Most of the children still have parents

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An orphanage using the name of an Australian Bali bombing victim has been accused of sourcing children with living parents from a remote island to help solicit donations from western tourists. Former workers at Jodie O’Shea House, one of Bali’s biggest institutions for children, made a detailed complaint about its activities to Save the Children, which passed it on to Indonesian authorities. The …

Adoption: Disposable Children

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The original trailer was taken off of the air.  But below is the transcription of the original documentary: [Fashion show of children in an Evangelical Church, Pennsylvania. Presenter describes children ] Each year an association organizes a fashion show of children: children parade to find parents. Some of the children are sometimes in their third or fourth family. They must …

Adoptive parents pass on unwanted children to strangers via internet

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“Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been alerted by the media to the worrying trend of so-called online re-homing for adopted children. The term describes transactions between foster parents who want to get rid of kids they regret adopting, to strangers who can’t or won’t adopt through legal channels. Marina Portnaya investigates what turns out to be a thriving practice.” RT  Published …

Scores of Children Illegally Adopted

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Dr. Irene Creedon took in babies from vulnerable mothers at her surgery She allowed adoptive parents to register children as their own Operations uncovered by mother-of-two when she began tracing her birth A well-known family doctor arranged scores of illicit and illegal adoptions across the nation over at least two decades, the Irish Mail on Sunday can reveal. Dr. Irene …

Korean adoptee died alone searching for his roots.

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The child who went on the road to adoption 37 years ago, temporarily returned home in his middle age, anxiously searched for his biological parents and at the end turned to ashes. He who wandered the whole country searching for his blood relatives, he could not feel the affection of his blood relatives and died alone, and even in death, …