In Poland, a five-year-old boy recently brought to safety from Afghanistan has died after being poisoned by mushrooms.
His brother, who is one year older, is still in very critical condition after a liver transplant, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health said on Thursday.
The child's brain is badly damaged.
The two boys' family had only arrived at a reception center about 30 kilometers south of Warsaw on August 23.
According to a report by the news portal Oko.press, Poland had flown the family of twelve out of Kabul at the request of Great Britain, because the father was said to have worked there for the British army.
Poisoning by green leaf mushrooms
One day after their arrival at the reception center, the family went to the wooded area of the camp to collect mushrooms and made a soup from them.
According to information from the PAP news agency, the poisoning was caused by green leaf mushrooms.
In Germany, too, these highly toxic mushrooms are often confused with edible mushrooms.
A spokesman for the Polish immigration office said several family members with stomach problems came forward after the mushroom meal, but did not mention the mushrooms. The two boys and a 17-year-old girl were eventually taken to the Central Children's Hospital in Warsaw. The 17-year-old has now been released from the clinic.