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A U.S. federal court has sentenced a former missionary from Oklahoma to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing children at a Kenyan orphanage. His arrest and conviction—one case among several recent instances of overseas abuse—highlights the need for more vetting procedures in international volunteering, experts say.
The Better Care Network's "Better Volunteering, Better Care" initiative is working to discourage international volunteering in residential care homes—a trend BCN director Florence Martin said would be unheard of in the United States. Beyond the …
A woman flew from Istanbul to Paris with an infant girl hidden inside her hand luggage, Air France has said. An airport source told AFP news agency that the woman was a resident of France who was in the process of adopting the child, from Haiti. It is not clear how old the child was - one source said she was four years old, another that it was a one- or two-year-old baby. The woman and the girl have been held at Charles de Gaulle airport while authorities investigate the case.
The New Jersey Supreme Court announced that it will hear the case of a New Jersey indigent mother who lacked an attorney when when a judge ordered her 2-year-old daughter taken from her custody and placed with a “financially advantaged” foster family.
The case will address whether some New Jersey parents are "too poor" to care for their children, whether they have a constitutional right to an attorney when their custody is being challenged in court, and whether the indigent mother should be allowed to visit her daughter even without custody. The Supreme Court …
This article from the Pacific Standard sheds light on a less-discussed area of intercountry adoption - the fact that many (predominantly Black) children born in the US are adopted out of country, primarily to Canada, as well as the Netherlands and the UK.
In May 2011, Hana, a 13 year-old girl who had been adopted from Ethiopia three years previously, died in the care of her adoptive family in Washington state, USA. She showed signs of severe abuse and neglect. She had been kept outside for the day as a form of punishment and died of hypothermia compounded by malnutrition and gastritis. Hana was one of several adoptees who have died at the hands of their adoptive parents in the past two decades, “and part of a far larger group of children who become estranged from their adoptive families—frequently, as it turns out, large families with…
Opinion editorial on risks associated with using intercountry adoption as an emergency response to the needs of children in Haiti.
Statement noting potential dangers associated with ICA in emergencies with specific reference to risk of family separation.
Call for humanitarian response to uphold recommendations set forth in the Guidelines for Alternative Care in regards to care for children in emergencies, preventing family separation and promoting family based care in their community of origin where possible.
“ All credible organizations recognize and agree that new adoption cases, including new referrals, are not appropriate in a time of crisis or national emergency. Initiating new adoptions at this time could open the door to corruption and abuse of children. Every effort must be made to identify and find family members for children who are separated or displaced as a result of the earthquake.
Joint Council understands the natural tendency to offer a loving family for children who may be newly orphaned, however we urge all adoption service providers and potential adoptive families to refrain…
In recent months, US Embassy Hanoi and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ho Chi Minh City have seen an increase in the number of irregularities appearing in orphan petitions and visa applications in Vietnam. This has resulted in a similar increase in the issuance of Notices of Intent to Deny.
The ongoing number of irregularities that we are currently seeing strongly indicates that the adoption process in Vietnam still lacks sufficient oversight and regulation. Specifically there is insufficient control of the so-called child finders and an inadequate…