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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jan M. Olsen

Norway tightens controls over adoptions from abroad but won't ban practice as investigation unfolds

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Norway has tightened controls over adoptions from abroad but will allow them to continue as it conducts an investigation into the legality and ethics of past adoptions, the government said Wednesday.

The move to keep allowing international adoptions for now contradicted Norway’s top regulatory body, the Norwegian Child Welfare Services, a government agency known as Bufdir, which in January recommended a pause while the investigation takes place.

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