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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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David Cohen

RARE PHOTOS: On the breadline we make happy memories for traumatised kids - The Real Truth

Sean Mendez from Solidarity Sports

(Picture: ES Composite)

There comes a moment at the end of the week when Jennifer, her husband and their two-year-old daughter run out of money. The 22-year-old mother puts out the last of the cereal for breakfast and butters some toast which has to last daughter Genesis all day.

Jennifer, who fled from El Salvador in May when her husband’s life was threatened by a gang and relies on benefits of just £25 a week while their asylum claims are processed, said: “Every week we run out of food and every week I say to my husband we must make miracle.

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