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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2012-04-13 12:00 pm

[identity profile] nancylebov.livejournal.com 2012-04-13 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Many hungry children are from immigrant families whose parents are not eligible to work or claim benefits.

Not permitting immigrants/refugees to work strikes me as astonishing cruelty, and most people don't seem to notice it as a problem.

In re diabetes: I've heard that diabetics carry a higher pollutant load in their bodies than non-diabetics. There's a question about whether the pollutants contribute to diabetes, or whether non-diabetics are better at not accumulating pollutants.

[identity profile] helflaed.livejournal.com 2012-04-15 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
Red Cross destitution payment to a failed asylum seeker unable to return to their own country or claim benefits here:

Single £10
Family £20.