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Children are among the biggest victims in eastern Ukraine. Photos supplied by UNICEF.

Putin’s planes took away Ukrainian children for ‘Russification’: report

Forcible transfer is a crime against humanity under international law, but the Yale report says a Kremlin-led program took at least 314 children.

  • Anthony Deutsch

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The author (left) with her sister, Maddie and brother, Mark.

My older brother was a stranger for most of my life. Now he’s a huge part of it

Is it possible to bond with a sibling without a shared past? It turns out it is.

  • Genevieve Quigley
Eileen Mansfield in her eighties with (from left) the author’s sister, Madeleine Carlyle, the author, Rose Carlyle, and her brother, David Carlyle, circa 1993.

At 13, Eileen was abandoned by her mother, but she would go on to beat the odds

My grandmother was sent away by the woman who should have protected her, but it didn’t stop her creating a life filled with love.

  • Rose Carlyle

In Ashlee’s childhood of drug deals and violence, Grandma’s home was a safe haven

Marita fought her addict daughter for years for custody of her granddaughter, Ashlee.

  • Melissa Fyfe

Death threats, stalking, dead flowers: My foster siblings’ parents must be in town

Religious zealots, kidnapping, jail and a Hollywood ex … how the love of salt-of-the-earth parents turned a crazy upbringing into something special.

  • Lech Blaine
Lily Arthur, now 74, has spent decades fighting for justice. When she was pregnant at 16, “my arrest had been unlawful, my detainment illegal, and the forced removal of my child a crime”.

‘I’m angry’: Lily was 17 when her baby was taken. Now, she’s asking the UN to help

Lily Arthur was one of the young, vulnerable women coerced into giving up their babies for adoption mid-last century. Now, she’s taking her fight for justice to Geneva.

  • Megan Norris
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The children’s advocate has called for an immediate end for children and young people housed in hotels.

Housing young offenders in motels and caravan parks needs to end, advocates say

A final report on children in care suggests bail accommodation for underage offenders could help bring an end to children being housed in hotels and motel

  • Amber Schultz
A female foster worker was sexually assaulted by a high-risk teenager she should not have been left alone with. Generic image.

‘People are crying at their desks’: Department with one in 11 staff on workers’ comp

Nearly one in 10 child protection workers are on workers’ compensation amid a dire shortage of staff who assist the state’s most vulnerable children.

  • Amber Schultz
Veronica Smith and daughter Rachel.

Gillard’s adoption apology inspired woman forced to give up daughter

Veronica Smith had been sent to an institution, where she was expected to knit bootees and a matinee jacket for the child she would have to give away.

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/adoption---fostering-1mwj