IFCO has been inundated with emails and phone calls on this topic. On 16 January we published the "Guiding Principles" (see below) which were originally produced post-tsunami & represented the views of IFCO and the following agencies: the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Save the Children UK (SCUK), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),and World Vision International (WVI).
Our answers to all the well-meaning people who have contacted us have been consistent with these Guiding Principles and also the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children which were welcomed by the United Nations in November 2009.
Following the recent arrest of 10 American citizens in Haiti the New York Times has published an interesting online piece with a range of opinions & comments:
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