Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-07-07-Speech-4-203"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-07-07"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Trafficking in children in Guatemala2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050707.29.4-203"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-07-07-Speech-4-2042
lpv:speaker	lp:Fernando Fernández Martín2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; REGI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Partido Popular (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; DEVE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Mr President, during the recent visit by a delegation from this Parliament to Guatemala, our attention was drawn to a particular issue, and the five Members, from different political groups, making up that delegation agreed that the adoption of children in Guatemala by foreign families causes an immense problem, represents a flagrant violation of children's rights and, ultimately, is the subject of an extremely lucrative business. According to official figures that we obtained there, in 2004, 3 824 Guatemalan children were subject to international adoptions and that figure, for a country with just over 12 million inhabitants, demonstrates that something is not working properly there. The adoption of a child costs between USD 25 000 and USD 30 000, and just 2 or 3% of that goes to the birth mother, that is to say, less than EUR 400. This means that the total sum obtained through this phenomenon of massive donations is the second largest of the country’s exports. The children concerned are generally children of single mothers, many of them girls of between 13 and 14 years old, largely indigenous and, in many cases, victims of drugs and/or prostitution. Over recent years, many Guatemalan governments have tried to approve a law to implement the Hague Convention on adoptions, but they have failed. The Guatemalan Congress, undoubtedly subject to external pressure, has not been able to approve that law. Now, the Guatemalan Government hopes that, over the coming weeks, a law will be approved to put a stop to this situation. My group therefore intends to send a very clear message to the Guatemalan authorities, communicating to them that they will have our every support so that their Congress can finally approve a law that imposes order on this truly intolerable situation."@en1

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