"The question remains: why are mothers and babies being left to go hungry in this city? Why is it being left to charities and volunteers to pick up the pieces?" "Had she lived, she would have been a high priority for a crisis payment from our Emergency Relief Fund like hundreds of others left functionally destitute by the asylum system. Positive Action in Housing director Robina Qureshi said: "Mercy contacted our charity on August 11 and said she was not getting any financial support, yet had made an application to MigrantHelp. The human rights charity said it is the "third tragedy to affect the city's refugee population in as many months" after a Syrian refugee was found dead in his room at a guest house in May, and, in June, Badreddin Abadlla Adam was shot dead by police after six people were injured in a knife attack at the Park Inn Hotel.
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