Brazilian mother forced to flee to her country's embassy in Norway after officials try to take her daughter, 3, into care

Vitoria Alves Jesumary has fled to the Brazilian Embassy in
Oslo after claiming social services tried to take her
daughter because she is not 'eating like a Norwegian'

A Brazilian woman has fled to her embassy in Oslo with her three-year-old daughter after Norwegian child protection services threatened to take the child into care.

Vitoria Alves Jesumary, 37, a Brazilian native, claims social services tried to take her daughter Sofia because she is not ‘eating like a Norwegian’.

Ms Jesumary has now been hiding at the embassy for a week and is refusing to leave until she is allowed to leave for Brazil with her daughter.

Ms Jesumary recently divorced Sofia’s father, a Norwegian man of Chilean descent, and the custody battle and troublesome split led to her contacting welfare services for help, but instead was threatened with losing her child, she claims.  (more...)

Brazilian mother forced to flee to her country's embassy in Norway after officials try to take her daughter, 3, into care