Out of 500 adoptees last year, 100 returned to orphanages

The Office for International Legal Protection of Children has reported that 500 children were adopted in the Czech Republic in 2009 child and 100 were returned to the orphanage during that year. The organisation says that international adoptions have been far more successful, with only three out of 323 children being returned over the last ten years. According to the director of the office, Zdeněk Kapitán, foreign adoptions are more successful because the Czech Republic only cooperates with countries with very thorough adoption policies, while the domestic policies do not involve as careful a selection of adopting couples or provide as much support.