China August 15, 2011 Notice: Concerns About Information on the Background of Children Adopted from China The press has reported allegations that in 2005 local family planning officials in China, in the name of enforcing the “One Child Policy,” seized children from their birth families and sold them to orphanages. Embassy Beijing has been in touch with China’s Centre for …
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UPDATE: Media Reports on China Scandal
On May 11, PEAR published a list of reports on the emerging scandal involving the abduction of children for intercountry adoption. Continuing reports on the scandal have been published in May 2011 some of which are listed below. These reports include a piece in the Canadian Inside Politics Blog entitled Canadian Parents wary as China Confronts Baby Trafficking. PEAR member …
COMMENTARY: Response to China’s Latest Adoption Scandal
— by Brian H. Stuy The news this week that Chinese Family Planning officials had raided a small farming community in rural Hunan Province and confiscated nearly twenty young children has citizens in China understandably outraged. Family Planning officials are already despised by most Chinese, due to their ability to blatantly and capriciously impose their will on local families. As …
MEDIA: Adoption Scandal Being Reported in Media
Allegations in the Chinese and other international media are emerging concerning reports that babies were confiscated under the country’s one-child policy and put up for intercountry adoption against their families’ wishes. Adoptive and prospective adoptive families should fully investigate adoptions programs both with their agency and through independent and alternative information sources. Be aware of potential issues and be prepared …
China Update:CCCWA Releases Requirements for the Content and Format of Post Placement Reports
Requirements for the Content and Format of Post Placement Reports Date of Release:April 21, 2011 Source:CCAA Adoption agencies should prepare post-placement reports for each adopted child after the adoption in accordance with the required intervals and frequency by China Center for Children’s Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA). Post-placement reports should be submitted by the adoption agency which sent adoption applications for …
DOS Adoption Notice: China – Single Mother Applicants
China April 12, 2011Notice: China Single Female adoption notice The China Centre for Children’s Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA) formally known as CCAA (the China Centre of Adoption Affairs has provided the Department of State with a notice of a new policy that will allow qualified single females adopt from China.Please see the text of the announcement below: NoticeMarch 11, 2011 …
PEAR’s Response to “The Baby Business”
The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism asked a number of experts, practitioners, and advocates in international adoption to respond to “The Baby Business,” Democracy Journal, Summer 2010 by E. J. Graff. You may read all the responses . This is PEAR’s response: It is an unfortunate truth that international adoption is plagued by corruption. We appreciate E.J. Graff’s coverage of …
China announcement — CCAA
The following Announcement was made by the CCAA on December 22, 2009: Date of Release: December 22, 2009 Source:CCAA To relevant government departments and adoption agencies in receiving countries,Since China began working with relevant countries in inter-country adoption, the cooperation has been smooth and tens of thousands of Chinese children have been adopted by foreign families. The majority of them …
PEAR Questions to US Department of State
PEAR has asked the following questions to Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Janice L. Jacobs during the Ask the State Department Celebrate National Adoption Month open questioning period that ends November 30. The State Department will be selecting questions and answering them on their website in December. 1. How can China be considered “Hague-compliant” with open trafficking rampant enough for …
China Adoption Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues——————————————————————————– September 29, 2009 China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) has announced that all prospective adoptive families will be required to work with a U.S. Hague accredited adoption service provider for both transition cases and Convention cases beginning December 1, 2009. This will require all families to work …