The Dutch rescue of Hatian children through adoption

Just days after the devastating earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010, the Dutch government announced its intention to expedite pending adoptions from the country.

On 21 January the children were flown out of Haiti.

ACT has requested the Dutch Ministry of Justice the letter on the basis of which this expedition was undertaken.

On Sunday 17th January, the Dutch government, via the Dutch Ambassador of the Domincan Republic and the Dutch Consul in Haiti, handed a letter to the Prime Minister of Haiti asking him for permission to evacuate children by plane, arranged and paid by the government, the next day. These children were considered pipeline cases, and the Dutch government promised to complete the adoption procedure in the Netherlands. (more…)

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MOWA confirms intend to prevent further unethical and illegal adoptions

Today ACT received copy of a letter sent by the Ethiopian Ministry of Women Affairs (MOWA) to the President of the Ethiopian Federal First Instance Court, dated 23/2/2011, that confirms that Ethiopia wants to prevent further unethical and illegal acts in relation to adoption.

The letter confirms the ‘rumours’ that MOWA will review 5 adoptions per day, instead of the previous 50 cases per day. (more…)

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Legalising adoptions – food for thought (1)

1 April 2011

United Adoptees International (UAI), on their Blog, alert to the fact that the fastest growing Dutch adoption agency NAS is pushing for reopening Haitian adoptions by way of an Internet petition. The Dutch Secretary of State Fred Teeven had decided in December 2010 to temporarily suspend these adoptions. “Due to the limited capacity of the Haitian government, a careful adoption process can not be guaranteed at this time,” He planned a visit to Haiti in March 2011, but that now has been postponed because the new Haitian government is not yet in place.

In their Dutch Blog posting, UAI is quoting a letter they received from the Dutch Ministry of Justice (March 21, 2011) about the finalizing of the adoptions of children from the Dutch babylifting in January 2010:

“I am aware that the court so far only has converted a few cases of these weak adoptions into strong adoptions, partly because of these children not all original documents are available. Considering the fact that these conversions concern private matters, I have no access to information on all of these cases and I can not give you exact figures. ” (more…)

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