The Ethiopian parliament on Tuesday passed legislation banning the adoption of children by foreigners.
The legislation is aimed at encouraging orphans to be adopted in their own country in order to prevent them from any abuse.
According to Xinhua, some members of parliament have raise concerns over enough availability of local adoption facilities for adoptees.
Questions over whether “adoptees” are genuine orphaned children and reports of physical abuse and even death of Ethiopian children in the hands of foreign foster parents have led to concerns over flaws in the adoption screening system in Ethiopia, the report said.
Several Western countries have also suspended adoptions from Ethiopia, fearing corruption within the inter-country adoption system.
Two years ago, Denmark stopped the adoption of children from Ethiopia due to suspicion of possible human trafficking.
