International Adoption in The Netherlands

INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS FROM 2007 2011 by C.B. Leeuwenhoek The birds and the bees, every adult has been told some version of the story, a highly metaphorical and easy-for-a-child to understand quest to explain where kids come from. A story that's hard for a parent to tell, and even harder for a child to comprehend. But what about the other adolecent story? The one about the stork that flies from country to country, city to city delivering children to their long-awaiting parents? Because for 3464 children between 2007 & 2011, that story comes closter to reality than you might realize. TOP 10 ADOPTION COUNTRIES, 2007-2011 TGERIA 2 out of 5 adopted kids came from China In December 2010 all adoptions from Haiti were put on hold due to human trafficking violations haddadad On January 12, 2010 Haiti was hit by a 7.0 earthquake, doubling the number of orphans HOW MANY ADOPTIONS OCCURD PER YEAR IN THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES BETWEEN 2007 & 2011? 1500 +63 China 2010-2011 109 197 1200 Highest Rise: 306 900 108 60 91 28 43 34 34 19 23 39 50 68 18 19 28 20 28 30 40 34 23 21 30 10 22 28 28 29 19 13 19 22 22 28 22 18 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 283 600 56 39 51 49 36 34 17 299 300 365 China Haiti United States Ethiopia Çolumbia Taiwan South Africa Poland Nigeria Kenya 1450 (42%) 287 (8,3%) 206 (6%) 199 (5,7%) 165 (4,8%) 152 (4,4%) 144 (4,2%) 117 (3,4%) 95 (2,7%) 86 (2,5%) OTHER COUNTRIES WITH MORE THAN 10 ADOPTIONS IN THE PAST 5 YEARS 11001001 00000 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 E 16 COUNTRIES| WITH LESS THAN TEN ADOPTIONS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS Malawi Benin Ghana Saudi Arabia Nepal Guatemala Israel Mexico Bangladesh Domincan Rep. Mongolia Nicaragua Tunsia Armenua Ecuador 1 Namibia Ukraine Pakistan 3 Rwanda Zambia 3 1 Togo 1 Source: http://www.adoptie.nl/WSMdocument/documents/Trends_en_analyse_2007_2011.pdf #1 CHINA #2 HAITI Biggest Drop: #4 ETHIOPIA #5 COLOMBIA #6 TAIWAN SOUTH AFRICA Haiti 2007-2008 Lesotho