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06-30-2004, 06:10 AM
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Americans adopt Russian orphans
Combined reports
According to a recent US State Department report, 5209 Russian orphans moved to
the US to new families for permanent residency in 2003 showing the world's
second largest number after China, ITAR-TASS recently reported.
China remains the number one country, where Americans adopt a total of 6859
over the past year alone. After banning its quotas on International adoptions
and expanding staff of the government's organization dealing with the issue,
National Adoptions Council (NAC) in China welcomes such actions of the US and
considers them humane. NAC also thinks highly of the way Russia, Kazakhstan and
several other post-Soviet states approach the issue. In particular, Azerbaijan
appeared among the first twenty countries of the world based on a number of
kids sent to the US for adoption.
The organization seems to have certain problems with Romania however. Not long
ago, Americans used to visit the country regularly for adoptions. However,
while going through the logistics of Romania entering the EU, Bucharest had to
significantly reduce such practice. Nowadays, Americans lament "shattered
hopes" of kids in Romanian orphanages.
The number of kids adopted by the US in Ukraine decreased from 1106 to 702 in
2003. According to the National Adoptions Council this year's number is
expected to rise, since the American Embassy in Kiev began issuing visas. Thus,
foster parents will no longer have to travel to Warsaw for a visa.
In 2002, Ukraine was number five on the list of countries considered by
Americans for adoptions. In 2003, the country's position has been replaced by
Kazakhstan with 825 formal adoptions.
"The child's nationality is not of prime importance for potential parents, it's
far more important to establish warm relations with the kid so that he would
feel loved and cared for and there's no difference where he is from-India,
China or Russia," told Michael Feltman, Chief Executive Officer for World
Association for Children and Parents (WACAP), in an interview with the
Vladivostok newspaper reporter during his three-day working visit to the city.
WACAP's representative office in Primorye was settled 10 years ago and
developed strong cooperation with the regional official bodies in charge of
adoption issues, Feltman said. An expert for Primorye's department of
education, Tatyana Perminova, reported to the Vladivostok News in a telephone
interview Monday that around 230 orphans were adopted by foreigners from the
regional children's homes in 2003 and most of them were taken by American
families.
"American agencies were the first to set foot in Primorye and at present around
10 representative branches of American agencies work in the region," she
revealed. "Canadian, Spanish and French agencies usually each have about six
adoptions a year," she added.
According to Perminova, the number of children adopted by foreigners in
Primorye remains steady at 220 to 230 children annually in the recent three
years.
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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a true friend will
be sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"
-----Unknown
Americans adopt Russian orphans
Combined reports
According to a recent US State Department report, 5209 Russian orphans moved to
the US to new families for permanent residency in 2003 showing the world's
second largest number after China, ITAR-TASS recently reported.
China remains the number one country, where Americans adopt a total of 6859
over the past year alone. After banning its quotas on International adoptions
and expanding staff of the government's organization dealing with the issue,
National Adoptions Council (NAC) in China welcomes such actions of the US and
considers them humane. NAC also thinks highly of the way Russia, Kazakhstan and
several other post-Soviet states approach the issue. In particular, Azerbaijan
appeared among the first twenty countries of the world based on a number of
kids sent to the US for adoption.
The organization seems to have certain problems with Romania however. Not long
ago, Americans used to visit the country regularly for adoptions. However,
while going through the logistics of Romania entering the EU, Bucharest had to
significantly reduce such practice. Nowadays, Americans lament "shattered
hopes" of kids in Romanian orphanages.
The number of kids adopted by the US in Ukraine decreased from 1106 to 702 in
2003. According to the National Adoptions Council this year's number is
expected to rise, since the American Embassy in Kiev began issuing visas. Thus,
foster parents will no longer have to travel to Warsaw for a visa.
In 2002, Ukraine was number five on the list of countries considered by
Americans for adoptions. In 2003, the country's position has been replaced by
Kazakhstan with 825 formal adoptions.
"The child's nationality is not of prime importance for potential parents, it's
far more important to establish warm relations with the kid so that he would
feel loved and cared for and there's no difference where he is from-India,
China or Russia," told Michael Feltman, Chief Executive Officer for World
Association for Children and Parents (WACAP), in an interview with the
Vladivostok newspaper reporter during his three-day working visit to the city.
WACAP's representative office in Primorye was settled 10 years ago and
developed strong cooperation with the regional official bodies in charge of
adoption issues, Feltman said. An expert for Primorye's department of
education, Tatyana Perminova, reported to the Vladivostok News in a telephone
interview Monday that around 230 orphans were adopted by foreigners from the
regional children's homes in 2003 and most of them were taken by American
families.
"American agencies were the first to set foot in Primorye and at present around
10 representative branches of American agencies work in the region," she
revealed. "Canadian, Spanish and French agencies usually each have about six
adoptions a year," she added.
According to Perminova, the number of children adopted by foreigners in
Primorye remains steady at 220 to 230 children annually in the recent three
years.
-------------------------
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail . . . but, a true friend will
be sitting next to you saying, "Damn . . . that was fun!"
-----Unknown
