Children in England’s asylum hotels suffering from malnutrition
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Health professionals say some children dangerously thin, with parents reportedly rummaging through bins to find food

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.

  • martini1992@lemmy.ml
    10·
    1 year ago

    The most concerning part…

    I asked the chef in the hotel to tell me the ingredients in the food so I could make sure there was nothing my son is not allowed to eat in it. He refused to give me that information. When I asked him if he would give this food to his children he replied ‘no way’.

    So the food is probably not fit for human consumption, and there’s not enough food generally either.

    Turning hotels into slums, why are the government allowed to set this stuff up? If businesses can’t be trusted to do the right thing then legislation has to be introduced to force them to.

    • Hirom@beehaw.org
      6·
      1 year 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·
        1 year ago

        For now though, just remember to vote at the next GE. If you have younger voters in your family, make sure they know how important their vote is. It is not something we can be apathetic about any longer.

        Absolutely!

    • Gormolius@lemmy.one
      2·
      1 year ago

      There is legislation in this case. Food safety, including disclosure of allergens. It just needs to be applied; that’s the bit I can’t fathom, why hasn’t it?

      • martini1992@lemmy.ml
        2·
        1 year ago

        All I can imagine is the police are overstretched and ignore it. Maybe there are other bodies that should deal with it? Do alum seekers have the same rights as members of the public stopping in the hotel under normal circumstances? I imagine that the government carefully didn’t refer to them as hotels in the agreements drawn up to avoid legal issues.