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Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees
Postbus 413 NL-1000 AK Amsterdam phone +31-20-6834778, fax 31-20-6834582, info@unitedagainstracism.org, www.unitedagainstracism.org
The UNITED List of Deaths can be freely re-used, translated and re-distributed, provided source (www.unitedagainstracism.org) is mentioned. Researchers can obtain this list with more data in xls format from UNITED.
found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
29/05/2017
30 unknown VOA/USNews
27/05/2017
10 unknown DailySabah
24/05/2017
82 unknown USNews
23/05/2017
34 unknown DailyStar/USNews/Xinhua
22/05/2017
2 West Africa/unknown IOM
22/05/2017
2unknown IOM
19/05/2017
1Mali Parisien/Nice/Mail Online
19/05/2017
2unknown IOM
19/05/2017
157 unknown Australian
17/05/2017
2unknown IOM
16/05/2017
1unknown IOM
16/05/2017
2unknown IOM
16/05/2017
1unknown IOM
14/05/2017
7unknown RTLNieuws
07/05/2017
163 unknown Independent/PBS/Trouw/VK/RTLNieuws
05/05/2017
82 unknown Independent/PBS/Trouw/VK
04/05/2017
19 unknown IOM
04/05/2017
1unknown IOM
02/05/2017
1unknown Sun
in May 17
6unknown IOM
in May 17
1unknown IOM
26/04/2017
1unknown IOM
24/04/2017
28 Syria/Cameroon/Congo Rel/News24/ChAfrica
16/04/2017
7unknown VK/FocusDE/Reuters
16/04/2017
100 unknown MiddleEastOnline
13/04/2017
97 Sub-Saharan Africa Metro/WorldBul/VOA
10/04/2017
1Syria Ansamed
30/03/2017
1 Pakistan AlleBleiben/Geo
28/03/2017
5unknown Reuters/Mic
23/03/2017
240 unknown BBC/CTV/Sun
23/03/2017
11 Syria BBC/CTV
23/03/2017
6 Africa BBC/CTV/Sun
21/03/2017
66 unknown CTV
02/03/17
1Mali Express/Local/Reuters/ANSA/Breitbart/GulfToday
02/03/17
1Mali Express/Local/Reuters/ANSA/Breitbart/GulfToday
01/03/2017
1 Africa WorldRadio
22/02/2017
15 unknown Rel
20/02/17
101 unknown
VK/Rel/DailySabah/Examiner/CBS/SFNM/RTLNieuws
18/02/2017
1Ghana TimesM
17/02/2017
1unknown Parisien
15/02/2017
9unknown IOM
12/02/2017
2unknown IOM
04/02/2017
1 Ethiopia Rel
30/01/2017
1 Pakistan Reuters/Newsweek/KI/Sputnik
30/01/2017
3unknown IOM
28/01/2017
1Syria Reuters/Newsweek/KI/Sputnik
27/01/2017
1Congo BBC/Reuters
24/01/2017
1Egypt Reuters/Newsweek/KI/Sputnik
24/01/2017
10 unknown Rel
21/01/2017
6unknown Rel
21/01/2017
1 Ethiopia Telegraph/Express
17/01/2017
1unknown SofiaGlobe
14/01/17
2unknown Independent
14/01/17
2unknown Independent
14/01/17
98 unknown BBC
14/01/2017
1Congo SofiaGlobe
14/01/2017
3unknown SofiaGlobe
14/01/2017
3unknown SofiaGlobe
14/01/2017
180 Somalia/Eritrea/Ethiopia Reuters/SofiaGlobe/Newsaust/Scrolltoday
13/01/17
2unknown Independent
13/01/2017
21 unknown SofiaGlobe/Reuters
11/01/2017
1Poland OpenDem/SocialistWorker
11/01/2017
1Congo BBC/Reuters
11/01/2017
5 Sub-Saharan Africa BBC/Reuters
06/01/17
1 Iraq Independent
06/01/17
1 Iraq Independent
03/01/17
1 Afghanistan Independent
in January 17
1Somalia Independent
25/12/16
2 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS
25/12/16
1 Kurdistan TM/RT
24/12/16
1Congo VoixDuNord
23/12/2016
1unknown Parisien
21/12/16
7unknown AFP/Ya.N
16/12/16
1Mali AP
08/12/16
1Somalia TimesM
06/12/16
1 Sierra Leone OpenDem/UCGlasgow/Guardian Un.
02/12/2016
1Bangladesh Independent/PA/Ya.N
in Dec 16
1 Pakistan TimesM
01/12/16
1 Afghanistan Mail Online/TheHuff
24/11/16
2Turkey Independent/Telegraph/MNS
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
N.N.
drowned, during 24 hours of rescue operations between Libya and Italy, 2200 rescued
N.N.
missing, after falling into the water when their rubber boat deflated between Libya and Italy
N.N. (7 children, 13 women)
drowned, when boat of 500 suddenly capsized off Libya, sending 200 people into the sea
N.N.
1 drowned, 1 missing, in the Mediterranean Sea on the way to Italy
N.N. (men)
bodies found in Al Maya (Libya)
N.N. (30, man)
stowaway, found electrocuted in train in Cannes (F) coming from Ventimiglia (I)
N.N.
1 drowned, 1 missing, during rescue operations between Libya and Italy
N.N. (incl. children and women)
1 drowned, 156 missing, when a boat sank in the Mediterranean bound for Italy
N.N.
bodies found in Tripoli (Libya)
N.N. (woman)
body found in Sabratha (Libya)
N.N. (1 woman, 1 man)
bodies found in Az-Zawiyah (Libya)
N.N.
body found in Tripoli (Libya)
N.N. (men)
found dead during rescue operation in the Mediterranean, 484 rescued
N.N. (1 baby girl; 9 chn, 40 w)
11 drowned, 152 missing, after ship sank off coast of Libya, 7 rescued
N.N.
missing, overcrowded leaking boat capsized between Libya and Italy, 50 survivors
N.N.
found dead by fishermen off the Libyan coast near Subratah
N.N.
died of gunshot, found during a rescue operation of two boats between Libya and Italy
N.N. (man)
stowaway, electrocuted climbing on roof of Eurostar train in Paris to get to London
N.N.
found dead during a rescue operation between Libya and Italy
N.N.
missing, in Gibraltar Strait off the coast of Tangiers (Morocco)
N.N.
found dead off the coast near Tobruk, Eastern Libya
N.N. (2 chn, 6 women, 8 men)
16 drowned, 12 missing, when a boat sank off Lesbos (GR), 2 rescued
N.N. (8, boy; 1 preg. woman)
died on sea from Libya to Italy, during a weekend of rescue operations, 8500 people saved
N.N.
reported missing, during a weekend of rescue operations, 8500 saved, 7 bodies found
N.N. (5 children, 15 women)
missing, after boat sank off Tripoli (Libya), 23 survivors
N.N. (29, man)
suicide, set himself on fire at refugee camp on Chios (GR), died of his injuries 11 days later
Faisal Imran (28, man)
suicide, jumped from hotel roof in Leipzig (D), died in hospital, was asylum seeker
N.N.
drowned, when a boat sank off Libya, 141 survivors
N.N.
missing, when 2 boats capsized near Libyan coast
N.N. (5 children)
drowned, when boat sank off Kusadasi (Turkey) trying to reach Greek islands, 9 rescued
N.N. (5 men, 16-25y)
drowned, when 2 boats capsized near Libyan coast
N.N.
missing, boat capsized between Libya and Italy, 54 rescued
Mamadou Konate (33, man)
died in fire at a migrant camp in San Severo (IT); 100 huts destroyed
Nouhou Doumbia (36, man)
died in fire at a migrant camp in San Severo (IT); 100 huts destroyed
N.N. (man)
stowaway, electrocuted climbing on roof of train to get from Como (Italy) to Switzerland
N.N.
drowned, bodies found in the sea off Al-Khums (Libya)
N.N.
21 missing, 80 drowned in shipwreck near Zawiya (LY), bodies and boat washed ashore
Frederick Ofosu (33, man)
suicide, strangled with electric cable on building site in Qawra (Malta), stuck without asylum
N.N. (man)
stowaway, found fully burned on the roof of a train in Cannes (F) coming from Ventimiglia (I)
N.N.
drowned, when boat sank in the Strait of Gibraltar (Morocco/Spain), 2 rescued
N.N.
drowned, when small craft sank between Morocco and Tarifa (Spain), 3 survivors
N.N. (woman)
drowned, found in the sea off Greece
N.N. (20, man)
died of carbon monoxide poisoning, due to fumes from stove, at Moria camp, Lesbos (GR)
N.N.
missing, in a sinking off Almeria (Spain), 11 rescued
N.N. (46, man)
died of inhaling fumes from stove, at Moria camp, Lesbos (Greece)
Samuel (6, boy)
drowned, with his mother Veronique and 5 others, boat sank between Morocco and Spain
N.N. (22, man)
died of inhaling fumes from stove, at Moria camp, Lesbos (Greece)
N.N. (1 child, 1 woman, 8 men)
bodies found in the sea off Tripoli (Libya), 135 rescued nearby that same day
N.N.
bodies found in the sea, 5 off Subratah and one off Tripoli (Libya)
N.N. (20, man)
hit by lorry, crossing the busy A16 motorway leading to Calais (F), attempting to stowaway
N.N. (man)
found dead, covered under a metre of snow near Feres on the Evros river (Greece)
N.N.
found floating in ocean near Algeciras (ES), tried to swim to Spanish enclave from Morocco
N.N.
found floating in the ocean near Tarifa (ES), tried to swim to Spanish enclave from Morocco
N.N.
8 drowned, 90 missing after boat sank off the coast of Libya; 4 rescued
N.N. (woman)
drowned, in a sinking off Nador (Morocco)
N.N. (1 woman, 2 men)
missing, in the area of Nador (Morocco)
N.N.
died from hypothermia, in dinghy rescued between Libya and Italy
N.N.
8 drowned, 172 missing, when boat sank due to engine failure off Libya, 4 rescued
N.N.
crushed to death in a boat carrying 191 other passengers heading from Libya to Italy
N.N. (1 baby, 2 women)
missing, off the coast of Tangier (Morocco) - Tarifa (Spain)
Lukasz Debowski (27, man)
suicide, at Morton Hall detention centre (UK), he’d been refused bail to see birth of his child
Veronique (woman)
drowned, with her son Samuel and 5 others, boat sank between Morocco and Spain
N.N. (men)
drowned, when their boat sank between Tangier (Morocco) and Tarifa (Spain)
Talaat Abdulhamid (36, man)
died of cold after walking for 48 hours through the mountains of Turkish-Bulgarian border
Hardi Ghafour (29, man)
died of cold after walking for 48 hours through the mountains of Turkish-Bulgarian border
N.N. (20, man)
died of hypothermia after crossing the Evros river from Turkey to Greece
N.N. (woman)
died of hypothermia in the mountains near the Turkish-Bulgarian border
N.N.
drowned while trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco
N.N. (man)
stowaway, fell off the truck he was hiding in at Dunkirk port (F) while trying to reach GB
N.N. (17, boy)
died after falling off a truck he was hiding in near Calais (F) trying to reach Great Britain
N.N. (20s, man)
hit by train, near Ventimiglia (Italy), as he walked along the tracks trying to get to France
N.N.
died after 3 rubber dinghies and a wooden boat were attacked at sea while travelling to Italy
N.N. (±40, man)
jumped out of a migrant worker centre in Paris when a fire broke out
Haji (man)
homeless refugee in Malta, found dead under the bridge he was living under
Bai Ahmed Kabia (49, man)
died in detention, staff took too long to take him to hospital when he fell sick
Tarek Chowdhury (64, man)
died of injuries, attacked by fellow detainees in Colnbrook Removal Centre (UK)
N.N. (young man)
found frozen to death along the Bulgarian-Turkish border
Khalid Safi (18, man)
stabbed on street in London after having lived alone for 5 years in Calais (F) as child migrant
N.N. (66, woman; 6, boy)
killed at refugee detention centre in Lesbos (GR) by fire started by cooking gas canister
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees
Postbus 413 NL-1000 AK Amsterdam phone +31-20-6834778, fax 31-20-6834582, info@unitedagainstracism.org, www.unitedagainstracism.org
The UNITED List of Deaths can be freely re-used, translated and re-distributed, provided source (www.unitedagainstracism.org) is mentioned. Researchers can obtain this list with more data in xls format from UNITED.
found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
21/11/16
1 Afghanistan Tanjug
19/11/16
6unknown WatchTheMed/HurriyetDN
19/11/16
3unknown WatchTheMed/HurriyetDN
16/11/16
1unknown NewArab
16/11/16
4unknown NewArab
16/11/16
7 Sub-Saharan Africa
TheHuff/ANSA/MSF/LR/La Stampa/Independent/BBC/MOAS/Guardian Un.
16/11/16
96 Sub-Saharan Africa
TheHuff/ANSA/MSF/LR/La Stampa/Independent/BBC/MOAS/Guardian Un.
15/11/16
98 unknown
Independent/Reu./UNHCR/SOSMed/AFP/MOAS/TheHuff/ANSA/MSF/LR/La Stampa/BBC
15/11/16
1unknown
Independent/Reu./UNHCR/SOSMed/AFP/MOAS/TheHuff/ANSA/MSF/LR/La Stampa/BBC
15/11/16
1unknown
Independent/Reu./UNHCR/SOSMed/AFP/MOAS
15/11/16
5unknown
Independent/Reu./UNHCR/SOSMed/AFP/MOAS
14/11/16
135 Sub-Saharan Africa Independent/AFP/UNHCR/MOAS
14/11/16
5unknown AFP/Local.it/Ya.N
06/11/16
3unknown TheHuff/ANSA/Web Strait/Tg Com 24
06/11/16
1unknown TheHuff/ANSA/Web Strait/Tg Com 24
06/11/16
1 Sub-Saharan Africa TheHuff/LibOb
06/11/16
1 West Africa IOM/VOA
05/11/16
12 unknown TheHuff/ANSA/LR/ La Stampa
03/11/16
1Mali TheHuff/ANSA
02/11/2016
113 Africa IOM/RefDeeply/ANSA/TheHuff
02/11/16
128 unknown IOM/ANSA/TheHuff
26/10/16
29 unknown AFP/Aljazeera
26/10/16
90 Africa AP/NYtimes
21/10/16
1Somalia IBTimes/Mail Online/Independent
21/10/16
4unknown SeaWatch/Reu./Guardian Un.
21/10/16
3unknown Reu./SeaWatch
21/10/16
15 unknown Reu./RFI
18/10/16
1unknown Telegraph/Mail Online
17/10/16
1Sudan Passeurs d’hospitalités
16/10/16
2Syria AP/KI
14/10/16
1unknown VoixDuNord/Passeurs d’hospitalités
09/10/16
1 Eritrea Reu./Ya.N/AFP/Le Monde/AFP/Europe1
07/10/2016
1 Eritrea LeMur
04/10/16
29 Sub-Saharan Africa NYTimes/BBC/DailySabah
03/10/16
9unknown ExpressTribune/Reu./DailySabah
03/10/16
11 unknown Reu./DailySabah
03/10/16
2unknown Reu./DailySabah
in Oct 16
1Gambia BBC/AFP
24/09/16
1Sudan MNS
21/09/16
443 Africa VK/eNCA/NationPK
21/09/16
202
Egypt/Sudan/Eritrea/Somalia
Reu./IOM/Aljazeera/Alahram
16/09/16
1 Afghanistan Guardian Un./VoixDuNord/MNS
14/09/16
2 Iraq LeCourrierdesBalkans
14/09/16
4 Iraq LeCourrierdesBalkans
05/09/16
15 unknown Reu./AFP/JIJI/Africa-News/ANSA
in Sep 16
2unknown LeMur
29/08/16
1Poland Guardian Un.
