International adoption is widespread in the US, with China the most common country of origin of the children involved. More than 80,000 adoptees in the US were born in China, where the regulations ...

The Quebec government has suspended most new international adoption applications over human rights and trafficking concerns.The National Assembly is seen in Quebec City, Wednesday, June 5, 2024.

A South Korean court has cleared the government and an adoption agency of all liability in a lawsuit filed by a Korean man ...

The Netherlands is suspending all adoptions from abroad with immediate effect, after an official inquiry found many abuses. The investigation focused on the adoption of children from Bangladesh ...

But the pandemic delayed their plans. Then in September, China announced that it was putting a stop to international adoptions, including cases where families were already matched with adoptee ...

About half have come to the United States. As the country’s economy grew and birth rate slowed, international adoptions have declined. China’s Foreign Ministry announced in September it would ...