A charity in Haiti say some of the children identified as orphans by a group of Americans who were taking them out of the country may have parents. The 10 Americans, who are now in police custody, said they were taking them to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic.Haiti imposed new controls on the movement of children following the 12 January earthquake, because of fears that orphans were particularly vulnerable to being abducted and sold for adoption.Meanwhile, the White House said the US military would resume airlifts to the U.S for injured quake victims.The five men and five women, from Idaho-based charity New Life Children's Refuge, were arrested on Friday night. They were stopped while travelling on a bus with the children on the border with neighbouring Dominican Republic. The Americans said the youngsters had all lost their parents in the quake.But George Willeit, a spokesman in Port-au-Prince for SOS Children's Villages, which is now looking after the children, said many of the children had been found to be in poor health, hungry and dehydrated.
News On AIR | February 1, 2010 11:14 AM
'Trafficked' Haitian children may have parents