23/08/16
1Sudan AFP/LaDepeche/Nord Littoral
23/08/16
1 Afghanistan SofiaNewsAgency/Novinite/AFP
18/08/16
5Syria MOAS/AP
18/08/16
1Syria MOAS/AP
12/08/16
1China BBC/NYtimes
31/07/16
1unknown BBC/TheCourier
27/07/16
1Sudan AFP/France3
26/07/16
1 Ethiopia AFP/VoixDuNord/Express
25/07/16
1Syria Libération/KaosGL
23/07/16
87 unknown Aljazeera
21/07/16
22 West Africa MSF
21/07/16
1unknown AFP/France3
21/07/16
17 unknown IBTimes/Reu.
20/07/16
22
Nig/Guin/Ghana/Ivory Coast/Mali
Le Monde
13/07/16
5unknown Aljazeera/AP/Independent/KTG
12/07/16
1 Eritrea VoixDuNord/Ouest-France
12/07/16
4unknown Reu./MOAS
12/07/16
1unknown WatchTheMed
08/07/16
1Cameroon Statewatch/Faro
06/07/16
1Nigeria AP/NBC/NigeriaToday/QZ
04/07/16
1unknown VoixDuNord
30/06/16
10 unknown AFP/Ya.N
26/06/16
1Senegal WatchTheMed
26/06/16
1Senegal WatchTheMed
26/06/16
1Senegal WatchTheMed
23/06/16
1Egypt GreekReporter
19/06/16
11 Syria SOHR/NYtimes/Libération
17/06/16
34 Niger IOM/EinNews/AfricanPO/AFP/France24
07/06/16
1 Sub-Saharan Africa Le360
02/06/16
117 unknown
LibyaRedCrescent/MigrantReport/Guardian Un.
01/06/16
1Syria Reu./LeCourrierdesBalkans/MNS
28/05/16
1 Afghanistan VoixDuNord/Parisien/MNS
27/05/16
45 Eritrea/Nigeria/Sudan Reu./MSF/UNHCR
S.G. (man)
killed in a clash between migrant groups in Belgrade (RS)
N.N.
died when boat travelling to Agathonisi (GR) shipwrecked near Didim (TR)
N.N.
missing after shipwreck off Didim (TR) while trying to reach Greece
N.N.
drowned, on the way from Libya to Italy, 580 people rescued that day in 5 operations
N.N. (20 to 40, men)
died of hypothermia in a boat found near Thassos island (GR); 15 rescued
N.N.
died when cargo boat carrying migrants drifted off into the Strait of Sicily; 27 survived
N.N.
missing after cargo boat carrying migrants drifted off into the Strait of Sicily; 27 rescued
N.N. (9 women)
8 drowned, 90 missing, after dinghy capsized on the way from Libya, 23 rescued
N.N. (15, boy)
drowned, after dinghy capsized on the way from Libya, 23 rescued
N.N.
drowned, jumped into water when dinghy sank off the coast of Libya, 114 rescued
N.N.
crushed, found on boat that sank off the coast of Libya, 114 rescued
N.N.
missing after dinghy going to Italy sank off the coast of Libya, 15 rescued
N.N.
died near Libya while trying to reach Italy in overcrowded rubber dinghies, 550 rescued
N.N.
shipwrecked while travelling to Italy, drowned before rescuers could reach them
N.N. (man)
died in a rubber dinghy while travelling to Italy
N.N.
found dead on a boat near Homs (LY) carrying 116 migrants to Italy
N.N. (man)
died of liver failure at Gharyan Al Hamra detention centre (LY)
N.N. (2 children)
died off Libyan coast in the Strait of Siciliy while trying to reach Italy
N.N. (woman)
crushed while trying to protect her 2 children on boat sinking in Strait of Sicily
N.N. (9 children, 18 w, 86 m)
12 drowned, 101 missing, when dinghy sank between Libya and Italy, 27 survivors
N.N.
reportedly missing after rubber dinghy capsized off Libya while travelling to Italy; 2 survivors
N.N.
suffocated or drowned on a dinghy flooded with fuel and seawater off Libyan shore
N.N.
drowned after boat to Italy sank off the coast of Libya
N.N. (17, boy)
pressured by neo-Nazis to jump to his death from a tower in Schmölln, Thüringen (D)
N.N.
died after rubber boat in distress was attacked by Libyan coast guard
N.N.
found dead on rubber boat trying to reach Italy from Libya
N.N.
missing after rubber boat in distress was attacked by Libyan coast guard
N.N. (man)
stowaway, suffocated in the back of a truck travelling from Calais (F) to Great Britain
Mohammad O. Eyman (26, man)
harassed and beaten to death by smugglers in camp near Norrent-Fortes in Calais (F)
N.N. (10, boy; 35, woman)
Kurdish mother and son, died after being hit by a car in Greece, police refused to help
N.N.
hit by a freight train near Calais (F) while walking along railway tracks towards Great Britain
N.N. (man)
hit by a car on A16 highway near Calais (F) trying to reach Great Britain
Milet (16, girl)
hit by truck, walking in a tunnel through border between Grimaldi (Italy) & Menton (France)
N.N. (19 women, 10 men)
suffocated in a boat carrying over a thousand passengers from Libya to Italy
N.N.
died on the Mediterranean sea between Libya and Sicily (IT)
N.N.
drowned while trying to reach Italy by boat, bodies washed up on a beach near Tripoli (LY)
N.N.
drowned when boat carrying migrants to Italy capsized off Libyan coast near Sabratah (LY)
Fatim Jawara (19, woman)
died off the coast of Libya while trying to reach Italy
N.N. (30, man)
hit by freight train near port of Calais (FR) while trying to travel to the UK
N.N.
42 drowned, 400 missing, after boat capsizes near Alexandria (Egypt), 155 rescued
N.N.
died when boat bound for Italy with at least 450 people capsized near Rosetta in Nile Delta (EG)
Raheemullah Oryakhel (14, boy)
hit by car near Calais (FR) when he fell off lorry he had climbed on to get to Great Britain
N.N. (1 boy, 1 man)
drowned while trying to cross Danube River (BG) on a boat carrying 10 people to Romania
N.N. (children, women)
reportedly went missing while crossing Danube River (BG) on a boat to Romania
N.N.
died in Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe from Libya in overcrowded rubber boats
N.N. (teens/young adults)
died in traffic accidents, walking on dangerous highway between Grimaldi (I) and Menton (F)
Arkadiusz Jóźwik (40, man)
attacked on street by teens who heard him speaking Polish, died at hospital in Cambridge (GB)
N.N. (±30, man)
killed in fight between migrants near A16 highway in Marck, Calais (F)
N.N. (20, man)
shot dead, possibly by a hunter near Pirot (RS), after crossing the Bulgarian-Serbian border
N.N.(8 m, girl; 5, girl; 2 w; 1 m)
died after a small wooden boat carrying 27 people to Italy capsized off Libya
N.N.
missing after a wooden boat carrying 27 people to Italy capsized off Libya
Zhang Chaolin (49, man)
attacked by racists on the street in a Parisian suburb, died after 5 days in coma
N.N. (man)
migrant worker from Eastern Europe, died in a fire at a farm in Scotland
N.N. (28, man)
hit by a vehicle on A16 highway near Calais (F) while trying to reach Great Britain
N.N. (37, man)
stabbed to death in a camp in Calais (F) during a fight between migrant groups
Muhammed Wisam Sankari (man)
decapitated in Istanbul (TR) after being kidnapped and raped for being gay
N.N.
reportedly drowned trying to reach Italy; bodies washed up near Tripoli (LY)
N.N. (21 women, 1 man)
crushed, at the bottom of a vessel (>200 people rescued) off the coast of Libya
N.N.
found dead on the side of A16 highway near Calais (F) while trying to reach Great Britain
N.N. (1 boy, 16 men)
died in an overcrowded wooden boat trying to reach Italy from Libya
N.N. (21 women, 1 man)
drowned or was crushed on a rubber boat carrying at least 230 people from Libya to Italy
N.N. (1 girl, 1 boy, 1 w, 1 m)
drowned, when boat capsized off the coast of Lesbos (GR), 6 rescued
Samrawit (17, girl)
hit by truck on the road near Port of Calais after being evicted from Steenvoorde camp (F)
N.N.
suffocated below deck in an overcrowded wooden boat trying to reach Italy from Libya
N.N.
died in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Italy from North Africa
N.N. (man)
died trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco
Emmanuel Chidi Namdi(35, man)
asylum seeker in Italy, died in racist street attack by a local soccer hooligan
N.N.
hit by a vehicle while trying to reach Great Britain, found dead on the roadside in Calais (F)
N.N.
drowned after inflatable dinghy carrying migrants to Italy sank in the Mediterranean Sea
Pape Ndiaye
died due to Moroccan navy’s neglect after boat bound for Tarifa (E) capsized near Tangier (MA)
Cheik Ndiaye
died due to Moroccan navy’s neglect after boat bound for Tarifa (E) capsized near Tangier (MA)
Saliou Fall
died due to Moroccan navy’s neglect after boat bound for Tarifa (E) capsized near Tangier (MA)
N.N. (32, man)
killed in a fight at the Souda refugee camp in Chios Island (GR)
N.N. (4 children)
shot dead by Turkish border guards while trying to cross the Turkish-Syrian border
N.N. (20 children, 9 women)
died near Algerian-Nigerien border after traffickers left them in desert; 20 children included
N.N. (man)
died in Morocco trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla through the sewer system
N.N.(6 chn, 75 women, 36 men)
drowned trying to reach Italy by boat; bodies washed up near Zuwara (LY)
Farhan al-Hwaish (22, man)
died in Tisza River (H) after being attacked by police, trying to enter Hungary from Serbia
N.N. (25, man)
hit by a truck bound for Great Britain on A16 highway near Calais (F)
N.N.
died when boat carrying migrants to Italy from Libya sank; 135 rescued
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
27/05/16
360 unknown
Guardian Un./AFP/DailySabah/FamagustaGaz.
27/05/16
117 unknown Guardian Un./IOM/Reu./AFP
26/05/16
550 Eritrea/Nigeria/Sudan Reu./IOM/UNHCR/Guardian Un./AFP/VK
25/05/16
7unknown Guardian Un.
25/05/16
100 unknown
NYtimes/Reu./IOM/UNHCR/Guardian Un./AFP
09/05/16
1Syria SOHR
09/05/16
1 Pakistan VoixDuNord
29/04/16
15
Nigeria/Guinea/Ivory Coast/Mali
AFP/Libération Maroc
29/04/16
84 West Africa AFP/IOM/Libération Maroc
27/04/16
30 Egypt/Syria NewArab
25/04/16
1Mali Humanité
18/04/16
400 Sub-Saharan Africa BBC
17/04/16
6unknown RTE/BBC/UNHCR/SOS Med/Breitbart
17/04/16
1Somalia RadioErgo
16/04/16
6
Cameroon/Gamb/Maurit/CostaRic
ElDiario
16/04/16
500
Ethiopia/Sudan/Somalia/Egypt
IOM/UNHCR/NYtimes/Guardian Un./RFI/MigrantReport/BBC/AlArabia/ANSA/Nouvel Obs/Reu./MNS
11/04/16
1Gambia FreedomNews
09/04/16
500
Somalia/Sudan/Syria/Ethiopia/Egypt
Reu./BBC
02/04/16
4 Africa MigrantReport
01/04/16
1unknown CNN
01/04/16
2 Iraq CNN
01/04/16
1 Kurdistan Guardian Un./Passeurs d’hospitalites
31/03/16
1 Afghanistan VoixDuNord/MNS
20/03/16
2Syria MEOnline/WatchTheMed/Mail Online
19/03/2016
2unknown SeaWatch
19/03/16
1unknown AA/HurriyetDN
19/03/16
2unknown UNHCR/AFP/AA/HurriyetDN/KTG
14/03/16
3 Afghanistan Aljazeera/WatchTheMed/NOS
12/03/16
1unknown ElDiario
11/03/16
1Egypt MNS
09/03/16
5 Sub-Saharan Africa Le Monde/LADDH
09/03/16
5unknown AFP/DHA
09/03/16
2unknown AFP/DHA
06/03/16
25 unknown HurriyetDN/AA/AP/Independent
05/03/16
2Syria IBTimes
04/03/16
1unknown AFP/DailyStar
02/03/16
1Sudan Passeurs d'hospitalités
in March 16
2Syria VK
in March 16
1Syria VK
in March 16
1Syria VK
in March 16
3Syria VK
17/02/2016
1Morocco Guardian Un./Politics UK
14/02/16
1 Afghanistan Mail Online
12/02/16
28 unknown ElDiario
12/02/16
1unknown Blic
11/02/16
1 Afghanistan VoixDuNord/Nord Littoral
08/02/2016
2 Iraq BalkanInsight/Mail Online
08/02/16
27 unknown BBC/Guardian
07/02/16
5unknown 20ME
07/02/16
1unknown 20ME
06/02/16
2Syria IBTimes
30/01/16
3Syria
FR-BW/AP/NYtimes/WPost/AA/BBC/Independent
30/01/16
41
Syria/Afghanistan/Myanmar
AP/NYtimes/WPost/AA/BBC/Independent/FR-BW
28/01/16
26 Iraq RTE/IOM/CNN/Reu.
28/01/16
9 Iraq Reu./RTE/IOM/CNN
27/01/16
7unknown BelT/Reu.
23/01/16
1unknown UNHCR
22/01/16
8unknown AP/NYtimes/INDie/Guardian Un.
22/01/16
48 Syria/Iraq
AP/NYtimes/INDie/WatchTheMed/Guardian Un.
20/01/16
1unknown UNHCR
20/01/16
3unknown IFRC
17/01/16
1 India BarentsObs
16/01/16
1 Iraq AD/VK/NRC
11/01/16
4Somalia Xinhua/RAI/ANSA/LR
09/01/16
7Syria AFP/AlArabia/AA
08/01/16
6
Syria/Afghanistan/Myanmar
AFP/AlArabia/DHA
06/01/16
34 unknown WatchTheMed/Irish Times/Mail Online
05/01/16
1Syria CihanNews/NRT
04/01/16
3 Sub-Saharan Africa EFE/Publico/WatchTheMed
03/01/16
1 Afghanistan Guardian Un./Mail Online
02/01/16
1unknown AFP/AlArabia/RTE/WatchTheMed
in Jan 16
3unknown VK
28/12/15
1unknown VoixDuNord/France3/Passeurs d’hospitalités
25/12/15
2Cameroon FFM/Faro/Local.es/AFP/StraitTimes
25/12/15
1Guinea-Bissau Local.es
24/12/15
20 unknown DailySabah/AA/AP/Irish Times
23/12/15
13 unknown SP/Reu./AFP/INDie
23/12/15
1unknown SP/Reu./AFP
22/12/15
11 unknown SP/AP
19/12/15
1 Eritrea Local
N.N.
