Forced adoptions: Canada compensates Aboriginal people with more than 500 million euros

The country is working so & #34; a dark and painful chapter & #34; says the minister responsible. About 20,000 indigenous people were affected by forced adoptions.

Forced adoptions: Canada compensates Aboriginal people with more than 500 million euros

In Canada, descendants of Aboriginal people who have been released to zurZwangsadaption in white families are to be compensated. According to Carolyn Bennett, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, y are expected to receive around 544 million euros. According to SindMedienberichten, 20,000 people were estimated to have been forced to live in United States and Canada, especially in 1960s to 1980s, mainly in non-indigenenMittelklassefamilien.

The practice with Indian Act of 1951ermöglichte is known in Canada as "Sixties scoop". Scoop up means "collect" or "pick up". DieEinigung in context of 18 lawsuits nationwide was a wichtigerSchritt to work out a "dark and painful chapter in memory Canada", said Bennett. The Government of Ottawa had been negotiating with plaintiffs for months. The VerkündeteGrundsatzeinigung is to be negotiated by end of year and spring 2018 will also be approved by courts.

One involved in negotiations with Regierungbeteiligte, Marcia Brown Martel of IndigenenVölkerverband First Nations, said Einigungwecke now achieved "great hope". It is to be hoped that so Etwasnie will happen again in Canada.

Years of litigation

The previous agreement was an eight-year litigation. The Canadian Regierungwurde found it guilty in February to have caused psychologischenSchaden of victims and ir loss of cultural identity. Of total of 800 million kanadischenDollar for compensation payments, reportedly 50 to a foundation for reconciliation between Government and affected indigenous peoples.

A AnderesKapitel concerns compulsory training of children of Canadian Aborigines in homes that were operated by Government of ChristlichenKirchen. Since late 19th century to die1970er years, more than 150,000 children were affected. About 80,000 of m still live. Many suffered ill-treatment and sexuellenMissbrauch.

Ottawaentschuldigte 2008 officially became Reinitiate, which grew completely isolated from ir families, ir communities its culture. Since end of 2015, AmtierendePremierminister Justin Trudeau invited Pope Francis in May to come to Canada and apologize to indigenous peoples on behalf of Catholic Church.

Date Of Update: 07 October 2017, 12:06
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