Bulgaria's State Agency for Child Protection has published new data on the number of children in institutions run by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP), the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Education, as at 31 December 2006. These data show the number of institutionalised children at the point when Bulgaria joined the EU: at a time when the government had publicly committed itself to a programme of deinstitutionalisation for children and young adults with disabilities.   more »