Following the deaths of two men, members of Birmingham's Sudanese community have accused mental health professionals of failing to provide adequate care and other failures.
Both Mohammed Ahmed and Khalid Yousef died after being sectioned, and an unidentified man shot and killed Khalid Yousef.
A relative of Mr. Ahmed claimed that the way in which the providers handled him was unfair.
The Sudanese community will be involved in addressing concerns, according to the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust.
He doesn't have any relatives in the country, so what will happen?, said Mr. Ahmed's uncle, Alsadiq Khamis. "They just think it's another asylum seeker coming from somewhere in Africa," he added.
They are unconcerned. I think that because of the unfairness of how they handled him. " .
Asylum seeker Mr. Ahmed arrived in the UK in 2020.
In December of last year, he was admitted to the Oleaster Center in Birmingham after being sectioned, and at one point, he set fire to his lodging.
His family claimed he was unknowingly released on January 20. Three days later, they allegedly wrote to the ward to express their concerns about his behavior.
Mr. Ahmed was apprehended after attempting to stab a man. Before he was discovered dead in his cell on January 30, according to his family, they heard nothing from the authorities.
His passing came five years after the decapitation of Mr. Yousef, 28, in a Handsworth bookmaker.
Hassan Mustapha, his killer and friend, previously told police about his Queen-related hallucinations.
After the murder, he was identified as having paranoid schizophrenia, and an inquest into Mr. Yousef's death found that if his assailant had been referred to mental health services one month earlier, it is likely that the victim would not have died.
Introducing herself, Khadidja Fadoul, Mr. Yousef's cousin, said: "It's very difficult when you see a loved one killed in such a horrific way.
"We experience pain daily. For us, and for us to witness it again, it is traumatizing. We demand that something be done. ".
Abdallah Idriss, who is originally from the Sudanese Darfur region, serves as secretary general of The Zaghawa Community Association. He claimed that these members of his community had fled a possible genocide only to perish in England.
He questioned, "If they have two such cases, how many others do they have?" in reference to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust.
"We wouldn't have lost this life," he said. "Prevention measures should have been implemented after Khalid's death.". .
The Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust expressed its condolences to the families in a statement and stated that it made every effort to offer the best evaluation and treatment to those who were in custody.
"On our in-patient units, we adopt a collaborative discharge process, working with other system partners, which allows us to support our service users with regard to accommodation, social care needs, and further follow-up," it said.
"We want to collaborate with the Zaghawa Community Association to address their issues and figure out how to best support them.
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