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Zimbabwe  
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Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville)  
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Total
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
total
5
6
11
1
1
1
2
5
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
5
1
3
3
16
1
1
1
1
1
3
8
1
1
2
3
1
1
2
1
1
13
125
161
98
150
159
115
123
88
111
98
135
77
31
34
33
27
47
24
34
40
15
1725
53
42
37
43
23
22
19
20
20
23
14
18
11
10
24
28
8
14
12
8
7
456
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
4
1
2
1
20
10
7
5
3
7
1
3
1
3
1
1
4
1
2
1
1
51
3
2
3
2
6
2
1
3
1
1
24
2
1
3
178
203
145
200
182
142
142
108
139
134
154
103
56
54
69
68
72
50
52
59
25
2335
1
1
4
20
5
2
1
3
1
2
40
3
4
2
1
1
11
5
5
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
20
68
22
4
3
2
4
4
3
3
5
3
4
5
5
135
1
5
7
4
4
3
1
1
1
1
1
29
5
9
9
4
4
11
3
17
2
7
8
6
4
9
3
101
1
2
2
2
2
1
10
68
22
5
5
9
9
10
14
22
42
36
14
8
12
17
15
10
19
9
346
1
3
4
15
8
10
37
53
36
42
22
2
8
15
5
3
2
1
259
2
1
3
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
3
15
8
10
37
53
36
43
22
2
8
17
7
5
6
1
1
1
272
1
1
1
1
4
2
1
3
1
1
2
1
1
12
15
13
14
34
31
61
134
177
145
100
143
93
39
27
31
13
20
13
11
7
1121
9
4
5
7
4
6
1
5
2
1
2
1
47
1
3
2
5
2
3
5
2
5
28
2
1
4
4
1
1
2
15
1
1
1
2
1
4
6
14
1
1
2
1
1
3
5
3
4
7
2
7
3
2
1
2
5
36
3
2
12
5
2
3
6
4
5
1
5
11
59
5
9
6
2
4
5
2
4
7
1
1
46
1
1
1
1
4
15
13
14
34
31
61
134
198
163
131
171
118
65
39
52
33
40
29
30
23
1394
604
618
800
1112
1001
973
608
662
334
377
424
288
254
216
157
110
87
38
57
66
35
8821
6
24
8
11
1
1
1
1
53
8
1
9
3
5
14
4
9
11
5
7
9
4
89
2
1
4
9
11
15
14
12
34
41
19
2
3
167
1
1
64
94
98
73
97
97
102
50
80
70
71
60
55
28
52
34
26
34
22
25
32
1264
18
18
19
26
15
30
12
10
8
20
15
16
19
9
8
17
6
5
6
9
11
297
686
730
923
1235
1113
1108
722
722
433
488
518
380
354
272
240
185
158
118
111
111
85
10692
24
30
41
50
32
1
2
1
1
182
11
10
10
11
5
2
9
7
11
3
5
10
14
6
2
6
7
14
143
1
2
2
5
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
11
7
6
1
1
15
15
6
3
2
4
6
2
3
3
4
2
1
51
59
25
15
8
5
7
2
5
6
3
7
6
2
11
6
3
170
148
142
146
92
106
88
95
96
74
79
70
67
52
66
16
20
4
8
3
9
6
1387
2
2
4
28
46
37
23
16
39
23
45
47
52
46
30
39
38
22
29
27
12
24
21
25
669
274
243
239
191
176
137
129
146
130
153
127
115
108
117
60
73
49
30
46
44
50
2637
4
4
2
1
1
1
13
1
1
1
3
1
1
5
5
2
1
1
1
2
17
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
3
3
1
1
2
5
1
3
3
5
27
6
4
1
4
6
7
9
12
1
4
1
55
1
4
2
3
10
1
1
1
3
8
11
5
4
9
26
20
20
1
18
25
14
10
10
2
183
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
4
1
2
2
1
2
7
1
1
17
5
3
7
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
5
1
31
8
11
12
10
22
41
28
29
13
32
43
31
20
22
11
333
3
2
1
4
2
5
5
4
26
1
2
6
2
1
4
16
2
5
8
4
2
6
3
9
4
6
49
2
1
