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Olivia Ndoti, a service user and volunteer with ASH, says she is not impressed with the support she is getting right now.

Ms Ndoti says her mum was a diplomat, who has passed and every time she felt like crying she heard her voice.

She says she is not an illegal immigrant and she should be able to get some support.

Ms Ndoti says she has never had suicidal thoughts because as a Christian

She says: "When I became pregnant I became worse off."

Ms Ndoti says she had an abusive partner and says she can't believe she is still here after everything she has been thourgh.

Committee convener Christina McKelvie asks about Olivia Ndoti's experience with destitution.

Olivia Ndoti from ASH says she has come through it with support from the community. 

Ms Ndoti says she has been accommodated in people's spare rooms and she has accessed food banks.

She says when she had her baby she had nothing and had to clothe her baby in her own clothes. 

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Natalia Jane Farmer from ASH says there were numerous issues Olivia Ndoti faced in trying to get housing.  

Ms Ndoti, a service user with ASH, says she volunteers in the community work because human treatment pushes you to do things you never thought you would do in life.

She says she was left with nothing, with a baby, on just £25, which is very hard on the baby.

This has been "very disturbing" for herself and the other mothers she has seen.

I'm standing strong she says thanks to the agencies that have supported her.

Ms Ndoti says her baby is healthy but it is disturbing she is still on £25 a week with a baby who is a British citizen due to her father.

Natalia Jane Farmer from the Asylum Seeker Housing Project says she is a social work researcher at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Ms Falmer says her research has focused on people with no access to public funds and in assisting them throughout the support process.

She says she has supported Olivia Ndoti through a "gruelling fight" to get her housing and other support. 

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Equalities and Human Rights Committee, external convener Christina McKelvie gets us underway: 

• Natalia Jane Farmer from the Asylum Seeker Housing Project (ASH)
• Olivia Ndoti who is a service user with ASH 
• Derek Mitchell from the COSLA Strategic Migration Partnership 
• Susanne Millar from the Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership 
• Ch Insp Alastair Muir from Police Scotland

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Hundreds more migrants are being left destitute in Scotland, according to the British Red Cross (BRC).

The charity said the number of destitute refugees and asylum seekers it had helped in Glasgow had increased from 326 in 2014 to 820 in 2016.

It accused the UK government of making the asylum process "increasingly difficult" - a claim the Home Office has disputed.

The Scottish government said the situation was "unacceptable".

First up this morning the Equalities and Human Rights Committee will take evidence on destitution, asylum and insecure immigration status in Scotland.

The committee will take evidence from:

• Natalia Jane Farmer, social work researcher, ASH - Asylum Seeker Housing Project 
• Olivia Ndoti, service user, ASH
• Derek Mitchell, chief officer, COSLA Strategic Migration Partnership
• Susanne Millar, chief officer for strategy, planning and commissioning, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
• Chief Inspector Alastair Muir, Police Scotland

Good morning and welcome to Holyrood Live on 30 March 2017 and it's looking like a very busy day to take us into the recess. 

First up this morning the Equalities and Human Rights Committee will take evidence on destitution, asylum and insecure immigration status in Scotland from various stakeholders. 

After general questions, we will bring you extensive coverage of first minister’s questions, including all the social media reaction.

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The lunchtime member’s debate will be led by Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie on the future of Elmwood College in Cupar.

The afternoon session in the chamber is given over entierly to  a series of important ministerial statements.

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First up is the much anticipated mental health strategy. 

The draft mental health strategy faced criticism from a number of quarters and opposition parties will be forensically dissecting the finished product on what is one of the most important health issues of the moment.

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Then there will be a ministerial statement on transvaginal mesh implants, following the expert at the centre of the independent review group looking at the safety of mesh implants resigning. 

This in turnfollowed the resignation of two patient representatives who claimed the report had been watered down and the final report being removed entirely.

The government has in turn accepted all the recommendations of the report.

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There will then be a ministerial statement on unconventional oil and gas, coming after the government’s defeat on fracking. 

The Scottish Parliament voted to support an outright ban on fracking after SNP MSPs abstained.

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Finally the government will give a statement on its extremely controversial enterprise and skills review. 

The government plan to create a Scotland-wide statutory board co-ordinating the activities of Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Skills Development Scotland and the Scottish Funding Council has led to two defeats for the SNP already.