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Is our social services system too quick to take children into care and too quick to forcibly adopt? Now Europe is investigating whether it happens here too often, Rachel Royce reports; and Jeremy Stern examines plans to build a new town in Sussex which have caused outrage.

Natalie Graham presents.

29 minutes

Last on

Mon 2 Feb 2015 19:30

Forced adoptions

Forced adoptions

Every year about 11,000 children are taken into local authority care without the consent of their parents.

Last year, more than 2,400 of them were forcibly adopted.

It is a controversial practice and one that is facing criticism not just in the UK, but from politicians in Europe where forced adoption is rare.

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Role Contributor
Presenter Natalie Graham
Reporter Rachel Royce
Reporter Jeremy Stern
Series Editor Linda Bell

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