A mother and her daughter who were at the centre of an Amber Alert earlier this month have been found safe.

Layla Sabry and her mother Allana Haist were found in Hamilton early on Monday morning.

Both were in good health, Niagara police said. Layla has been returned to her grandparents.

Haist is charged with abduction in contravention of a custody order and is scheduled to appear in court later on Monday.

They were last seen on Dec. 1 in Welland. An Amber Alert was issued but later ended, with police saying enough time had elapsed to end the alert. Layla was still considered missing.

A Canada-wide warrant was issued for Allana Haist on Dec. 6.

Niagara regional police say the girl is at the centre of a custody battle and under a court order to be returned to her father, Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb, an Egyptian citizen.