Expectant mothers living in hostels under the "direct provision" policy are malnourished.
Babies' suffer ill-health due to diet and older children suffer weight loss.
Adults go hungry to feed their children out of a welfare allowance of £15 weekly per adult and £7 per child.
Different dietary needs of people of different nationalities are largely ignored in hostels.
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Hostels are chronically overcrowded with entire families living in one room.
Teenage boys and girls have no privacy and usually have to share rooms with their parents.
Children lose respect for parents who are allowed little influence over their own or their children's day to day lives - needless repression and intimidation by staff is a feature of life in some hostels.