A Dec. 9 article by Barbara Miller of Australia's ABC News provided the following details:
The Federal Attorney-General has put the adoption program on hold because of concerns over a request from Ethiopia that Australia enter into a formal aid agreement as part of the arrangement.
Adoption agencies and prospective parents say they and hundreds of children have been left in limbo for no good reason and they are calling for the suspension to be lifted.
In the past 10 years more than 450 Ethiopian children have been adopted to Australia and many more families are interested in adopting an Ethiopian child. ...
Teacher Alex Grieve and her husband Rod have been going through the adoption program for six years. About 16 months ago their application was finally sent to Ethiopia to be matched with a child.
But then came the news that the Australian Government had suspended the adoption program. ...
Ms Grieve says she is devastated by the news.
"It's been pretty crushing, pretty hard. This is our only option to become parents," she said.
Labels: international, australia, ethiopia
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