The number of adoptions internationally in 2014 could fall below the 1,000 foster children, or the lowest figure in France for 30 years, says Le Figaro Saturday.
“On December 1, 2014 only 935 children of all nationalities were welcomed by French “, the newspaper said. “This represents the number of adoptions lowest in 30 years,” said Béatrice Le Figaro Biondi, director of the AFA (French Agency for adoption).
Fourth countries in intercountry adoption
A symbolic milestone that is part of a dramatic fall context for several years, the newspaper notes detailing, “in 2013, 1,343 children arriving from abroad were adopted by families living in France. They were 3,504 in 2010 and nearly 4,000 in 2003.”
In this context of decline which also affects the United States and all European countries, France remains the fourth largest country in intercountry adoption, says one in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, writes the daily.
The decline should logically continue because Russia, the country of origin of adopted children on par with Vietnam, is about to put an end to claims for individual adoption to accept only applications submitted by the approved bodies for adoption (OAA) or AFA that are responsible for supporting parents in their efforts and secure process.
A tighter controls
In Africa, the number of children taken by strangers should also fall while that Mali closes its doors to international adoption or the number of countries, such as Ethiopia, tightening their controls. If the adoption was not blocked in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 50-80 more adoptions were completed in 2014 , said the Foreign Ministry.
Some 20,000 adoption applicants have a valid license, document required to collect a child.
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