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13th February 2022
02:20pm GMT

McEntee tweeted today, stating that those living in Ireland who have surrogates in Ukraine should remain at home and stay in contact with their surrogate via the Irish Foreign Ministry;
"If you are in Ukraine, please follow @dfatirl advice and leave immediately. Please don’t travel to Ukraine, anyone who was due to travel for surrogacy reasons, please stay in contact with @dfatirl. Irish citizens requiring emergency assistance should contact +353-1-4082000."
Similar surrogacy issues arose during the start of the pandemic when worldwide lockdowns meant parents using surrogates in a foreign country could not collect their newborns. In some cases the surrogate mothers ended up raising the children for over a year before they could be return to their parents. It is unclear what the tensions between Russia and Ukraine will mean for Irish families who may have surrogates in Ukraine but we will keep you updated on any further developments regarding the issue.If you are in Ukraine, please follow @dfatirl advice and leave immediately. Please don’t travel to Ukraine, anyone who was due to travel for surrogacy reasons, please stay in contact with @dfatirl. Irish citizens requiring emergency assistance should contact +353-1-4082000.
— Helen McEntee TD (@HMcEntee) February 13, 2022
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