or should a baby not be found starving next to his destitute mother's corpse?

[Gingernaut]

Asylum seeker from Uganda, found dead in a Govan flat after losing her leave to remain and as a result, her job.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-53904251

I think this is horrific.

At least Priti Patel will be pleased.

Beyond comprehension . What have we become 💔

I read about this earlier today. Absolutely heart-breaking case, I cannot imagine the fear, loneliness and despair that poor poor woman suffered.

Really got to me reading this earlier, horrific we should be so much better than this

Absolutely horrific

How is this even possible?

I know there'll be an inquest and, possibly and inquiry (!), but still.

How?

Horrendous. What have we come to?

They don’t know the cause of death yet do they? Are you implying it’s starvation of the mother or something else?
It’s so sad and I hope the baby recovers and the relatives can look after him.

YANBU. Heartbreaking.

@Gingernaut

How is this even possible?

I know there'll be an inquest and, possibly and inquiry (!), but still.

How?

The result of any inquest etc will be the standard “lessons have been learned” and absolutely nothing will change for the most vulnerable in society.

I would reserve judgement on this until the details of the case are known.

Oh God, who are the 15% who disagree?

How did the mother die though? The way this is written implies she starved to death from lack of money. It doesn’t mention a cause of death though

Good grief. Where is the compassion?

Itsjustabitofbanter, she was an asylum seeker, to be accurate/appropriate.

Me too! Too many facts not known so I am casting no nasturtiums!

Welcome to 2020 Great Britain baby, woo.

@SimonJT
"The result of any inquest etc will be the standard “lessons have been learned” and absolutely nothing will change for the most vulnerable in society"

Agreed. They'd be better to spend the inquest money on direct help for asylum seekers. Poor woman.

@Itsjustabitofbanter except she wasn't an illegal immigrant, she was an asylum seeker so not appropriate.

Awful. Poor woman, it's like something from Victorian times

How did the mother die though? The way this is written implies she starved to death from lack of money. It doesn’t mention a cause of death though

It states in the articles she was living in poverty having lost her job due to her leave to remain being revoked and that she contacted a charity shortly before her death to say that she didn't have enough money to look after herself and her child.

Me for a start. ‘Illegal immigrant found dead in flat, cause of death unknown’ is more appropriate at this stage.

She was not an illegal immigrant ffs.