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  2. International adoption - Wikipedia

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    Adoption policies for each country vary widely. Information such as the age of the adoptive parents, financial status, educational level, marital status and history, number of dependent children in the house, sexual orientation, weight, psychological health, and ancestry are used by countries to determine what parents are eligible to adopt from that country.

  3. Adoption by celebrities - Wikipedia

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    Josephine Baker, as a part of the Civil Rights Movement, protested against racism by adopting twelve orphans of different skin colors. [1] In the 2000s, the couples Angelina Jolie / Brad Pitt and Madonna / Guy Ritchie drew media and public attention by adopting several children from Third World countries. The adoptions have been criticized ...

  4. List of international adoption scandals - Wikipedia

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    Forced adoption in the United Kingdom removed children permanently from their parents. 1960s-1980s Highlighted by the Dutch current affairs show Zembla in 2017, purportedly 11,000 babies were fraudulently sold for adoption in the 1980s from Sri Lanka to western countries, with the use of baby farms to meet the apparent high demand. [1] [2] [3 ...

  5. Moscow bans adoption of Russian children to countries that ...

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    The adoption ban would apply to at least 15 countries, most of them in Europe, and Australia, Argentina and Canada. Adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens was banned in 2012. Other bills approved Saturday ban what they described as propaganda for remaining child-free and impose fines of up to 5 million rubles (about $50,000).

  6. Adoption - Wikipedia

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    Adoptions, live births and adoption/live birth ratios for a number of Western countries; Country Adoptions Live births Adoption/live birth ratio Notes Australia: 270 (2007–2008) [50] 254,000 (2004) [51] 0.2 per 100 live births Includes known relative adoptions England & Wales 4,764 (2006) [52] 669,601(2006) [53] 0.7 per 100 live births

  7. Cultural variations in adoption - Wikipedia

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    In traditional Korean culture, adoption almost always occurred when another family member (sibling or cousin) gives a male child to the first-born male heir of the family. Adoptions outside the family were rare. This has also been the reason why most orphaned Korean children have been exported to countries such as the United States.

  8. International adoption of South Korean children - Wikipedia

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    Many Korean children were kidnapped or adopted without the consent of their parents. Several governments engaged in "existence of illicit practices of a systemic nature", including falsifying documents. This was to meet the demand for children in western countries. Adoption agencies charged 9000 dollars or 12000 dollars to "order" a child. [133]

  9. Plans for new migrant deals with third countries are ‘not the ...

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    A senior minister has defended plans to strike deals with countries like Libya, Vietnam, and even the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan to help tackle the illegal migrant crisis and stop the ...