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Joint Statement on the forcible transfer, deportation, and adoption of children from Ukraine by Russia

Document number
3484
Date
6 March 2023
Title
Joint Statement on the forcible transfer, deportation, and adoption of children from Ukraine by Russia
Author/publisher
Better Care Network
Availability
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Document type(s)
Guidelines/Recommendations,
Keywords
orcible transfer, deportation, and adoption of children from Ukraine by Russia
Summary
This statement raises concerned by reports that many children displaced by the war in Ukraine have been forcibly transferred to other Russia-occupied territories or deported to Russia and placed in Russian foster and adoptive families, given Russian nationality and separated permanently from their families, communities, and country.