9 drowned, 351 missing after large boat carrying migrants sank near Crete(GR); 340 rescued
N.N.(6 chn, 75 women, 36 men)
drowned after shipwreck off the coast of Libya while trying to reach Italy
N.N.
drowned when 2 fishing boats trying to reach Italy sank off Libya, 15 bodies recovered
N.N.
drowned, after ship capsized after departing from Egypt; about 500 rescued
N.N.
drowned or suffocated in hull when fishing boat travelling to Italy capsized near Libya
N.N. (young man)
shot by Turkish security forces while trying to cross the border from Syria to Turkey
N.N. (24, man)
hit by a vehicle bound for Great Britain on A16 highway near the Port of Calais (F)
N.N.
reportedly missing after ship travelling to Italy wrecked off Libyan coast
N.N.
reportedly missing after dinghy travelling to Italy sank off coast of Libya
N.N.
shot dead by smugglers in Bani Walid (LY) after clash between migrants and traffickers
N.N. (17, boy)
child immigrant in isolation, committed suicide in prison in Loiret (F)
N.N.
missing after 4 boats from Egypt sank trying to cross Strait of Sicily; 30 people rescued
N.N.
died on semi-submerged rubber dinghy carrying migrants from Libya to Italy; 108 rescued
Maslah Mohamed (22, man)
drowned, trying to reach Italy on an overcrowded boat after leaving refugee camp in Kenya
N.N.
died trying to reach Spain from North Africa; 21 rescued
N.N. (100 children)
died when overcrowded vessel to Italy sank near Tobruk (LY); 41 survivors
Mustapha Jatta (19, man)
died from a stomach disease at a hospital in Napoli (I) while waiting on an asylum decision
N.N.
died in a shipwreck off the coast of Egypt while trying to reach Italy, including children
N.N.
shot by Libyan guards while trying to escape a detention centre in Zawiya (LY), 20 injured
Safi Siyap (1, girl)
died during rescue operation on the Aegean Sea while trying to reach Lesbos (GR)
N.N. (2, girl; 7, girl)
siblings, died trying to reach Lesbos (GR) and are buried on the island
Mohammed Hussain (18, man)
stowaway, crushed by a truck in Oxfordshire (GB) after having come from Dunkirk (FR)
Ali Sarail (22)
hit by a heavy vehicle on A16 highway in Marck, near Calais (F) while trying to reach GB
N.N. (men)
had heart attack after arriving Lesbos (GR) & being faced with threat of deportation to TR
N.N. (child, 8; young man)
drowned, fell in water off Turkey, rescue teams not allowed near by Turkish coast guard
N.N. (4 months, girl)
died when a vessel carrying migrants from Turkey to Chios Island (GR) sank in the Aegean Sea
N.N.(1, girl; 2, girl)
drowned near Ro Island (GR) after leaving Turkey on a boat carrying migrants to Greece
N.N. (woman, pregnant w., man)
drowned in Suva River (MK) while trying to reach Macedonia from Greece
N.N. (15, boy)
died in Spanish enclave of Melilla while trying to sneak aboard a ship bound for Malaga (E)
N.N. (17, boy)
jumped from moving train near Munich (DE) after police discovered his deportation order
N.N.
killed during an effort by Algerian authorities to round up and deport migrants; 30 injured
N.N. (1 baby)
died after raft carrying Afghan and Iranian migrants to Lesbos (GR) sank off Turkish coast
N.N.
missing after raft carrying Afghan and Iranian migrants to Lesbos (GR) sank off Turkish coast
N.N. (10 children)
died when boat bound for Greece capsized off the coast of Turkey with 10 children aboard
N.N.
shot by Turkish border police while they tried to cross from Syria to Turkey
N.N. (19, man)
stabbed to death in a fight in a refugee hostel in Lindesberg (S)
N.N. (man)
found dead in his tent in Calais (F), possibly due to heart attack
N.N.
drowned while trying to reach Greece, buried in the Dogencay cemetery in Izmir (TR)
N.N. (5, boy)
drowned while trying to reach Greece, buried in the Dogencay cemetery in Izmir (TR)
N.N. (8-month-old baby boy)
drowned while trying to reach Greece, buried in the Dogencay cemetery in Izmir (TR)
N.N. (children)
drowned while trying to reach Greece, buried in the Dogencay cemetery in Izmir (TR)
Amir Siman-Tov (±30, man)
committed suicide in an isolated cell in the Colnbrook Removal Centre (GB)
N.N. (±20, man)
stabbed to death during fight between 2 migrant groups near asylum housing in Ljusne (S)
N.N.
reportedly went missing between Mauritania and the Canary islands (E)
N.N. (±30, man)
electrocuted after climbing onto a freight train to Hungary near Subotica (RS)
Mohamed (36, man)
found dead in Port of Calais (F) several days after disappearing
N.N. (14, girl; 40, woman)
froze to death after crossing the Deliiska River from Turkey to Bulgaria
N.N. (11 children)
drowned when boat heading to Lesbos (GR) sank in Bay of Edremit (TR)
N.N.
reportedly died during 5-day-long journey from Western Sahara to Gran Canaria (E)
N.N.
died at hospital in Gran Canaria (E) after a 5-day-long journey from Western Sahara
N.N. (child, man)
shot by Turkish border police while trying to cross border from Syria to Turkey
Kazem (mother; 4, boy; baby)
died after boat from Turkey carrying migrants to Lesbos (GR) slammed into rocks in Aegean Sea
N.N. (4 babies, 6 children)
died after boat from Turkey carrying migrants to Lesbos (GR) slammed into rocks in Aegean Sea
N.N. (10 children)
Kurds, died after boat travelling from Turkey to Greece capsized off Samos Island (GR)
N.N.
went missing after boat travelling from Turkey to Greece capsized off Samos Island (GR)
N.N.(1 boy, 1 girl, 2 w, 3 m)
found dead near Kos Island (GR) after boat travelling from Turkey to Greece capsized
N.N.
found dead, possibly of hypothermia, after crossing mountains from Bulgaria to Serbia
N.N. (6 children, 2 women)
drowned when wooden boat from Turkey sank off Farmakonisi Island (GR); 41 survivors
N.N.(11 children, 17 w, 7 m)
38 drowned, 10 missing after boat from Turkey sank off Kalolimnos Island (GR); 32 rescued
N.N.
found dead, possibly of hypothermia, after crossing mountains from Bulgaria to Serbia
N.N. (5, child; 2 women)
died of hypothermia after arriving at Lesbos (GR) from Turkey
N.N. (33, man)
frozen to death in car near Alakurtti (RUS) after waiting 5 days to cross border to Finland
Hussein Ali Abdel Amer (30, m)
hanged himself in asylum centre in Alphen (NL)
N.N. (women)
1 drowned, 3 missing after smugglers threw 40 migrants into Adriatic Sea near Puglia (IT)
N.N.
died when bus carrying migrants to Lesbos-bound (GR) boat overturned in Balikesir (TR)
N.N.
died when bus carrying migrants to boat bound for Greece slammed into a car in Canakkale (TR)
N.N.(7 children; 1 pregnant w)
washed ashore in Ayvalik and Dikili (TR) after 3 Lesbos-bound boats capsized
Faris Khidr Ali (4 months, boy)
froze to death in a tent near Batman (TR) due to lack of fuel, electricity and proper shelter
N.N.
drowned after boat bound for Ceuta (E) was repelled by Moroccan border guards
Masud Naveed (15, boy)
died trying to reach his sister in Great Britain after his asylum hearing was denied
N.N. (2, boy)
died after boat carrying migrants from Turkey to Greece slammed into rocks near Agathonisi (GR)
N.N.
found dead in dunes of Calais, rumors that they were beaten by right-wing extremists
N.N. (±30, man)
stowaway, hit his head trying to reach Great Britain from Grande-Synthe (F)
N.N.
drowned trying to swim from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta
N.N. (41, man)
stabbed to death on street in Roquetas de Mar, Almería (E)
N.N.(11 children, 1 pregnant w)
drowned when wooden boat to Lesbos (GR) sank near Izmir (TR)
N.N. (7 children)
drowned near Farmakonisi Island (GR) after leaving Turkish coast; 12 rescued
N.N. (man)
missing near Farmakonisi Island (GR) after leaving Turkish coast; 12 rescued
N.N. (3 children)
drowned when boat carrying migrants from Turkey to Greece capsized in the Aegean Sea
N.N. (24, man)
fell from 3d floor of Italian hospital; tried to escape to seek asylum in another country
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees
Postbus 413 NL-1000 AK Amsterdam phone +31-20-6834778, fax 31-20-6834582, info@unitedagainstracism.org, www.unitedagainstracism.org
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
19/12/15
1Congo MNS
18/12/15
18 Iraq/Syria/Pakistan KI/DHA/Reu.
16/12/15
54 unknown Observer Gazette
16/12/2015
2unknown SeaWatch
14/12/15
1unknown VK
09/12/15
12 unknown HurriyetDN/DHA/AFP/AP/INDie
09/12/15
13 unknown HurriyetDN/DHA/AFP/AP/INDie
08/12/15
6 Afghanistan
BBC/HurriyetDN/DHA/AP/INDie/TimesM/MNS
08/12/15
1unknown HurriyetDN/DHA
08/12/15
1unknown HurriyetDN/DHA
08/12/15
1Sudan Local.fr/Passeurs d’hospitalités/Parisien
07/12/15
1unknown HurriyetDN/DHA/Telegraph/AA/ResearchTR
03/12/15
1Sudan Libération/AFP/VoixDuNord/MailOnline
03/12/15
1Morocco Mail Online/Reu./AFP/DW/Sky
01/12/2015
1Syria Klassekampen
in Dec 15
2 Iraq Imkander
in Dec 15
13 unknown Imkander
in Dec 15
6unknown Imkander
in Dec 15
4unknown Imkander
30/11/15
2Cameroon Obs.france24/EFE/YABI
24/11/15
18 Nigeria AFP/BBC
20/11/15
1 Iraq VoixDuNord
19/11/15
1unknown Reuters
19/11/15
1unknown Reuters
19/11/15
1unknown Reuters
19/11/15
1unknown Reuters
19/11/2015
1 Eritrea VG
19/11/15
1unknown HurriyetDN/DHA
18/11/15
14 unknown HurriyetDN/DHA
14/11/15
1 Afghanistan AFP/Le Figaro
11/11/15
14 unknown Reuters
in Nov 15
8Syria MNS
01/11/15
12 unknown Guardian Un./VK
01/11/15
2unknown VK
in Nov 15
1unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
8unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
12 unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
2unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
15 unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
2unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
14 unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
4 Afghanistan Imkander
in Nov 15
2unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
1Syria Imkander
in Nov 15
3unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
1unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
5unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
2unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
2unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
4unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
5unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
9unknown Imkander
in Nov 15
11 Syria Imkander
31/10/15
1 Afghanistan AP
30/10/15
3unknown IOM/NBC/AP/KI
30/10/15
3unknown IOM/NBC/AP/KI
29/10/15
14 unknown IOM/UNHCR/Xinhua
29/10/15
39
Cameroon/Nigeria/Ivory Coast/Mali/Guinea
EFE/ElPeriodico
28/10/15
3unknown IOM
28/10/15
4unknown IOM/UNHCR
28/10/15
30 unknown IOM/Reu./UNHCR
28/10/15
11 unknown IOM/Reu./UNHCR
28/10/15
1Syria IOM/UNHCR
28/10/15
2unknown IOM/UNHCR
28/10/15
1unknown IOM/UNHCR
28/10/15
3 Syria/Afghanistan IOM/UNHCR
28/10/15
1unknown IOM/UNHCR
27/10/15
1Syria FranceSoir/MNS
26/10/15
1unknown WatchTheMed
25/10/15
3unknown AFP/KI/WatchTheMed
25/10/15
10 Afghanistan AFP/KI/WatchTheMed
24/10/15
1 Afghanistan AFP/KI
22/10/15
1Somalia Mail Online
16/10/15
1 Afghanistan Parisien/Lacote/MNS
15/10/15
1 Iraq PRI
15/10/15
1Bosnia AFP/Local.de/Mail Online/Bild
15/10/15
1 Afghanistan Reu./Novinite/VOA/MNS
15/10/15
1Syria AFP/Ya.N/MNS
14/10/15
1 Afghanistan Mail Online/KentOnline
14/10/15
1Syria VoixDuNord/Passeurs d’hospitalités
N.N. (man)
committed suicide in Vottem (BE) after 15 years of seeking asylum, about to be repatriated
N.N.
drowned when boat to Greece sank off Bodrum (TR); 14 rescued
N.N. (3 women)
found dead in fishing boat off the coast of Libya; 3000 rescued
N.N.
drowned, boat capsized off Eftalou beach (Lesbos, GR), 90 rescued
N.N.
stowaway, crushed while holding onto the bottom of a truck going from Calais (F) to England
N.N.(6 chn, 2 women, 4 men)
died after wooden boat from Didim (TR) capsized near Greek island of Farmakonisi
N.N.
missing after wooden boat from Didim (TR) capsized near Greek island of Farmakonisi
N.N. (1 baby, 5 children)
drowned when rubber dinghy to Greek island of Chios capsized near Cesme (TR); 8 rescued
N.N. (6 months, baby)
found dead after boat carrying migrants to Farmakonisi (GR) capsized in the Aegean Sea
N.N. (child)
died after vessel to Greece sank in the Aegean Sea near Turkey
N.N. (25, man)
stabbed to death in a migrant camp in Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Calais (F)
Sajida Ali (5, girl)
reportedly died in shipwreck while trying to reach Greece, body washed ashore in Cesme (TR)
Joseph (16, boy)
hit by a truck on A16 highway in Calais (F) while trying to reach Great Britain
N.N. (man)
electrocuted after climbing atop a train at the Greek-Macedonian border
N.N. (17, boy)
died in a drowning accident in a refugee centre in Vestby, Norway
N.N. (children)
drowned, boat capsized between Cesme (Turkey) and Chios island (Greece), 72 rescued
N.N.
10 suffocated, 1 drowned, 2 missing, boat sank between Turkey and Greece, 15 rescued
N.N.
3 drowned, 3 missing, boat sank on the way to Greece from Antalya (Turkey), 17 rescued
N.N.
drowned, when boat sank on the way from Bodrum (Turkey) to Greece, 58 rescued
N.N. (24, man; 23, man)
asphyxiated when police burned down migrant encampent in Fnideq (MA) near Ceuta (E)
N.N. (2 children)
died in a fire in a camp for African migrants in Algeria
N.N. (±20, man)
hit by a car on A16 highway in Grande-Synthe near Calais (F)
N.N. (30, man)
drowned between Turkey and Lesbos (GR), buried in graveyard on Lesbos
N.N. (35, man)
drowned between Turkey and Lesbos (GR), buried in graveyard on Lesbos
N.N. (7, boy)
drowned between Turkey and Lesbos (GR), buried in graveyard on Lesbos
N.N. (12, boy)
drowned between Turkey and Lesbos (GR), buried in graveyard on Lesbos
N.N. (17, girl)
killed with a knife by a 18-year-old boy (possibly her lover) at Sunndal refugee centre (N)
N.N. (±30, woman)
found dead after boat capsized near Bodrum (TR)
N.N.
missing after boat capsized near Bodrum (TR)
N.N. (29, man)
found dead after being hit by a train in Cherbourg (F)
N.N. (incl. children)
drowned after wooden boat sank between Turkey and Lesbos (GR); 27 rescued
Asaho (7 chn 0-9y, 1 woman)
drowned, on the way from Turkey to Greece, were fleeing IS, same family
N.N. (4 babies, 3 chn, 5 women)
drowned when boat capsized near Greek island of Samos; 15 rescued, 2 missing
N.N.
drowned after boat sank near the coast of Farmakonisi (GR)
N.N.
shot by ricochet bullet from border police, trying to cross TR-BG border with 50 others
N.N.
drowned between Libya and Italy, while 633 were rescued during operations
N.N.
drowned, when boat sank in the Aegean Sea on the way to Lesbos (Greece), 25 rescued
N.N. (1 man, 1 woman)
1 drowned, 1 missing (husband and wife), when boat sank near Didim (Turkey), 11 rescued
N.N.
missing, after dinghy sank near Bodrum (Turkey), 5 rescued
N.N. (children)
drowned, when one of 3 dinghies headed from Bodrum (TR) to Kos (GR) sank, 28 rescued
N.N.
drowned, when boat sank near Ayvacik (Turkey) on the way to Lesbos (Greece), 27 rescued
N.N. (3 children, 1 woman)
drowned, when 3 boats from Ayvacik (TR) to Lesbos (GR) sank in storm, 135 rescued
N.N. (1 woman)
corpses found on the shores of Gerence and Gereme, Datca (Turkey)
N.N. (8-month-old baby)
drowned, when dinghy sank off Lesbos (Greece), 34 rescued
N.N. (2 children, 1 woman)
missing, overcrowded boat to Lesbos (GR) sank near Ayvacik (TR) in heavy sea, 21 rescued
N.N. (man)
body found on the Turkish coast around Ayvacik during rescue operations, 1300 rescued
N.N. (1 woman, 4 men)
bodies found near Ayvacik (Turkey)
N.N. (men)
bodies found on Yesil Liman coast, village of Behramkale, Ayvacik (Turkey)
N.N. (1 woman)
bodies found on Acidere coast, village of Gulpinar, Ayvacik (Turkey)
N.N. (children; 1 girl, 3 boys)
drowned, when dinghy to Lesbos (GR) sank near Ayvacik (Turkey) due to storm, 51 rescued
N.N. (6 months/newborns, boys)
bodies found in Sazlik District of Ahmetce village, Ayvacik (Turkey)
N.N.
drowned, when their dinghies capsized near Kos island (Greece)
N.N.
