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![Anguish of the mothers forced to hand over their children: Heartbreaking moments parents say goodbye to their sons and daughters at China's 'baby hatches'<br />
<br />
These heartbreaking photos reveal the anguish of parents as they abandon their children in China's so-called 'baby hatches.'<br />
The images taken at a centre in Guangzhou - one of 25 such hatch facilities in mainland China, spanning 10 provinces and major cities - show the last moments before parents give up their infants often due to poverty or an inability to cope with disease or disability.<br />
Abandoning children is illegal in China, but the 'hatches' were introduced so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them in the streets.<br />
<br />
But critics argue it encourages drastic action and believe some parents may feel it is more socially acceptable to abandon their children. <br />
<br />
The hatch in opened in January, but staff were forced to shut the door just two months later after becoming overwhelmed with 262 abandoned youngsters - all of which were ill or disabled. <br />
'My baby cannot take care of itself when it grows up. I just want my baby to survive,' said a mother reported the South China Morning Post.<br />
<br />
In one of the photos an uncle is seen leaving his niece who he says is suffering from leukemia and her parents can not afford her medical bills. <br />
Another distressing image shows a man crying after being told his baby is too old to be accepted.<br />
A couple, whose child has Pierre Robin syndrome - congenital condition of facial abnormalities in humans - are also photographed walking to the centre to give up their child. <br />
A parent typically opens a door and places their infant in a small room, rings a bell and leaves before welfare services collect the child. <br />
Last month the welfare home's director Xu Jiu announced the suspension and told Xinhua news agency: 'I hope everyone understands the difficulties the welfare centre face.'<br />
<br />
We are temporarily closing the centre [to new babies] so that we can properly care for t](https://www.exclusivepixmedia.co.uk/img-get2/I00008K93YDETGgM/fill=/fit=180x180/I00008K93YDETGgM.jpg)
![Anguish of the mothers forced to hand over their children: Heartbreaking moments parents say goodbye to their sons and daughters at China's 'baby hatches'<br />
<br />
These heartbreaking photos reveal the anguish of parents as they abandon their children in China's so-called 'baby hatches.'<br />
The images taken at a centre in Guangzhou - one of 25 such hatch facilities in mainland China, spanning 10 provinces and major cities - show the last moments before parents give up their infants often due to poverty or an inability to cope with disease or disability.<br />
Abandoning children is illegal in China, but the 'hatches' were introduced so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them in the streets.<br />
<br />
But critics argue it encourages drastic action and believe some parents may feel it is more socially acceptable to abandon their children. <br />
<br />
The hatch in opened in January, but staff were forced to shut the door just two months later after becoming overwhelmed with 262 abandoned youngsters - all of which were ill or disabled. <br />
'My baby cannot take care of itself when it grows up. I just want my baby to survive,' said a mother reported the South China Morning Post.<br />
<br />
In one of the photos an uncle is seen leaving his niece who he says is suffering from leukemia and her parents can not afford her medical bills. <br />
Another distressing image shows a man crying after being told his baby is too old to be accepted.<br />
A couple, whose child has Pierre Robin syndrome - congenital condition of facial abnormalities in humans - are also photographed walking to the centre to give up their child. <br />
A parent typically opens a door and places their infant in a small room, rings a bell and leaves before welfare services collect the child. <br />
Last month the welfare home's director Xu Jiu announced the suspension and told Xinhua news agency: 'I hope everyone understands the difficulties the welfare centre face.'<br />
<br />
We are temporarily closing the centre [to new babies] so that we can properly care for t](https://www.exclusivepixmedia.co.uk/img-get2/I0000nZsGD22w7AI/fill=/fit=180x180/I0000nZsGD22w7AI.jpg)
![Anguish of the mothers forced to hand over their children: Heartbreaking moments parents say goodbye to their sons and daughters at China's 'baby hatches'<br />
<br />
These heartbreaking photos reveal the anguish of parents as they abandon their children in China's so-called 'baby hatches.'<br />
The images taken at a centre in Guangzhou - one of 25 such hatch facilities in mainland China, spanning 10 provinces and major cities - show the last moments before parents give up their infants often due to poverty or an inability to cope with disease or disability.<br />
Abandoning children is illegal in China, but the 'hatches' were introduced so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them in the streets.<br />
<br />
But critics argue it encourages drastic action and believe some parents may feel it is more socially acceptable to abandon their children. <br />
<br />
The hatch in opened in January, but staff were forced to shut the door just two months later after becoming overwhelmed with 262 abandoned youngsters - all of which were ill or disabled. <br />
