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Romania: what underlay the orphan crisis

How did the orphanage crisis in Romania occur? This chapter is shedding light on how Romania’s child protection system evolved during communism, prior to the collapse of the regime in December 1989. It then provides a clear description of the chaotic 1990s, a decade characterised by foreign charities, unregulated intercountry adoptions and a compliant new state aiming to join the values of the West. It describes reform stages, the research and international media interest which institutionalised children in Romania. It points out the contradiction between different perspectives in relation to how children in care should be protected.