Before stabbing six people, a Sudanese asylum seeker in the UK made more than 70 calls to authorities seeking assistance.

Badreddin Abadlla Adam was shot dead by police in Glasgow, Scotland, in June 2020, after his mental state deteriorated and he attacked hotel personnel and other asylum seekers at the city’s Park Inn hotel.

According to the BBC, a study by the UK Home Office investigating the event indicated that Abadlla Adam made 72 calls to the Home Office, the charity Migration Help, and Mears, a business in charge of administering asylum-seeker lodging.

He’d been transferred into the hotel during the start of the COVID-19 epidemic and the ensuing statewide lockdowns when he and others found themselves living in crowded quarters with poor-quality food and no money.

According to the study, the conditions had a “severe impact” on Abadlla Adam’s and others’ mental health, and little regard was paid to the earlier trauma that many of them had undergone.

It added that the number of calls he made “individually and cumulatively (when considering the content of the contact) is not indicative of elevated risk. However, the number of times he was in contact with the Home Office, Mears and Migrant Help — 72 times — about his accommodation and his health should have acted as a warning.”

It continued: “He also complained to staff in the hotel and was in touch with the Home Office about a voluntary assisted return. Each of those inquiries was dealt with appropriately and in keeping with the relevant operating procedures. There was no joined-up view that allowed a comprehensive view of escalation in the nature and frequency of (Abadlla Adam’s) contact.”

A Home Office spokesperson told the BBC: “Since this horrific incident we have undertaken a number of significant changes to keep asylum-seekers safe, including how we, our contractors and charities spot vulnerable individuals and provide them with wraparound support and appropriate accommodation.”

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