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(a) The child is now 7 and has formed a deep attachment with the applicant who has exclusively cared for her and nurtured her in the last three years and formed a close relationship with her in the years before that.
(b) The child is well settled in her new environment so that a permanent return to Kosovo would be deeply disruptive for her.
(c) The medical evidence demonstrates that the child was deeply traumatised in her early years. Any uncertainty about her future would be likely to give rise to significant medical issues and the very real possibility of significant harm to the child.
(e) This is a unique application. As a result of the amendment to the Regulations introduced with effect from 21 August 2006 this situation could not be repeated so that the authorities in Kosovo can be confident that this case could not act as a precedent in any subsequent cases.
(f) The child has benefited from indirect contact with her birth family but her return to Kosovo to enjoy direct contact has given rise to anxiety about her situation leading to significant medical issues. The applicant is anxious to facilitate direct contact in Kosovo with the child's birth family. I consider that the making of an adoption order is likely to give the child a degree of confidence in her new status which should assist in persuading her without anxiety to visit her birth family in Kosovo.
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