'My baby cannot take care of itself when it grows up. I just want my baby to survive,' said a mother reported the South China Morning Post.<br />
<br />
In one of the photos an uncle is seen leaving his niece who he says is suffering from leukemia and her parents can not afford her medical bills. <br />
Another distressing image shows a man crying after being told his baby is too old to be accepted.<br />
A couple, whose child has Pierre Robin syndrome - congenital condition of facial abnormalities in humans - are also photographed walking to the centre to give up their child. <br />
A parent typically opens a door and places their infant in a small room, rings a bell and leaves before welfare services collect the child. <br />
Last month the welfare home's director Xu Jiu announced the suspension and told Xinhua news agency: 'I hope everyone understands the difficulties the welfare centre face.'<br />
<br />
We are temporarily closing the centre [to new babies] so that we can properly care for t](https://www.exclusivepixmedia.co.uk/img-get2/I0000uD5.7unMhdg/fill=/fit=180x180/I0000uD5.7unMhdg.jpg)
![Anguish of the mothers forced to hand over their children: Heartbreaking moments parents say goodbye to their sons and daughters at China's 'baby hatches'<br />
<br />
These heartbreaking photos reveal the anguish of parents as they abandon their children in China's so-called 'baby hatches.'<br />
The images taken at a centre in Guangzhou - one of 25 such hatch facilities in mainland China, spanning 10 provinces and major cities - show the last moments before parents give up their infants often due to poverty or an inability to cope with disease or disability.<br />
Abandoning children is illegal in China, but the 'hatches' were introduced so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them in the streets.<br />
<br />
But critics argue it encourages drastic action and believe some parents may feel it is more socially acceptable to abandon their children. <br />
<br />
The hatch in opened in January, but staff were forced to shut the door just two months later after becoming overwhelmed with 262 abandoned youngsters - all of which were ill or disabled. <br />
'My baby cannot take care of itself when it grows up. I just want my baby to survive,' said a mother reported the South China Morning Post.<br />
<br />
In one of the photos an uncle is seen leaving his niece who he says is suffering from leukemia and her parents can not afford her medical bills. <br />
Another distressing image shows a man crying after being told his baby is too old to be accepted.<br />
A couple, whose child has Pierre Robin syndrome - congenital condition of facial abnormalities in humans - are also photographed walking to the centre to give up their child. <br />
A parent typically opens a door and places their infant in a small room, rings a bell and leaves before welfare services collect the child. <br />
Last month the welfare home's director Xu Jiu announced the suspension and told Xinhua news agency: 'I hope everyone understands the difficulties the welfare centre face.'<br />
<br />
We are temporarily closing the centre [to new babies] so that we can properly care for t](https://www.exclusivepixmedia.co.uk/img-get2/I0000VEcyxTpTTt8/fill=/fit=180x180/I0000VEcyxTpTTt8.jpg)
![Anguish of the mothers forced to hand over their children: Heartbreaking moments parents say goodbye to their sons and daughters at China's 'baby hatches'<br />
<br />
These heartbreaking photos reveal the anguish of parents as they abandon their children in China's so-called 'baby hatches.'<br />
The images taken at a centre in Guangzhou - one of 25 such hatch facilities in mainland China, spanning 10 provinces and major cities - show the last moments before parents give up their infants often due to poverty or an inability to cope with disease or disability.<br />
Abandoning children is illegal in China, but the 'hatches' were introduced so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them in the streets.<br />
<br />
But critics argue it encourages drastic action and believe some parents may feel it is more socially acceptable to abandon their children. <br />
<br />
The hatch in opened in January, but staff were forced to shut the door just two months later after becoming overwhelmed with 262 abandoned youngsters - all of which were ill or disabled. <br />
'My baby cannot take care of itself when it grows up. I just want my baby to survive,' said a mother reported the South China Morning Post.<br />
<br />
In one of the photos an uncle is seen leaving his niece who he says is suffering from leukemia and her parents can not afford her medical bills. <br />
Another distressing image shows a man crying after being told his baby is too old to be accepted.<br />
A couple, whose child has Pierre Robin syndrome - congenital condition of facial abnormalities in humans - are also photographed walking to the centre to give up their child. <br />
A parent typically opens a door and places their infant in a small room, rings a bell and leaves before welfare services collect the child. <br />
Last month the welfare home's director Xu Jiu announced the suspension and told Xinhua news agency: 'I hope everyone understands the difficulties the welfare centre face.'<br />
<br />
We are temporarily closing the centre [to new babies] so that we can properly care for t](https://www.exclusivepixmedia.co.uk/img-get2/I0000wMz1u8wvC0Q/fill=/fit=180x180/I0000wMz1u8wvC0Q.jpg)
