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“A 6-year-old ethnic Kazakh girl who was born in #China's northwestern #Xinjiang region but denied a birth certificate by local authorities there has been reunited with her parents in neighboring Kazakhstan.” rfa.org/english/news/c…
Reyan Abil’s case highlights the plight of possibly hundreds of thousands of Kazakh families who have been separated by the actions of the Chinese government, advocates say.
She was born to Xinjiang-born Nazgul, the second wife of her father Abil Dililhan but then denied a birth certificate because local authorities refused to recognize Abil's divorce, granted by a court in Kazakhstan's Xiyelek county in 2016.
Both of Reyan’s parents are now citizens of Kazakhstan, yet the lack of official papers meant she was unable to enroll in a local school, or travel back to Kazakhstan, where her family is based.
"Our child was born in China, but the Chinese government refused to issue a birth certificate," Abil told Radio Free Asia earlier this year. "We asked them to do a DNA test, and we had one done ourselves, but they still refused."
After the report was aired by RFA Mandarin, officials appeared to have a change of heart, and eventually issued Reyan with a birth certificate, enabling her to join her parents in Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
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