Illegal Adoption from Philipines raises questions in House of Representatives

United Adoptees International has been active to address the on going acceptance of the Dutch government of so-called 'illegal' adoptions which seems the most of the time, cases of pure child-trafficking for adoption.

After many cases last few years also this year cases appeared into the open.The most recent case is a couple from Leeuwarden (Friesland) which trafficked a child from the Philippines to adopt. The wife, self from Philippine descent, and a policeman, where travelling in the Philippines and where told by an woman, that she wanted them to have the baby, which she said, she was the mother.

Arrived in the Netherlands, the policeman actually tried to embezzle the birth-certificate of the child as was it his own.

Even-though this case was a clear example of child-trafficking for adoption and embezzlement of status of the child, done by an government official, the public prosecutor lost his case in court and both suspects where free to go.

The judge declared in court, that it was in the best interest of the child to be adopted. But the real issue is, that according international criminal law, (accomplishment) abduction and theft or child-trafficking in order to obtain a child for adoption as prospective adoption parent is still not punishable.

One of the reasons why prospective adoption parents still try several routes to adopt children and act as receiver fully innocent.

Nevertheless, the UAI addressed this issue again and the SP party was willing to look into this issue and asked questions to the ministry of Justice regarding this Philippine-Dutch case. The UAI is not very hopeful that the questions will lead to an end of 'illegal' adoption while the House of Representatives in the Netherlands did not care about these issues before and where not willing to close the gap in the law to prevent practices like this. Which can only lead to one conclusion, that States and Nations are not cooperating to protect children and mothers in need. Because it is in the best interest of children that adoption will be continued....?