Dark side of inter-racial adoption surfaces

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(Former) Washington State Senator Paull Shin, French digital economy minister Fleur Pellerin and French Senator Jean-Vincent Place. They all have something in common. All three are Korean adoptees who have become successes in their adopted countries. Behind the success stories of those people, however, are others who suffer emotional distress after being adopted by foreign parents. Adoptees’ rights activists say …

Bali orphanages: How tourist cash funds a racket

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As tourism has boomed in Bali, it has had a strange side-effect, doubling the number of orphanages on the island in 20 years. Tourists’ donations keep the orphanages going – but some are effectively rackets, exploiting children and holidaymakers alike.  I met Pam and Samantha, an Australian mother and daughter who had traveled all the way from Perth, with a …

The International Adoptions Lobby: an insider’s perspective

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A review by Rupert Wolfe-Murray Romania – for export only, the untold story of the Romanian ‘orphans’ by Roelie Post There are several unusual things about Roelie Post and her important new book on international adoptions. An employee of the European Commission, between 1999 and 2005 Post handled one of its most controversial dossiers: Romania’s institutionalised children. She is one …

Kenya – Babies for Sale

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Many cases of missing children, some barely a few days old, are reported in Kenya. While some eventually end up as cases of kidnapping by ransom seekers, many children are literally sold to buyers seeking a shorter route to child adoption or to traffickers eyeing international child markets. Citizen’s TV Michael Njenga went undercover to unmask the faces behind the criminal …

Not What It Seems: Going Deeper into Ugandan Orphanages

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Orphanages are big businesses. Follow us: @adoptiontraffic /  Adoptionland.org – FB https://adoptionland.org/p/2276/your-baby-is-dead-mothers-say-their-supposedly-stillborn-babies-were-stolen-from-them/ For more news on industry practices, go to Adoptionland.org