was more predictable and less complicated than domestic adoption.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Three of the most popular countries — China, Guatemala and Russia — have scaled back, tightened rules or temporarily halted adoptions as they struggle to establish more transparency and accountability.
Countries also have raised the eligibility bar, excluding more prospective parents based on income, marital status and even — in the case of China — body mass index.
Finally, even if a couple manage to slice through all the bureaucracy, there's the price — which can hit $40,000 in some countries, double what it was 10 years ago and a deal breaker for many families."
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"A major shift came in 2008 with the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption.
The treaty — signed by 70 countries, including the United States — has been widely supported by accredited agencies as an important step in eliminating concerns of baby-selling and coercion. Such allegations were common in Guatemala and Vietnam."
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brubin@tribune.com
Chicago Tribune
International adoptions grow more difficult
Higher standards and costs play a role
By Bonnie Miller Rubin, Tribune reporter
February 15, 2010
For years, Americans hoping to build families through adoption looked overseas because the path was more predictable and less complicated than domestic adoption.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Three of the most popular countries — China, Guatemala and Russia — have scaled back, tightened rules or temporarily halted adoptions as they struggle to establish more transparency and accountability.
Countries also have raised the eligibility bar, excluding more prospective parents based on income, marital status and even — in the case of China — body mass index.
Finally, even if a couple manage to slice through all the bureaucracy, there's the price — which can hit $40,000 in some countries, double what it was 10 years ago and a deal breaker for many families."
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"A major shift came in 2008 with the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption.
The treaty — signed by 70 countries, including the United States — has been widely supported by accredited agencies as an important step in eliminating concerns of baby-selling and coercion. Such allegations were common in Guatemala and Vietnam."
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brubin@tribune.com
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
NYT - Adopted From Korea and in Search of Identity
From my archive of press clippings:
New York Times
Adopted From Korea and in Search of Identity
By RON NIXON
Published: November 8, 2009
As a child, Kim Eun Mi Young hated being different.
DIFFERENT Kim Eun Mi Young in an undated photo with her brothers, David, left, and Shawn. Growing up, she says, “at no time did I consider myself anything other than white.”
J. Michael Short for The New York Times
Kim Eun Mi Young in her San Antonio home with family photographs and mementos.
When her father brought home toys, a record and a picture book on South Korea, the country from which she was adopted in 1961, she ignored them.
Growing up in Georgia, Kansas and Hawaii, in a military family, she would date only white teenagers, even when Asian boys were around.
Read the whole article here.
New York Times
Adopted From Korea and in Search of Identity
By RON NIXON
Published: November 8, 2009
As a child, Kim Eun Mi Young hated being different.
DIFFERENT Kim Eun Mi Young in an undated photo with her brothers, David, left, and Shawn. Growing up, she says, “at no time did I consider myself anything other than white.”
J. Michael Short for The New York Times
Kim Eun Mi Young in her San Antonio home with family photographs and mementos.
When her father brought home toys, a record and a picture book on South Korea, the country from which she was adopted in 1961, she ignored them.
Growing up in Georgia, Kansas and Hawaii, in a military family, she would date only white teenagers, even when Asian boys were around.
Read the whole article here.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
WS - Adoption rules benefit children
From my archive of press clippings:
Windsor Star
Adoption rules benefit children
Published: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Re: Adoption madness, April 15, guest column by Beth Nonte Russell.
Most agree with Ms. Russell's call to end orphanage care for children. Although some have dedicated staff, they provide only a semblance of a family experience. Children thrive in a healthy family setting.
Read the whole article here.
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Arlene E. Klie, Kingsville
Windsor Star
Adoption rules benefit children
Published: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Re: Adoption madness, April 15, guest column by Beth Nonte Russell.
Most agree with Ms. Russell's call to end orphanage care for children. Although some have dedicated staff, they provide only a semblance of a family experience. Children thrive in a healthy family setting.
Read the whole article here.
