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

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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.

It's sad but thousands go without food in the UK

Ok well that makes it all ok then right? FFS

@nicky7654

It's sad but thousands go without food in the UK. Thousands sleep on street corners and beg for small bits of food and cash. Many turn to alcohol to cope and thousands get absolutely no help from the Government.

So....Basically saying 'F&ck her and her child, as she isn't 'British'?' Farrage would be so proud.

She had lost her job (due to leave to remain expiring). Her baby was starving. She had been relying on food from friends and a local food bank. These were in the news story I saw.

It’s absolutely outrageous that our safety net for the most vulnerable most in need allows people to fall through like this.

Some of these comments make my blood boil. It's as if some people don't realise that a significant reason for us having immigrants is because our country has a long history of ravaging others. You just don't want to face up to it. You're the same lot who stick your fingers in your ears yet get your knickers in a twist at Rule Britannia not being sung at BBC Proms. The entitlement and lack of humanity sickens me.

It's sad but
It's sad but
It's sad but
No.
There is no scenario in which this is okay. There is no immigration status for which this is acceptable.
Nothing about this is okay.

It's heartbreaking and utterly shameful.

If she had an outstanding asylum claim, she should have been eligible for asylum support (not sure on the age of her son, but around £75-80 a week, plus housing paid for), as well as free prescriptions, dental etc.

I'm curious as to why this individual was relying on charity, and if they were receiving, or had been refused asylum support. Without knowing that, while it's very very sad, I think there's more to the case.

This is absolutely fucking heartbreaking. I'm so gutted for this woman, and her poor, poor baby.

Poor woman and her son. I ve read about things like this....in history books from 1875.
What has the UK become? She was an asylum seeker so had already fled from God knows what to die in a supposedly safe country.
2020 government hang your heads in shame.

Why didn't she go to a food bank? ☹️

@FTMF30

Same.
Had we not plundered other Countries for goods and wealth, in past centuries, with the 'Empah' {Empire} , it would be a very different story now.

@FTMF30, I agree. I honestly thought coronavirus was the great leveller. Obviously I was wrong.

@nicky7654

It's sad but thousands go without food in the UK. Thousands sleep on street corners and beg for small bits of food and cash. Many turn to alcohol to cope and thousands get absolutely no help from the Government.

Your point being?

RunningAway, you actually use the phrase 'asylum system' but in the same breath refer to her as an illegal immigrant. You seem very confused.

@pretentiousness

Why didn't she go to a food bank? ☹️

Who knows maybe she preferred to die with her helpless baby beside her?

Jesus wept.

Absolutely awful and tragic

That poor poor woman, so glad her baby was found though.

As for some people on here... what happened in your lives to make you so indifferent and lacking in basic humanity?

Why didn't she go to a food bank?

FFS. She'd had a job, before her right to remain was rescinded. Then she'd relied on the church and food banks. Not exactly playing the system, was she?

She did.

The child is being looked after now by his father
Where was he before she died?

Has it been said whether the father's nearby? If so, we'll perhaps find out in time where he - and the friends she was said to have been relying on for food - were, if the poor lady was still able to call for help

I'm one of the 20% and I volunteer in a food bank, and an extended local charity. So I may have more of an idea than most about the hardship she must have gone through. But the fact remains that nobody here knows what happened... I'll not blame anyone or any organisation until more facts are known.

IIRC you can only get so many referal/food bank vouchers anyway?

Very sad, but not enough is known at this stage. And I don't think that her death should be politicised, or at least not until more is known. For example, did she take her own life? Did she die of natural causes? Was the govt right to refuse her application? What assistance was she given? There's a lot of separate issues to be untangled here. Very sad for her and her baby. And so young too.

She did use foodbanks. It says it on other articles. Obviously just starved her son to death for the fun of it didnt she?

You people need to stick to commenting on Daily Mail articles

It is tragic. Lets wait for the facts including cause of death before blaming the government and the system shall we?