9 drowned, 2 missing, after dinghy capsized 1 km from Kos island (Greece), 7 survivors
N.N. (63, woman)
died in a camp in Opatovac (HR) while possibly travelling to Germany
N.N.
died in shipwreck off Greek island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea; 6 rescued
N.N.
missing after shipwreck off Greek island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea; 6 rescued
N.N.
drowned when boat capsized between Kalymnos and Kalolimnos islands (GR); 138 rescued
N.N. (at least 2 babies)
4 died, 35 missing after boat capsized in Alborán Sea between Alhucemas (MA) & Malaga (E)
N.N. (6, boy; 3, girl; child)
drowned, boat sank off island Lesbos (GR), 71 rescued
N.N. (1 baby)
died when boat capsized near Greek island of Agathonisi; 372 survivors
N.N.
missing after wooden boat sank near the Greek island of Lesbos; 242 rescued
N.N. (5 children, 1 woman)
died when wooden boat sank near the Greek island of Lesbos; 242 rescued
N.N. (5, girl)
died in hospital, possibly due to hypothermia, after arriving in Greek island of Samos
N.N.
missing after boat sank off Greek island of Samos; 47 rescued
N.N. (child)
died in hospital, possibly due to hypothermia, after arriving Lesbos (GR)
N.N.
drowned when boat capsized near Greek island of Samos; 52 rescued
N.N. (baby)
missing after boat capsized near Greek island of Samos; 52 rescued
N.N.
hit by a car on highway near Calais (F) while trying to reach Great Britain, 3 people injured
N.N.
reportedly died from injuries sustained aboard a vessel near Greek island of Agathonisi
N.N. (2 children, 1 woman)
died after boat sank near Greek island of Lesbos
N.N.
died after boat sank near Greek island of Lesbos
N.N. (2, boy)
missing after falling into sea while travelling to Greece
Ahmed Hassan (15, boy)
murdered in racist assault at school in Trollhattan (S), another student from Syria injured
N.N. (17, boy)
hit by freight train in Coquelles near Port of Calais (FR) and dragged down the highway
N.N. (woman)
died on the way from Turkey to Lesbos; was forced onboard after having a heart attack
Mohamed Januzi (4, boy)
murdered after being kidnapped from a migrant registration centre in Berlin (D)
N.N. (man)
shot dead by border police in Sredets (BG) near Bulgarian-Turkish border
N.N. (man)
hit by a car on A16 highway near the Channel Tunnel in Calais (F) while trying to reach GB
Mohammed Akram (22, man)
stowaway, was hit by a truck and a car on M20 highway in Kent (GB)
N.N. (±30, woman)
hit by a car on A16 highway in Calais (F) while trying to reach Great Britain
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
10/10/15
1 Afghanistan Vivre
09/10/15
1Syria AFP/AlArabia
09/10/15
1Cameroon CadSER/GADEM
09/10/15
1Guinea CadSER/GADEM
in Oct 15
1 Eritrea MNS
in Oct 15
60 unknown PRI
in Oct 15
1unknown VK
in Oct 15
13 unknown Imkander
in Oct 15
1Syria Imkander
in Oct 15
42 unknown Imkander
in Oct 15
2unknown Imkander
in Oct 15
40 unknown Imkander
30/09/15
1 Eritrea
20 Mf/AFP/Passeurs d’hospitalités/Mirror/Guardian Un./MNS
29/09/15
1 Iraq
Francetvinfo/France3/Passeurs d’hospitalités/AFP/Ya.N/MNS
27/09/15
17 Syria HurriyetDN/DHA/Independent/BBC/Reu./SP
24/09/15
1 Eritrea or Sudan
VICE/Ouest-France/Nord Littoral/Passeurs d’hospitalités/AFP/Guardian Un./MNS
20/09/15
13 unknown BBC
20/09/15
1Morocco VoixDuNord/Passeurs d’hospitalités
20/09/15
1unknown AFP/eNCA/BBC
20/09/15
24 unknown AFP/eNCA/BBC
19/09/15
1 Africa MNS
19/09/15
1Syria AFP/Irish Times/Reu./Independent/AP/BBC
19/09/15
13 Syria Independent/Reu./AP/Irish Times/BBC
18/09/15
7unknown Euronews
18/09/15
1Syria
BBC/France3/Passeurs d’hospitalités/CalaisMS/MNS
15/09/15
22 unknown Irish Times/Reu./DHA/Ya.N/Clandestina/AFP
13/09/15
1Syria Sputnik/BGNES
13/09/15
34 unknown
Guardian Un./AthensNewsAgency/Mail Online
12/09/15
1 Africa MNS
12/09/15
4unknown Guardian Un.
06/09/15
2 Sub-Saharan Africa IOM/SP/Globedia
06/09/15
15 Sub-Saharan Africa IOM
05/09/15
1Syria IOM/SP
04/09/15
1 Pakistan ExpressTribune/Independent/Mirror/IBTimes
02/09/15
1Syria IBTimes/Guardian/CBS/VK
02/09/15
1Syria IBTimes/Guardian/CBS/VK
02/09/15
1Syria IBTimes/Guardian/CBS/VK
02/09/15
10 Syria IBTimes/Guardian/CBS/VK/Imkander
in Sep 15
28 unknown Imkander
in Sep 15
2Syria Imkander
in Sep 15
22 unknown Imkander
in Sep 15
1Syria Imkander
in Sep 15
12 unknown Imkander
in Sep 15
17 unknown Imkander
29/08/15
1Syria Enikos/Guardian/Telegraph/Imkander
27/08/15
71 Syria/unknown
DerStandard/Guardian/Reuters/Ya.N/VK/MNS/Vivre/Imkander
27/08/15
200 unknown Guardian/BBC/DerStandard
27/08/15
2unknown SeaWatch
26/08/15
52 unknown Aljazeera/BBC/Guardian/VK
26/08/15
3unknown Aljazeera
26/08/15
1unknown Aljazeera/BBC/Guardian
18/08/15
6Syria MorningJournal
17/08/2015
1unknown Fox
15/08/15
49 unknown NYTimes/INDie
06/08/15
200 unknown Telegraph/Guardian/Imkander
06/08/15
1Uganda Dorset Echo/DetainedVoices/Sputnik
03/08/15
5unknown Local
02/08/15
1 India KISA/Cyprus-mail
02/08/15
4 Sub-Saharan Africa ElDiario/EFE
in Aug 15
1Morocco BBC/SP/Welt
in Aug 15
1unknown Imkander
in Aug 15
3 Syria/Afghanistan Imkander
in Aug 15
9unknown Imkander
in Aug 15
400 unknown Imkander
in Aug 15
40 unknown Imkander
in Aug 15
50 unknown Imkander
29/07/15
1Sudan Reu/BBC/IBTimes
28/07/15
1 Pakistan IBTimes
28/07/15
1Egypt MNS
27/07/15
14 unknown RTE/HeraldIRL/Reu/Mail Online
24/07/15
1 Eritrea Newsweek/IBTimes
23/07/15
1unknown
BirminghamMail/Mirror/Independent/Guardian/IBTimes
23/07/15
40 Sub-Saharan Africa Reu/Local/Imkander
19/07/15
1 Eritrea Vice/Socialist Worker/IBTimes
16/07/15
1 Pakistan ExpressTribune/MEM/SP/IBTimes
14/07/15
1Syria DW/AP/Reu./DPA/WatchTheMed
08/07/15
12 Africa MigrantReport/IOM
08/07/15
1unknown MigrantReport/UNHCR/Imkander
08/07/15
18 unknown MigrantReport/UNHCR/Imkander
07/07/15
1Sudan Guardian/IBTimes
N.N. (16, boy)
murdered by Taliban after he and his brother were sent back to Afghanistan from Denmark
N.N. (1, boy)
died on a sinking boat near Lesbos (GR)
Olivier (man)
died when raft capsized near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta due to brutal navy intervention
Giorgio (man)
died when raft capsized near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta due to brutal navy intervention
N.N. (±20, man)
hit by a truck near the Channel Tunnel trying to get from France to the UK
N.N.
died when boat sank in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Lesbos (GR)
N.N. (child)
died on the way from Turkey to Lesbos (GR)
N.N. (2 children)
3 drowned, 10 missing, when their boat from Turkey to Greece hit the rocks, 45 rescued
N.N.
drowned, when boat from Cesme (TR) to Chios (GR) sank at Kara Mahmut Cape, 43 rescued
N.N. (12 children)
19 drowned, 23 missing, when boat sank west of Kardak islands (Turkey), 138 rescued
N.N. (1 baby)
missing, after boat from Tasburun Bay (Turkey) capsized near Didim, 93 rescued
N.N.
corpses spotted in Libya
N.N. (±20, man)
found dead after being hit by a shuttle train near Channel Tunnel in Coquelles, Calais (F)
N.N. (20, man)
stowaway, crushed under pallets in the back of a UK-bound truck near the Port of Calais (F)
N.N. (5 children)
drowned when boat sank near Bodrum (TR) on the way to Kos (GR); 20 rescued
N.N. (boy)
hit by a freight train near the Channel Tunnel in Calais (F) while trying to reach Great Britain
N.N. (4 children)
died after dinghy collided with a ferry near port of Canakkale (TR) on the way to Lesbos (GR)
N.N. (man)
found dead near the Port of Calais (F) after trying to swim to a ferry
N.N. (7, girl)
died when dinghy sank near Lesbos (GR); 20 rescued
N.N.
missing after dinghy sank near Lesbos (GR); 20 rescued
N.N. (woman)
found dead on boat off the Libyan coast; 4500 rescued
N.N. (5, girl)
died when a boat sank off Lesbos (GR); 12 survivors
N.N.
missing after a boat sank off Lesbos (GR); 12 survivors
N.N. (1 child)
died when boat to Europe sank off the coast of Libya
Abdel Kader Hanna (±30, man)
electrocuted on top of a UK-bound freight train at the Channel Tunnel, Calais (FR)
N.N.(4 chn, 11 women, 7 men)
drowned when boat capsized off Bodrum (TR) while trying to reach Greek island of Kos
N.N. (21, man)
stabbed to death on a street in Sofia (BG)
N.N. (4 babies, 11 children)
drowned near Farmakonisi (GR) when overcrowded boat capsized in high winds; 98 survivors
N.N.
stowaway, found dead in wheel bay of a plane from Africa at Schiphol Airport (NL)
N.N. (children)
went missing after boat capsized off Samos island (GR)
N.N.
one body recovered, one still missing, off coast of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta
N.N.
went missing after boat travelling from Libya to Italy hit rough waters; 107 rescued
N.N. (2-month-old baby boy)
died after boat crashed on rocks and capsized upon reaching island of Agathonisi (GR)
N.N. (51, man)
died after falling and hitting his head on train tracks while running from police
Galip Kurdi (5, boy)
drowned after boat capsized near Bodrum (TR)
Aylan Kurdi (3, boy)
drowned after boat capsized near Bodrum (TR)
Rehan Kurdi (woman)
drowned after boat capsized near Bodrum (TR)
N.N. (2 children 10&11y)
drowned after boat capsized near Bodrum (TR)
N.N. (11 children)
drowned, near Didim (Turkey) trying to get to Greece in a fishing boat
N.N.
drowned near Seferihisar (Turkey)
N.N. (4 children, 11 women)
died after their boat sank near Datca (Turkey), 211 rescued from the sea
N.N. (4, girl)
choked to death, while trying to get to Greece by boat via Cesme (Turkey), 14 rescued
N.N.
drowned, after two boats sank near Bodrum (Turkey)
N.N.
drowned, after their boat capsized off Cavus island (Turkey)
N.N. (17, boy)
killed in shootout between police and traffickers in Symi (GR)
N.N. (4 chn, 8 women, 59 men)
suffocated in back of truck found outside Parndorf (AT), abandoned by traffickers
N.N.
bodies found in boat and floating in water off the coast of Zuwara (LY)
N.N.
bodies found on boat carrying migrants from Libya to Lampedusa (IT)
N.N.
suffocated in hold of boat off the coast of Libya, forced to stay below deck; 439 rescued
N.N. (women)
found dead by rescuers on rubber boat off the coast of Libya
N.N.
died after being rescued from boat off the coast of Libya
N.N. (1 baby)
drowned after boat capsized on way from Turkey to Greek island of Kos
N.N.
hit by freight train while walking along railroad tracks on Macedonia/Serbia border
N.N.
suffocated after being prevented from leaving hold of ship; 320 rescued
N.N.
drowned after boat capsized off the coast of Libya
T.K. (30, man)
committed suicide in Verne Immigration Removal Centre (GB) after being denied medication
N.N.
died, reportedly of dehydration, aboard various boats off the coast of Libya
N.N. (woman)
domestic worker, reportedly jumped from employer’s flat where she was held against her will (CY)
N.N. (men)
drowned trying to enter Spanish enclave of Ceuta by swimming from Morocco
N.N. (27, man)
stowaway, suffocated in suitcase stored in trunk of car travelling from Melilla to Almeria (ES)
N.N.
drowned, when boat sank near Bodrum (Turkey) on the way to Lesbos (GR), 9 rescued
N.N.
drowned, when boat sank off Ayvacik (Turkey) on the way to Lesbos island (GR), 70 rescued
N.N.
died in accident of vehicle transporting them through Ayvalik (Turkey), 30 others injured
N.N.
drowned, when boat capsized in the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy, 150 survivors
N.N.
suffocated in overcrowded boat, between Libya and Italy, 360 survivors
N.N.
drowned, when dinghy sank, 54 rescued
N.N. (±25, man)
hit by truck in Calais (FR) while attempting to board train from France to Britain
Sadiq (30, man)
died of injuries sustained in Channel Tunnel between the UK and France
N.N. (man)
electrocuted while climbing on the roof of a Eurostar train heading from Paris to London
N.N.