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Arlene E. Klie, Kingsville
Friday, September 11, 2009
Canada.Com - Chantal criticizes Madonna, Jolie for adoptions
From my archive of press clippings:
Canada.Com
Chantal criticizes Madonna, Jolie for adoptions
By Adrian Chamberlain, Canwest News ServiceJune 22, 2009
Celebrities such as Madonna and Angelina Jolie are making a mistake by adopting African children, says Canadian pop singer Chantal Kreviazuk.
Read the whole article here.
Canada.Com
Chantal criticizes Madonna, Jolie for adoptions
By Adrian Chamberlain, Canwest News ServiceJune 22, 2009
Celebrities such as Madonna and Angelina Jolie are making a mistake by adopting African children, says Canadian pop singer Chantal Kreviazuk.
Read the whole article here.
EH - US couple who wanted to adopt on trial in Egypt
From my archive of press clippings:
Eagle Herald
US couple who wanted to adopt on trial in Egypt
BY MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press Writer
May 16, 3:20 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) -- An American woman who is being tried with her husband on charges of forgery and child trafficking after they adopted twin orphans said Saturday the trial was part of Egypt's "persecution" against Christians.
Read the whole article here.
Eagle Herald
US couple who wanted to adopt on trial in Egypt
BY MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press Writer
May 16, 3:20 PM EDT
CAIRO (AP) -- An American woman who is being tried with her husband on charges of forgery and child trafficking after they adopted twin orphans said Saturday the trial was part of Egypt's "persecution" against Christians.
Read the whole article here.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
DCS - Durham Couple Who Wanted To Adopt On Trial In Egypt
From my archive of press clippings:
Durham County Story
Durham Couple Who Wanted To Adopt On Trial In Egypt
By AP, MyNC, 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Updated: May. 14 4:39 am
CAIRO
A North Carolina couple, Iris Botros and Louis Andros, thought they were finally reaching their dream of having a child when they came to Botros' homeland, Egypt, to adopt twin orphans. Instead they found themselves in a cage in a courtroom, on trial for alleged child trafficking.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Botros and Andros, who live in Durham, N.C., also may have been caught up in an attempt by the Egyptian government to show it is cracking down on human trafficking after criticism from the United States."
"(T)he two traveled to Cairo in the fall and were put in touch with a Coptic Christian orphanage that was caring for two newborn orphans.
The orphanage gave them forged documents to say Botros had given birth to the children, and the couple donated $4,600 to the orphanage, Saleh said. In November, Botros and Andros brought the twins, whom they named Victoria and Alexander, back to their temporary home in a mostly Christian neighborhood of Cairo.
But when they tried to get American passports for the babies, a U.S. Embassy employee became suspicious of them, Saleh said. When asked by an embassy official, Botros admitted she wasn't the biological mother, the lawyer said."
"A second couple - Suzan Hagoulf, an American of Egyptian origin, and her Egyptian husband Medhat Metyas, who have been living in Egypt since 2003 - were also arrested in December.Hagoulf and Metyas adopted a newborn from the same orphanage almost a year ago, according to their lawyer, Naguib Gibrail. When they wanted to visit the U.S. in late 2008, they applied at the U.S. Embassy, where officials asked for a DNA test on the child. The couple were reluctant to present one, and the embassy notified Egyptian police, Gibrail said."
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"The U.S. Embassy in Cairo would not comment on the case. According to the State Department, few Egyptian children are adopted by American citizens. In fiscal year 2008, the U.S. issued two Egyptian orphans immigrant visas, which must be obtained for internationally adopted children to enter the United States, according U.S. government figures."
Durham County Story
Durham Couple Who Wanted To Adopt On Trial In Egypt
By AP, MyNC, 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Updated: May. 14 4:39 am
CAIRO
A North Carolina couple, Iris Botros and Louis Andros, thought they were finally reaching their dream of having a child when they came to Botros' homeland, Egypt, to adopt twin orphans. Instead they found themselves in a cage in a courtroom, on trial for alleged child trafficking.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Botros and Andros, who live in Durham, N.C., also may have been caught up in an attempt by the Egyptian government to show it is cracking down on human trafficking after criticism from the United States."
