EL will have independent oversight of adoption agencies

EL will have independent oversight of adoption agencies

Unity will have in place an independent monitor to keep an eye on adoption industry and combat cheating.

Never again will parents who lost their children to adopt Danish families, tricked or forced to give the children. Therefore, the establishment of an independent regulatory body to inspect adoption industry.

How Sounds of Unity List Social spokesman Pernille Skipper, after Ministry of Social Affairs has today closed down DanAdopt adoptions of children from Ethiopia.

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"We can not live with the risk that there are parents who lost adopts their children under false pretenses or with expectations of a contact that is not being met," she says.

"At the same time, we must recognize that employees in the adoption system, particularly in poor give countries have an economic interest in adoptions continue. Therefore, it must be clear to everyone that there is a need for independent oversight, "she continues.

Agency sees problems with etikog law

DanAdopt dissemination of all adoptions from Ethiopia temporarily stopped with immediate effect.

The decision has social and Integration Minister Karen Haekkerup (S) taken on the basis of a recommendation from the Appeals Board, which conducted a study of two specific adoption process.

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Agency concludes that there is considerable doubt as to whether DanAdopt dissemination of adoptions conducted in an ethical and legally sound basis.

"It is positive that the Minister takes the consequences immediately and shut down DanAdopt work in Ethiopia. However, we need a long term solution, "said Pernille Skipper and continues:

"Unity has already proposed an independent oversight that can be done either by independent NGOs or employees directly by the Danish government," she says.

In addition to adoptions from Ethiopia are stopped, DanAdopt also explain the adoption process in all other countries, they adopt children.

REUTERS