bodies found below deck of wooden barge off the coast of Libya
Ganet (23, woman)
hit by car on highway in Calais (FR) after being teargassed by police
Husham Alzubair (22, man)
died of head injury, body found on roof of train travelling from France to Britain
N.N. (7 children)
drowned after inflatable boat sank off the coast of Libya; 88 rescued
Houmed Moussa (17, boy)
drowned in Calais (FR) while trying to hide from police
Achrat Mohamed (23, man)
died in Calais (FR) after being badly burned trying to enter Channel Tunnel
N.N. (10, girl)
died in diabetic coma after her insulin bag was thrown overboard during trip to Italy
N.N. (2 pregnant women)
died after a dinghy going to Italy sank off the Libyan coast
N.N. (man)
died when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea near Farmakonisi island (GR); 21 rescued
N.N.
missing when a boat capsized in the Aegean Sea near Farmakonisi island (GR); 21 rescued
Abdel Majid (45, man)
died in Calais (FR) while attempting to board freight train bound for Britain
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees
Postbus 413 NL-1000 AK Amsterdam phone +31-20-6834778, fax 31-20-6834582, info@unitedagainstracism.org, www.unitedagainstracism.org
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
07/07/15
25 Syria/unknown DailySabah
04/07/15
1 Eritrea Guardian/IBTimes
in Jul 15
6unknown Imkander
01/07/15
1 Ivory Coast ElDiario/RFI/PICUM
01/07/15
1 Ivory Coast RFI/PICUM
30/06/15
1 Eritrea Libération/IBTimes
26/06/15
1 Ethiopia Parisien/Guardian/IBTimes
23/06/15
1unknown Le Figaro/AFP
in June 15
22 Sub-Saharan Africa El Diario
18/06/15
1 South Africa BBC
15/06/15
1 South Africa Rijnmond/NU/Joop
01/06/15
1unknown VoixDuNord/IBTimes
in Jun 15
6unknown Imkander
29/05/15
17 unknown Aljazeera/TimesOfIsrael
25/05/15
1Morocco ElDiario
05/05/15
40 unknown Telegraph/Reu/Local/VK/NRC/Imkander
03/05/15
10 unknown USAToday/IBTimes/NRC/VK/Imkander
in May 15
2unknown Imkander
in May 15
7unknown Imkander
23/04/15
14 Somalia/Afghanistan VK/MNS/ZEIT/ClandestinE/CBC/Imkander
20/04/15
3Syria WB/VK/Imkander
20/04/15
1 India Guardian
20/04/15
20 unknown ClandestinE
19/04/15
844 Africa/Bangladesh
VK/MNS/NRC/AFP/Le Monde/STAMPA/NU/Imkander/XXI
19/04/15
1Gambia VK
19/04/15
1 Africa VK
16/04/15
41 unknown ClandestinE/Imkander
15/04/15
12 Ghana/Nigeria VK/MNS/CNN
13/04/2015
400 Sub-Saharan Africa
Tagesschau/MNS/Reu/NOS/taz/VK/NRC/FFM/BBC/LaDep/Parool
13/04/2015
1 Sub-Saharan Africa taz
06/04/15
7unknown GreekReporter
02/04/15
1Guinea BrusselsTimes/MNS/Knack
02/04/15
1Morocco BrusselsTimes/MNS/Knack
in Apr 15
2unknown Imkander
in Apr 15
8unknown Imkander
in Apr 15
3unknown Imkander
27/03/15
2Syria Dalje
03/03/15
50 Palestine/Lebanon/Syria MNS
03/03/15
40 unknown MNS
in Mar 15
1Syria SP
in Mar 15
1Syria SP
in Mar 15
2 Iraq ForcedMigration
in Mar 15
1unknown Imkander
in Mar 15
6unknown Imkander
in Mar 15
50 unknown Imkander
in Mar 15
10 unknown Imkander
14/02/15
1 Ethiopia IBTimes
14/02/15
1Yemen KI/aida/IRR/MNS
13/02/15
1 Pakistan KI/IRR
10/02/15
1 Afghanistan Clandestina/IRR
08/02/15
300
IvoryCoast/Mali/Senegal/Mauritania/Gambia/Niger/Guinea
VK/NRC/UNHCR/IOM/Guardian/AI/Imkander
08/02/15
29
IvoryCoast/Mali/Senegal/Mauritiania/Gambia/Niger/Guinea
VK/NRC/UNHCR/IOM/Guardian/AI/Imkander
07/02/15
8unknown GreekReporter/Clandestina
in Feb 15
3unknown Imkander
in Feb 15
1Syria Imkander
in Feb 15
8unknown Imkander
in Jan 15
2unknown Imkander
in Jan 15
14 unknown Imkander
in Jan 15
15 unknown Imkander
19/12/14
9unknown BS/AAN/MNS
12/12/14
1Sudan BBC
05/12/14
17 unknown MNS/ ANSA
05/12/14
22 unknown NDTV/The Age
01/12/14
1unknown CMS/NordLittoral
in Dec 14
180 Syria/Sub-Saharan Africa MNS
in Dec 14
29 unknown Imkander
19/11/14
2unknown CMS/MailOnline/EastAFRO/Telegraph
16/11/14
1 Eritrea MNS
07/11/14
2Syria HURRIYET/Mail Online
06/11/14
1 Pakistan GR/ infomob/ Tribune
03/11/14
36 Afghanistan/Syria
HurriyetDN/NRC/Mail Online/Alakhbar/Nu/VK/Imkander
25/10/14
1 Eritrea CMS
24/10/14
1Sudan CMS
20/10/14
1 Ethiopia CMS/EastAFRO
in Oct 14
1Syria IBTimes/MNS/CMS/DutchN/VK
in Feb 15
1Syria IBTimes/MNS
01/10/14
10 Senegal MNS
26/09/14
1Sudan CMS
23/09/14
1unknown WAZ
22/09/14
40 unknown MNS
N.N.
3 drowned, 22 missing after 2 boats capsized near Didim (TR) on way to Farmakonisi (GR)
Samir Khedija (newborn)
died after mother fell from truck near Calais (FR), triggering premature delivery at 22 weeks
N.N.
drowned, boat sank off Ayvacik (Turkey), 10 rescued
N.N. (man)
jumped from the window of his apartment when police raided the neighborhood (MA)
N.N. (man)
died during the police operation to evict migrants from Boukhalef (MA)
Zebiba (23, woman)
hit by car on A16 highway between Calais and Marck (FR)
Getenet Legese Yacob (32, m)
died after attempting to board moving train in Coquelles (FR)
N.N. (man)
reportedly killed when inflatable dinghy going to Italy was shot by a Libyan boat
N.N.
went missing after boat from El Hoceima (MA) disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea
N.N. (24, man)
stowaway, fell from plane travelling from Johannesburg (ZA) to Great Britain
N.N. (28, man)
hanged himself for fear of deportation in Rotterdam (NL)
N.N. (±25)
hit by car on A16 highway near Calais (FR)
N.N.
drowned, boat sank near Kara island, going from Bodrum (TR) to Kos island (GR), 56 rescued
N.N.
drowned, bodies found by rescue teams in and around various boats off the coast of Libya
Osama (17, boy)
fell from a cliff while trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco
N.N.
drowned after rubber dinghy deflated and sank off coast of Catania (IT)
N.N.
drowned, bodies found by rescue teams in and around various boats off the coast of Libya
N.N.
drowned, boat sank near Egriliman (Turkey), 13 rescued
N.N.
frozen to death, as they tried to enter Turkey from Iran with 26 others
N.N. (20-30y)
killed by train near Veles (MK) while walking on narrow mountain pass to Hungary
N.N. (4, child; woman; man)
drowned near Zefyros beach, Rhodos (GR), after boat carrying 96 people shipwrecked
N.N. (33, man)
died of a heart attack while detained at Yarl’s Wood detention centre (GB)
N.N.
drowned, boat carrying 300 sank
N.N. (50 children; 250 women)
drowned after collision with vessel near Gergarish (LY), hundreds trapped in ship
More Kebba Dibanneh (26)
drowned after boat capsized following collision with vessel near Gergarish (LY)
N.N.
shot by smuggler and thrown overboard after standing up without permission, Gergarish (LY)
N.N.
drowned when vessel travelling to Italy sank off the Libyan coast; 4 rescued
N.N.
drowned, Christians thrown overboard by Muslims in religious fight on way from LY to Sicily
N.N.
drowned after vessel capsized off Libyan coast, 144 rescued, 9 bodies found
N.N. (pregnant woman)
died of exhaustion on boat that rescued 144 people from capsized vessel going (LY) to (IT)
N.N.
drowned after boat capsized off the Greek island of Symi
Oumar Dansokho (25, man)
set fire to himself in toilet of FEDASIL building in Brussels (BE) after being denied asylum
Benamar Lamri (42, man)
hanged himself in detention centre at Merksplas (BE) while awaiting deportation to Morocco
N.N.
drowned, boat sank near Foca, Turkey, 6 rescued
N.N.
drowned, boat sank near Mugla (Turkey), 9 rescued
N.N.
drowned, boat sank near Datca (Turkey), 28 rescued
N.N.
died in fire at border crossing office at Bajakovo (RS)
N.N.
drowned after shipwreck near the coast of Sicily (IT), reportedly fled from Syria
N.N.
drowned after shipwreck near the coast of Sicily (IT), 10 bodies found, 127 rescued
N.N. (woman)
drowned, boat sank between LY and I, 2-y.o. son missing, husband & 3 children survived
Raif (2, boy)
missing, boat sank between LY and I, mother drowned, father & 3 siblings survived
N.N. (men)
died following a push-back by the Bulgarian authorities back to Turkey
N.N.
drowned in shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia, 79 rescued
N.N.
drowned, boat sank off Bodrum, Turkey, 8 rescued
N.N.
missing, boat sank between Libya and Italy
N.N.
drowned, boat sank on the way to Italy
Tesfaye (26, man)
body found in tent in Calais (FR) migrant camp
Fata Abdul (23, man)
hanged himself with a t-shirt at a detention centre in Thessaloniki (GR)
Muhammad Nadim (28, man)
hanged himself with towels in the Amygdaleza detention centre (GR)
Sayed Mehdi Ahbari (23, man)
died after delay in receiving medical treatment at detention centre in Greece
N.N.
drowned after 4 Libyan dinghies travelling to Italy hit rough waters, 86 rescued
N.N
died of hypothermia during rescue of Libyan boat off the coast of Lampedusa (IT)
N.N.
drowned after boat capsized off the island of Symi (GR)
N.N.
missing, dinghy sank off Canakkale (Turkey), 7 rescued
N.N.
drowned near Ayvacik (Turkey), trying to reach Greece, 7 rescued
N.N.
drowned, dinghy sank off Marmaris County (Turkey), 9 rescued
N.N. (35y; unknown)
drowned, boat sunk in Aegean Sea, bodies found on Psemiros and Kalimnos islands (GR)
N.N.
drowned in shipwreck off Ayvalik, county of Balikesir (Turkey), 8 rescued
N.N.
drowned in shipwreck off Ayvalik, county of Balikesir (Turkey), 40 rescued
N.N (3 babies)
drowned after boat capsized near Northern Morocco while travelling to Spain
N.N. (man)
stowaway, crushed by truck wheel while travelling from France to Great Britain
N.N
died of hypothermia/dehydration while travelling from Lybia to Italy by boat
N.N.
reportedly missing, fallen into sea from boat after high waves, southeast of Almeria (ES)
N.N. (man)
killed in Calais (FR) while trying to cross a highway full of UK-bound trucks
N.N.
30 drowned, 150 missing after vessel capsized off the coast of Libya; 70 rescued
N.N.
assumed dead, after boat got fuel shortage, near Almeria coast (Spain), 28 rescued
N.N.
stowaways, were killed in fire inside truck while trying to enter England from France
N.N. (29, man)
died from smoke inhalation during arson attack on migrant centre, Switzerland; 13 wounded
N.N. (men)
hit by train while walking along tracks between Greece and Turkey
Mohamed Asfak (26, man)
died after delay in medical treatment following a beating at a detention centre in Greece
N.N.
24 drowned, 12 missing after boat capsized in Black Sea on way to Bulgaria/Romania
Afom (26, man)
died after being hit by a truck following release from police station, was in coma for 9 days
N.N. (22, man)
stowaway, died after jumping off a bridge in attempt to access a truck going from FR to GB
N.N. (16, girl)
killed in France trying to cross a highway full of UK-bound trucks
Mouaz al Balkhi (22, man)
washed up on the shore of Texel (NL) after attempt to swim from Calais (FR) to Britain
Shadi Omar Khataf (man)
washed up on the shore of Farsund (NO) months after attempting to swim from FR to GB
N.N.
2 drowned, 8 missing, after vessel capsized near Tangiers (MA)
N.N. (26, man)
drowned in canal in the centre of Calais (FR)
N.N. (man)
died after a fight at a refugee centre near Wolfsburg (DE), another man was severely injured
N.N.
went missing after vessel capsized off the coast of Libya; 55 rescued
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
14/09/14
214 Africa
Reuters/GuardianUN/BBC/Telegraph/NRC/AD/Trouw/Imkander
13/09/14
20 Palestine UNHCR
10/09/14
487
Palestine/Syria/Egypt/Sudan
IOM/Reuters/GuardianUN/MPG/BBC/Telegraph/SpiegelOnline/Imkander
in Sep 14
1Bangladesh OpenDem
31/08/14
105 Africa MPG/ DN
30/08/14
1Cameroon ProAsyl/ ELM
28/08/14
153 Africa MNS/Imkander
24/08/14
1Somalia WijZijnHier/ VK
24/08/14
36 Africa UNHCR
23/08/14
28 North Africa DW/UNHCR
22/08/14
251 unknown UNHCR/ AP/ MNS
21/08/14
1Algeria MNS/ OpenDemocracy/ Paris-luttes
18/08/14
1 Senegal or Mali AyslstrikeBerlin/ RefugeeProtest
16/08/14
1 Afghanistan Guardian Un./AP/Telegraph/MNS/CMS
13/08/14
1Mali ProAsyl/ MNS
in Aug 14
1unknown Imkander
29/07/14
1Romania IRR
28/07/14
128 Sub-Saharan Africa WMN/ISNA
27/07/14
1 Africa MNS/ CBS/ CNN/ Mail Online
24/07/14
1 Eritrea EDP24/CMS
22/07/14
1 Pakistan MNS/ Clandestina
21/07/14
1Columbia MigrantTales/IRR
21/07/14
19 unknown ANSA
19/07/14
29
Syria/Pakistan/Nigeria/Ghana
IOM/ UNHCR/ LR/ NRC/ Guardian Un./ Independent/ BBC/ TheHuff/ MNS/ FocusO
19/07/14
1Syria
IOM/ UNHCR/ LR/ NRC/ Guardian Un./ Independent/ BBC/ TheHuff/ MNS/ FocusO
19/07/14
151
Syria/Pakistan/Nigeria/Ghana
IOM/ UNHCR/ LR/ NRC/ Guardian Un./ Independent/ BBC/ TheHuff/ MNS/ FocusO
18/07/14
60 unknown LAInfo
14/07/2014
109 unknown UNHCR
11/07/14
6unknown ClandestinE
10/07/14
1Syria Vivre
06/07/14
12 Syria/Eritrea/Africa UNHCR
02/07/14
74 Africa BBC/ Ans
in Jul 14
6unknown Imkander
in Jul 14
19 unknown Imkander
in Jul 14
5unknown Imkander
29/06/14
45
Syria/Senegal/Mali/Gambia/Eritrea/Cameroon
OOB/ Ans/ GuardianUN/ Telegraaf/ Aljazeera
23/06/14
1 Ethiopia COR
23/06/14
1unknown COR
13/06/14
100 unknown AFP
07/06/14
9unknown MT/Xinhua/MNS/GuardianUn/Rel
07/06/14
4 Africa Rel/GuardianUn/MNS/SydHerald
03/06/14
1 Afghanistan Lesvosnews
in Jun 14
30 unknown Imkander
in Jun 14
400 unknown Imkander
23/05/14
1Sudan CMS
23/05/14
1Nigeria MNS
22/05/14
1 Afghanistan Infomob/CMS/Neokronos
12/05/14
194 Africa
BBC/LR/VK/DN/Aljazeera/Ya.N/UNHCR/MSN/ANSA/DW/IBTIMES
11/05/14
40 Sub-Saharan Africa Reuters
07/05/14
1 Eritrea ANSAmed
06/05/14
77 Africa UNHCR/GuardianUN/BBC/SP/Imkander
05/05/14
32 Somalia/Syria/Eritrea SP/AP/MNS
02/05/14
4 Africa MT/ GuardianUN
02/05/14
1 Eritrea CMS
in May 14
28 unknown Imkander
30/04/14
40 Somalia MT/ GuardianUN
16/04/14
7Syria DN
16/04/14
1Syria DN
16/04/14
5Syria DN
15/04/14
1unknown Reu/ JW
13/04/14
1Ghana HAZ/ FR-NieSa/ BildZ
12/04/14
1Armenia NRC/21Miles/DutchN/RTVOost/DeStentor
09/04/14
1unknown NBC/ Zeit
in April 2014
1 Africa GuardianUN/ SD/ LocIT/ IOL
30/03/14
1Jamaica GuarianUN/ Independent/ BBC
18/03/14
5Syria Guardian Un./Reu/Imkander
18/03/14
1Syria Guardian Un./Reu/Imkander
18/03/14
1Syria Guardian Un./Reu/Imkander
18/03/14
2Syria Guardian Un./Reu/Imkander
14/03/14
1 Ethiopia CMS
14/03/14
1 Ethiopia CMS
12/03/14
1 Ethiopia CMS/ DM
09/03/14
1Albania CMS
07/03/14
1 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
in Mar 14
4unknown Imkander
26/02/14
2Albania Mirror/ BBC
20/02/14
1 Iran Karawane
15/02/14
1 India MZ/ MDR/ FR-S
14/02/14
1Libya MDR/ MZ/ ProAsyl
06/02/14
11 Africa
BBC/FFM/Reuters/Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE/Imkander
N.N.
