Cambodia Child
International Adoption Cambodia
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Cambodia
CHILDREN'S ISSUES: For information on international adoption of children and international parental child abduction, see the Office of Children's Issues website at http://travel.state.gov/family/family_1732.html. ... U.S. Department of State [Read More]
Cambodia Adoption Notice
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V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Burundi is a source country for children trafficked for the purpose of forced child soldiering. The country is emerging from a 12-year civil war in which government and rebel forces used approximately 3,200 children in a variety of capacities, including as cooks, porters, spies, sex slaves, and combatants. There are reports that the government army and two former rebel groups — the CNDDFDD (Nkurunziza) and the CNDD (Nyangoma) — still have a small number of children in their ranks. While there were unconfirmed reports that these two rebel groups recruited boys in 2004, there were no reports that the army recruited child soldiers. The one rebel faction that remains outside the peace process, the PALOPEHUTU-FNL, continued to recruit and use child soldiers. The Government of Burundi does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, ... [Read More]
Immigrant Visas Issued to Orphans Coming to U.S.
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Department of State Recaptures Fugitive Child Molester
Department of State Recaptures Fugitive Child Molester ... The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security and the U.S. Marshals Service returned a fugitive child molester from Cambodia to face justice in the United States on Thursday, March 25. Richard Vincent Lando was convicted in Virginia in 1994 on five felony counts of aggravated sexual battery and taking indecent liberties with minors. Lando is now charged with violating his parole by traveling to Cambodia. ... [Read More]
U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh, Cambodia - CDC
CDC supports prevention of mother-to-child transmission activities at this renovated facility in Sisophon Health Center, Banteay Meanchey Province. ... [Read More]
Cambodia
The illegal purchase and sale of infants and children for prostitution and adoption was a serious problem. During the year, raids on brothels rescued several underage girls who were trafficked to the country for prostitution. In 2001 and 2002, there were several documented cases in which individuals or organizations purchased infants or children from their natural parents, created fraudulent paper trails to document the children as orphans, and then earned substantial profits from fees or donations from unwitting adoptive families, including foreign families. Some of these children ended up being exploited. In some of these cases, the perpetrators encouraged women to give up their children under false pretenses. For example, the perpetrators promised to care for the children temporarily but then refused to return them. ... [Read More]
Consular Information Sheets
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Visa Appointment Wait Time
U.S. regulations require that both parents of a minor child (under the age of 14) applying for a passport come to the Embassy in person with the child. As of November 1, 2004, if both parents cannot come to the Embassy, the applying parent must provide the consular officer with a notarized English-language statement from the other parent giving consent for issuance of the passport. If the applying parent can show that he or she has sole custody of the child (e.g., custody order or death certificate), the two-parent requirement may be waived. For more information on passport applications, please refer to the tab American Citizen Services. ... [Read More]
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