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"Border Traffic": an introduction to children adoption in Misiones, Argentina

Misiones, in the Northestern Argentinian border, is "the paradise of adoptions", because there it's very easy the adoption proceedings, there are many poor children and, the flow of Central European immigrants means that these children are white. Mass Media and NGO's report "children for sale" to foreigner families. International Adoption is prohibited in Argentine. This article analyze the consequences of these reports in the lives of people of Misiones.

Adoption; Transnational Adoption; Trafficking in Persons


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