"(T)he two traveled to Cairo in the fall and were put in touch with a Coptic Christian orphanage that was caring for two newborn orphans.
The orphanage gave them forged documents to say Botros had given birth to the children, and the couple donated $4,600 to the orphanage, Saleh said. In November, Botros and Andros brought the twins, whom they named Victoria and Alexander, back to their temporary home in a mostly Christian neighborhood of Cairo.
But when they tried to get American passports for the babies, a U.S. Embassy employee became suspicious of them, Saleh said. When asked by an embassy official, Botros admitted she wasn't the biological mother, the lawyer said."
"A second couple - Suzan Hagoulf, an American of Egyptian origin, and her Egyptian husband Medhat Metyas, who have been living in Egypt since 2003 - were also arrested in December.Hagoulf and Metyas adopted a newborn from the same orphanage almost a year ago, according to their lawyer, Naguib Gibrail. When they wanted to visit the U.S. in late 2008, they applied at the U.S. Embassy, where officials asked for a DNA test on the child. The couple were reluctant to present one, and the embassy notified Egyptian police, Gibrail said."
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"The U.S. Embassy in Cairo would not comment on the case. According to the State Department, few Egyptian children are adopted by American citizens. In fiscal year 2008, the U.S. issued two Egyptian orphans immigrant visas, which must be obtained for internationally adopted children to enter the United States, according U.S. government figures."
Friday, September 4, 2009
TT - Finding a home: Fewer children up for adoption in China
From my archive of press clippings:
Tehran Times
Finding a home: Fewer children up for adoption in China
April 16, 2009
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- At a foster home on the outskirts of Beijing, 13 special-needs children are waiting to be adopted. Our crew walked in as they were waking up from their afternoon nap, with sleepy eyes and little yawns that quickly turned into smiles.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The Chinese government imposed new regulations in 2007 to limit the number of international applications, putting more restrictions on prospective parents from outside China.
The rules basically say you need not apply if you are single, overweight, deformed, taking antidepressants or poor.
China has said the rules are in the best interest of the child.
After leading the world in international adoptions, adoptions in China are slowing down, though it is not clear whether there is a link to the new rules.
According to the U.S. State Department, Americans adopted 7,906 Chinese children in 2005, a number that dropped to 3,909 children in 2008."
Tehran Times
Finding a home: Fewer children up for adoption in China
April 16, 2009
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- At a foster home on the outskirts of Beijing, 13 special-needs children are waiting to be adopted. Our crew walked in as they were waking up from their afternoon nap, with sleepy eyes and little yawns that quickly turned into smiles.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The Chinese government imposed new regulations in 2007 to limit the number of international applications, putting more restrictions on prospective parents from outside China.
The rules basically say you need not apply if you are single, overweight, deformed, taking antidepressants or poor.
China has said the rules are in the best interest of the child.
After leading the world in international adoptions, adoptions in China are slowing down, though it is not clear whether there is a link to the new rules.
According to the U.S. State Department, Americans adopted 7,906 Chinese children in 2005, a number that dropped to 3,909 children in 2008."
Thursday, September 3, 2009
DNT - Waltham family starts process to adopt second child from Ethiopia
From my archive of press clippings:
Daily News Tribune
Waltham family starts process to adopt second child from Ethiopia
By Jeff Gilbride/Daily News staff
Daily News Tribune
Posted May 12, 2009 @ 12:37 AM
WALTHAM —
The Nielsens are hoping the city's diversity will provide the perfect backdrop for their growing adoptive, multi-cultural family.
Read the whole article here.
Daily News Tribune
Waltham family starts process to adopt second child from Ethiopia
By Jeff Gilbride/Daily News staff
Daily News Tribune
Posted May 12, 2009 @ 12:37 AM
WALTHAM —
The Nielsens are hoping the city's diversity will provide the perfect backdrop for their growing adoptive, multi-cultural family.
Read the whole article here.
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