International adoption can give children the chance to experience family life and offer them other opportunities they would not have in their country of origin. But it also poses significant problems and risks. Children can be unnecessarily denied the opportunity to live with their parents or relatives and can be exposed to trauma and long-term emotional problems. The financial aspects of international adoption can encourage malpractice and accelerate the proliferation of poor quality orphanages. They can also divert resources from the development of good-quality alternative care for children in their own communities.
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