adoption

Adopted kids sue Dutch gov't over abuses in the '80s

Mar 28 '18 07:38

Adopted children from Sri Lanka and Indonesia filed a lawsuit against the Dutch government over errors in their adoption procedures in the 1980's. They want the government to compensate the high costs they're incurring in the search for their origin and biological parents, according to a Zembla broadcast on Wednesday, NU.nl reports.

Last year Zembla reported that adoption files of children from Sri Lanka and Indonesia, among others, were falsified on a large scale and that biological parents did not always give their child up voluntarily.

Dutch government will not ban foreign adoption

Feb 1 '17 15:15

Politics

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.

Dutch govt. advised to stop adoption from abroad

Nov 2 '16 07:31

Politics Top Stories

The Netherlands should stop adopting children from abroad the Council for Criminal Law and Youth Protection said in an advice that will be presented to the government on Wednesday, Trouw reports.

The government asked the advisory council to research ways in which the adoption process, which has been widely criticized, can be improved. The council came with the advice that foreign adoption should no longer be allowed.

Teeven returns from Congo without adopted children

Dec 23 '14 07:50

State Secretary Fred Teeven of Security and Justice returned from Congo empty handed. He was there to pick up children adopted by couples in the Netherlands.

Newborn dumped in garbage bin likely born in hospital: report

Dec 18 '14 09:38

Crime Top Stories

The premature pacifier, the heel prick plaster and the diaper of the newborn baby that was found in a dumpster in Amsterdam Nieuw-West late October, suggests to the police that the baby girl was born in a hospital.

Justice Sec to visit adopted children stuck in Congo

Nov 28 '14 08:21

Thirty Congolese children adopted by thirteen sets of Dutch parents, have been waiting for more than a year for their departure to the Netherlands. State Secretary Fred Teeven calls it a distressing situation.

Baby found in underground garbage bin "stable"

Oct 26 '14 14:42

Crime Health

A newborn baby was rescued from an underground garbage container overnight after someone walked by the bin and heard the girl crying. Paramedics, firefighters and police raced to the Fritz Conijnstraat in Amsterdam West at about 4:15 a.m. and found the days-old child upset, but in otherwise fair condition.

MPs debate test animal use, euthanasia

Feb 28 '14 08:18

Politics

The cabinet is sharpening the rules around the use of test animals in the Netherlands, the AD reports.

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