Adoptions in Poland (05/04/2018)

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In the last few months, as noted, some adopting families in Poland have received the favorable opinion of the Polish Catholic Center for combining with Polish minors and subsequently, after several months of waiting, they have been informed that the Ministry of the Family and of Labor and Social Policies, as the Polish Central Authority, did not consent to the continuation of the adoption procedure .

The Vice President of the Commission has written two letters to the Polish Central Authority for explanations about the numerous denials.

The note from the Ministry of Family and Labor and Social Policies recently received a statement that the Government of the Republic of Poland has decided to restrict international adoptions, giving priority to national adoptions in the belief that they are in Poland. of available adoptive families or a replacement family environment.

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Poland restricts international adoptions

Editorial Staff 05 April 2018

In recent months, the Polish Central Authority has refused consent for adoption for minors for which the Warsaw Catholic Adoption Center had given a favorable opinion. These minors will no longer be adoptable, says the government to the CAI, also communicating a restriction of international adoptions

Poland restricts international adoptions, favoring national adoptions, in the belief that it is possible to find adoptive families or a family substitute environment in Poland. This is the response that the Ministry of the Family and Labor and Social Policies of Poland sent to the International Adoptions Committee, which had asked for explanations about the numerous denials received in recent months by some adopting families routed in Poland. The families had received an opinion favorable to the combination with Polish minors by the Catholic Adoption Center in Warsaw but later, after several months of waiting, the Ministry as the Polish Central Authority had not consented to the continuation of the adopted procedure.Cai communicates this on its website. For all minors for whom the Ministry of Family and Labor and Social Policies has in recent months refused consent, there will also be the revocation of international adoption.

The Maharashtra Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MCPCR) has recommended strict implementation of the guidelines prescribed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for those who want to have a child through surrogacy until the bill on surrogacy laws was passed by Parliament.

The recommendation came as part of an order while hearing the complaint of a 43-year-old woman, who was abandoned by her husband after he had a male child through surrogacy, without his wife's consent. In a 17-page order, the commission asked the State to set up a task force to monitor the implementation of guidelines and to tighten the supervision of hospitals facilitating delivery of children through surrogacy.

Advocate Anjali Pawar, from the Pune-based NGO Against Child Trafficking, said that commercial surrogacy itself should be banned as surrogate mothers are used as money minting machines. "There is so much emphasis on norms for organ donation. But when a woman's womb is being sold, who takes responsibility for what she undergoes?" said Pawar.

She emphasised that ICMR guidelines are not followed. "So many couples raise specific requests — the number of children they want, gender, etc. There is no regulation whatsoever," she said.

The MCPCR has also asked people, including actors, desiring a child through surrogacy, surrogate mothers and egg/sperm donors to register themselves with clinics or hospitals.

From 2012, the French Community of Belgium launched an adoption program with Congo. Risky bet in a country that has no census of its population and where corruption is endemic? No doubt, but solid guarantees were given. Belgian legislation among the most demanding in Europe, preparation missions which gave full satisfaction, a local partner, the non-profit organization "Tumaini", directed by a Belgian-Congolese lawyer (Julienne Mpemba) and chaired by an international reference in the world filiation (Géraldine Mathieu, University of Namur). The experience will prove catastrophic. As revealed in 2017 Het Laatste Nieuws, four children out of the last 12 to arrive in Belgium are said to be “stolen” from their families, and a fifth is said to have been promised to two families. For two years, the French Community was unable to take the measure of the debacle which was announced and supporting until the end the financial requests of Tumaini.

Médor investigated the case of Simon, a young Congolese promised to an American family and a Belgian family. It sheds a harsh light on Tumaini's practices.

Monday, October 5, 2015. Around 3 p.m. Somewhere in Hainaut. Sylvie Durant receives a call. This is the Belgian embassy in Kinshasa (DR Congo). Can she come the next day to Zaventem airport? At 5 a.m.? His son Simon arrives. Her interlocutor, the Ambassador in person, insists: she must not tell anyone. Not even the French Community.

