Posted in Ethics on Oct 2nd, 2010 5 Comments »
Mr. Michael W. Michalak, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam, responded to the article “Anatomy of an Adoption Crisis” in Foreign Policy magazine and updated readers on the status of future adoptions from Vietnam. His response is as follows: Dear Foreign Policy Editors: Kudos to Ms. Graff for tackling the very vexing issue of intercountry adoption. It’s one [...]
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Posted in Ethics on Sep 24th, 2010 1 Comment »
Document Number: 2007HANOI01834 From: American Embassy in Hanoi To: Secretary of State Washington DC Date: Oct 2007 Subject: Vietnam Adoption Fraud: Troubling Trends in __________ (over 3/4 of this document is redacted, including identifying the specific province as well as the specific fraud indicators) Summary: A recent investigation by Consular staff in the province of ___________ [...]
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E. J. Graff’s article, Anatomy of an Adoption Crisis, online today at ForeignPolicy.com, pulls back the veil to reveal details and information only previously hinted at and corruption beyond what many of us could have imagined. … inside their fog of secrecy, the faceless bureaucrats were also agonizing about the well-being of the children and [...]
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Posted in Ethics on Jul 8th, 2010 No Comments »
From the Independent: Hundreds of Irish couples seeking to adopt a child from abroad face fresh uncertainty as new legislation restricts the number of countries that are open to them. The Adoption Bill, which was passed on Friday, excluded Russia, Vietnam and Ethiopia from the list of countries. Only countries that have ratified the international [...]
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