Transnational /Transcultural Adoption Project

Month: April 2026

  • Flanders to end international adoption by 2027

    by Pauline Cohen Link to story The decision follows a succession of problematic cases that have cast serious doubt on the integrity of international adoption procedures and on the ability of authorities to verify children’s backgrounds with certainty. On April 27, Flemish Welfare Minister Caroline Gennez announced: “It is time to close this chapter.” The…

  • New film hopes to reveal the untold costs of Operation Babylift

    By Adam Chau Link to story Vietnamese adoptee Mike Frailey. Image courtesy “The Adoptees”. A new film in production, centered around Operation Babylift adoptee Mike Frailey, who is also co-director, centers around Frailey’s journey to America. The film, which has been in the works for seventeen years (but officially starting production two years ago) introduces…

  • An Italian court has approved the adoption of a Ukrainian child despite the child having family in Ukraine

    Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported that an Italian court has ruled to place a Ukrainian child with a foreign family. According to him, this violates international adoption procedures, as the child has a mother and sisters in Ukraine. He called for the child to be returned and for the decision to be appealed. “The child—a citizen…

  • South Korean minister commits to enhancing legal remedies for adoptees and victims of state abuses

    Link to story south korean minister commits to enhancing legal remedies for adoptees and victims of state abuses GWACHEON, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s justice minister has pledged to expand access to judicial remedies for victims of state-led abuses, including foreign adoptees whose adoptions were marred by widespread fraud under previous military governments. Using…

  • Man reunited with mum decades after adoption

    Marcus Boothe Link to story A man who was adopted from Vietnam and recently travelled thousands of miles back there to meet his birth mother said the journey helped him understand “the missing piece of the puzzle” in his life. Ike Robin, 27, from Bath, was adopted when he was six months old, and raised…