Tag: illegal adoptions from Taiwan

Australia’s History and Silence on Illicit and Illegal Intercountry Adoptions: A Record of Inaction

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Australia’s silence on illicit and illegal intercountry adoptions and ICAV’s 20-year fight for truth, justice, and recognition of adoptee rights continues

Being Illegally Adopted and a Forced Reunion

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Aimee shares about her illegal adoption from Taiwan and being forced into reunion through media involvement and her first mother and adoptive parent wishes.