Intercountry adoption swimming against the tide: Restitution in Samoa

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Fronek, Patricia
Rotabi-Casares, Karen S
Common, Robert
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2021
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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 fraudulent ICA, presents a case of fraud and novel restitution in Samoa and concludes that restitution pathways should also facilitate contact and reunification of children with their families.

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Childhood

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Fronek, P; Rotabi-Casares, KS; Common, R, Intercountry adoption swimming against the tide: Restitution in Samoa., Childhood, 2021. Copyright 2021 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.

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Fronek, P; Rotabi-Casares, KS; Common, R, Intercountry adoption swimming against the tide: Restitution in Samoa., Childhood, 2021

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