![Anguish of the mothers forced to hand over their children: Heartbreaking moments parents say goodbye to their sons and daughters at China's 'baby hatches'<br />
<br />
These heartbreaking photos reveal the anguish of parents as they abandon their children in China's so-called 'baby hatches.'<br />
The images taken at a centre in Guangzhou - one of 25 such hatch facilities in mainland China, spanning 10 provinces and major cities - show the last moments before parents give up their infants often due to poverty or an inability to cope with disease or disability.<br />
Abandoning children is illegal in China, but the 'hatches' were introduced so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them in the streets.<br />
<br />
But critics argue it encourages drastic action and believe some parents may feel it is more socially acceptable to abandon their children. <br />
<br />
The hatch in opened in January, but staff were forced to shut the door just two months later after becoming overwhelmed with 262 abandoned youngsters - all of which were ill or disabled. <br />
'My baby cannot take care of itself when it grows up. I just want my baby to survive,' said a mother reported the South China Morning Post.<br />
<br />
In one of the photos an uncle is seen leaving his niece who he says is suffering from leukemia and her parents can not afford her medical bills. <br />
Another distressing image shows a man crying after being told his baby is too old to be accepted.<br />
A couple, whose child has Pierre Robin syndrome - congenital condition of facial abnormalities in humans - are also photographed walking to the centre to give up their child. <br />
A parent typically opens a door and places their infant in a small room, rings a bell and leaves before welfare services collect the child. <br />
Last month the welfare home's director Xu Jiu announced the suspension and told Xinhua news agency: 'I hope everyone understands the difficulties the welfare centre face.'<br />
<br />
We are temporarily closing the centre [to new babies] so that we can properly care for t](https://www.exclusivepixmedia.co.uk/img-get2/I0000s7lHxigHMX4/fill=/fit=180x180/I0000s7lHxigHMX4.jpg)
![Anguish of the mothers forced to hand over their children: Heartbreaking moments parents say goodbye to their sons and daughters at China's 'baby hatches'<br />
<br />
These heartbreaking photos reveal the anguish of parents as they abandon their children in China's so-called 'baby hatches.'<br />
The images taken at a centre in Guangzhou - one of 25 such hatch facilities in mainland China, spanning 10 provinces and major cities - show the last moments before parents give up their infants often due to poverty or an inability to cope with disease or disability.<br />
Abandoning children is illegal in China, but the 'hatches' were introduced so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them in the streets.<br />
<br />
But critics argue it encourages drastic action and believe some parents may feel it is more socially acceptable to abandon their children. <br />
<br />
The hatch in opened in January, but staff were forced to shut the door just two months later after becoming overwhelmed with 262 abandoned youngsters - all of which were ill or disabled. <br />
'My baby cannot take care of itself when it grows up. I just want my baby to survive,' said a mother reported the South China Morning Post.<br />
<br />
In one of the photos an uncle is seen leaving his niece who he says is suffering from leukemia and her parents can not afford her medical bills. <br />
Another distressing image shows a man crying after being told his baby is too old to be accepted.<br />
A couple, whose child has Pierre Robin syndrome - congenital condition of facial abnormalities in humans - are also photographed walking to the centre to give up their child. <br />
A parent typically opens a door and places their infant in a small room, rings a bell and leaves before welfare services collect the child. <br />
Last month the welfare home's director Xu Jiu announced the suspension and told Xinhua news agency: 'I hope everyone understands the difficulties the welfare centre face.'<br />
<br />
We are temporarily closing the centre [to new babies] so that we can properly care for t](https://www.exclusivepixmedia.co.uk/img-get2/I0000e2gxQ3v16xI/fill=/fit=180x180/I0000e2gxQ3v16xI.jpg)
![Anguish of the mothers forced to hand over their children: Heartbreaking moments parents say goodbye to their sons and daughters at China's 'baby hatches'<br />
<br />
These heartbreaking photos reveal the anguish of parents as they abandon their children in China's so-called 'baby hatches.'<br />
The images taken at a centre in Guangzhou - one of 25 such hatch facilities in mainland China, spanning 10 provinces and major cities - show the last moments before parents give up their infants often due to poverty or an inability to cope with disease or disability.<br />
Abandoning children is illegal in China, but the 'hatches' were introduced so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them in the streets.<br />
<br />
But critics argue it encourages drastic action and believe some parents may feel it is more socially acceptable to abandon their children. <br />
<br />
The hatch in opened in January, but staff were forced to shut the door just two months later after becoming overwhelmed with 262 abandoned youngsters - all of which were ill or disabled. <br />
