Adoptions to Norway from the Philippines, Thailand and Taiwan will be stopped, reports VG. Ongoing adoption cases with children from these countries will therefore be stopped. Bufdir confirms this to the newspaper. No new couples may adopt Adoptive applicants who have been allocated a child from these countries can still apply to Bufdir to complete the adoption. In addition, no new couples will currently be allowed to adopt from South Korea. The three associations that have organized the adoptions from the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan and South Korea have the opportunity to complain that the adoptions are stopped. The adoption associations react The associations are Verdens Barn, InorAdopt and Adoption Forum. – There are no recent reports documenting illegal adoptions from the Philippines. On the contrary, we have reports that adoptions from Thailand are in the child’s best interests, says head of Verdens Barn, Helge Solberg to news. The Adoption Forum also points out that the Philippines receives good support from the Hague Secretariat. – The Netherlands, which has undergone an investigation of the cooperation with the Philippines, finds no illegalities there. The Netherlands has resumed cooperation with the Philippines after their investigation, says leader of the Adoption Forum Sidsel Elie Aas in the Adoption Forum to news.
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Norway stops adoptions from several countries – news Sørlandet – Local news, TV and radio
