UAI files official complaint against payments for acces adoption files

Biggest Adoption Agency Wereldkinderen charges money for Access Adoption file

Last year the UAI was suprised by the decision of the biggest adoption agency in the Netherlands , Wereldkinderen, to charge € 55,-- for granting access and copy of the personal file for adoptees.

The agency broke a verbal agreement with the UAI to grant access without any payments for adoptees without consulting the UAI.

Today the UAI filed an official complaint to the agency with the request for explanation and the arguments of the UAI to withdraw their decision.

The UAI sees the free access to the personal adoption file as a basic human right which should not be hindered by the agency which keeps the files of the adoptee. We believe its a fundamental right and of importance for the well being of to the adoptee to have free access to their personal files without any obstacle.

Also we believe that an adoption agency who says that they see the interest of the child who is 'available' or 'freed' for adoption should be aware that granting access of the adoption file to adoptees without any payments is an obligation considered the intention of the interest of adoptees.