The Ministry of External Affairs today assured the return of baby Ariha Shah - who has been separated from her parents for 21 months - from a foster care facility in Germany's Berlin to India.
Germany's Child Services took the baby girl, a little over 2 years old, away on suspicion that she was being assaulted by the parents. But despite criminal charges being dropped as far back as February 2022, she has not been reunited with her parents, who are all Indians.
The Ministry of External Affairs said that "they have been persistently advocating for the return of Ariha Shah to India".
"Our efforts have been guided by the best interests of the child, which we believe can be fully realised only when she is in her home country where her socio-cultural rights can be safeguarded. Accordingly, we have been requesting Germany to return the child to India. The Embassy has repeatedly requested German authorities to ensure that Ariha's connection with her cultural, religious and linguistic background is not compromised and sought consular access to the child as well as cultural immersion at the Indian Cultural Centre in Berlin," the ministry of external affairs said in a statement.
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