drowned after boat carrying 250 sank off Tajoura (LY) while travelling to Italy; 36 rescued
N.N.
15 drowned, 5 missing, after boat capsized near Al-Ajami (Egypt); 72 rescued
N.N.
drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after traffickers sank boat carrying 500 migrants
Rubel Ahmed (26, man)
suicide, hanged himself in his cell at Morton Hall detention centre (UK)
N.N.
drowned after rubber dinghy capsized shortly after leaving Libya, no survivors
Roumian Tisse (26, man)
died while trying to climb a fence separating Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Melilla
N.N.
drowned after boat sank near Al-Khums (LY); 17 rescued
Nasir Galid (32, man)
died from head wound after a fight in refugee house in the Netherlands
N.N.
24 drowned, 12 missing after fishing boat carrying 400 capsized off the Libyan coast
N.N.
10 missing, 18 died, probably from dehydration & starvation, in Mediterranean; 73 survived
N.N. (5 young chn, 7 women)
12 drowned, 239 missing after overcrowded boat capsized off Garibouli (LY); 19 survived
Abdelhak Goradia (51, man)
asphyxiated during an expulsion procedure in Paris
Amdi Mostafa (young man)
jumped from balcony of his room in asylum centre in Haldensleben (DE)
Meet Singh Kapoor (40, man)
body found among stowaways in a shipping container at Tilbury Docks (GB); 34 survived
Toumani Samake (23, man)
beaten to death by Spanish civil guard when trying to force entry to enclave of Melilla (ES)
N.N.
missing, when boat sank near Ayvalik (Turkey), 12 rescued
Dorel Iosif Floarea (42, man)
found dead in a makeshift camp in an abandoned parking lot in Metz (FR)
N.N.
20 drowned, 108 missing after boat sank off the coast of Libya; 22 rescued
N.N. (boy)
stowaway, found in wheel bay of US military plane upon arrival at Ramstein Air Base (DE)
Ahmed Osman (17, man)
stowaway, hit by a bus at a depot in Bexwell (UK), had been hiding under it since Calais (FR)
N.N. (52, man)
died after delay in medical treatment at detention centre in Amygdaleza (Greece)
Sergio Camilo Becerra González (26, man)
suicide in Helsinki (FI) prison after being incarcerated for not having a valid work permit
N.N.
5 drowned, 14 missing in shipwreck in Strait of Sicily; 61 rescued
N.N.
likely suffocated from toxic boat engine fumes while travelling to Italy
Mohamed (1, boy)
drowned after falling overboard from overcrowded vessel while travelling to Italy
N.N.
reportedly murdered on overcrowded vessel in the Mediterranean Sea going to Italy
N.N.
went missing after ship sank off the coast of Libya; 62 rescued
N.N. (incl. pregnant woman)
missing, after dinghy capsized off coast of Libya, 12 rescued
N.N.
drowned when boat sank off Samos Island (Greece), 13 rescued
N.N. (newborn)
mother had miscarriage on train platform during expulsion from Switzerland to Italy
N.N. (2 children; 1 woman)
drowned after boat capsized off the coast of Tripoli (Libya)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after overcrowded boat capsized off Sicily (IT); 27 rescued
N.N.
drowned, when boat sank off Samos island (Greece), 31 survivors
N.N.
suffocated due to carbon monoxide poisoning, on an old boat headed for Lampedusa (Italy)
N.N. (2 women)
4 drowned, 1 missing, when boat sank off Ayvalik (Turkey), 12 rescued
N.N. (men)
suffocated in the hold of a smugglers’ boat overcrowded with 600 African migrants
T.B. (27, man)
died of high fever & suspected tuberculosis in Rome, lived in squat with 500 other migrants
N.N. (man)
found dead a day after arriving in Rome, probably of dehydration and fatigue
N.N.
10 found dead, 80-90 missing in shipwreck off coast of Sicily (IT); 40 rescued
N.N.
3 drowned, 6 missing after dinghy carrying 112 migrants capsized near Malta
N.N.
fell from rope ladder during a rescue attempt in the Mediterranean Sea
N.N. (man)
body found, washed ashore on northeast coast of Lesbos (Greece)
N.N. (2 pregnant women)
suffocated, found in boat of 550 immigrants in the Strait of Sicily during rescue operations
N.N.
drowned, on two separate boats that sunk off Italy
Haroon Youssef (19, man)
stowaway, died after falling from tourist bus while trying to cross into England
Jeanneath Beltran (woman)
died after delay in receiving medical attention at hospital in Toledo (Spain)
N.N. (15, boy)
stowaway, found dead in back of a truck in the Igoumenitsa port (GR) with destination Italy
N.N. (3 chn, 12 women, 2 men)
17 drowned, 177 missing after boat with 400 migrants sank off Libyan coast; 206 rescued
N.N.
drowned after boat sank around 37 miles east of Tripoli (Libya), 51 rescued
N.N. (20, man)
died from blow to the head near Pozzallo (IT) while being forced to board a boat
N.N. (1 pregnant woman)
44 drowned, 33 missing after boat carrying 130 sank off Libyan coast; 53 survivors
N.N. (4 children)
22 drowned, 10 missing after boat travelling from Turkey capsized off coast of Samos (GR)
N.N.
drowned after boat started leaking in the Mediterranean Sea near Libyan coast, 80 rescued
Mengs Medhane (16, boy)
stowaway, died after falling off truck in Calais (FR) on the way to England
N.N.
drowned, were hiding in the hold of sunk boat near Samos (GR), 36 rescued
N.N.
Reportedly drowned, boat sank just off Libyan coast, one surviver
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsized on way from Turkey to Greece, 3 others rescued
N.N. (child)
drowned, after boat capsized on way from Turkey to Greece, 3 others rescued
N.N.
missing, after boat capsized on way from Turkey to Greece, 3 others rescued
N.N.
Shot dead by greek coast guard, suspected smuggler, on a boat between Greece and Turkey
Joshua (1 month old baby)
Died, after mother was refused medical care in hospital (D) due to lack of insurance papers
Artavazd Gasparyan
suicide, near asylumcentre (NL), due deportation to Germany, psychiatric problems ignored
N.N.
Died, found during Italian rescue operation on a migrant boat bound for Europe
N.N.
Died, found on board of a ship by Italian navy, 4000 others rescued
Christine Case (40, woman)
Died from massive pulmonary thromboembolism after unsufficient medical care (GB)
N.N.
Drowned, when the boat started to take in water just off coast of Lesbos (GR), 8 rescued
N.N. (4, girl)
Drowned, when the boat started to take in water just off coast of Lesbos (GR), 8 rescued
N.N. (47, man)
Drowned, when the boat started to take in water just off coast of Lesbos (GR), 8 rescued
N.N.
Missing, when the boat started to take in water just off coast of Lesbos (GR), 8 rescued
N.N. (20, man)
stowaway, died when he hit his head in truck he was hiding in, trying to cross to England
Senay Berha (25, man)
found dead in river near Eritrean refugee camp in Calais (F), had been missing for some days
Mesfin Germa (man)
died when he was hit by a lorry as he walked into Calais port trying to cross to England
N.N. (man)
died, after being stabbed to death on the motorway outside Calais
N.N. (18-20, man)
died of hypothermia, after being rescued from dinghy off Tarifa (E), 9 others rescued
N.N.
drowned, boat sank off Bodrum (Turkey) on the way to Greece, 3 rescued
N.N. (men)
Missing, reportedly drowned after jumping off north sea ferry when being deported from UK
Kahve Pouryazdan (49, man)
Suicide, set himself on fire, after 10 years of asylum seeker in Germany
N.N. (23, man)
Suicide, jumped from window of ayslum seeker centre
Ahmed J. (43, man)
Died of pulmonary embolism, after security quard refused to call an ambulance
N.N.
died, trying to reach Spanish enclave, Spanish/Moroccan police shot them with rubber bullets
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
06/02/14
1 Africa
BB/FFM/Reuters/Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE/Imkander
06/02/14
1 Africa
BB/FFM/Reuters/Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE/Imkander
06/02/14
1 Africa
BB/FFM/Reuters/Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE/Imkander
06/02/14
1 Africa
BB/FFM/Reuters/Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE/Imkander
06/02/14
1 Africa
BB/FFM/Reuters/Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE/Imkander
06/02/14
1 Africa
BB/FFM/Reuters/Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE/Imkander
05/02/14
3 Pakistan Karawane/ FR/ Tagesspiegel/ Hamburger Abendblatt/ MNS
03/02/14
1 Iran CMS
30/01/14
1 Iran CMS
24/01/14
1unknown TodZam/Xinhua/Imkander
24/01/14
7unknown TodZam/Xinhua/Imkander
20/01/14
4 Afghanistan or Syria
ProAsyl/ECRE/Infomobile/Euronews/Xinhua/MNS/Imkander
20/01/14
8 Afghanistan/Syria
ProAsyl/ECRE/Infomobile/Euronews/Xinhua/MNS/Imkander
16/01/14
1Sudan EXP/ EUbusiness/ GP
13/01/14
3unknown W2EU/ Greekreporter/ Newsit
28/12/13
1Syria IRR
21/12/13
1 Iran MNS/ Voice of Russia
11/12/13
1 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
09/12/13
1Syria AdnK/TodZam
09/12/13
1Myanmar AdnK/Todzam
09/12/13
1 Afghanistan AdnK/TodZam
09/12/13
4unknown AdnK/TodZam
09/12/13
1 Eritrea CMS
08/12/13
1Ghana Karawane/Westen
02/12/13
3unknown KI
30/11/13
3 Afghanistan/Iraq/Pakistan GWM/TVXS
29/11/13
5Syria TodZam/NewsD/Xinhua/ AdnK/ MNS
29/11/13
1Asia Avgi
21/11/13
1Syria MNS
15/11/13
12 Syria Guardian/ Xinhua/ AdnK/ CBC/ MNS
05/11/13
1 Africa MNS/ Naharnet
04/11/13
1 Eritrea CMS/VoixDuNord
11/10/13
268 Africa
Repubblica/VK/BorderlineEU/Asyl in Not/GuardianUN/NRC/BBC/AI/Trouw
11/10/13
34 Syria/Palestine/Egypt LR/BBC/AI/Nu
11/10/2013
34 Syria/Palestine BBC/MNS
03/10/13
373 Africa
VK/ NRC/ ANP / AiN/ Presse/ NYtimes/ BBC/ GuardianUN/ DW/ ECRE
in Oct 13
1 Afghanistan IRR
01/10/2013
13 Eritrea MNS/PolicyReview
30/09/13
13 Eritrea/unkown AdnK/Reuters/TimesM/EP/VK/NRC
28/09/13
1unknown QUOT
17/09/13
1Syria AI/ LR
17/09/13
1Syria AI/ LR
16/09/13
12 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/EP/ABC
10/08/13
6Egypt
AFP/SP/France24/Euronews/24News/MNS/LR/Vivre
10/08/13
1Morocco LR
06/08/13
1 Afghanistan CMS
04/08/13
3 Africa GlobalPost
in Aug 2013
1 India Karawane
in Aug 2013
1Syria MNS/ Infomob/ Roarmag
in Aug 2013
1Syria MNS/ Infomob/ Roarmag
in Aug 2013
1Syria MNS/ Infomob/ Roarmag
01/08/13
1Morocco ABC
31/07/13
24
Iran/Pakistan/Syria/Afghanistan
TodZam/VK Infomob/AD/GreekReporter/PICUM/ClandestinE
27/07/13
1 Afghanistan Wordpress/ Kuwait Times
26/07/13
31 West Africa GuardianUN/Reuters/allAfrica/Vivre
25/07/13
1unknown Xinhua/ Ekathimerini
25/07/13
1Syria Xinhua/ GR/ TodZam
25/07/13
1Syria Xinhua/ GR/ TodZam
25/07/13
1Syria Xinhua/ GR/ TodZam
25/07/13
1Syria Xinhua/ GR/ TodZam
25/07/13
1Syria Xinhua/ GR/ TodZam
25/07/13
1unknown Xinhua/ GR/ TodZam
25/07/13
6Syria GuardianUN/ Reuters/ allAfrica
25/07/13
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ABC
17/06/13
1Benin MNS/ 21miles/ DH
16/06/13
7unknown ABC/ Ansamed/ jW/ MNS
15/06/13
1unknown Repubblica
13/06/13
1Somalia MNS/ Ansa
10/06/13
1Chechnia Ny Tid
06/06/13
1 Afghanistan Greek reporter/ Khaama/ DN/ Xinhua
06/06/13
5 Afghanistan Greek reporter/ Khaama/ DN/ Xinhua
in June 2013
1Georgia News24/VK/Z24
in Jun 13
1 Afghanistan Klassekampen
30/05/13
1Nigeria Indymedia/ Karawane
28/05/13
1Chad Karawane/ VRF/ Berliner Ztg
20/05/13
5unknown MNS/ TheLocal
16/05/13
1unknown Ekathimerini, MigrantsGR
02/05/13
1Tunisia Wsws/ Bildung fur alle/ Libertare aktion/ WOZ
in May 2013
1Libanon Karawane/ MDR
25/04/13
1Benin Karawane
Ibrahim Keita
died, BB/ FFM/ Reuters/ Telegraph/ VK/ SP/ ECREtrying to reach Spanish enclave, Spanish/Moroccan police shot them with rubber bullets
Armand Debordo Bakayo
died, trying to reach Spanish enclave, Spanish/Moroccan police shot them with rubber bullets
Joseph Blaise
died, trying to reach Spanish enclave, Spanish/Moroccan police shot them with rubber bullets
Yves Martin Blong
died, trying to reach Spanish enclave, Spanish/Moroccan police shot them with rubber bullets
Ousman Kenzo
died, trying to reach Spanish enclave, Spanish/Moroccan police shot them with rubber bullets
Oumar Ben Sanda
died, trying to reach Spanish enclave, Spanish/Moroccan police shot them with rubber bullets
N.N. (33, mother, 6 and 7 child)
Died, mother and her two children, in a fire in their asylum home
N.N. (30)
killed by a bullet to the chest in the industrial zone Marcel Doret, Calais (FR)
N.N. (17, boy)
stowaway, died from fell from truck whilst trying to cross the border into the UK
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsized near Kusadasi, 11 passengers saved, 7 others missing
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned, after boat capsized near Kusadasi, 11 passengers saved
Ahmadi (mother and children)
drowned, during push back by Greek coast guard their boat capsized, 16 survivors
N.N. (2 women, 6 children)
drowned, during push back by Greek coast guard their boat capsized, 16 survivors
N.N. (54, man)
Frozen to death, during river crossing of EU-Russia border
N.N. (men)
Drowned, bodies found on different beaches on the island Chios
N.N. (man)
hanged himself for fear of deportation at the end of a one-year prison sentence
N.N. (28, man)
Suicide, by self-immolation at a crossroads in central Athens (GR), he died on way to hospital
N.N. (man)
missing, after small boat capsized in Strait of Gibraltar near Cadiz (E), 2 rescued
N.N.
