Category: transnational adoption
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Christianity Today: Trump’s Visa Suspension Leaves Adoptive Families in Limbo
By Hannah Herrera The government doesn’t provide a blanket exemption for international adoptions but will examine them case by case. Link to story Grace and Dave Macchioni sat down excitedly for a call with their adoption agency in mid-January. After more than a year of submitting background checks, financial records, and other paperwork, they finally…
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Daily News Hungary:
British couple leave Hungary after authorities blocked adoption of newborn baby By Csaba Finta Link to story (paywalled) A British couple living in Budapest have abandoned a three-year legal battle to adopt a Roma baby girl after Hungarian authorities repeatedly blocked the process, despite court rulings that found the state had acted unlawfully and in…
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Newsweek: Hearts Break at Adopted 12-Year-Old’s Reaction to Seeing Where She Was Left
By Rachel O’Connor Link to story
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NW Asian Weekly: Lakewood resident shares experience of being a Korean American adoptee
By Kai Curry Link to story Paula Murtha was about a month old when her parents brought her home from a Korean orphanage. For much of her life, that was where the story ended. It wasn’t until adulthood that she began to look back—and discover how much of herself she had set aside. Ahead of…
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The Korea Times: Adoptees demand answers from country that sold them overseas
By Antonia Girdano Link to story TRC findings reveal suspected illegality of some adoption cases Adoptees and members of advocacy groups pose during a session at the National Assembly in Seoul, Nov. 26. Courtesy of Lynelle Long A bill to extend the mandate of Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) passed the Legislation and Judiciary…
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PBS: South Korea plans to end foreign adoptions as UN urges Seoul to address past abuses
By Kim Tong-Hyung Link to story SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government said it plans to end its waning foreign adoptions of Korean children, while United Nations investigators voiced “serious concern” over what they described as Seoul’s failure to ensure truth-finding and reparations for widespread human rights violations tied to decades of mass…
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Marie Claire: Stolen. Adopted. Fighting Back. Inside Korea’s Adoption Scam
By Kathryn Madden Link to story
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The Doctor’s Scandal: Child Trafficking for Adoption and Systemic Violence against Girls and Women
By Zeina Allouch Link to story With the start of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, it becomes crucial to acknowledge that child trafficking for illegal adoption is not simply a human rights or social issue, but a form of gender-based violence. The recent scandal involving a doctor who participated in childbirth procedures…
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Preventing and addressing violations of the law in the field of international adoption
By Báo Tin Tức Link to story Deputy Prime Minister Ho Quoc Dung signed Decision No. 2696/QD-TTg promulgating the Plan for implementing the Toolkit for preventing and handling non-compliance with the law in the field of international adoption for the period 2026-2030. The purpose of this Plan is to effectively organize the implementation of the…
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Antikor: Sale of Ukrainian orphans under the guise of “vacations”
A group involved in the illegal trafficking of children abroad for adoption has ben exposed in Odesa region Three individuals have been notified of suspicion in the sale of Ukrainian children to another country under the guise of “holidays”. Law enforcement officers in Odesa region have dismantled a criminal group engaged in the illegal removal…
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