US EditionSweden Should End International Adoptions, Government Commission Says
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For a pilot project there is to be a successor solution. The programme is aimed above all at people from Sri Lanka.
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.
A complete ban on international adoptions after Sweden was recommended on Monday by a Commission of Government Commissioners after an investigation revealed widespread abuse and fraud.
The children – who in several cases have been abducted from their mothers – will also receive a public apology from the state. "The government takes this very seriously."
International adoptions are associated with great risks. Just because it “was the way it was” does not mean it was right, writes government investigator Anna Singer in DN Debatt.
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