Australians Ask for Orphans From Romania
The Australian state of New South Wales is trying to arrange the adoption of Romanian children to satisfy the demands of hundreds of childless couples in the country’s most populous state.
An immigration official will travel to Bucharest after an emotional request by a New South Wales state government minister who was moved by television pictures from Romania of orphanages packed with unwanted children.
Virginia Chadwick, state minister for family and community services, said that an official from the Australian Embassy in Belgrade will travel to Bucharest on Jan. 8.
“He will attempt to obtain preliminary information on adoption in Romania as well as resolving outstanding humanitarian migration cases,” Chadwick told journalists.
New South Wales was forced to close its waiting list for adoptions last June because of a lack of children.
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