N° 7-8/2008 – Diversification of countries of origin and an increase in the age of adopted children against a background of inter-country adoption that continues to be tense.

The fall in inter-country adoptions, which is common throughout the world, reflects amongst other things, an improvement in the provision of domestic care for children in the countries of origin. Faced with this situation, the receiving countries are looking for new countries to adopt in, particularly in Africa.