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Why China banned international adoptions

The announcement came at a routine press briefing on September 5th. Mao Ning, a foreign-ministry spokesperson, said China was grateful for the “desire and love" of the foreign families who wanted to adopt Chinese children. Exceptions would be made for foreigners adopting stepchildren and children of blood relatives in China. More than 160,000 Chinese children have been placed in homes …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Russia set to ban foreign adoptions from gender-transitioning countries, limit child-free advocacy

Firstpost

Russia’s parliament approved a bill to ban adoption by citizens from countries where gender transitioning is legal, reinforcing measures against non-traditional sexuality and promoting ’traditional values' On Tuesday, the final reading of a bill prohibiting the adoption of Russian children by citizens o countries where gender transitioning is permitted was approved by Russia’s lower house of parliament. Following a series …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

South Korean truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ha Kum Chul, one of the commission’s investigators, said …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

South Korean truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s

LA Times

A South Korean commission found evidence that women were pressured into giving away their infants for foreign adoptions after giving birth at government-funded facilities where thousands of people were confined and enslaved from the 1960s to the 1980s. Ha Kum Chul, one of the commission’s investigators, said inmate records show at least 20 adoptions occurred from Daegu’s Huimangwon and South …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

China halts foreign adoptions, leaving questions about pending cases

The Hindu

The Chinese government is ending its inter-country adoption programme, and the U.S. is seeking clarification on how the decision will affect hundreds of American families with pending applications. The embassy is seeking clarification in writing from China's Ministry of Civil Affairs, the U.S. State Department said Thursday. At a daily briefing Thursday, Mao Ning, a spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

China is ending foreign adoptions of its children. That leaves hundreds of American families in limbo

CNN

Hong Kong CNN — China is ending most foreign adoptions of its children, leaving hundreds of American and other foreign families with pending applications in limbo. “We are grateful for the desire and love of the governments and adoptive families of relevant countries to adopt Chinese children.” The ban raises uncertainty for hundreds of American families currently in the process …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

China’s halt of foreign adoptions leaves questions about pending cases

Associated Press

BEIJING — The Chinese government is ending its intercountry adoption program, and the U.S. is seeking clarification on how the decision will affect hundreds of American families with pending applications. The embassy is seeking clarification in writing from China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, the U.S. State Department said Thursday. The government later resumed adoptions for children who had received travel …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

China’s halt of foreign adoptions leaves questions about pending cases

LA Times

Spanish couples take their newly adopted Chinese children for a walk in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 2007. In a phone call with U.S. diplomats in China, Beijing said it “will not continue to process cases at any stage” other than those cases covered by an exception clause. The U.S. Embassy is seeking clarification in writing from China’s Ministry of Civil …

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11 months ago

South Korea grants extension to truth commission as investigators examine foreign adoption cases

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s presidential office said Monday it approved a request by the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission for a one-year extension after investigators sought more time to examine human rights violations linked to past military governments, including the widespread falsifying of child origins that fueled a foreign adoption boom in the 1970s and ‘80s. Denmark’s only …

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1 year, 6 months ago

“We Have Not Stayed Adoptions”: Bombay High Court Clarifies, Court To Continue Hearing Matters

Live Law

The Bombay High Court clarified on Friday that it hadn’t stalled any adoptions and all procedures should continue as they were before the Juvenile Justice Amendment 2021. Civil courts dealing with adoptions must continue to do so till final disposal of this matter on July 7.” After an intervenor pointed out that several matters had already been transferred to the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

South Korean inquiry to look into 237 more foreign adoptions suspected to have laundered origins

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission said Thursday it will investigate 237 more cases of South Korean adoptees who suspect their family origins were manipulated to facilitate their adoptions in Europe and the United States. The new cases in the commission’s expanded inquiry into South Korea’s foreign adoption boom involve adoptees in 11 nations including the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

South Korea to look into more cases of adoptees whose records might have been falsified

LA Times

Peter Moller, second from right, attorney and co-founder of the Danish Korean Rights Group, submits documents to South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission said Thursday that it would investigate 237 more cases of South Korean adoptees who suspect their family origins were manipulated to facilitate their adoptions in Europe and the U.S. The new …

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2 years ago

South Korea’s truth commission to probe foreign adoptions

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission will investigate the cases of dozens of South Korean adoptees in Europe and the United States who suspect their origins were falsified or obscured during a child export frenzy in the mid- to late-1900s. The decision Thursday opens what could be South Korea’s most far-reaching inquiry into foreign adoptions yet, …

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3 years, 8 months ago

The story of two women, adopted by Dutch families, in search of their birth parents in India

The Hindu

The news came as a surprise to Jyoti Weststrate even though she had been waiting for it for as long as she could remember. “I wasn’t expecting the Dutch government to go that far,” says Jyoti, 37, speaking from her home in Deventer in the Netherlands. “I am stopping at nothing.” A ‘gift’ A church, high windows, a door, a …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Adoptive parents launch petition against NL's halt on foreign adoptions

NL Times

A group of "adoptees, adoptive parents and those whose lives were positively influenced by adoption" launched a petition asking the Dutch government to reverse its decision to halt all adoptions from abroad. Last week, Minister Sander Dekker for Legal Protection completely halted all adoptions from abroad with immediate effect, after the Joustra committee identified "structural abuses" in the adoption system. …

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Why China banned international adoptions

Russia set to ban foreign adoptions from gender-transitioning countries, limit child-free advocacy

South Korean truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s

South Korean truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s

China halts foreign adoptions, leaving questions about pending cases

China is ending foreign adoptions of its children. That leaves hundreds of American families in limbo

China’s halt of foreign adoptions leaves questions about pending cases

China’s halt of foreign adoptions leaves questions about pending cases

South Korea grants extension to truth commission as investigators examine foreign adoption cases

“We Have Not Stayed Adoptions”: Bombay High Court Clarifies, Court To Continue Hearing Matters

South Korean inquiry to look into 237 more foreign adoptions suspected to have laundered origins

South Korea to look into more cases of adoptees whose records might have been falsified

South Korea’s truth commission to probe foreign adoptions

The story of two women, adopted by Dutch families, in search of their birth parents in India

Adoptive parents launch petition against NL's halt on foreign adoptions