NRK TV: The Way Home, Samanthie Priyangika

Priyangika will stop all foreign adoptions

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The adoption activist demands an end to adopting children from abroad. The governing authorities assess whether the adoption system should be scrutinized. Seven weeks old, Priyangika Samanthie was adopted from Sri Lanka to Molde, Norway. Even as a little girl, she asked questions about biological morality. She felt there was something wrong with the adoption. I didn’t feel like I …

For the creation of a committee investigating the illicit intercountry adoptions since 70s Change.org

For the Creation of a Committee Investigating the Illicit Intercountry Adoptions Since ’70s

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Collective for the Recognition of Illicit Adoptions in France launched this petition addressed to the National Assembly and to 3 others (National Assembly representatives, French Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs). CHANGE.ORG Petition is Here. Many of us have been asking, for a few years now, for an investigation into the illegal practices of intercountry adoption in France. As of today, …

Child Trafficking: Victim representatives call for immediate help for adoptees

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by Samuel Thomi – Northwestern Switzerland The officials Switzerland knew already in the early 1980s of irregularities in adoptions of babies from Sri Lanka. Swiss adoptee-led association “Back to the Roots,” asks for immediate action by the Swiss government: English translation: After Canton of St.Gallen admits to illegal adoption practices, victims’ representatives call for federal and cantonal support. The conclusion …