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Government intervenes in Romanian orphan case 24.03.05 1.00pm - Herald Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff is asking for the case of Romanian orphan Iani Lingurar to be given special treatment. New Plymouth woman Alana Cleland and Iani, her six-year-old foster son, are on their way back to Romania where, unless things change, he will have to stay. A law change in Romania has banned overseas adoptions. Today a spokesman for Mr Goff said he would call the Canberra-based Romanian ambassador today and ask that it be considered a special case. The ambassador would then take the request to her government. Meanwhile, back home in New Plymouth, Ms Cleland's mother, Beryl Cleland, says Iani is a typical Kiwi kid and she is "100 per cent" confident her daughter will be able to bring her grandson home. Mrs Cleland said today Iani still didn't know his trip back to Romania might be permanent and was just excited about the plane ride. "He's happy at the moment. This is a big adventure for him, of course still not knowing what he could be going back to. "That's a difficult one because you don't want to hide anything from a child but he wouldn't be able to cope if he knew the truth. How would a six-year-old cope?" A paediatric nurse at Taranaki Base Hospital, Ms Cleland had first come across Iani when she was working as a volunteer in an orphanage in Romania and Iani was 10 months old. In May 2003, she had been able to bring Iani on a visitor's visa to New Zealand for Ms Cleland's sister's wedding where they live with Mrs Cleland and her husband John. But now Romania is insisting Iani goes back, even if it is back to an orphanage. Mrs Cleland spoke to her daughter from Singapore about 11.30pm last night after they flew out yesterday. "We had about five minutes. She's wishing she was back in New Zealand -- we talked about the press coverage and what's happening here and she's absolutely delighted that people are beginning to know what is actually happening with Iani and also for all the orphans in Romania." Ms Cleland and Iani would have to stop in Hungary so she could get a visa before she could enter Romania. Mrs Cleland said she had been talking to New Plymouth MP Harry Duynhoven who had said in America there were 210 Romanian children having the same problem. ------ ------ ------ Tears mark first step of fight over Iani's future care 24.03.05 - Herald Alana Cleland and her Romanian foster son, Iani Lingurar, set off on their heartbreak journey to Romania yesterday as diplomatic intervention to bring them back to New Zealand began. The New Plymouth paediatric nurse broke down as she embraced her father, John Cleland, at New Plymouth Airport before they left for Romania. "It's pretty hard saying goodbye to everybody," Miss Cleland said. Romanian officials have demanded that 6-year-old Iani, who has been in the fulltime foster care of Miss Cleland for four years, be returned to his birth country. A new law in Romania bans international adoptions from there. A positive report and recommendation by Child, Youth and Family about Miss Cleland's suitability to adopt has fallen on deaf ears. It is feared that Iani could end up back in a Romanian orphanage. New Plymouth MP Harry Duynhoven said the Government would contact Romanian officials pleading Miss Cleland's case. During the past two years, Iani has been living in New Plymouth with Miss Cleland and her parents. He has been attending Spotswood Primary School, has a Kiwi accent and now knows little of his own language. Her mother, Beryl Cleland, said she could not imagine life without Iani. "He doesn't know any other family." ------ ------ ------ Heartbreak for 'mother' as boy returned to Romania 23.03.05 - Herald A New Zealand woman who has raised a Romanian boy as her son for four years is being forced to return him to his home country - possibly to an orphanage. Alana Cleland is the only mother Iani Lingurar, 6, has known. Today they leave New Plymouth for Romania, with no guarantee Miss Cleland will be able to continue as Iani's caregiver. Romanian officials refuse to allow Miss Cleland to adopt Iani because of a new law banning international adoptions from there. A positive report and recommendation by Child, Youth and Family about her suitability to adopt has fallen on deaf ears. Miss Cleland said the Romanian Government had demanded Iani be returned. His New Zealand visa had run out and was not being renewed because of the Romanian situation. The son of Gypsies, Iani was abandoned at birth to a crowded orphanage. Miss Cleland, 29, works as a paediatric nurse and fell in love with Iani while doing voluntary work in an orphanage in Timisoara, Romania. She got permission to travel abroad with Iani and they have lived in New Plymouth for nearly two years. Miss Cleland said her only hope now was to return to Romania indefinitely to fight the red tape. Her mother, Beryl Cleland, said she could not imagine life without Iani. "He doesn't know any other family. He's our grandchild, Alana's son. He's now like any other New Zealand child." Iani, a student at Spotswood Primary, said he was excited about the trip and visiting Romanian friends. He has not been told he may not return to New Zealand. |
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