4
2
2
11
5
3
4
1
1
2
2
18
5
7
6
4
12
19
6
2
14
5
14
12
14
120
1
1
1
2
5
1
1
2
78
65
53
74
81
102
96
94
167
204
128
192
152
126
123
125
127
65
117
52
71
2292
78
65
53
74
81
102
96
94
168
205
128
193
153
127
123
125
129
65
117
52
71
2299
1
1
2
4
1
1
1
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
11
3
1
1
1
6
1
2
3
2
2
8
7
8
2
17
5
7
64
1
1
1
1
2
6
8
18
13
9
5
17
14
13
6
9
7
3
128
8
16
21
19
13
12
28
22
22
9
26
13
10
219
1
3
4
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
8
2
1
3
1
1
1
9
3
1
5
2
1
2
3
2
1
1
21
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
2
1
1
5
2
2
1
5
3
2
1
2
9
1
4
2
24
6
7
1
8
5
10
9
2
4
1
2
2
4
1
62
3
2
1
1
3
1
3
14
27
36
38
37
38
18
31
34
43
35
49
60
22
52
17
27
20
16
27
16
10
653
6
8
5
1
1
1
22
13
19
14
8
7
8
11
10
5
5
13
23
20
5
5
6
8
5
185
2
1
1
2
1
3
10
3
4
7
3
4
2
4
2
3
2
1
1
36
1
3
4
2
2
1
1
3
1
1
7
27
36
51
56
52
32
45
48
69
66
75
73
52
90
53
43
39
28
40
36
13
1024
1
1
21
19
22
23
14
10
10
3
2
2
3
4
1
1
1
4
1
2
143
5
3
5
2
1
1
2
1
20
2
1
1
2
6
1
7
3
4
2
2
3
3
4
1
30
2
2
82
63
43
58
62
70
53
90
107
56
69
67
64
149
68
60
48
55
38
32
26
1360
1
2
1
3
1
1
1
10
49
35
38
38
40
21
21
14
16
5
15
25
9
42
7
13
13
8
18
16
4
447
76
132
84
45
34
82
93
157
158
89
43
63
56
34
30
27
36
17
9
1265
228
249
187
164
116
101
118
186
222
233
244
188
124
268
134
114
95
98
95
74
46
3284
1
1
1
8
2
1
1
1
14
2
12
9
12
2
10
4
1
1
1
7
3
64
2
2
1
1
2
1
9
8
9
16
18
32
15
2
3
21
18
30
9
4
15
12
5
217
8
9
16
21
45
29
12
15
23
28
36
12
5
18
20
8
305
2
1
2
1
2
2
4
4
6
2
5
1
32
1
2
1
4
79
113
127
70
37
41
36
45
44
52
46
44
36
44
36
37
43
51
33
35
19
1068
12
13
2
1
1
3
32
9
7
17
19
18
9
12
27
16
18
32
8
5
5
9
1
4
216
7
5
5
5
1
1
1
3
4
4
4
3
2
45
79
113
127
79
44
58
55
82
74
72
82
63
57
79
47
50
56
70
39
46
25
1397
7
1
2
1
2
2
5
3
5
2
1
1
2
34
1
2
1
2
2
1
1
10
1
1
2
1
6
2
3
1
1
2
16
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
2
1
1
1
12
4
4
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
21
1
1
1
1
4
7
11
8
4
15
5
11
6
12
7
5
6
5
2
104
1
2
2
5
1
1
4
3
2
1
3
5
1
21
1
3
1
3
1
2
3
2
4
20
26
14
5
11
12
15
16
12
7
7
11
3
15
1
5
3
1
2
166
1
3
4
1
7
2
4
9
7
5
2
1
46
10
16
20
7
2
3
2
2
62
2
3
8
4
5
10
32
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
2
1
1
1
4
1
20
6
7
8
1
3
16
2
10
4
4
3
13
4
6
7
94
1
1
1
1
4
3
2
1
2
2
5
1
1
17
1
1
1
1
1
1
6
26
14
5
11
12
31
23
36
38
22
29
37
17
41
18
35
21
30
18
19
11
494
13
12
10
9
3
4
2
6
59
2
2
25
19
30
25
6
2
1
1
1
110
1
3
5
3
5
3
1
2
1
4
3
31
1
2
3
1
1
2
2
1
1
8
3
1
1
1
6
2
1
3
1
1
2
10
59
25
15
8
5
7
2
5
6
3
135
1
3
1
5
2
1
4
2
2
11
1
1
84
44
58
45
16
9
15
19
6
14
6
18
9
10
8
5
8
5
2
381
2
1
3
1
6
1
1
3
2
1
1
2
18
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
3
15
1
2
1
1
2
7
1
1
2
2
4
8
3
1
1
5
6
3
4
5
44
1728
1734
1816
2077
1847
1758
1426
1627
1616
1699
1651
1504
1162
1249
901
885
788
614
656
574
414
27726

