2021
DOI: 10.1177/09075682211063691
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Intercountry adoption swimming against the tide: Restitution in Samoa

Abstract: Intercountry adoption (ICA) is a contested practice represented by competing discourses of humanitarianism, exploitation, poverty and wealth. Multiple factors have contributed to decreasing numbers of adoption globally including documented incidents of fraud which have accumulated over the last two decades. There is little recompense for families subjected to the fraudulent removal of their children, the children, and adoptive parents who are also defrauded. This article reports on the troubled progression of … Show more

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“…These actions include healing through the acknowledgment of injustices, restoring the identity of adopted individuals whose stories were falsified, reconnecting with biological families, and emotional repair. Furthermore, these initiatives raise awareness about the shortcomings in the adoption system and advocate for more ethical and transparent practices in the future (Fronek et al, 2021).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…These actions include healing through the acknowledgment of injustices, restoring the identity of adopted individuals whose stories were falsified, reconnecting with biological families, and emotional repair. Furthermore, these initiatives raise awareness about the shortcomings in the adoption system and advocate for more ethical and transparent practices in the future (Fronek et al, 2021).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This self-initiated action by some families can be seen as a form of reparation, even if it is not recognized as such within the legal or institutional framework. Some authors, such as Fronek et al (2021), consider these individual and familial actions as forms of reparation, even when carried out outside official structures. Fronek explores how these actions can contribute to repairing the harms caused by irregular intercountry adoptions, offering an alternative perspective on how these situations can be addressed and repaired from the grassroots level and through the initiative of the involved families.…”
Section: Politics Of Reparation and Intercountry Adoptionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nascent health, disability and child protection systems struggle to prioritise the needs of children and their families over would-be adopters. Long term, well-supported care in families which allows for adequate psychosocial support, tracing, reunification, reparation and restitution can meet the needs of children and their families in conditions of war (Fronek et al, 2021; Roby, 2012).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Often courts in the adopting countries accept humanitarian assumptions rather than recognise the losses of parents whose children were wrongly taken and the losses for children themselves. One exception was the approach taken in fraudulent adoption cases from Samoa, where financial restitution was ordered and social work case management facilitated renewed contact between children and families, and in some cases, reunification (Fronek et al, 2021; Roby, 2012). Argentinian grandmothers fought for restitution and the return of stolen children (Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, n.d.).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, it seems that the concept of adoption has its own complexities in different cultures (Burge & Jamieson, 2009). Also, social and cultural components have a significant impact in this field because along with social and cultural changes in societies, the concept of adoption has also undergone certain changes (Fronek et al, 2021).…”
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