Romania urged to relax blanket adoption ban

THOUSANDS of people desperate to adopt a child are being urged to lobby their MEPs to force Romania to relax a blanket ban on foreign adoptions.

A law due to be passed this month, will make it almost impossible for foreigners to adopt Romanian infants, despite a low interest in adoption there and the large number of children in institutional care.

Around 800 Romanian children have been adopted by Irish couples since 1990.