A company providing housing and meals for asylum-seekers in Cardiff, Wales have dropped a controversial practice of requiring people to wear brightly colored wristbands to collect food after outrage over the practice.
Lynx House, a privately run company contracted by the UK Home Office, required asylum-seekers living on the property to wear a brightly colored wristband to collect meals daily.
The practice was reportedly halted on Monday, but reporters spotted asylums-seekers still wearing the wristbands
After news of the wristbands broke, Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones contacted the Home Office on Monday to register serious concerns over the use of the wristbands. Read more...
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