Mercy Baguma, 34, was an asylum seeker from Uganda.
She was living in “extreme poverty” and relying on charities and friends to buy food and was found dead next to her crying baby in a flat on the Southside of Glasgow. Her one-year-old son was suffering from malnutrition and required hospital treatment.
Baguma had lost her job after her limited leave to remain expired.
Robina Qureshi, the director of Positive Action in Housing, said “The question remains, why are mothers and babies being left to go hungry in this city, and why is it being left to charities and volunteers to pick up the pieces? The fact is there is no safety net if you are a refugee or migrant.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/25/mercy-baguma-woman-in-extreme-poverty-found-dead-next-to-crying-baby-in-glasgow
She was living in “extreme poverty” and relying on charities and friends to buy food and was found dead next to her crying baby in a flat on the Southside of Glasgow. Her one-year-old son was suffering from malnutrition and required hospital treatment.
Baguma had lost her job after her limited leave to remain expired.
Robina Qureshi, the director of Positive Action in Housing, said “The question remains, why are mothers and babies being left to go hungry in this city, and why is it being left to charities and volunteers to pick up the pieces? The fact is there is no safety net if you are a refugee or migrant.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/aug/25/mercy-baguma-woman-in-extreme-poverty-found-dead-next-to-crying-baby-in-glasgow
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