Drowned, after boat of 36 migrants sank off Izmir coast (TR) on way to island Chios (GR)
N.N.
Drowned, after boat of 36 migrants sank off Izmir coast (TR) on way to island Chios (GR)
N.N.
Drowned, after boat of 36 migrants sank off Izmir coast (TR) on way to island Chios (GR)
N.N.
Missing, after boat of 36 migrants sank off Izmir coast (TR) on way to island Chios (GR)
Yemane Gaberanguse (22, man)
died while trying to cross to England, had not been given medical treatment before leaving
Kallo Al-Hassan (43, man)
Died due to a delayed respons to urgent medical care in refugee centre (D)
N.N. (20-30, men)
missing, after dinghy capsized in freezing waters of Evros River (Turkey/Greece), 1 survivor
N.N.
missing, after boat sank in Evros river (Turkish-Greek border), 15 people safe
N.N. (2 adults, 3 children)
Drowned, after boat of 14 migrants sank off Turkey in Aegen Sea (TR-GR)
N.N. (35-40, woman)
died trying to cross from Turkey to Greece through Evros river, it was bad weather
Kathan al Omar (35, man)
Died of heart attack in refugee camp, chest pain complaints were ignored
N.N. (8 adults, 4 children)
drowned, when boat capsized off Lefkada island (GR), believed to be on way to Italy
N.N. (young man)
fell from border fence, trying to cross from Morocco to Spanish enclave city Melilla
Robiel (man)
found dead in waters at Calais port, after trying to swim to ferry to England on 9th October
N.N. (168 adults, 100 children)
drowned, boat sank after being chased and shot at by Libanese, emergency call was ignored
N.N.
12 drowned, 22 missing, after boat capsized near Egyptian port of Alexandria, 116 rescued
N.N. (3 small children)
drowned, boat capsized in Maltese waters - people had crowded to one side, 203 rescued
N.N.
drowned, when boat on way from Libya to Italy caught fire and sank, some 155 rescued (I)
Aref Hassanzade (22, man)
reportedly murdered by Taliban in Afghanistan, after being deported from Belgium
N.N.
drowned after their boat sank, tried to swim to the coast of Ragusa, Sicily (I)
N.N. (men)
drowned, when being forced to disembark the stranded vessel just off coast of Sicily (I)
N.N. (young man)
found dead in sea off Sidi Lakhdar (Algeria), corpse had been at sea for months
Fadwa Taha Ali (50, woman)
shot, when boat carrying 200 refugees was shot at by Egyptian navy
Amr Dailool (30, man)
Shot, when boat carrying 200 refugees was shot at by Egyptian navy (EGY)
N.N.
11 missing, 1 body found, boat of 42 capsized off Spanish Ceuta, 30 were rescued
N.N.
drowned, boat hit sandbank, they believed to have reached shore but water was still deep (I)
Moustapha Anaki (31, man)
died, unknown reason, in detention centre near Crotone (I), later protest & centre closed
Commandan (young man)
stabbed by fellow Afghan in Calais squat, it was a reprisal attack without fatal intention
N.N. (women)
Died during voyage in rubber dinghy to Europe, bodies were thrown overboard
N.N. (man)
Suicide, in refugee centre in Harbke (D)
Lamis Abounahi (woman)
Died on Samos island after being abandoned by trafficker and neglected by Greek authorities
Uday Abounahi (4, boy)
Died on Samos island after being abandoned by trafficker and neglected by Greek authorities
Layan Abounahi (9 months, girl)
Died on Samos island after being abandoned by trafficker and neglected by Greek authorities
N.N.
died, in poor health condition, despite medical care during rescue operation (E)
N.N. (adults, children)
Drowned, after boat capsized and sank in Aegean sea (TR), 12 others were saved
Mohammad Hassan (man)
Died from lung infection that his detention guards ignored for months (GR)
N.N. (9 women)
drowned, when boat capsized, on way to Lampedusa (I) from Libya, 22 others saved
N.N. (25-30, man)
Drowned, after boat capsizes off Greek island Chios (GR), other 46 persons rescued
N.N. (25, man)
Drowned, body found on coast of Kos (GR), assumed from sinking boat with 13 migrants
N.N. (20, woman)
Drowned, body found on coast of Kos (GR), assumed from sinking boat with 13 migrants
N.N. (40, woman)
Drowned, body found on coast of Kos (GR), assumed from sinking boat with 13 migrants
N.N. (13, girl)
Drowned, body found on coast of Kos (GR), assumed from sinking boat with 13 migrants
N.N. (5, boy)
Drowned, body found on coast of Kos (GR), assumed from sinking boat with 13 migrants
N.N. (8, boy)
Drowned, body found on coast of Kos (GR), assumed from sinking boat with 13 migrants
N.N.
Missing, boat of 13 went missing near Bodrum (GR), 6 bodies found near Kos
N.N. (30, man)
died of cardiorespiratory attack, during attempt to enter Melilla enclave (E)
Samiyou Djimadou (29, man)
Suicice, after fear of deportation from Brussels (B) since asylum claim took over 10 months
N.N.
Drowned, during attempt to cross into Italy (I) while holding on to tuna cage at sea
N.N. (woman)
died giving birth, on boat between TR & I, body abandoned at sea, newborn in good health
N.N. (31, man)
Suicide, after rejected asylum, jumped out of window
Apti Nazjujev (man)
tortured to death, Norway sent him back to Russia where he was forced back to Chechnya
Vahide Selami (45)
Drowned, boat sinks in Aegean Sea for unknown reason, 9 others rescued
N.N.
Missing, reportedly drowned, boat sinks in Aegean Sea for unknown reason, 9 others rescued
N.N. (man)
stowaway, frozen to death on I-Fly charter flight (RUS), flew >7 flights before discovered
Fahezeh Ahmadi (17, girl)
stabbed by her boyfriend, she was on leave from Lyng refugee centre (Norway)
Adams Bagna (31, man)
Died due to lack of medical care of chronic asthma (D)
Djamaa Isu (21, man)
Suicide, in refugee camp in Eisenhüttenstadt (D)
N.N. (men)
drowned, when boat capsizds off coast of Morocco on way to Spain, seven others saved
N.N. (6, girl)
Drowned, when small boat sank off Farmakonisi (GR)
Moncef (25, man)
Suicide, killed himself out of despair of his pending deportation
Hashim Yasbek (34, man)
Died of heroin overdose in asylum centre Schonefeld Ost (D), body found after 6 weeks
Cosmo Saizon (man)
Died due to initial lack of medical care (D)
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
21/04/13
1Senegal IBT/ MNS/ TL
18/04/13
23 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS
17/04/13
1unknown AFP/ MWN/ GP
17/04/13
1Syria Kisa/IRR
16/04/13
11 Sub-Saharan Africa DNE/AlArabia
in April 2013
5 Sub-Saharan Africa Reuters/ MNS/ Morroco world news
30/03/13
2 Africa PICUM/ CDS
30/03/13
1 Pakistan GuardianUN
16/03/13
2 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
15/03/13
6Syria MNS/ Wordpress
15/03/13
8Syria MNS/ Wordpress
11/03/15
4Morocco Ansamed/MNS
03/03/13
2 Africa MNS/ Al arabiya
03/03/13
2 Africa MNS/ Al arabiya
17/02/13
1unknown QUOT
10/02/13
1Slovenia
Independent/GuardianUN./BBC/MNS/MailOnline
01/02/13
1Senegal CS
22/01/13
1unknown KI
17/01/13
1Russia UNITED/ VK/ Telegraaf/ ANP/ NRC/ Parool/ MNS/ Trouw
17/01/13
1 Pakistan Reu/ MNS/ KTG/ CS
13/01/13
3unknown Ekathimerini/ GRreporter
04/01/13
1 Kurdistan Wsws/ WOZ
03/01/2013
42
Syria/Afghanistan/Pakistan
PICUM
31/12/12
1Tunisia LR/ PICUM
31/12/12
1Tunisia LR/ PICUM
26/12/12
1Chechnia Ny Tid
14/12/12
26 Afghanistan/ Iraq
Aljazeera/Reuters/Picum/MSF/Infomobile/MNS/jW/ClandestinE
14/12/12
1 Afghanistan/Iraq
Aljazeera/Reuters/Picum/MSF/Infomobile/MNS/jW/ClandestinE
14/12/12
1 Afghanistan/Iraq
Aljazeera/Reuters/Picum/MSF/Infomobile/MNS/jW/ClandestinE
13/12/12
8Morocco PICUM/ El Pais/ FFM/ Taz
in Dec 2012
1Syria PICUM/Vreme
25/11/12
1unknown Repubblica/ PICUM
25/11/12
2unknown Repubblica/ PICUM
19/11/12
1Armenia ProAsyl/ Wsws/ Le Courrier
16/11/12
1 Eritrea ProAsyl/ le Courrier/ 20Min
12/11/12
1Russia ProAsyl/ AiCH/ MNS/ Wsws/ Le Courrier
08/11/12
1unknown MUGAK
07/11/12
3unknown MUGAK
05/11/12
1 Sub-Saharan Africa VDG
05/11/2012
1 Sub-Saharan Africa AFP
03/11/12
11 unknown Repubblica/ PICUM/ MNS
in Nov 12
54 unknown FE
in Nov 2012
21 Sub-Saharan Africa AFP
in Nov 2012
2unknown AFP
30/10/12
1Ghana IRR/SchNews
26/10/12
2 Africa FE
25/10/12
14 Africa EP/Aljazeera/ MaltaToday
25/10/12
4 Africa EP/Aljazeera/MaltaToday
23/10/12
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ABC/FE
09/10/12
1 Sub-Saharan Africa FE/SUR
08/10/12
6 Africa VOA/UNHCR/IRR
08/10/12
10 Africa VOA/UNHCR/IRR
08/10/12
5 Sub-Saharan Africa FE/SUR
08/10/12
1 Sub-Saharan Africa FE/20Me/ MUGAK
01/10/12
1Nepal CypMail
in Oct 12
19 unknown FE
28/09/2012
1 Iraq NRK
27/09/12
1Chechnia IRR/DerStandard
19/09/12
3Algeria MUGAK/ El Pais
18/09/12
1unknown ABC/FE
17/09/12
1unknown TSA/FE
16/09/12
1 Eritrea PICUM
09/09/12
1Mozambique
BBC/IRR/Evening Standard/MNS/ INDi/ Guardian/ MNS
08/09/12
27 Africa Universal/AFP
08/09/12
6 Africa Universal/AFP/PICUM
08/09/12
1 Eritrea GulfNews
07/09/12
74 Tunisia PICUM/MAS/LRP/FE/BCC/CNN/VK
07/09/12
5Tunisia
PICUM/MAS/LRP/FE/BCC/CNN/VK/ANSA/Tgcom
06/09/12
30 Palestine/Syria/Iraq
jW/Reu/AFP/Le Monde/Migreurop/SP/MNS/FE/Aljazeera/TodZam/Daily news/MNS
06/09/12
31 Palestine/Syria/Iraq
jW/Reu/AFP/LeMonde/Migreurop/SP/MNS/FE/Aljazeera/TodZam/HURRIYET/MNS/PICUM
04/09/12
1 Iran RTA/INDd/VRF/Karawane
27/08/12
7Syria PICUM/UN/Migrants at sea/FE/CypMail
26/08/12
32 Africa/Bangladesh MNS/FE
26/08/12
10 Africa/Bangladesh MNS/FE
26/08/12
39 unknown Ahram/VK
23/08/12
1unknown Guardian Un./IRR/BBC
19/08/12
39 Egypt WSLS10/FE
18/08/12
1unknown FE
17/08/12
2 Somalia/Eritrea
FE/Ansamed/ PICUM/ Times of Malta/ Migrants at sea
16/08/12
2 Somalia/Eritrea
FE/Ansamed/ PICUM/ Times of Malta/ Migrants at sea
Alpha Pam (28)
Died of tuberculosis after being denied medical care in hospital in Mallorca (E)
N.N.
10 drowned, 13 missing, after boat sank off Alhucemas islands (Morocco/Spain), 24 rescued
N.N.
died, after being rescued with 14 others, in poor health condition, died on way to hospital
Mohammed Kamiran (33, man)
Suicide, after ignored cries of help and worries for his wife and 4 children, in Cyprus
N.N. (2 children, 3 w, 6 m)
10 drowned, 1 died on way to hospital, after boat capsized off Hoceima (MA), 23 rescued
N.N.
Died on a boat that had been drifting in Mediterranean Sea, thrown over board, 89 rescued
N.N.
Died of hypothermia, after being rescued by Italian coast guard without first aid available
Khalid Shahzad (52, man)
Died, just hours after being released from removal centre in poor health conditions (GB)
N.N. (man, woman)
missing, after boat sank off Tarifa (E), 8 rescued
N.N.
Drowned, on way from Turkey to Lesvos (GR)
N.N.
Reportedly missing, on way from Turkey to Lesvos (GR)
N.N.
found dead in boat off the coast of Tantan (MA)
N.N.
drowned, on way to Spain, 1 was a Morrocan ferry crew member who died in rescue attempt
N.N.
missing, on way from Morroco to Spain, two others found dead, two others rescued
N.N. (man)
body found floating off Doumia beach (Algeria), probably tried to reach Spain
Alois Dvorzac (84, man)
died of heart attack while handcuffed at detention centre (GB), after delay in medical care
Cheick Nydiaye (man)
Pushed to death on a metro rail track by police officers in a chase in Athens (GR)
N.N. (16, boy)
died of exposure on riverbank near GR-TR border, trafficker had abandoned him and 8 others
Alexander Dolmatov (36, man)
Suicide, after fear of being deported from the Netherlands
Shehzad Luqman (27, man)
Died, after being stabbed by two golden dawn members on a motor in Athens (GR)
N.N. (men)
drowned, two bodies found off Chios by fishermen and third found by coast guard
N.N.
