(unpolished google translation) Source: DER SPIEGEL 3/2023 By Fiona Ehlers; January 13, 2023, 1 p.m. Since the 1960s, 60,000 children from countries such as Chile and South Korea have been adopted in Sweden – some have been sold, others even stolen. Now some are asking for clarification. Occasionally, when he is pensive or lonely, Patrik… Read more »
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Adopted Indian girl returns home after abuse from Swedish parents
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in Sneha Agrawal New Delhi March 31, 2018 Matilda was adopted by a Swedish couple form Delhi orphanage when she was 7. She received abuse and negligence from her parents in Sweden. After staying in foster care, she is back in India to find her real parents. Matilda Gustafsson, who was adopted by a Swedish… Read more »
Denmark: The National Administrative Board asks Sri Lanka for information about adoptions
Source: https://ast.dk (Google Translation) The National Board is now writing to the authorities in Sri Lanka for information on adoptions in the 1980s. 09/26/2017 We do this after reviewing the media about irregularities in adoptions from Sri Lanka. We have become aware that there may have been a problem based on a review of a documentary… Read more »
Swedish woman adopted as toddler uncovers sordid past in hunt for her Indian mother
Source: http://news.trust.org by Roli Srivastava | @Rolionaroll | Thomson Reuters Foundation Tuesday, 27 June 2017 00:01 GMT Image Caption and Rights Information ABOUT OUR TRAFFICKING COVERAGE We shine a light on human trafficking, forced labour and modern-day slavery In the late 1990s she started to search for her birth mother, and found she had been… Read more »
She found her father after 23 years – human trafficking revealed
Source: http://www.aftonbladet.se 23 November 2016 (Google Translation) Jyothi Bousle Svahn had a strong memory of how her mother left her. But in the adoption papers in Sweden, it was stated that she had no relatives. As an adult, she began searching for their roots – and revealed a dark side where Swedish authorities and organizations… Read more »
Meet the duo who have been fighting illegal adoption and child trafficking for years
Source: http://www.thenewsminute.com Arun and Anjali have reunited around 40 adoptees with their biological parents so far. Monalisa Das| Tuesday, November 8, 2016 – 20:00 Arun (left) with Anjali (right) Towards the last week of October 2016, Jyothi Svahn, a Swedish national’s journey to find her biological father came… Read more »
When filial love broke barriers of time, distance
Source: http://m.deccanherald.com ASHWINI Y S, BENGALURU, OCT 25, 2016 Swedish woman Jyothi Svah (second from left, foreground) with her new-found family, including her biological father Dasharath Rao, her brother Maruthi, Rao’s second wife, their daughter and granddaughter. “The pain I had endured for the last 23 years has now… Read more »
Adopted Indian woman meets biological father in Bengaluru after 23 years in an emotional reunion
Source: http://www.thenewsminute.com As the father and daughter hugged, a moment of catharsis, that was much needed by both, unfolded. Monalisa Das| Monday, October 24, 2016 – 19:38 Jyothi hugs her father after 23 years It was a teary reunion of a father and a daughter on Monday afternoon in Chamrajpet… Read more »
‘Meeting my mother after 42 years was a miracle’
Source: http://www.bbc.com By Geeta Pandey BBC News, Delhi 14 March 2016 Elisabet Purve-Jorendal was born in India and given away for adoption in 1973 when she was less than six months old. A Swedish couple adopted her when she was two-and-a-half years old and gave her a new life. Forty-two years later, she tracked down her… Read more »
This Story of a Swedish Daughter and Indian Mother’s Reunion After 42 Years Will Move You
Source: http://www.idiva.com By Vasundara R, Team iDiva | posted Oct 9th 2015 at 3:59PM Most adopted children grow up wondering who their biological parents are and usually only a few lucky ones are able to find an answer to that question. Elizabet Purve was one of them. Four days before she turned 42, Elizabet, a… Read more »
