According to an August 2012 statement by the Australian Central Authority, the Philippine Central Authority, ICAB, has announced the following changes in the adoption process effective August 1, 2012: Philippines Program – New Requirements – August 2012 Key Points:The Intercountry Adoption Board of the Philippines (ICAB) has introduced new requirements of interest to prospective adoptive parents (PAPs). The requirements are …
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Australian Central Authority Closes Ethiopian Program
Today, June 28, 2012, the Australian government announced that its Ethiopian Adoption Program has been closed. Below is the notice published on the Attorney General’s website: Closure of Ethiopia Program – June 2012 Current as at – 28 June 2012Key points: Australia has closed its intercountry adoption program with Ethiopia, following several years of issues with the Program, a suspension …
MEDIA: (Australia/Ethiopia) Families in the dark as adoption chief quits
Families in the dark as adoption chief quitsBy Cassie White for News Online’s Investigative Unit The man who ran Australia’s adoption program with Ethiopia for 20 years has stood down amidst ongoing serious allegations of corruption.… Adoptive familes have welcomed the news Mr Gebeyehu will no longer be in charge, but have condemned what they say is the Federal Government’s …
UDATE: Ethiopia – Australian Government Set to Reopen Program
Australian Government, Attorney-General’s Office Future of the Ethiopia–Australian Intercountry Adoption Program The Attorney-General, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, has decided to lift the suspension of the Ethiopia–Australia intercountry adoption program. The program will recommence accepting new referrals of children in need of intercountry adoption and matching these children with prospective adoptive parents as at 6 April 2010. The Ethiopia–Australia program …
Australia continues suspension of Ethiopia adoptions until early 2010
December 28, 2009“The Australian Government has suspended all child adoptions from Ethiopia over fears that it could be breaking human rights laws against child trafficking”http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/28/2781307.htm More information can be found at the Australian Government Attorney-General Department’s website: http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/IntercountryAdoption_WhatsNew_WhatNew#visit“Ethiopia-Australia Program–Possible delegation visit to Ethiopia–18 December 2009 As the Department’s review of the Ethiopia program has progressed, it has become apparent that …