There has been a cultural shift, in recent years, regarding
intra country adoption. Nations have found a growing trade in
buying or stealing children, for the purposes of having them
adopted by wealthy western individuals and, as a consequence, are
attempting to limit this growing economy through a process of intra
country adoptions at first instance.
This change in policy also came at a time of a growing shift
towards preserving the cultural identity and heritage for each
child.
Earlier this week Australia announced additional adoption
programs with Poland and Latvia. It is hoped that programs will
also be developed with Bulgaria and Vietnam. These programs, whilst
helpful, don't make it substantially faster or easier to adopt
children from these countries, in circumstances where there is
still a commitment to intra country adoptions in the first
instance.
