Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Adoption
Adoption - Credit: Photo: Kurt Löwenstein Educational Center International Team / Wikimedia Commons
Politics
adoption
foreign adoption
Klaas Dijkhoff
Ministry of Security and Justice
Wednesday, 1 February 2017 - 15:15
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Dutch government will not ban foreign adoption

The Dutch government wants to improve the carefulness in adoption procedures, but contrary to previous advice, will not stop adoptions from abroad completely, State Secretary Klaas Dijkhoff of Security and Justice announced, AD reports.

In November the Council for Criminal Law and Youth Protection advised that the government stop allowing the adoption of children from abroad. According to the council, the right of children to grow up in a family in the country of origin must come first. 

But Dijkhoff feels that a "well-regulated adoption process" offers opportunities for children as well as "an opportunity for people who wish to have a child to fulfill their wish through a legal route". 

While the government decided not to follow the Council's advice, they wil implement measures to improve the procedures. For example, the Central Authority for International Child Safety will be more involved with contacts with the country where the adopted children come from. The government also intends to reduce the number of organizations that may mediate adoptions from abroad. There are currently five such organizations in the Netherlands.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Laughing gas use banned in almost all of Utrecht
  • PM Rutte confirms impoverished families will not get extra €500 stipend
  • Five young children seriously injured in head-on crash
  • Former cop accused of handling €4.2 million in money laundering scheme
  • Police break-up doctors’ protest at Parliament; Cabinet looking for work pressure solutions
  • Dutch inflation down to 9.9 percent in June

Top stories

  • Five young children seriously injured in head-on crash
  • Many new rules in effect from July 1 in the Netherlands
  • Cabinet wants to ban protests in front of politicians’ homes after farmers incidents
  • Schools will remain open even during a severe Covid outbreak
  • Abolition of slavery commemorated in Amsterdam; Many companies give a day off
  • Girl named in Amber Alert found safe, police say

© 2012-2022, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content