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Tue 11 Nov 2009Unicef queries circumstances of adoptions from Vietnam
THE CIRCUMSTANCES under which children in Vietnam become “adoptable” are “unclear and disturbing”, according to a report from Unicef.
The report is also critical of the Irish adoption agency, Helping Hands, for failing to inform the Irish Adoption Board that a recent increase in fees was in fact an increased demand for “humanitarian aid” from the provincial authority with which it was dealing.
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