An Irish citizen who is “stranded” in Russia with his two-month-old daughter and at risk of running out of money and becoming homeless has appealed to the authorities here for help to bring his baby home. He had a baby via surrogacy eight weeks ago in St Petersburg and has been trying to arrange travel documents to bring his daughter home since her birth on April 11th. “To date no one has looked at any of my papers or my baby’s papers,” Mr James told The Irish Times. “I just really really need help getting home.”He said his child’s Russian birth certificate shows her as “having only one parent which is me. Mr James responded angrily to the statement when it was read on air but hours later he had softened his tone .

Source: The Irish Times June 12, 2020 20:15 UTC