More News from MOJ In Bulgaria

MOJ has released the final numbers on international adoptions receiving Minister of Justice approval in 2013.   In total the MOJ gave consent for 340 adoptions of 407 children.  Of these, 107 adoption cases were for 140 identified waiting children whose profiles had been listed on the MOJ website.

Here's the breakdown:

USA: 120 adoptions (81 of waiting children), comprising 35% of all IA from BG in 2013
ITALY: 79 adoptions (14 of waiting children), comprising 23% of all IA from BG in 2013
FRANCE: 46 adoptions (6 of waiting children), comprising 13% of all IA from BG in 2013
SPAIN: 37 adoptions (1 of waiting children), comprising 11% of all IA from BG in 2013
GERMANY: 22 adoptions, comprising  6% of all IA from BG in 2013
NETHERLANDS: 13 adoptions, comprising 4% of all IA from BG in 2013
SWEDEN: 6 adoptions (5 of waiting children), comprising 2% of all IA from BG in 2013
CANADA: 6 adoptions, comprising 2% of all IA from BG in 2013
CYPRUS: 3 adoptions, comprising 1% of all IA from BG in 2013
GREECE: 2 adoptions, comprising 1% of all IA from BG in 2013
IRELAND: 2 adoptions, comprising 1% of all IA from BG in 2013
NORWAY: 2 adoptions, comprising 1% of all IA from BG in 2013
SWITZERLAND: 1 adoption, comprising 0% of all IA from BG in 2013
DENMARK: 1 adoption, comprising 0% of all IA from BG in 2013

Overall, this means that international adoptions from Bulgaria in 2013 were slightly up from 2012 where consent was given for 326 adoptions of 395 children.

Almost one third of all adoptions from Bulgaria in 2013 were of identified waiting children, with the number of those adoptions to the US at around 67% and to Sweden at around 83%.