KAS announced official financial, housing, language, and other support for adoptees deported back to Korea. It is a necessary bandaid on a crappy situation, so this is good news. At least one government is taking steps to doing the right thing, though there is a long way to go. https://www.kadoption.or.kr/en/board/board_view.jsp?bcode=41_7&no=86
Adoption Museum Project reports 25 international adoptees deported. First time i have seen any kind of statistic on this anywhere, and i am filled with rage. Even State Department had no idea. At least one has died, and I hope the rest are surviving well. The Adoption Museum Project has produced great #infographics on Adoptee Citizen status in the USA. Very useful to… https://t.co/FZg02WIGRw — AFFCNY (@AFFCNY) January 22, 2018
It is always shocking when a KAD commits suicide, and we feel the loss keenly. When that person had been deported because of shameful policies that continue to exist in the US – as befell Phillip – it feels like a knife in our back. All that might be beautiful about adoption is rendered ugly in that light, and the words family, country, and belonging reduced to empty marketing slogans. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/05/119_229975.html Even in death, our identity is […]
It’s reassuring to know Kim Dong-hwa is ok, and interesting to read about how his life turned out. Of course, we do not hear about the ones who are struggling, unless they have died, like Brazilian adoptee Joao Herbert, but we can be grateful for the good stories too. http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3029466
[Adam’s] life story highlights the failings of an adoption system that put him in the homes of one set of parents who abandoned him and another that physically abused him and other adopted children… 41-year-old Crapser arrived in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday morning aboard a commercial airline flight escorted by ICE deportation officers. A sad, horrible moment that creates an permanent, ugly mark in the history of international adoption. More here. Meanwhile, Holt International commenced […]
