Romania forbids international adoption, leaving nearly 750 Spanish families without the possibility of adopting a Romanian orpha
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Romania forbids international adoption, leaving nearly 750 Spanish families without the possibility of adopting a Romanian orphan
The children in this country may only be adopted abroad by their relatives in the second degree of consanguinity
Release Date: July 7, 2004 After three years of uncertainty, Romania has finally closed its doors to international adoption, breaking the illusions of some 750 Spanish families that had already begun the procedures required to accommodate within it to a Romanian child. The dream has also waned in 3300 couples in the U.S., France, Italy, Switzerland and Ireland.
The Romanian restrictive law, passed recently by Parliament and ratified by the president, Ion Iliescu, states that children of that country can only be adopted abroad by their relatives in the second degree of consanguinity, for example, by their grandparents. And in no case less than two years will be welcomed by foreign couples. Thus, priority is given to domestic adoption, while the international left as a last resort and when no other form of protection to ensure child "proper care".
Descends domestic adoption
But these measures, which come into effect on January 1, 2005, does not seem to be ending the problem that lives Romania. A report conducted in 2003 by the French NGO Solidarite Enfants Roumains abandoned (SERA) revealed that the rate of dropouts of Romanian children is not declining and that domestic adoption is not responsible for them, on the contrary drops (less than 1,000 children were accommodated by Romanians in 2002). The figures are quite similar to those that drove the former MEP Jose Maria Gil Robles, which has been occupied for the past three years to get the European Parliament the voice of families affected by the shutdown of adoptions. "We must acknowledge that says the standard of living of Roma families is very low and can not handle small." But there are also historical precedents that have led to the abandonment of a child "has become something that is considered as a feasible exit" says Gil-Robles. Families have a child and if it can not keep him lead the orphanage . I mean, there are no systems to deal with them. " Formulas that were inherited from the former regime of Nicolae Ceausescu, who banned birth control measures. "It was encouraging to have children," says Gil-Robles, but did not anticipate that the families did not have the resources. The solution was to build large orphanages. Now there are also host families, who are paid by having to children, or small centers, with one or two social workers, who also charged for their care. "
Today, some 85,000 institutionalized children living in orphanages in Romania, according to data from the Association Coordinator affected by the blockade of adoptions in Romania (ACABAR), which also denounced the network of political connotations in Spanish that families affected have been going on the last three years.
Trafficking in minors
The problems began in June 2001 when the Romanian government decided to stop about 5,000 files opened for assigning children to foreign couples. Then came into force a one-year moratorium which has been expanded to this day. The reason was argued that the need for a new law on child protection, a request that had departed from the European Commission as one of the previous steps to be incorporated in 2007 Romania to the EU-25.
But the real controversy arose in the wake of a report that the British MEP Emma Nicholson appeared before the European Parliament. "It said that international adoption in Romania was a lucrative trade," the chairman of END, Fernando Manzano. Therefore, the EU requested the shutdown of adoptions until the drafting of a law to protect children.
Nicholson argued that for ten years were taken from Romania 30,000 small and every agency that formalized the process earned a profit of between 13,200 and 23,100 euros for each one of them. In addition, stressed that children were bought or stolen from their mothers by 198 euros each.
The children in this country may only be adopted abroad by their relatives in the second degree of consanguinity
Release Date: July 7, 2004 After three years of uncertainty, Romania has finally closed its doors to international adoption, breaking the illusions of some 750 Spanish families that had already begun the procedures required to accommodate within it to a Romanian child. The dream has also waned in 3300 couples in the U.S., France, Italy, Switzerland and Ireland.
The Romanian restrictive law, passed recently by Parliament and ratified by the president, Ion Iliescu, states that children of that country can only be adopted abroad by their relatives in the second degree of consanguinity, for example, by their grandparents. And in no case less than two years will be welcomed by foreign couples. Thus, priority is given to domestic adoption, while the international left as a last resort and when no other form of protection to ensure child "proper care".
Descends domestic adoption
But these measures, which come into effect on January 1, 2005, does not seem to be ending the problem that lives Romania. A report conducted in 2003 by the French NGO Solidarite Enfants Roumains abandoned (SERA) revealed that the rate of dropouts of Romanian children is not declining and that domestic adoption is not responsible for them, on the contrary drops (less than 1,000 children were accommodated by Romanians in 2002). The figures are quite similar to those that drove the former MEP Jose Maria Gil Robles, which has been occupied for the past three years to get the European Parliament the voice of families affected by the shutdown of adoptions. "We must acknowledge that says the standard of living of Roma families is very low and can not handle small." But there are also historical precedents that have led to the abandonment of a child "has become something that is considered as a feasible exit" says Gil-Robles. Families have a child and if it can not keep him lead the orphanage . I mean, there are no systems to deal with them. " Formulas that were inherited from the former regime of Nicolae Ceausescu, who banned birth control measures. "It was encouraging to have children," says Gil-Robles, but did not anticipate that the families did not have the resources. The solution was to build large orphanages. Now there are also host families, who are paid by having to children, or small centers, with one or two social workers, who also charged for their care. "
Today, some 85,000 institutionalized children living in orphanages in Romania, according to data from the Association Coordinator affected by the blockade of adoptions in Romania (ACABAR), which also denounced the network of political connotations in Spanish that families affected have been going on the last three years.
Trafficking in minors
The problems began in June 2001 when the Romanian government decided to stop about 5,000 files opened for assigning children to foreign couples. Then came into force a one-year moratorium which has been expanded to this day. The reason was argued that the need for a new law on child protection, a request that had departed from the European Commission as one of the previous steps to be incorporated in 2007 Romania to the EU-25.
But the real controversy arose in the wake of a report that the British MEP Emma Nicholson appeared before the European Parliament. "It said that international adoption in Romania was a lucrative trade," the chairman of END, Fernando Manzano. Therefore, the EU requested the shutdown of adoptions until the drafting of a law to protect children.
Nicholson argued that for ten years were taken from Romania 30,000 small and every agency that formalized the process earned a profit of between 13,200 and 23,100 euros for each one of them. In addition, stressed that children were bought or stolen from their mothers by 198 euros each.
Rumania prohíbe la adopción internacional y deja a cerca de 750 familias españolas sin la posibilidad de adoptar a huérfanos rumanos
Los niños de ese país sólo podrán ser adoptados en el extranjero por sus familiares en segundo grado de consanguinidad
2004 Jul 7