A Ugandan woman has been found dead beside her severely malnourished baby at a flat in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
The deceased was identified as Mercy Baguma, she died in Glasglow flat on Saturday 22 August. Her neighbours heard her baby crying endlessly and decided to alarmed the police.
Friends claimed that she had died of starvation after her rights to work in the United Kingdom had expired.
Mercy Baguma had been living with her son in extreme poverty. She even failed to get money to buy milk for the little one.
‘‘She lost her job after her right to work in the UK expired. She even failed to get money to buy her son milk.’’ A friend told the press.
According to GlasgowLive, the baby boy was hurried to the hospital for treatment. He was released on Monday 24 August and is now staying with his father in a town elsewhere.
Mercy Baguma, an asylum seeker is said to have lost her job after her limited stay visa had reportedly expired.
Mercy was in her 30s, and her son was believed to have been relying on food handouts from friends and charities.
According to the Director of Refugee Charity Positive Action in Housing, Ms Robina Qureshi, the Ugandan mother had contacted their offices several weeks ago saying she did not have enough money to look after herself and her child.
‘‘Mercy called our charity on August 11 and said she was not getting any financial support yet had made an application to Migrant Help. Had she lived she would have been a high priority for a crisis payment from our Emergency Relief Fund like hundreds of others,” Robinah explained.
The Police explained that the death of Mercy was the latest tragedy to hit Glasgow's refugee community in less than four months.
A police spokesperson said her death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious.
Mysterious incidences have been happening in this refugee community. For instance; a 30-year-old Syrian refugee, Adnan Walid Elbi, was found dead in his room in temporary hotel accommodation in Glasgow.
An independent inquiry into asylum seeker accommodation during the coronavirus pandemic.
They have called upon the government to take care of the refugees instead of leaving the burden to charity organizations whose capacity is limited.
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