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Haiti's Adopted Children (part 2)

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Haiti’s earthquake has left the country destroyed families and communities torn apart. Caught in the middle are children already up for adoption. Their number has now swelled by newly orphan boys and girls who’ve survived the quake, but tragically their parents have not. But is the solution for these children sending them abroad?

A debate hosted by Mark Owen with guests:
 
Alyson EYNON, Emergency Protection Advisor at Save the Children UK (via satellite from London)
Elizabeth BARTHOLET, Morris Wasserstein Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Child Advocacy Program at Harvard Law School (via satellite from Cambridge, Ma)
 
Programme prepared by Bilal Tarabey and Perrine Desplats
 


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