Statistics from the US State Department for 2020, included in the Annual Report on International Child Abduction (April 2021) indicate that 246 new outgoing abduction cases were opened in 2020 and 201 cases were resolved. In total, the Office of Children's Issues handled 664 cases during the year. These numbers include cases involving both partner countries under the Hague Child Abduction Convention and non-Hague countries.
Intercountry Adoption Drops Again in FY20
The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on intercountry adoption, reflected in the U.S. State Department's FY20 Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption issued in July 2021. The report shows a total of 1,662 incoming adoptions from October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020, compared with 2,971 in the prior fiscal year.
Intercountry Adoption Report
The U.S. State Department has issued its Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption for the year ending September 30, 2018.
State Department Annual Reports
April 2018 saw the release of two annual reports from the U.S. State Department prepared by Office of Children's Issues (OCI). The Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption for FY 2017 showed another drop in the number of incoming adoptions with a total of 4714, with the largest numbers of children coming to the U.S.
Child Abduction Report for 2016
The State Department Annual Report on International Child Abduction (April 2017) presents information on a country-by-country basis for all countries with which the U.S. had one or more pending child abduction cases in 2016, identifying a group of thirteen countries "determined to have been engaged in a pattern of noncompliance" in child abduction cases.
US Intercountry Adoption Report
Recent trends continued in 2015, according to data published by the U.S. State Department in its Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption.
New State Department Reports on Child Abduction
Under the new reporting requirements of the 2014 Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act (ICAPRA), the Office of Children's Issues (OCI) generated two reports for 2015.
Annual Intercountry Adoption Report
According to the State Department's FY 2014 Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption, overall numbers of incoming adoptions continued to decline, with a total of 6441 visas issued for adopted children coming into the United States. Of the total, about 56% of the children came to the U.S.
Annual Reports from the Office of Children’s Issues
Two important statistical reports come from the Office of Children’s Issues in the US State Department each spring. In March 2014, OCI released its Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption, which showed a total of 7,094 incoming adoptions and 84 outgoing adoptions during fiscal year 2013.
Russia Bans US Adoptions
The unfolding drama surrounding intercountry adoption in Russia is the biggest international family law story of the year, with events now posing a crisis for many US families whose adoptions had already been approved.