(30 Jan 1995) T/I: 10:53:43
After more than a year of negotiations between the Czech and
Slovak governments, just three of the more than one thousand
Slovak 'orphans' living in Czech adoption centres, have been
adopted. Most of them are the children of Slovak prostitutes who
solicit on the "E-55" highway to Germany. The children are being
cared-for in centres, but overcrowding has become a problem and
many of the children have now reached school age. Their mothers,
seeking to remain anonymous, leave their children with no birth
certificates or proof of identity. Without papers, the children
cannot enter Slovakia or be adopted by Slovak families. But the
children can now be adopted by families in the Czech republic,
according to Josefa Havlova of the Czech Ministry of Labour and
Social Affairs. Slovak authorities are, Havlova said, happy with
this arrangement, which means the children receive Czech
citizenship.
SHOWS:
VARIOUS,
CZECH REPUBLIC, RECENT
PRAGUE-DRESDEN HIGHWAY
0.00 Two prostitutes out on the highway
0.06 Driving past two other prostitutes
0.10 A group of prostitutes standing at bus stop
TOWN OF TEPLICE
0.14 A woman walks past a playground
0.17 Children in orphanage sitting on potties and crying
0.19 CU baby
0.25 More children inside the orphanage
0.31 Babies sitting on potties with no clothes on
PRAGUE
0.37 CU Josefa Havlova, Czech ministry of labour and social
affairs
0.42 UPSOT Havolva: "As for adoption, which was passed by Czech
court, you don't need an approval of Slovak Republic
because it's not illegal in either Czech or Slovak Republic.
It's very important for Slovak side to know that their
citizens are handed over to Czech families. In this way we
negotiated with Slovak republic, of course. If they agree
with it, we'll find Czech families, where Slovak children
can be placed and they will get Czech citizenship."
DUBIN, TEPLICE DISTRICT
1.21 Prostitue being arrested
1.30 Prostitutes inside jail cell
TOWN OF TEPLICE
1.40 Pan around the inside of the orphanage
1.49 Baby lying in crib
1.52 CU Baby in crib
2.05 ENDS
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