In Argentina, children over six years old have less chance of finding a family. The majority of those registered in the adoption registry want babies up to one year old.
Only one in every hundred registered is willing to receive a teenage child. According to the latest report from the National Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and Family and Unicef for 2020, in Argentina there are 2,199 children and adolescents without parental care, many in adoptable conditions. The national director of the Adoption Registry, Juan José Jeannot, maintains that currently there is “a situation of disagreement”