Abuse cases

Title Date
Girl adopted by couple from La Salle, Manitoba 2014 Aug 15
Boy adopted by a British Columbia man 2013 Jan 1
Sophie Fitzpatrick 2011 Oct 22
Children in Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children 2010 Feb 12
Girl adopted by couple in Calgary, Canada 2008 Jun 1
Boy adopted by couple in Manitoba 2007 Aug 1
Children adopted by couple in Quebec, Canada 2007 Feb 19
Girl adopted by woman in Ontario, Canada 2006 Aug 17
Boys adopted by their aunt and uncle in Blackstock, Ontario 2004 Jul 20
Jeffrey Baldwin and his sister 2002 Nov 30
Sacha Vallée 2002 Oct 9
Vanessa Pearce 1984 Jan 1
Karamjeet Kaur Singh 1964 Dec 31

Child trafficking cases

Title Date
Ghana - misc child trafficking cases 2010 Jun 22
Ethiopia - misc child trafficking cases 2009 Jan 1
Ethiopia - Haregwain Berhane case 2009 Mar 18
Liberia - West African Children Support Network case 2008 Nov 1
Ethiopia - Joshua Dawit case 2006 Dec 1
Guatemala / Mexico - Flor de María Soto Hernández 1997 Jan 1
Mexico - misc trafficking articles case 1997 Jan 1
Vietnam - An Giang Province - Le Quoc Binh case 1995 Jan 1
Brazil - misc trafficking cases 1980 Jan 1
El Salvador - Children stolen during Civil War case 1979 Jan 1

Deportation cases

Title Date
Fatima Desrosiers aka Tina Desrosiers 2010 Nov 30
Mario Perez 2003 Jul 1

