Ugandans Dishonoured Abroad

BY ZURAH NAKABUGO, 25 AUGUST 2013

Uganda police concerned by the number of youth stranded in human trafficking rings abroad (file photo).

An estimated 250 Ugandans annually end up stranded abroad with human trafficking rings, a police report says.

Ugandan youths are trafficked to countries like China, India, Malaysia, Thailand, South Africa, France, Canada, Iraq, with many becoming victims of forced labour and sexual exploitation. Police says human trafficking is on the rise in Uganda due to poverty and lack of employment.

Babies being stolen at top Uganda hospital, sparking outrage over misconduct

In this photo of Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 a child stands in front of Mulago Hospital in Uganda's capital Kampala This hospital is one from where a number of babies have been stolen and whose staff face persistent complaints of negligence _and even cruelty _ in the treatment of mothers who give birth there. (AP Photo / Stephen Wandera)

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Ghana: Gender Ministry to Regulate Child Adoption

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Ghana: Gender Ministry to Regulate Child Adoption

BY KARIMATU ANAS/BENJAMIN TANDOH, 22 AUGUST 2013

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI

ADOPTION CAUSE NO.104 OF 2013 (OS)

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IN THE MATTER OF THE CHILDREN’S ACT

'Adoption agencies in Maharashtra give foreigners, NRIs preference over Indians'

Aug 13, 2013, 06.51AM IST TNN[ Neha Madaan ]

PUNE: Adoption agencies in the state currently have 1,100 Indian prospective adoptive parents on their waiting list, but recent investigations have revealed that they are busy processing applications of foreigners and NRIs.

The Maharashtra State Child Protection Society (MSCPS) carried out investigations how adoption requests were being processed across the state's 70 specialized adoption agencies, of which 24 are licensed to process international adoptions. They found agencies giving preference to the more profitable international adoptions, keeping Indian applicants on hold. Sources said agencies charge US $ 5000 from adoptive parents living abroad (NRIs and foreigners) as against the Rs 40,000 that Indian prospective parents are charged.

Investigations have also shown that children from adoption agencies that are not licensed to undertake international adoptions send children to the licensed ones for inter-country adoptions, the official said. In addition, data showed that around 1,200 children are there in these specialized adoption agencies, of which 500 are legally free to be adopted.

US provides list of more than 60,000 Russian children adopted by Americans – Astakhov

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The US authorities have supplied a list of Russian children adopted by American families during the last few years, Pavel Astakhov, the Children’s Rights Commissioner for the Russian President, told Rossiiskaya Gazeta on Monday. He also said there will be no exceptions from the Dima Yakovlev law that bans US citizens to adopt Russian orphans.

“There are 61,625 children’s names in the list. These are children adopted officially and brought to the US by immigration visas,” Astakhov said to the Moscow-based newspaper.

At the same time, many children staying in the US are not mentioned in the list, he said. They are living in American families without an eligible status. They came to the country for medical treatment, studying, or holidays and did not return.

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Council probe into Mike Hancock MP's conduct to continue

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Mike Hancock denies any wrongdoing

MP wants council probe delayed

Date: 06/08/13

Romania: finally reopen international adoptions. Ai.Bi. accredited: Who can adopt a child Romanian?

romania openness toAfter eight years of waiting and silence, finally gets good news from Romania.

The Central Authority of Romania (ORA) has decided to reopen international adoptions closed from January 1, 2005 (when it entered into force the Law 273/2004 on the legal regime of adoptions), and examine new dossier from September 2013 .

This great opportunity will cover, however, exclusively couples Romanian or Italian-Romanian residents in Italy (or other foreign country), which can then be taken in their country of origin. The new law on international adoptions, which came into force in April 2012, it reopens the possibility of adopting in Romania to those couples in which at least one of the spouses is of Romanian nationality.

ROMÂNIA REDESCHIDE ADOP?IILE C?TRE ITALIENI: 4.900 DE EURO PENTRU UN COPIL

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Pre?ul total pentru o adop?ie a unui copil român de c?tre italieni va fi de 4.900 de euro, sus?ine site-ul vita.it, citat de "Gazeta româneasc?".

Publica?ia italian? sus?ine c? un ONG italian, "Enzo B", a avut pe 30 iulie o întâlnire la Oficiul român pentru adop?ii (ORA), autoritate din subordinea Ministerului Muncii, Familiei, Protec?iei Sociale ?i Persoanelor Vârstnice.

MP suggests returning adopted children back to Kazakhstan

Monday, 05.08.2013, 10:43

Kazakhstan Senate deputy Gani Kassymov has suggested to return all the children adopted by foreign citizens back to Kazakhstan, STV channel reports.

According to the senator, the country is capable of creating normal conditions for its orphans. He also reminded that her colleagues called to ban adoption of Kazakhstan children by foreign citizens altogether.

“We have seen several cases when children from CIS (Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine) were adopted by American citizens and later reported dead. Some use the adopted children for organs, some kids are left without proper care and some just run away. This should be considered a treachery,” Kassymov said.