Tuesday, October 6, 5 a.m., in Zaventem. Simon is snuggled up in the arms of an embassy employee. Sylvie and her companion Pierre take away the puny kid.

The same day, the administration of the French Community, informed late on of Simon's arrival, asks Sylvie and Pierre not to say anything. The next day, the office of socialist minister Rachid Madrane (in charge of adoption at the Wallonia-Brussels Federation), through the voice of his chief of staff Eric Mercenier, invites "a certain discretion". Why ? 11 adopted children are still at the orphanage and talking could “compromise the efforts undertaken by the Belgian authorities” to bring them back. There would however be things to “say”: on his arrival, Simon weighs 8 kilos at 2.5 years old. He was undernourished and risks lifelong sequelae.

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MUMBAI: A single mother has moved the Bombay high court to challenge denial of a caste certificate to her adopted son by the collector's office.

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After her adopted son was denied a caste certificate, a single mother has moved the Bombay High Court. The mother, who is a resident of Borivali, Mumbai, challenged the state government’s decision, which upheld the patrilineal concept of castes being passed down from father to son.

The mother filed a petition through advocate Pradeep Havnur with the Bombay High Court demanding for her son to be recognised as a ‘Mahyavanshi’, which comes under the Scheduled Caste (SC). “There was no father’s name on his birth certificate, it just had his mother’s name. Today, my son is using my name as a middle and surname,” the petitioner told The Indian Express. “This caste certificate will give my son an identity. I had used this caste certificate for my education and I want the same benefits for my son through this caste certificate.”

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The mother had adopted her son, now 14 years old, in 2009. However, despite giving him her name, when she applied for a caste certificate for her son on the basis of her own caste certificate, it was rejected by the Deputy Collector’s office, Dharavi Division on September 3, 2016. She also appealed to the District Caste Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Mumbai to no avail.

New Delhi, March 31

A girl, Matinda Gustafson, who was adopted at the age of seven from an orphanage in Delhi by a Swedish couple, has returned to India after 16 years to search for her real parents.

The Swedish couple that adopted Gustafson, instead of giving love and affection, tortured her due to which she started living in a foster home in Sweden.

Gustafson has faded memories of her orphanage days. Her warden had informed her about her adoption. She was happy when she was adopted assuming of going to have her own family.

Her foster parents used to send gifts to her initially but they changed soon after taking her to Sweden.

The man who is working for a private firm had approached Gangadhar to obtain a baby that he was keen to adopt.

The Cyberabad Police who had busted a child-trafficking racket under the guise of adoption, and had arrested seven members of the gang from whom they had rescued two female babies.

The Cyberabad Police who had busted a child-trafficking racket under the guise of adoption, and had arrested seven members of the gang from whom they had rescued two female babies.

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Police who had busted a child-trafficking racket under the guise of adoption, and had arrested seven members of the gang from whom they had rescued two female babies, have now intensified their search for the third missing baby, which the suspects had sold.

The kingpin of the racket Gangadhar, had disclosed to the police that he had sold the baby to a person from Jagathgirigutta for more than `1lakh, but after reaching the said location, the man was not found there. Investigations revealed that Gangadhar who was earlier residing at Jagathgirigutta, had met the person to whom he had sold the baby. The man who is working for a private firm had approached Gangadhar to obtain a baby that he was keen to adopt.

Lack of awareness on legal adoption a boost for agents.

Lack of awareness on legal adoption a boost for agents.

Hyderabad: Despite strict guidelines to prevent illegal adoptions for curbing child trafficking, unlawful adoptions are still taking place without any hurdles. The adoptions which were once quite common in rural areas have now spread to the city.

Since January, three cases were reported from different parts of the city. In all the cases, the newborns were illegally procured from their biological parents by luring them with money. Police said that the childless couples who had adopted the kids were from well- to-do families and are literate when compared to the biological parents of the kids.

While investigating these cases, police said that lack of awareness on legal adoption methods by the agencies concerned is becoming a boon for the agents to exploit parents. “Even educated persons, who are aware of the consequences of illegal adoptions, resort to illegal means raising concern,” a senior official said.

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