Disrupted placement cases

Title Date
Alexandra Austin 1991 Jan 1
Northern America

Documents

Title Publication date
The time they took us away: faces of the Sixties Scoop 2016 Oct 9
The Dominican children given up to Quebec's 'adoption machine’ 2015 Sep 21
A timeline of Barnardo’s and other child emigration programs 2015 Jun 21
Victoria adoption family alleges ministry hid extent of abuse 2014 Nov 20
Adoption disruptions a secretive, misunderstood trend 2014 Sep 9
Exploring cross-border adoptions 2012 Oct 17
United Church of Canada to hold mirror to its role in forced adoptions as families push for national inquiry 2012 Oct 9
Alberta reveals 10 foster care deaths 2012 Apr 14
Your baby is dead: Mothers say their supposedly stillborn babies were stolen from them 2012 Mar 24
'Our babies were abducted' on the delivery table: North Vancouver woman 2012 Mar 16
HOCKEY-GAME BANTER LEADS TO ADOPTION 2012 Mar 10
Curtain lifts on decades of forced adoptions for unwed mothers in Canada 2012 Mar 10
The adoption paradox 2011 May 13
Subsidy helps adoptive mom 2011 May 13
Ontario adoption law changes proposed 2011 Apr 13
Parents react to adoption fee increase 2010 Aug 5
Moratorium Imposed on Adoptions from Nepal 2010 Jun 4
Canada’s children of the empire 2010 Jan 3
When evil is cloaked as good 2009 Dec 16
Adoptees can find mom, but not dad 2009 Dec 10
Class action suit launched against Barnardo's 2009 Dec 6
Dr. Charles Smith: The man behind the public inquiry 2009 Dec 2
Book tells story of Home Children 2009 Dec 2
Canada probes claims of baby abductions 2009 Oct 19
Canada queries China on child abduction claims 2009 Oct 18
A simple answer to Quebec's simple adoption question 2009 Oct 13
Adoptive parents aren't second best 2009 Oct 9
Quebec adoption law changes proposed 2009 Oct 7
Accused bishop is leaving the Maritimes for Ottawa 2009 Oct 7
China’s adoption system worries Canadian mom 2009 Sep 25
Not our best moment in history 2009 Sep 16
Museum will show a dark point in Canadian history 2009 Sep 14
The rights of test tube babies 2009 Sep 8
When the biological clock runs out 2009 Sep 1
Expert Panel Releases Report on Infertility and Adoption in Ontario 2009 Aug 26
B.C.'s child watchdog says injured baby should never have been in care: advocate 2009 Jul 29
MP's firm linked to adoption group 2009 Jul 18
Canadian native kids at risk of U.S. adoption: Sto:lo advocate 2009 Jun 25
Kevin Libin: Readers detail rarely-seen ugly side of child-protection agencies 2009 Jun 16
Manitoba may open adoption records as far back as 1925 2009 Jun 14
Children's Aid Society workers should be reined in, critics say 2009 Jun 12
Child-trafficking bill closer to becoming law. 2009 Jun 8
Children traumatized by foster care lapses, advocate reports 2009 Jun 2
`Mistaken orphan' to meet lost father after 34 years 2009 May 30
Alberta court clears way for foster-care lawsuit 2009 May 17
Dead Baby Scam 2009 Apr 21
Survivors of dark episode in Canada's history trace their past 2009 Apr 8
Lawyer battles an atrocious Alberta legacy 2009 Mar 21
Manitoba government looking into adoption concerns 2009 Mar 20
Manitoba government looking into adoption concerns 2009 Mar 20
L'adoption tout risque 2009 Mar 19
Canadian parents raise concerns 2009 Mar 19
Ethiopia: Adoption : Des pratiques douteuses 2009 Mar 18
Holding their breaths 2009 Mar 16
Winnipeg woman embarks on Kazakhstan adoption odyssey 2009 Mar 16
A fighting chance 2009 Mar 13
BC foster care in crisis, report and social workers agree 2009 Mar 8
Boy hurt in foster care to be taken off life support 2009 Mar 7
Provincial care under fire as 15-month-old foster child hospitalized 2009 Mar 6
Giving birth to ethical problems, Just because old folks can have babies doesn't mean they should 2009 Feb 9
Child Migration: An Overview and Timeline 2009 Jan 29
Human trafficking global problem 2009 Jan 10
A MIXTURE OF CARING AND CORRUPTION 2008 Nov 16
The orphans left behind 2008 Nov 9
Two B.C. foster children seized from squalor 2008 Nov 3
Canada, our Contract of Adoption 2008 Oct 27
1950s-model foster care doesn't work 2008 Oct 23
Sexual Exploitation of Children is a Growing Phenomenon 2008 Sep 26
Pauper Emigration under the New Poor law 2008 Sep 24
Ex-youth worker facing sex charges 2008 Aug 9
Issues in the Transition to Adulthood from Substitute Care 2008 Aug 1
Adoption centre official warns of 'nightmare of bureaucracy' for overseas adoptions 2008 Jul 20
Legacy of Canada's residential schools 2008 Jun 11
'They wanted to brainwash us' 2008 Jun 11
Facing up to Canada's dark history 2008 Feb 11
ROMANIAN ADOPTION FOLO 2008 Jan 25
Mounties to prepare residential school probe 2008 Jan 1
Court strikes down new adoption law 2007 Sep 19
Child Well-Being in America and Abroad 2007 Aug 29
Another Malawian baby goes to Canada 2007 Feb 21
Another Malawian baby goes to Canada 2007 Feb 21
System under duress; Shortage of social workers, foster parents cited 2007 Jan 30
B.C. family waiting for their daughter 2006 Aug 3
Canada: Backlog in Philippines matching 2005 Jul 1
Bilateral Agreement Canada Vietnam - 2005 2005 Jun 27
Newfoundland sex-abuse fallout hits diocese hard 2005 May 11
Romanian suing Canadian couple over adoption 2005 Feb 17
SURVEY OF COUNTRIES REVEALS CLOSURES, SLOWDOWNS IN INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION 2004 Jun 9
Birth mom and adoptive mom write, and prepare to meet ... 2004
Violence against women - dead baby scam 2003 Jan 14
Echo of Dickensian England heard in Ontario courts.( 2002 Jul 15
Barnardo's faces Canada action 2002 Jun 19
Barnardo's in pounds 400m lawsuit over children sent to be farm 2002 Jun 19
Sexual abuse by Catholic clergy 2002 Mar 26
World: Americas Church defiant over Quebec orphans 1999 Sep 15
Brutality charge in Canada haunts ex-Oradell teacher 1999 Aug 20
Babies for Export 1994 Aug 22
BABY-SELLING TRADE SUSPECTED IN POLAND 1993 Aug 22
Romania to allow adoptions again 1992 Jan 14
Ottawa can't stop Canadians from buying Romanian babies 1991 Aug 5
Shame of Romania's 'barter babies' 1991 Mar 31
Canadian Prelate Quits In Clerics' Sex Scandal 1990 Jul 20
Alberta gave approval to 75 p.c. of baby adoption applications 1948 May 11
The Jewish War Orphans Committee of Canada 1932 Sep 30
Butterbox Babies 1898 Jan 11
Tories accused of trying to hide foster care abuse
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Bangladesh - war babies (1971)
Allison Quets' Case Brings Attention to Adoption Corruption