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

Basic information

Name
Machteld Veen
Title
Investigative journalist
Expertise
justice, asylum and migration, healthcare, children's rights and education
Country
Netherlands
City
Ugchelen
Links

Supported projects

Children Wrongly Placed in Adoption System

  • Social affairs
  • Youth
  • Human Rights

AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS/SOFIA - Adoption is often linked to poor countries in the global South. Yet Flanders and the Netherlands adopt children from other European countries, such as Bulgaria and Hungary. This cross-border research shows that Roma children in these countries face discrimination and fall into the adoption system due to stigma, poverty and lack of support for families. 

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