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Ethiopia: USDOS Adoption Notice – Summary of Adoption Service Provider Meeting with the U.S. Embassy
From the US Department of State: Ethiopia May 10, 2012 Notice: Summary of Adoption Service Provider Meeting with the U.S. Embassy In response to several requests for written summaries of the adoption service provider meetings held by the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, the Office of Children’s Issues posts this notice to provide interested parties [...]
E.J. Graff: ‘Don’t Adopt from Ethiopia’
From The American Prospect: Miriam Jordan at The Wall Street Journal has published an investigative article about adoption from Ethiopia, which has for several years been riddled with allegations of fraud and unethical practices. This article tells the deceptively simple story of Melesech Roth, whose Ethiopian birthmother died of malaria, and whose birthfather (who lives in [...]
Inside Ethiopia’s Adoption Boom
From The Wall Street Journal: Ethiopia has become one of the busiest adoption destinations in the world, thanks in part to loose controls that make it one of the fastest places to adopt a child. Nearly one out of five children adopted by Americans hailed from Ethiopia the past two years, second only to China. [...]
Canada: Agency closure puts prospective parents on hold
From CTV News Calgary: A Manitoba based adoption agency is shutting down and now several Alberta families are worried about the welfare of the children and the status of their adoptions. The Canadian Advocate for the Adoption of Children or CAFAC, says it can no longer afford to maintain its overseas operations and closed its [...]
Author Yosef Yacob: ‘USCIS complacency surrounding alleged fraud in exporting Ethiopian children’
From Ethiomedia: Despite the documented facts demonstrating fraud and misrepresentation, the unsettling status quo persists with superficial changes by the USCIS and the Department of State devoid of any effective protocols to ferret out the suspected racketeers in the adoption of Ethiopian children by good intentioned Americans. While both USCIS and Department of State acknowledge [...]
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