The chair of Italy's international
adoptions commission said Thursday the Democratic Republic of
the Congo (DRC) has cleared another 47 adopted children so they
can join their new parents in Italy.
"We obtained the green light for another 47 children
adopted by Italian families," said Silvia Della Monica (PD).
"This is truly good news. We express great joy and
satisfaction".
On March 8, the DRC authorized 66 adopted children to join
their Italian parents.
Another 14 adopted children were authorized to leave the
African country in mid-February.
In November 2015, the DRC approved the adoptions by foreign
families, including Italians, of 69 children after a two-year
wait.
In May 2014, an Italian Air Force jet carrying 31 Congolese
children adopted by families in Italy arrived from the Congolese
capital of Kinshasa, marking the happy conclusion to a
protracted ordeal.
For eight months, 24 Italian couples had been unable to
bring their adopted children home from the DRC despite
completing the adoption process, due to lack of final clearance
by Congolese authorities.
The government in Kinshasa in September that year suspended
permissions on all international adoptions citing suspected
irregularities, but admitted that none of the procedures in
question concerned Italy.
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