Category: transnational adoption
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Govt Introduces Major Overseas Adoption Law Overhaul to Close Child Safety Loopholes
Mrs McKee said the reforms were necessary after serious failings were identified in the existing overseas adoption framework. Link to story The Government is introducing sweeping reforms to New Zealand’s overseas adoption laws in a move aimed at permanently closing loopholes that previously allowed children adopted overseas to enter unsafe or unsuitable homes. Associate Justice…
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50 years after Operation Babylift evacuated thousands from Vietnam, a Colorado gathering celebrates a shared past
While working to understand her history, one evacuee is archiving the paper trail of people like her, building “invisible threads” along the way. By Tracy Ross Link to story Kim Delevett and Cahn Oxelson at the East Window Gallery in Boulder read the Invisible Threads archive book, which traces the lives of children who were…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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174 Overseas Adoptees Speak Out: “Unable to Find Our Roots, Living as Outsiders”
byKim Bokyung Link to story Editor’s NoteThe history of overseas adoption has not ended, even after more than 70 years. Overseas adoption, which began after the Korean War to reduce the number of orphans, has continued to this day under the perception that it saves welfare budgets and even brings in foreign currency. However, the…
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Podcast: Some international adoptees face citizenship precarity amid immigration enforcement surge
Nina Moini and Alanna Elder Link to story Attorney Gregory Luce poses for a portrait in his south Minneapolis home on July 15, 2024. Luce, who was adopted in the District of Columbia as a child, founded the Adoptee Rights Law Center and is the executive director of Adoptees United Inc. Ben Hovland | MPR News file Attorney…
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The Lost Children: Indian Adoptees Confront Identity, Trauma, and the Cost of ‘Rescue’
Indian children adopted and raised by white parents inhabit an uncomfortable space — aware of what adoption gave them, unwilling to pretend it cost nothing. By Annapurna Devipandey and Hannah Deixler Link to story Are we mother and daughter in every lifetime? I hope not. I hope in another life I am never born /…
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