Machteld Veen is a Dutch investigative journalist who works for Investico and publishes in daily and weekly newspapers and collaborates with radio and TV programs.

She conducts research into justice, asylum and migration, healthcare, children's rights and education.

Machteld Veen

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Name
Machteld Veen
Title
Investigative journalist
Expertise
Justice, Asylum and Migration, Health, Children's Rights & Education
Country
Netherlands
City
Ugchelen
Website
Investico
Links

Supported projects

Children Wrongly Placed in Adoption System

  • Social Affairs
  • Youth
  • Human Rights

BUDAPEST/SOFIA - When thinking about adoption, poor countries in the global South come to mind. Yet Flanders and the Netherlands adopt children from other European countries, such as Bulgaria and Hungary. This cross-border investigation shows that Roma children in these countries are discriminated against and end up in the adoption system due to stigma, poverty and a lack of support for families.

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