The Netherlands will immediately suspend adoptions from abroad

The Netherlands will immediately suspend adoptions from abroad.

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The Netherlands will immediately suspend adoptions from abroad.  The outgoing Minister for Legal Protection Dekker announced this in response to the report of the Joustra Committee on the Dutch adoption culture and the role of the government. Ongoing adoption procedures will still be completed, after an additional test. The State will also no longer rely on prescription in adoptees’ proceedings. …

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Chinese Adoption Trafficking: Stolen Twin Girls

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In 2002, a two-year-old girl was confiscated by Chinese officials because her family had violated the one-child policy. This past February, during Lunar New Year, she traveled from Texas, where she had been adopted, to meet her real family and her twin sister. Ever wondered what adopted people are saying today about adoption?  

Why you should NOT adopt overseas

10 Reasons Why You Should NOT Adopt Overseas in 2022

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Would you be interested in a full copy of the Intersection Between Child Trafficking and International Adoption video once it is produced? Email info@adoptionhistory.com with “I’m Interested in a copy of the Adoption Trafficking Symposium” on the subject line. Has the global man-made market for children exploited mothers, fathers, families, and communities? Free Information Before You Pay the $70,000 Adoption …

360 Degrees The Lost Children of Cold War Greece (with English subtitles) Gonda Van Steen

The Lost Children of Cold War Greece

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With English Subtitles Watch this important documentary that explores a subject considered taboo until now: the adoptions of over 3,000 Greek children to the US and another 600 to the Netherlands in the 1950s and 1960s. “Nobody paid attention to the facts. The only important thing was that the children would go to America quickly and without much paperwork. That …