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Asylum seekers made to wear wristbands to get food Asylum seekers made to wear wristbands to get food
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A private company that provides meals for asylum seekers in Cardiff has said it will drop demands for them to wear wristbands as a condition for receiving food.A private company that provides meals for asylum seekers in Cardiff has said it will drop demands for them to wear wristbands as a condition for receiving food.
Around 200 asylum seekers in the city were told to put on the brightly coloured bands.Around 200 asylum seekers in the city were told to put on the brightly coloured bands.
But some called it dehumanising and said they had become targets for abuse.But some called it dehumanising and said they had become targets for abuse.
It comes after asylum seekers in Middlesbrough said they were targeted after their doors were painted red.It comes after asylum seekers in Middlesbrough said they were targeted after their doors were painted red.
A company housing the asylum seekers later said it would repaint the doors after concerns that people could be singled out as immigrants. A company housing the asylum seekers later said it would repaint the doors after concerns people could be singled out as immigrants.
On Sunday, Labour MP for Cardiff Central Jo Stevens said she had been in touch with the operations director for Clearsprings Group - the company contracted by the Home Office to run the service in Cardiff. 'Stressful'
On Sunday, Labour MP for Cardiff Central Jo Stevens said she had been in touch with the operations director for Clearsprings Group - the company contracted by the Home Office to run accommodation services in Cardiff.
She tweeted that she had been given an undertaking that the practice would stop on Monday.She tweeted that she had been given an undertaking that the practice would stop on Monday.
One man, Eric Ngalle, told BBC Wales he had spent nearly two months at Lynx House in Cardiff and had challenged the need to wear the wrist bands - but he was unable to change the policy. Earlier one man, Eric Ngalle, told BBC Wales he had spent nearly two months at one home - Lynx House - and had challenged the need to wear the wrist bands. However, he had been unable to change the policy.
He said he was told it was a Home Office directive, but added that none of the asylum seekers believed this explanation.He said he was told it was a Home Office directive, but added that none of the asylum seekers believed this explanation.
He said he felt having to wear the wristbands was "labelling" and "stressful".He said he felt having to wear the wristbands was "labelling" and "stressful".
Elsewhere Chloe Marong, who works at the Trinity Centre in Cardiff which provides support for asylum seekers, said that many people were unhappy about the wristbands. Elsewhere, Chloe Marong, who works at the Trinity Centre in Cardiff which provides support for asylum seekers, said that many people were unhappy about the wristbands.
She told BBC Wales she thought the treatment was dehumanising and left people vulnerable to abuse.She told BBC Wales she thought the treatment was dehumanising and left people vulnerable to abuse.