Qatar says that strip-searching women passengers to see if one had just given birth was illegal.

I am surprised to learn that the baby was and is alive. I got the impression from the first article that it was dead.

However, I don't think this justifies desperately trying to find the mother. I expect that being a single mother in Qatar leads to persecution, such as no longer occurs in western countries. Is there any safe place in Qatar for a mother to anonymously leave a baby that she cannot keep or acknowledge?