Cabinet receives report on adoption from abroad

The cabinet will receive the research report on adoption from abroad on Monday. After reporting from the AD on Friday, insiders said that the Commission for the Investigation of Intercountry Adoption, led by Tjibbe Joustra, advises to stop adopting children from abroad altogether. Too many abuses would have come to light to be able to proceed responsibly.

It is not yet certain whether the cabinet will fully adopt the recommendations from the investigation report. According to insiders, this is still being discussed, partly because of the question of whether current proceedings may still be completed.

Dutch officials may have been involved in illegal adoptions from Brazil in the 1970s and 1980s, it was previously known. This was followed by the order from Minister Sander Dekker (Legal Protection) to investigate the case further. Adoptions from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Colombia were also scrutinized.

Dekker did not want to respond on Friday, after the recommendations from the report were leaked. "It is really important that the committee is given the opportunity to present the report with all due care, to show exactly what it contains." The minister found it inappropriate to respond to "such a sensitive topic" on Friday. Prime Minister Mark Rutte also said on Friday that he did not think it wise to respond to the issue.

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