A malnourished baby has been found lying next to her dead Ugandan mother, living in abject poverty in a Glasgow flat in Scotland.
A refugee from Uganda, Mercy Baguma, was found on Saturday, August 22, dead in her home after her friends raised an alarm that she had not been seen nor heard from since Tuesday, August 18.
The baby boy was immediately rushed to the hospital for treatment and had been discharged yesterday, now in the care of his father who is in a different city.
According to GlasgowLive, Mercy lost her job after her limited leave to remain in the UK had expired and was no longer allowed to work. She had to rely on friends and charities to survive.
While speaking on the unfortunate incident, Robina Qureshi, the Director of Positive Action in Housing said: “This is the third tragedy to affect the city’s refugee population in as many months.
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“Mercy contacted our charity on August 11 and said she was not getting any financial support yet had made an application to MigrantHelp.
“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.
“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?
“Does society have anything to say about that other than call them a drain on society?
“The fact is there is no safety net if you’re a refugee or migrant.
“You are left destitute and without resources. And you’re left silenced by far-right rhetoric for being forced to ask for help.
“Would this mother be alive if she was not forced out of her job by this cruel system that stops you from working and paying your way because a piece of paper says your leave to remain has expired?
“I’m sure Mercy’s son will want to ask this and other questions once he is old enough.”
A friend of Mercy has set up a GoFundMe appeal to raise funds for her infant son and to cover the costs of her funeral.
She described Mercy as an amazing “mother, sister, and best friend” who “always put her family first.“
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