Heartbreaking moment Chinese adoptive father hugs his daughter as he hands her back to her biological parents after discovering she had been kidnapped from them six years ago

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After adopting a young girl years ago, a couple from north-west China’s Urumqi city had to do the unimaginable when they discovered she was a child trafficking victim. They gave their adopted daughter back to her biological parents on February 2 after finding out they had been searching for her for a number of years, reports Huanqiu.com, an affiliation of …

Operation Babylift

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Cath Turner is a reporter for Al Jazeera news channel. Cath also happens to be a victim of the “Operation Babylift” that was organized by the US Government during the Vietnam war, flying-out thousands of babies during the conflict. Cath has been a subject of an award-winning documentary that investigates her life story of searching and meeting her biological mother …

When Alisha was returned to us, it was as if gold had been laid at our feet.

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This is Alisha’s Story     “Some people came and said they could provide good education.”  Alisha’s mother said. Alisha’s father thought his daughter had been adopted abroad or had died.  He had lost hope. “It’s often difficult to locate the parents. We travel to remote places.  Even when we find the parents, they do not recognize their children and …

Houston Attorney Calls CPS an Adoption Mill More Interested in Money than Kids

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January 31, 2016 by Randy Wallace MyFoxHouston.com Excerpts: When it comes to protecting children the state agency in charge of that has financial incentives to take kids away from their parents. “For every child that’s taken into custody for at least 6 months is covering 25 peoples’ paychecks,” says veteran family law attorney Julie Ketterman. Judges, attorneys, case workers, therapists and …

Orphanage Trafficking and Orphanage Voluntourism

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Frequently Asked Questions Why are so many children placed in orphanages in countries like Nepal? The initial rise in orphanages in developing countries cannot be attributed to the same factors. Context specific history, poverty, natural disasters, epidemics (such as AIDS) and conflicts are all things connected to the global rise in orphanages. However, in most cases, one of the reasons …