I have lots of patients who are asylum seekers. They have all got horrific stories to their name, and have fled desperate situations.
Imagine a woman coping with a new baby, otherwise alone in the country, with no news of those she has had to leave behind. She gets a shared house to live in (shame they don't speak the same language) and gas/electricity bills paid. Then she has £35 a week to get food, clothing, things the baby needs. (Asylum seekers do not get child benefit. She is not allowed to earn money.)
Could you live on £35 a week? Are we reasonable as a nation to expect people to manage on this?