Given
recent events in Ukraine, many parents are understandably concerned
about the status of their adoptions from children in the Crimea region
of the country. According to Ambassador Susan Jacobs, the United States
Embassy in Kiev is working directly with a number of parents whose
adoptions have been affected by this volatile situation. The Embassy is
also working directly with the Ukrainian government to determine how
these political changes will impact in-process adoptions. Because
Ukraine is not a signatory to the Convention, the Hague Process does not
apply to Ukrainian adoptions.
The
Department of State has not yet issued an update on Ukrainian adoptions
as it relates to Crimea. In an email to PEAR, Ambassador Jacobs stated
that they will "continue to update as we learn more about how the cases
will proceed." The latest updates on adoptions in Ukraine can be found
at http://adoption.state.gov/country_information/country_specific_info.php?country-select=ukraine.
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