53 Haitian Orphans Are Airlifted to U.S.

by admin | January 20th, 2010

By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. and SEAN D. HAMILL
Published: January 19, 2010
MIAMI — A group of 53 Haitian orphans landed in Pittsburgh on Tuesday morning, the first wave to arrive after the United States loosened its policy on visa requirements to expedite Americans’ adoptions of parentless children living in the post-earthquake ruins.

But the new policy, announced late Monday, affects only 900 children whom the Haitian government had already identified as orphans, and whom adoption agencies had matched with couples in the United States.

Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press

Tens of thousands of children are believed to have been orphaned in the quake, and their fate remains unclear, aid groups and United Nations officials say.

Click on link to read the rest of the article  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/world/americas/20orphans.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss  courtesy of The New York Times

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