Sweden Should End International Adoptions, Government Commission Says
- On June 2, 2025, a commission appointed by the Swedish government called for a stop to all overseas adoptions following discoveries of unlawful activities.
- The 2021 investigation was launched due to concerns that many children had been removed from their birth parents unlawfully, including instances that amounted to child trafficking.
- The investigation uncovered illegal international adoptions spanning from the 1970s to the 2000s, involving government officials and adoption organizations, with China identified as a major country of origin.
- The report noted that Sweden is home to close to 60,000 people who were adopted from abroad and called for an official apology alongside financial support to enable adoptees to visit their countries of origin.
- The findings assert that the Swedish State has failed to protect children and must assume responsibility and take measures to prevent future abuses in adoption practices.
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Sweden should end international adoptions, government commission says
Sweden should phase out international adoptions, a government-appointed commission said on Monday, after an inquiry prompted by concerns that children had been taken from their biological parents without permission.
Since 1960, some 60,000 children born abroad have been welcomed by Swedish parents, and in many cases these adoptions have raised the issue of trafficking in children, which, according to the Committee of Inquiry, is the reason why the Swedish State should make official apologies.
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