Children in England’s asylum hotels suffering from malnutrition

One boy living in a hotel for asylum seekers has lost 4kg since moving to the UK last year, his mother said. Photograph: Supplied

Health professionals have raised concerns about the increasing number of children in asylum seeker hotel accommodation being diagnosed with malnutrition, the Guardian has learned.

Cases of malnutrition among both children and adults have been confirmed in various different areas of England, including hotels in London and in the south-west.