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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I truly do feel for au pairs who are placed with unscrupulous families.  I have advocated for many of them and worked to help them find new placements.  However, it can't be overemphasized that placement in another host family -- in ANY host family-- is a privilege and NOT a right.  Having a match not work out and being sent back to an au pairs home country is, undoubtedly, a disappointment.  But it is NOT a tragedy.  [/quote]
Why should a rematch be a privilege, if she had been placed with an abusive family?[/quote]

I think the words 'privilege' and 'right' are the wrong words here.

For an AP that has been placed/matched with the wrong family for whatever reason, they should be given the chance to rematch...yes. If the problem is theirs, they still are given the chance, unless it's an extreme reason (underaged drinking/accident/security/etc...).

I think if a rematch happens, the AP is worthy of a best-effort to find a new family. But that doesn't always happen. Same with families. They get a best-effort to find a new AP in-country, but sometimes have to go out of country.  
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