
Today monday,it was reported that the interior minister of Democratic Republic of Congo said that their country will allow
150 children adopted by foreign parents,mostly Americans to leave the country after spending more than two years in legal limbo.Congo became a favoured International adoption destination in recent years because it has more than 4 million orphaned children,according to the U.N children's agency UNICEF,as well as lax regulation.There interior ministry spokesman Claude Pero Luwara said an inter-ministerial commission had approved the exit visas.In November,the commission signed off on exit visas for aboutt 70 children adopted by European,Canadian and American families.Congo's government has come under intense pressure from those countries government to lift the suspension.In 20
13,Congo imposed a moratorium on exit visas to children adopted by foreign parents,citing fears that the children could be abused or trafficked.The government has also voiced concerns about adoptions by gay couples.More photos below.

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