The Bulgaria Country Fact Sheet provides short details on the state of institutional care in Bulgaria.

Extracting on chronologic data, this book discusses the politics and practice of intercountry adoption starting with the state international adoption to in the 1950s continuing to present-day adoption practice and protections.

This comprehensive report discusses progress made towards universal prohibition of corporal punishment of children, including by highlighting examples from individual states that have recently implemented legal and policy reforms. 

Dozens of children are seeking a judicial review in the UK High Court early next year.

This abstract relays the findings of a survey on informal carers' views and opinions under the current conditions of social support in the Czech Republic. 

In this opinion piece for Euractiv, Jana Hainsworth, Secretary General of Eurochild, explains the need to move away from residential care in Europe and toward family-based care and family strengthening models.

This article discusses Bulgaria's challenges since the shut down of its crowded institutions, which housed disabled children.

This article from The New York Times ​states that shelters face problems of abuse, arson, rape,and sexual molestation. 

This video from The Guardian discusses how six weeks after the Calais migrant camp was demolished, unaccompanied minors were transferred around France and are still waiting to hear from the Home Office. 

Greek Reporter notes there are more than 1,200 unaccompanied child refugees on waiting lists for suitable accommodations.