'My baby cannot take care of itself when it grows up. I just want my baby to survive,' said a mother reported the South China Morning Post.<br />
<br />
In one of the photos an uncle is seen leaving his niece who he says is suffering from leukemia and her parents can not afford her medical bills. <br />
Another distressing image shows a man crying after being told his baby is too old to be accepted.<br />
A couple, whose child has Pierre Robin syndrome - congenital condition of facial abnormalities in humans - are also photographed walking to the centre to give up their child. <br />
A parent typically opens a door and places their infant in a small room, rings a bell and leaves before welfare services collect the child. <br />
Last month the welfare home's director Xu Jiu announced the suspension and told Xinhua news agency: 'I hope everyone understands the difficulties the welfare centre face.'<br />
<br />
We are temporarily closing the centre [to new babies] so that we can properly care for t](https://www.exclusivepixmedia.co.uk/img-get2/I0000P0pFQXaqg10/fill=/fit=180x180/I0000P0pFQXaqg10.jpg)
![Anguish of the mothers forced to hand over their children: Heartbreaking moments parents say goodbye to their sons and daughters at China's 'baby hatches'<br />
<br />
These heartbreaking photos reveal the anguish of parents as they abandon their children in China's so-called 'baby hatches.'<br />
The images taken at a centre in Guangzhou - one of 25 such hatch facilities in mainland China, spanning 10 provinces and major cities - show the last moments before parents give up their infants often due to poverty or an inability to cope with disease or disability.<br />
Abandoning children is illegal in China, but the 'hatches' were introduced so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them in the streets.<br />
<br />
But critics argue it encourages drastic action and believe some parents may feel it is more socially acceptable to abandon their children. <br />
<br />
The hatch in opened in January, but staff were forced to shut the door just two months later after becoming overwhelmed with 262 abandoned youngsters - all of which were ill or disabled. <br />
'My baby cannot take care of itself when it grows up. I just want my baby to survive,' said a mother reported the South China Morning Post.<br />
<br />
In one of the photos an uncle is seen leaving his niece who he says is suffering from leukemia and her parents can not afford her medical bills. <br />
Another distressing image shows a man crying after being told his baby is too old to be accepted.<br />
A couple, whose child has Pierre Robin syndrome - congenital condition of facial abnormalities in humans - are also photographed walking to the centre to give up their child. <br />
A parent typically opens a door and places their infant in a small room, rings a bell and leaves before welfare services collect the child. <br />
Last month the welfare home's director Xu Jiu announced the suspension and told Xinhua news agency: 'I hope everyone understands the difficulties the welfare centre face.'<br />
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![Anguish of the mothers forced to hand over their children: Heartbreaking moments parents say goodbye to their sons and daughters at China's 'baby hatches'<br />
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These heartbreaking photos reveal the anguish of parents as they abandon their children in China's so-called 'baby hatches.'<br />
The images taken at a centre in Guangzhou - one of 25 such hatch facilities in mainland China, spanning 10 provinces and major cities - show the last moments before parents give up their infants often due to poverty or an inability to cope with disease or disability.<br />
Abandoning children is illegal in China, but the 'hatches' were introduced so parents could abandon infants safely rather than leaving them in the streets.<br />
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But critics argue it encourages drastic action and believe some parents may feel it is more socially acceptable to abandon their children. <br />
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The hatch in opened in January, but staff were forced to shut the door just two months later after becoming overwhelmed with 262 abandoned youngsters - all of which were ill or disabled. <br />
'My baby cannot take care of itself when it grows up. I just want my baby to survive,' said a mother reported the South China Morning Post.<br />
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In one of the photos an uncle is seen leaving his niece who he says is suffering from leukemia and her parents can not afford her medical bills. <br />
Another distressing image shows a man crying after being told his baby is too old to be accepted.<br />
A couple, whose child has Pierre Robin syndrome - congenital condition of facial abnormalities in humans - are also photographed walking to the centre to give up their child. <br />
A parent typically opens a door and places their infant in a small room, rings a bell and leaves before welfare services collect the child. <br />
Last month the welfare home's director Xu Jiu announced the suspension and told Xinhua news agency: 'I hope everyone understands the difficulties the welfare centre face.'<br />
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We are temporarily closing the centre [to new babies] so that we can properly care for t](https://www.exclusivepixmedia.co.uk/img-get2/I0000u.jEprJGREA/fill=/fit=180x180/I0000u.jEprJGREA.jpg)
