Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on September 13, that nearly 3,000 Uyghur children from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), whose parents have been taken to political re-education camps, are being held in so-called 'Little Angel Schools', where they take classes. Speaking to RFA's Uyghur Service, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary for Hotan prefecture’s Keriye county said that about 2,000 children ages 4 to 14 are now being held in one five-story county school, with another 300 to 500 held in a four-story school in Keriye’s Yengibagh town. He said "They are called Little Angels Schools." He added “One school was built over a year ago, and the second one was completed four months ago, as the first school became too overcrowded.” The official said children held in the Little Angels Schools range in age from 8 to 13 or 14, and are served at the school in Yengibagh by a kindergarten, primary school, and middle school. Both schools are surrounded by walls topped with barbed wire and are located near police stations whose officers patrol the walls to “provide security”. He said “From what I have seen, the children look relaxed and happy. They look just like children who still have their parents with them." “They are not allowed to go out, though, because their safety is important. Some of them are very young, and as they are not all in their own district, there is a chance they could get lost. There aren’t enough staff members available to follow every child,”
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