Major twist as newborn baby found in backyard could be reunited with natural mum within weeks – as her real intentions in abandoning the infant are revealed
- A baby girl was left in a Sydney backyard hours after birth
- The mother was afraid she would be deported to Asia
- Department of Justice and Communities supports their reunion
A woman who abandoned her newborn in a backyard could soon be reunited with her daughter after police heard she left the child because she feared being deported from Australia.
The hours-old baby girl with her umbilical cord still attached was discovered by the family living in the home at Blacktown in western Sydney on April 21.
Sources close to police said the baby’s mother, who is known to the family, hid her pregnancy out of fear she would be stripped of her working visa and sent back to Asia, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The 35-year-old mother reportedly gave birth on the family’s patio and left the baby on a wicker chair next to a children’s playground before going back inside the home.
She believed the family would care for the baby and see her as a ‘gift’.
A mother who left her hours-old baby girl in the backyard of a Sydney home (above) could soon be reunited with her daughter
However, the family reported the abandonment to police and the ‘happy and healthy’ baby girl was placed in foster care.
‘This woman genuinely feared she would automatically be sent home and that was never going to be the case,’ a source said.
‘We believe the woman has a partner and children in Asia and she was working to provide them all a better life and hopefully have them come here to be with her.’
The woman turned herself into police several weeks after the baby’s discovery.
While awaiting DNA testing, which confirmed she is the mother, the woman was able to explain her actions to the occupants of the home.
The NSW Department of Justice and Communities said it will not oppose a reunion between the mother and child.

It’s understood the mother hid her pregnancy and abandoned the baby out of fear her working visa would be revoked (stock image)
It is also set to withdraw an interim application for the baby to be placed under the care of the state.
However, in court on Friday the department requested the case be adjourned so the mother can undergo physical and psychological testing.
It is understood the baby will have her own independent legal representation, as most foster children do, but it’s unknown whether they will support the reunion.
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