London, Feb 14 (ANI): Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is in no rush to adopt an orphan from Haiti.
While visiting Port-au-Prince, the actress, in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, voiced her concerns about the risk of child trafficking in earthquake-torn Haiti and misguided actions by prospective adopters, reports The Telegraph.
Jolie, who has three adoptive children from Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam, told CNN: "Trafficking has been a huge problem for a very long time.
"Everybody that means well needs to really take that very seriously, and not get frustrated, but really work with the country.
"For somebody who is an adoptive parent, I understand the urge to assist in that way. But now is not the time, an emergency is not the time for new adoptions in any way."
When quizzed about whether or not she's considering adding to her brood, Jolie, who also has three biological children with her actor partner Brad Pitt, said: "I'm always open to children around the world.
"We're that kind of family. Brad and I talk about that.
"But that's not what we're focusing on at this time, by any means. We're not here for that. We're here to see how we can help protect the children in the country and scale up the needs here." (ANI)
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