An Italian State plane airlifting 31
Congolese children adopted by Italian families will land in Rome
on Wednesday, the premier's office said Tuesday.
The children have been held up for months in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Twenty-four Italian couples have been unable to bring their
adopted children home from the DRC despite having completed the
adoption process due to lack of final clearance by Congolese
authorities.
The government in Kinshasa in September suspended
permissions on all international adoptions out of suspicion of
irregularities, but admitted that none of the procedures in
question concerned Italy.
Former integration minister Cecile Kyenge, who was also in
charge of international adoptions - and is herself DRC-born -
in November went on mission to the country and garnered
reassurances of a positive outcome.
After continued standstill, however, the Italian government
sent a delegation to the African country to try to unblock the
situation.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
