The Argentine government is no longer sending DNA kits to consulates to identify potential children of dictatorship victims who are currently residing in Europe. The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo and the Argentine-European Network for the Right to Identity shared the news and their concern about the situation.

The last time the administration led by President Javier Milei sent a DNA kit for a potential identification in Italy was over a year ago. Since then, the only tests that have been carried out there were as part of an ongoing trial.

In a statement, the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo demanded authorities, “and especially the Argentine foreign ministry” that they “take the necessary steps to resolve this matter promptly.”

For the past four decades, the Argentine-European Network for the Right to Identity has been operating in close relation to Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo in Spain, Italy and France to try to find those children — now adults — who still don’t know their true origins and may be scattered around Europe.

Until recently, if a person had questions about their identity they could contact the network and request a test. Via a special investigations unit from the National Identity Commission (CONADI, by........

© Buenos Aires Herald