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The Dutch equivalent of DCS/CPS was caught placing at least 1670 children as a way to pressure their parents to pay a wrong tax charge. The number is provisiona
by candiodari 4y ago
The Dutch equivalent of DCS/CPS was caught placing at least 1670 children as a way to pressure their parents to pay a wrong tax charge. The number is provisional and it might be 16000 children.
NONE of them have been allowed to go home, despite the government, the judicial system and the tax office being convicted, plus the government falling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_childcare_benefits_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_childcare_benefits_scand...
Before that, there were 3 investigations by parliament into Youth Services in the Netherlands. ALL 3 found the large majority of kids taken into care by the government were physically abused by Youth Services personnel (mostly beatings, sex, some being forced to commit criminal acts, some were denied medical care, ...)
- HideousKojima 4y agoAnd in neighboring Germany their child services program intentionally placed foster children with pedophiles: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/26/the-german-experiment-that-placed-foster-children-with-pedophiles/amp https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/07/26/the-german-exp...
- dr_dshiv 4y agoWow, that’s a totally wild article. Thanks for sharing. I don’t think it is the same mindset as in the states, but it shows the challenges of dealing with vulnerable populations, that’s for sure.
- dr_dshiv 4y agoDo you have a better source? Nothing in the Wikipedia article mentions children being taken away, only child benefits being taken away. Maybe I missed it.
- candiodari 4y agoSure. Unfortunately in Dutch: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toeslagenaffaire https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toeslagenaffaire Specifically this section: "Naast de gedupeerde ouders zijn er naar schatting 70.000 kinderen van deze ouders getroffen.[113] Ruim 1.675 kinderen van gedupeerde ouders zijn tussen 2015 en 2021 uit huis geplaatst volgens Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS). Het CBS benadrukte dat dit geen causaal verband hoeft te betekenen en doet nog onderzoek naar onder- of oververtegenwoordiging.[114] Volgens emeritus hoogleraar jeugdbescherming Ido Weijers zijn deze kinderen sterk overgepresenteerd in het aantal uit huis geplaatste jongeren.[115]" Plenty of links to articles on the subject.