They are celebrating in Oviedo the IX Coordination Conference on International Adoption organized by the Ministry of Social Services and the Government of the Principality. These conferences are held every year in a different autonomous community and more than 150 technicians and professionals from the State and Regional Public Administration participate in them.
Yesterday, the Secretary of State for Social Services, Families and Disability, Amparo Valcarce, offered data that reflected that Spain is the country that makes more adoptions, with more than 23,000 adoptions in five years, together with Sweden, always in relative values, because in absolute values we are surpassed by the US By regions it is Catalonia, Andalusia, Madrid and Asturias that reflect the most requests and adoption concessions. The children come mostly from China, the Russian Federation and Colombia. Only one in ten adoptions are of Spanish children, according to Valcarce few parents cede parental authority or give them in custody.
The Secretary of State for Social Services states that one of the reasons is the adoption system in Spain, which is "clear, rigorous and guarantee". He also says that in our country there is a level of economic development that allows us to live well and expand the family. We are sure that if the living conditions to which they are leading us with tax increases and everything in general improve, the number of adoptions would be at least doubled.
The sample is that, although Spain is the country that most adopts, adoptions have been reduced in recent years.
