Category: Spain

The 30,000 lost children of the Franco years are set to be saved from oblivion

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk  Pressure is growing to illuminate the fate decreed by the Spanish dictator to the families of his Republican enemies By Alasdair Fotheringham, Sunday, 2 January 2011 “Did my child die or was he kidnapped?” is something no parent should ever have to ask, and still less so when the kidnappers are the government…. Read more »

Spanish adoption delight for English couple

Source: http://www.theolivepress.es  January 1, 2011 A BRITISH couple had the perfect Christmas present when the Spanish authorities overruled a forced adoption order in the UK. Valencia social services decided to give the couple’s 10-month-old baby Daniel back, despite Suffolk council insisting they were psychologically ‘unfit’.

“Yo quería que estudiaran, no darlas en adopción”

Source: http://periodismohumano.com Las niñas fueron declaradas en situación de abandono y poco después enviadas a España En 2008, la Comunidad de Madrid le retiró a Niños sin Fronteras la licencia para tramitar adopciones con Nepal La policía india investiga al jefe de Preet Mandir y a las autoridades locales por varios delitos, entre ellos el… Read more »

Cuando cerraron los “baby shops” de Rumania

Source:http://periodismohumano.com/sociedad  “Hubo momentos en los que tuvimos más en cuenta los intereses de los padres que los de los menores” “La Fundación Irene, la socia rumana de la agencia española ADECOP, era la mejor en el manejo de la corrupción” “Si EE UU había logrado excepciones a la prohibición de las adopciones internacionales en Rumania,… Read more »

Se venden niños pobres para padres ricos

Source: http://periodismohumano.com “No habría tantos niños en orfanatos si no hubiera tanta gente dispuesta a pagar tanto dinero por ellos” “Quien paga demasiado, y 20.000 euros es demasiado, contribuye a sostener un sistema corrupto” No hay mejor lugar para un niño que allí donde ha nacido 21.05.2010 · Luna Bolívar Bebés, sanos, sin padres que… Read more »

Auslandsadoptionen – das Geschäft mit der Armut

Source: WDR Mittwoch, 31. März 2010, 21.55 – 22.10 Uhr . (with English subtitles) Auch wenn die meisten kinderlosen Paare in Deutschland und Europa Gutes im Sinn haben, wenn sie ein Kind im Ausland adoptieren wollen – der jüngste Versuch, vermeintliche Waisenkinder aus Haiti ins Ausland zu schmuggeln, zeigt: Hinter der Adoptionsbranche steht eine markttüchtige… Read more »

Vegetable vendor’s plea moves apex court

Source: http://news.webindia123.com  New Delhi |Monday, 2010 11:05:12 AM IST The Supreme Court has sought the Maharashtra government’s response to a lawsuit filed by a vegetable vendor accusing a Pune-based private trust of selling her two granddaughters to a Spanish couple under the garb of adoption.

New horror as traffickers grab children from hospital

Source: www.independent.ie By Nick Allen Saturday January 23 2010 CHILDREN’S charities have voiced concern for the safety of thousands of orphans after Western nations began speeding up adoption procedures for the young survivors of Haiti’s earthquake. Countries, including France and Spain, have streamlined the process in the hope of getting young people to safety as… Read more »

Haiti earthquake: charities warn against rush to speed adoptions

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk Children’s charities have voiced fears for the safety of thousands of orphans after Western nations began speeding up adoption procedures in the wake of the Haiti earthquake. By Bruno Waterfield and Nick Allen in Port au Prince Published: 6:02PM GMT 22 Jan 2010 A young orphan cries at the Lycee Francais in Port-au-Prince… Read more »