Adoption

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‘I’ll never know where I’m from’: plight of the adopted children of Bangladesh’s Birangona women

Thousands of children born to victims of rape during Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971 were adopted by foreign families. Now, many want to discover their rootsThe Bangladeshi children who say they were wrongly taken for adoptionJane Radika was s…

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‘My mother spent her life trying to find me’: the children who say they were wrongly taken for adoption

For years, Bibi Hasenaar felt rejected because she was adopted aged four. Then she saw a photo that described her as missing – and began to uncover an astonishing dark historyƒBibi Hasenaar has had two lives. One began in November 1976, when she was ab…

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Visa delays leave UK families with adopted babies stranded in Pakistan

Home Office accused of leaving mothers and traumatised children stranded for months while priority is given to Ukraine refugeesBritish couples who travelled to Pakistan to adopt children have been left stranded after the Home Office told them to expect…

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