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Haiti: The chaos of U.S. adoptions after the earthquake
From The New York Times: Although initially planned as a short-term, small-scale evacuation [after the earthquake in Haiti], the rescue effort quickly evolved into a baby lift unlike anything since the Vietnam War. It went on for months; fell briefly under the cloud of scandal involving 10 Baptist missionaries who improperly took custody of 33 [...]
Fate uncertain for 12 Haitian kids airlifted to US
From the Associated Press: Six months after a chaotic airlift to the United States, 12 Haitian children remain in a Roman Catholic institution near Pittsburgh, their fate in limbo while U.S. and Haitian authorities struggle to determine which nation should be their future home. Their case is complicated and politically sensitive, and all parties say [...]
USCIS posts update for Haitian children paroled under special circumstances
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has posted new information for families who brought children to the United States from Haiti under Humanitarian Parole. Please access the full notice here.
DNA identification to prevent trafficking
From The Jakarta Post: Indonesia’s Eijkman Institute, in cooperation with international project DNA-ProKids, says it would join the fight against child trafficking through DNA identification. “Human trafficking is a global problem,” Eijkman Institute deputy director Herawati Sudoyo said Thursday during a seminar in Jakarta on the use of DNA to identify children. The Eijkman DNA [...]
US senators unveil plan to aid Haiti orphans
From AFP (via Google News): Three US senators on Wednesday unveiled a bill to clear away hurdles to citizenship for roughly 1,000 Haitian orphans whose adoptions by US parents were rushed because of a January earthquake. US and Haitian authorities cleared the children to join their adoptive parents after the disaster. But without the complete [...]
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