‘They simply suppose it is one other asylum seeker’
‘They simply suppose it is one other asylum seeker’
Members of Birmingham’s Sudanese group have accused psychological well being care suppliers of an absence of assist and different failures after two males died.
One man, Mohammed Ahmed, died after being sectioned and one other, Khalid Yousef, was killed by a man whose illness had not been identified.
A relative of Mr Ahmed stated the way in which he was handled by suppliers was unfair.
Birmingham and Solihull Psychological Well being NHS Belief stated it might work with the Sudanese group to deal with issues.
“They simply suppose it is one other asylum seeker coming from someplace in Africa – he does not have any family members right here and what is going on to occur?,” stated Mr Ahmed’s uncle, Alsadiq Khamis.
“They do not care. That is what I consider as a result of the way in which they handled him wasn’t truthful.”
Mr Ahmed arrived within the UK in 2020 as an asylum seeker.
He was sectioned in December final yr and admitted to the Oleaster Centre in Birmingham, at one level setting hearth to his lodging.
His household stated he was launched with out their data on 20 January and three days later they wrote to the ward to precise issues about his behaviour.
Mr Ahmed went on to attempt to assault a person with a knife and was arrested. His household stated they heard nothing from authorities till he was discovered lifeless in his cell on 30 January.
His loss of life got here 5 years after Mr Yousef, 28, was decapitated in a betting store in Handsworth.
His killer and pal, Hassan Mustapha, had beforehand detailed delusions he was having concerning the Queen to cops.
He was identified with paranoid schizophrenia after the killing and an inquest into Mr Yousef’s loss of life heard he would not have been killed had his attacker been referred to mental health services the month before.
Talking for the primary time, Mr Yousef’s cousin, Khadidja Fadoul, stated: “It’s totally tough if you see a liked one killed in such a horrific means.
“We reside in ache every single day. It is traumatic for us and to see it occurring once more. We need to see motion taken.”
Abdallah Idriss is secretary normal of The Zaghawa Neighborhood Affiliation – initially from the Darfur area of Sudan. He stated these members of his group had escaped genocide there solely to die in England.
Talking about Birmingham and Solihull Psychological Well being Belief, he requested: “If they’ve two such circumstances – what number of others?”
“If prevention measures had been put in place after Khalid’s loss of life, we would not have misplaced this life,” he stated.
In an announcement, Birmingham and Solihull Psychological Well being Belief supplied its condolences to the households and stated it strived to offer the very best evaluation and therapy and gave thorough assessments to folks in custody.
“On our in-patient models, we undertake a collaborative discharge course of – working with different system companions – which permits us to assist our service customers with reference to lodging, social care wants and additional follow-up,” it stated.
“We wish to work with the Zaghawa Neighborhood Affiliation to assist deal with their issues and confirm how we will finest assist them.”
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