tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569011108647763672.post6553960406466642812..comments2024-03-05T15:03:52.699-05:00Comments on Fabriquée en Corée: Kids 'kidnapped for Aussie adoption'AdoptionSearchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02037198459884964653noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569011108647763672.post-89576776234910553942008-08-23T11:24:00.000-04:002008-08-23T11:24:00.000-04:00Adoption racket kids 'may be returned'ANY children...<B><A HREF="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24228676-12377,00.html" REL="nofollow">Adoption racket kids 'may be returned'</A></B><BR/><BR/><BR/><I>ANY children kidnapped in an overseas adoption racket will likely have to be returned to their families</I>, <B>federal Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson</B> says.<BR/><BR/>At least 30 children adopted in Australia may have been stolen from their parents by a child trafficking ring operating in India between 1998 and 1999, The Weekend Australian reported today.<BR/><BR/>The Queensland Government and Indian investigators will soon begin working together to investigate the claims.<BR/><BR/>"Let us hope that the inquiry, in fact, does not find that children have been effectively kidnapped," Dr Nelson said.<BR/><BR/>"But if they have, then we will have a moral responsibility to do the right thing.<BR/><BR/>"And the right thing, we would expect in most cases, will be to look at returning them to their rightful families."<BR/><BR/>Dr Nelson rejected suggestions Canberra should wrest control of adoption legislation from the states.<BR/><BR/>"I don't think that we should have knee-jerk responses that suggest that the Commonwealth should automatically take it over.<BR/><BR/>"So let's just wait until we get the outcome of the inquiry before people start to say: 'Well, if the Commonwealth takes it over that will solve all the problems'.<BR/><BR/>"Generally speaking, Government is the problem, not the solution." <BR/><BR/>The Australian. August 23, 2008.z e n c hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17290609945930440613noreply@blogger.com