Minister Weerwind (Legal Protection) will explain the plan in a letter to parliament on Monday, but Sander Vlek of the National Association of Adoptive Parents is already “cautiously positive”, he says in the newspaper. NOS Radio 1 News.
He held talks with the ministry, but is also awaiting details. “We are still missing quite a lot of information, but what we think is most important is that the adoption ban will end. The stop threatens to keep children trapped in children’s homes. That is very harmful to them.”
List of countries
According to the AD, under the new plan, children are only allowed to come to the Netherlands if they cannot be cared for in their country of origin. Whether that means that there will be a list of countries from which it is no longer allowed to adopt is unclear, however.
Emeritus professor René Hoksbergen is positive about the plan. “I personally think that excluding abuses is not possible for 100 percent, but it is possible for 99 percent.” He does want more clarity about possible countries from which adoption should not be possible.
“There are certain countries, such as the US, the European countries, Taiwan, China and the like that really shouldn’t have adopted children. Those countries can completely take care of their children themselves.”
skepticism
Skepticism prevails in some organizations. “According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adoption may only take place after suitable other options have been sought in the country of origin,” says Sarah De Vos in the statement. NOS Radio 1 News† She was adopted herself and works at the ICDI knowledge centre, which is critical of adoption from abroad. “The Dutch government cannot check at all what that country has done about it, because the Netherlands does not have that authority.”
Dirk Jan and his partner Christiaan have no choice but to wait and see what the minister comes up with. “We both want a child who may not have a future in our own country. We want to offer that a future here. I think we can give a lot of love.”
The surnames of Dirk Jan and Christiaan are known to the editors, but have been omitted at their request.
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