Adoption requests pile up in Andhra Pradesh adoption centres
Date: 2014-05-16 DC | KRUTHI GONWAR | May 16, 2014, 05.05 am IST Hyderabad: More than 200 applications for adoption are pending at the Yusufguda Shishu Vihar for over two years now. Of the total 211...
View ArticleItalian plane to pick up adopted children blocked in Congo
Source: https://www.ansa.it Renzi tweets approved State plane to airlift adopted kids ROME 26 May 2014 16:25 (ANSA) – Rome, May 26 – Italian Premier Matteo Renzi on Monday approved a State airplane to...
View ArticleThe real story of the ‘baby with no name’
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk A stressed father had to leave his £90k job after his son was sent for adoption – but the public were not told the full story Christopher Booker By Christopher...
View ArticleUS adopts highest number of Indian children
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com Christin Mathew Philip,TNN | Jun 21, 2014, 04.27 AM IST CHENNAI: Most children adopted from India end up in homes in the US, followed by Italy. Data from a...
View ArticleGovernment U-turn over privatising child protection services
Source: http://www.theguardian.com Outcry by social work experts leads ministers to say no to private companies but to consider charities and social enterprises Patrick Butler, social policy editor...
View ArticleCanada: Failed adoption agency had little oversight, jurors told
Date: 2014-06-23 Source: http://www.therecord.com By Brian Caldwell KITCHENER — There was almost no financial oversight of an international adoption agency that collapsed amid scandal five years ago,...
View ArticleAnalysis: Denmark should adopt children from fewer countries
Source: http://www.b.dk (Google Translation) By Lisbeth Quass, Berlingske News 27 June 2014 01:12 Need to cut down on the number of countries that adopt children from Denmark, is the recommendation of...
View ArticleACT & Sakhee: Letter to the Indian Government
2 July 2014 The Ministry for Women and Child Development, India, posted the new draft Juvenile Justice ACT online for a public consultation. ACT & Sakhee’s sent their contribution. Food for...
View ArticleItalians continue to lead in the number of Russian adoptions
Source: http://rapsinews.com © RIA Novosti, Aleksei Naumov 10:01 03/07/2014 MOSCOW, July 3 (RAPSI) – Italians adopted 560 Russian children in 2013, the largest number among foreign countries, Russia’s...
View ArticleOrganizations fear the forced adoption of disabled children
Date: 2014-07-07 Source: http://m.bt.dk (google translation) Rødovre Municipality may become the first in the country to be forced adopt a disabled mother’s child. It is of great concern to disability...
View ArticleAuthority admits thousands of adoptions illegal
Source: http://www.irishexaminer.com Monday, July 07, 2014 By Claire O’Sullivan and Conall Ó Fátharta Thousands of Irish people “must have been” illegally adopted, with many taken out of the country,...
View ArticleAdoption Lobby Alert: JCICS – Like… Christmas in July
10 July 2014 We thank the Joint Council of International Children’s Services (JCICS) – a name which according to some of their stakeholders should be changed into International Adoption Services, for...
View ArticleAdoption Lobby Alert: Lumos lobbying the US Congress?
10 July 2014 From the JCICS Report to their Board of Directors we learned the following: In June we are meeting with the Lumos Foundation (as part of the Global Alliance for Children’s mirror plan...
View ArticleAdoption Lobby Alert: Hague Adoption Convention “too good a reputation”
14 July 2014 ACT hereby draws attention to the serious risks that exist for child trafficking for intercountry adoption. The below quote is from the ISS report of April 2014 that was drafted at the...
View Article6,000 adoptions from six mother and baby homes across 23 years
Source: http://www.irishtimes.com Records of placements show children being sent to US, Britain and Germany Thu, Jul 17, 2014, 01:01 More than 6,000 adoptions were recorded as having taken place in...
View ArticleIrish gov confirms 2,000 babies illegally sent to US for adoption
Date: 2014-07-17 Source: http://www.irishcentral.com Kate Hickey @KateHickey_ July 17,2014 01:14 AM The Irish government has confirmed that the remains of almost 500 “unclaimed” infants were used for...
View ArticleAdoption Lobby Alert: EU Funding for CORAM
Congratulations to Coram Children’s Legal Centre, one of 6 grantees under FRC programme on rights of the child http://t.co/QSz2Wbi87R — Margaret Tuite (@MargaretTuite1) July 20, 2014 Grants under the...
View ArticleRussia opens criminal case for negligence in adoption docs for child killed...
Source: http://en.itar-tass.comRussia July 20, 13:05 UTC+4 The decision to open a criminal case was taken after the procedural inquiry which had obtained information about possible negligence, which...
View ArticleBenin detains 10 people in child trafficking probe
Source: http://news.yahoo.com Reuters 23 july 2014 COTONOU (Reuters) – Benin has detained 10 people on suspicions of child-trafficking just weeks after a group in neighboring Niger was held for links...
View ArticleBrussels woman finds mother after being kidnapped 30 years ago
Date: 2014-08-07 Source: http://www.flanderstoday.eu Child was stolen out of bed A 34-year-old Brussels woman was kidnapped 30 years ago from Guatemala and sold by her kidnapper to a Flemish couple...
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