UK: Children in asylum hotels suffering from malnutrition (web.archive.org)

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Cases of malnutrition among both children and adults have been confirmed in various different areas of England, including hotels in London and in the south-west. In some areas health professionals have started weighing children at the hotels who have become dangerously thin and in need of frequent monitoring.

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[-] Hirom@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

why are the government allowed to set this stuff up?

It may be because people have less empathy for foreigners, plus asylum seekers are in a precarious situation by definition. So they're more likely to need assistance and less likely to receive it than the general population.

[-] martini1992@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

It'd be interesting to know what actual protections apply to them.

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