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adoption

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Politics
"Extensive damage" caused by forcing single women to place babies up for adoption
20 June 2025 - 07:34
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BusinessCultureLifestyleEntertainment
Colombian adoptee discovers she was reunited with wrong family by Dutch TV show
13 February 2025 - 13:40
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Politics
Netherlands halts adoption from abroad with immediate effect
22 May 2024 - 09:06
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Politics
New push for Netherlands to ban adoption from abroad
11 April 2024 - 18:40
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Crime
Sri Lanka adoption case against Dutch State must be retried
27 October 2023 - 19:50
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The Ministry of Security and Justice and the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations located on Turfmarkt in The Hague. 12 October 2017.
Politics
Dutch gov't broke law by destroying adoption files: Inspectorate
27 July 2023 - 12:05
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Crime
Eight adult adoptees suing Dutch State over fraud with adoption papers
26 July 2023 - 13:40
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Crime
Dutch woman linked at least 3 adult adoptees from Chile to wrong birth families: report
24 July 2023 - 14:50
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Politics
Foreign adoptions can soon resume from 6 countries, but not U.S., China or Colombia
2 November 2022 - 13:40
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CultureEntertainment
TV show participants trying to find their birth parents connected to wrong families
11 October 2022 - 09:24
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Politics
Cabinet wants adoption from abroad to happen through the State: report
8 April 2022 - 10:30
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Rare adoption case: Cheetah fosters three cubs shortly after giving birth
21 August 2021 - 08:15
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Politics
Adoptive parents launch petition against NL's halt on foreign adoptions
15 February 2021 - 08:57
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HealthPolitics
Dutch gov't advised to look for abuses around surrogacy
8 February 2021 - 13:10
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Politics
Netherlands halts all adoptions from abroad with immediate effect
8 February 2021 - 09:38
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Politics
Committee wants Dutch gov't to halt adoption from abroad: Report
5 February 2021 - 08:12
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PoliticsScience
Study into forced adoption raises transparency concerns
6 May 2020 - 06:45
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Crime
Forced Adoptions: Over 150 women say kids were taken away through mid-1980s
29 October 2019 - 11:50
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Crime
Woman sues Dutch state for taking her child away in the 1960s
10 September 2019 - 09:20
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Crime
Adopted kids sue Dutch gov't over abuses in the '80s
28 March 2018 - 07:38
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Politics
Dutch government will not ban foreign adoption
1 February 2017 - 15:15
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Politics
Dutch govt. advised to stop adoption from abroad
2 November 2016 - 07:31
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Fred Teeven at an HvA election debate in 2010
Politics
Teeven returns from Congo without adopted children
23 December 2014 - 07:50
Crime
Newborn dumped in garbage bin likely born in hospital: report
18 December 2014 - 09:38
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