Suicide, hang himself in a police prison in Zurich
N.N. (8 children)
missing, trying to reach the Apulian coast of Italy, 28 rescued
N.N. (man)
Drowned, after being pushed in the sea by trafficker a few meters off Sicilian coast (I)
N.N. (man)
Reportedly drowned, missing after being pushed in sea by trafficker off Sicilian coast (I)
Umar Bilemkhanov (man)
tortured to death, Norway sent him back to Russia where he was forced back to Chechnya
N.N. (2 babies, 2 women)
19 drowned, 7 missing, boat from Turkey sank near Lesvos (GR), 2 survivors
N.N. (17, boy)
drowned with 27 others, boat from Turkey sank near Lesvos (GR), 2 survivors
N.N. (42, man)
drowned with 27 others, boat from Turkey sank near Lesvos (GR), 2 survivors
N.N.
1 drowned, 7 missing, after patrol boat clashes with refugee boat carrying 25 migrants (E)
N.N. (man)
1 man froze to death near Kraynovo (BG) trying to cross BG/TR border, 1 man in hospital
N.N. (man)
Drowned, while trying to cross by boat from Lybia to Italy, 500 other migrants were rescued
N.N.
Missing, assumed drowned while trying to cross by boat from Lybia to Italy (I)
N.N. (man)
Suicide, found dead in a hospital after rejection of his asylum application
N.N. (women)
Suicide, in a psychiatric clinic in Liestal (CH)
Oleg N. (28, man)
Suicide, hanged himself after rejected asylum, fear of persecution as homosexual in Russia
N.N. (man)
Drowned, body found floating in the water 12 miles from Tarifa (E)
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned after boat sank in Strait of Gibraltar off Tarifa (E)
Saar Yatta (30, man)
drowned, body found near the coast of Ceuta, presumably had tried to swim to Ceuta (E)
N.N.
body found on coast of Nador (MA) near Spanish enclave of Melilla
N.N. (8 women, 3 men)
drowned, ship sank 35 miles off coast of Libya to Lampedusa (I), 70 survivors rescued
N.N.
drowned in shipwreck between Morocco and Spain, 6 survivors
N.N. (incl. children & women)
19 bodies found, 2 missing, off coast of Tangier (MA) over 2 weeks
N.N. (man & young son)
found dead on the coast in the area of Nador (MA)/Melilla (E)
Prince Kwabena Fosu (31, man)
Died of unknown reason in Harmondsworth detention centre (GB)
N.N.
drowned, attempting to cross in a boat from Morocco to Spain, 50 rescued
N.N.
drowned, when boat sank near coast of Morocco on way to Spain (E), 17 saved, 4 missing
N.N.
missing, when boat sank near coast of Morocco on way to Spain, 17 saved, 14 bodies found
N.N. (±25, man)
drowned, body washed ashore off Punta Almina (E) reportedly fell into the sea way from MA
N.N. (±5, girl)
drowned, body found near Galapagos beach (E), presumably from boat capsized monday
N.N.
drowned, after boat of 24 migrants from Comoros capsized off the coast of Mayotte (F)
N.N.
missing, after boat of 24 migrants from Comoros capsized off the coast of Mayotte (F)
N.N. (3 women, 2 children)
missing, after boat capsized near Galapagos beach (E)
N.N. (8 months, baby)
drowned, boat sunk off Melilla’s coasts (E)
N.N. (39, woman)
fell from 5th floor escaping police controlling for noise at birthday party, was undocumented
N.N. (incl. children & women)
bodies found off Tangier (MA) across 2 weeks in Oct/Nov 2012
Newzad (20, man)
Kurd, suicide after final rejection of asylum, in Saltdal refugee centre, Rognan (Norway)
Zelimkhan Isakov (35, man)
suffered fatal heart attack in deportation centre in Vienna, after being refused treatment
N.N.
1 drowned, 2 missing, after boat capsized off coast of Spain, 9 others rescued
N.N. (young man)
advanced state of decomposition, found off Ceuta (E) allegedly fell overboard boat to E
N.N. (young man)
drowned, small boat sunk off Mostaganem (DZ) was on the way to Spain
N.N. (30, man)
car accident near Alexandroupolis(GR),car driven by smuggler overturned during police chase
Jose Matada (26, man)
stowaway, body fell from a plane from Angola to Heathrow, onto a street in Mortlake (GB)
N.N.
missing, after boat with 36 migrants from Anjouan (Comoros) sank off Mayotte coasts (F)
N.N. (5 women; 1 child)
drowned, after boat 36 migrants from Anjouan-Comoros sank off the coast of Mayotte (F)
N.N. (25, man)
shot by Egyptian border guards, refused to surrender and ran towards Egypt-Israel border
N.N.
missing, after boat sank off coast of Lampedusa (I), 56 rescued
N.N.
drowned, after boat sank off coast of Lampedusa (I), 56 others rescued
N.N. (12 men; 18 women)
drowned, overcrowded boat from Ahmetbeyli (TR) sank off Aegean coast, 46 survivors
N.N (28 children; 3 babies)
drowned, overcrowded boat from Ahmetbeyli (TR) sank off Aegean coast, 46 survivors
Hashemi Samir
suicide, in a refugee centre in Kirchheim (D), depression due to living conditions
N.N. (2 children, 1w, 4m)
drowned, family of asylum seekers, shipwreck on the way from Latakia (SY) to Karpasia (CY)
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned, after vessel from Tripoli (LY) capsized off Libyan coasts
N.N.
Drowned, bodies found after vessel from Tripoli (LY) capsized off Libyan coasts
N.N.
3 drowned, 36 missing, after boat sank off Bardia port (Libya/Egypt border), only 1 rescued
N.N. (man)
stowaway, found in landing gear bay of plane at Heathrow (GB), travelled from South Africa
N.N.
3 found, 36 missing after overcrowded boat sank near Libya coast on the way to Europe
N.N.
body found in Evros River (TR) reportedly was migrant trying to cross into GR from Turkey
N.N.
died, after being rescued, boat 4 days adrifting, dinghy from LY to Malta
N.N.
starvation died after 4 days adrifting, bodies found on dinghy from LY arrived to Malta
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
16/08/12
2 Somalia/Eritrea
FE/Ansamed/ PICUM/ Times of Malta/ Migrants at sea
13/08/12
1 Afghanistan PICUM/ Clandestina/ Agelioforos/ Skai
12/08/12
1Asia
IRR/Mail Online/21Miles/DailyRec/ThisIsKent
12/08/12
1 Iraq KTG
in Aug 12
1unknown MUGAK
30/07/12
1 Zimbabwe IRR/Star
12/07/12
1 Afghanistan CDS/FE
10/07/12
54 Eritrea/Somalia/Sudan
LR/MUGAK/EP/ELC/LV/PICUM/UNHCR/HRW/ABC/DNA/Diario de Noticias/Deia/gara.net/VDG/watchthemed/MNS
09/07/12
1 Zimbabwe IRR/ZimEye
07/07/12
1Sudan CMS/INDgb
05/07/12
3unknown TNNum
30/06/12
1Mali EUobserver/MaltaToday/MaltaStar/TimesM/MNS/Malta Independent/FR-H
28/06/12
1unknown LR/FE
23/06/12
2 Afghanistan Repubblica/PICUM/Infomob/FE/LR
19/06/12
6unknown ANSA/PICUM/LRB/FE/Infomob
in June 2012
55 Somalia/ Sudan/ Eritrea NOB/ B4P/ GuardianUN/ MaltaToday
26/05/12
20 unknown Migreurop/LRP
25/05/12
10 Somalia LR/Fe
25/05/12
1 Sub-Saharan Africa FE/ANSA
22/05/2012
1 Eritrea or Ethiopia NRK
19/05/12
5Comoros Le Monde/AFP/Migreurop
19/05/12
15 Comoros Le Monde/AFP/Migreurop
02/05/12
1 Afghanistan Migreurop/PICUM/AdnK/MP
in May 12
7Somalia UNHCR/TimesM
29/04/12
2unknown
Migreurop/KTG/TF1/PICUM/Clandestina/Age/Skai/Ta Nea/ERT/KI
28/04/12
1Egypt Migreurop/LRP/ANSA
28/04/12
30 Sub-Saharan Africa PICUM/ Afrik/ El Pais
26/04/12
1 Afghanistan LR/Migreurop/PUCUM/FE
12/04/2012
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MUGAK
09/04/12
1Burundi DutchN/Migreurop/RNW/PICUM/ENAR/AD/VK/NOVUM/OmroepG
03/04/12
10 Somalia/Eritrea FE
in Apr 12
6unknown BBC
in Apr 12
1Somalia BBC/Gulf/SP/WIK/IlMess
31/03/12
10 Eritrea (4)/ Somalia (6) AffarI/ Vanguard/ Agi
29/03/12
1unknown PICUM/Age/Clandestina
17/03/12
1unknown PICUM/Age
16/03/12
5unknown PICUM/LR/jW
15/03/12
1unknown PICUM
12/03/12
1 Eritrea PICUM/patrasT
05/03/12
1Maghreb MUGAK/Raz
02/03/12
2 Sub-Saharan Africa
MUGAK/Raz/Diario de Noticias/ElDia/SUR/VDG
29/02/12
1Egypt PICUM/Proto
29/02/12
2 Afghanistan PICUM/Infomob/Ta Nea/Skai
21/02/12
1 Africa PICUM/Infomob/Skai/Clandestina
21/02/12
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MUGAK/ElDia/FE
21/02/12
1 Africa MNS
15/02/2012
1 Kurdistan NRK
10/02/12
1unknown PICUM/Rizo
07/02/12
1unknown PICUM/Skai
06/02/12
3 Afghanistan PICUM/TVXS/MNS/KI
in Feb 12
1Kosovo MNS
30/01/12
1 Palestine
PICUM/Clandestina/Skai/ToV/Le Figaro/CMau/KI
29/01/12
2 Afghanistan CMau/KI/Le Figaro
29/01/12
1 Iran FR-B/INDd/ARD/HRS/SD/MainP/U4IB/SOS/Karawane/Blackbox
28/01/12
5 Afghanistan AFP
22/01/12
1 North Africa MUGAK/Verdad
21/01/12
2 Africa FE
16/01/2012
1 Sri Lanka NRK
16/01/2012
1 Sri Lanka NRK
15/01/12
15 Somalia PICUM/FE/TimesM/AFP/jW
15/01/12
1Somalia PICUM/FE/TimesM/AFP/jW
15/01/12
40 unknown PICUM/FE/TimesM/AFP/jW
12/01/12
8 Afghanistan PICUM/ClandestinE/Infomob/TK/MNS
12/01/12
4Bangladesh PICUM/ClandestinE/Infomob/TK/MNS
10/01/12
1unknown MUGAK/ElDia
10/01/12
1unknown ElDia
09/01/12
3 Sub-Saharan Africa SolidMar
08/01/12
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MUGAK/LV
05/01/12
1Guinea IRR/MUGAK/LV/18Des/EP/EPress
03/01/12
1 Afghanistan MNS/PICUM/Ekathimerini
03/01/12
1 India PICUM
in Jan 12
1unknown VRF
in 2012
1Sudan Aftenposten
in 2012
1 Eritrea NRK
in 2012
1unknown NRK
in 2012
14 unknown Foreigner/MNS
in 2012
20 Syria Guardian Un.
29/12/11
1 Sri Lanka NOS/Vrijheid
27/12/11
1 Iran MNS/PICUM
27/12/11
1 Iran MNS/PICUM
N.N.
drowned, during rescue operation after 4 days adrifting, dinghy from LY to Malta
N.N. (19)
Died, body found on the banks of Evros river in the area of Marasia
N.N. (30, woman)
unknown, body found near Wimereux (FR) beach in wetsuit, trying to swim Channel to GB
N.N. (19, man)
Died, after being stabbed by five men on motorbikes in Athens (GR)
N.N.
drowned, when boat arrived at a Spanish island near Morocco
Bee Moyo (man, 45)
suicide, hanged himself in Rotherham park (GB) after residency application was rejected
N.N. (23, man)
stowaway, died of asphyxia found under a truck inside the ferry to Venice (I) from GR
N.N.
dehydration, dinghy adrift for 15 days on the way from LY to I, reached Tunisian coasts
Bernard Hukwa (man)
suicide, body found in River Thames (GB), he was waiting for asylum claim to be processed
Noureddin Mohamed (28, man)
found dead in Calais city canal under suspicious circumstances
N.N.
drowned, shipwreck off Monastir (TN) on the way to Italy, border guards could save 22
Mamadou Kamara (32, man)
beaten to death by soldiers while in custody in Safi (M) arrived dead in hospital
N.N.
drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition, was from shipwreck off Leuca coast (I)
N.N.
stowaways, died of asphyxiation and heat inside a truck on Greece to Ancona (I) ferry
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned, small boat sailing from North Africa capsized off Leuca coast(I)
N.N.
Died in attempt to reach Italy (I) from Tripoli (LY), Abbas (25, Eritrea) was only survivor
N.N.
drowned, after an inflatable dinghy on way to Italy started to deflate off the coast of Lybia
N.N.
at least 10 people missing after dinghy from Libya to Italy capsized in the Sicilian Channel
N.N. (±30, man)
body in advanced state of decomposition washed ashore off Lampione Island (I)
N.N. (45, man)
killed with a knife in a fight, at Ny-Paradis/Ytrebygda refugee centre near Bergen, Norway
N.N.
drowned, after boat of 43 migrants sank off the coast of Mayotte (F)
N.N.
missing, after boat of 43 migrants sank off the coast of Mayotte (F)
N.N. (16, boy)
stowaway, suffocated in a truck he had hidden in on the way from Greece to Venice (I)
N.N.
died in a boat during days of voyage from LY to Malta, boat came ashore at Riviera Bay
N.N.
died in car accident while trying to escape a FRONTEX control
N.N. (16, boy)
drowned, after being thrown off a boat of 80 by smugglers when a patrol boat approached
N.N.
drowned, after Moroccan marine ship deliberately drowned the boat of 70 migrants
N.N. (40, man)
drowned, after being thrown overboard by smugglers dozens of meters from Calabria’s coast
N.N.
died of wounds after jumping from the bus that was deporting him from Nador (MA)
Alain Hatungimana (36, man)
suicide, just before being deported (NL), presumably to avoid deportation of his children
N.N.
died on sea, between Libya and Lampedusa (I) according to 48 rescued, bodies abandoned
N.N. (1 man; 5 women)
drowned, reaching rescuing ship after boat from LY run out of petrol in Sicilian Channel (I)
Samia Yusuf Omar (21, woman)
drowned,reaching rescue ship; on boat on way LY-I.Was Olympia athlete facing death threats
N.N.
Died of starvation, bodies thrown over board during crossing from Libya to Italy
N.N.
body found in an advanced state of decay in the rural area of Tichero, Evros Prefecture (GR)
N.N. (±28)
drowned while trying to cross Evros River to enter GR, body found in area of Nea Vissa
N.N.
found in boat of 57 on way to Lampedusa (I) rescued by Italian authorities in Libyan waters
N.N.
drowned while trying to cross Evros River to enter GR, body found near river in area of Soufli
N.N. (28, man)
rolled over by the truck he tried to hide under to leave Greece, near the new port in Patras
N.N. (±24, man)
drowned, body found floating in Tajo-Segura Channel, in the town of Torre-Pacheco (E)
N.N. (±22, men)
drowned, bodies carrying life jacket found in the sea near the Bay of Melilla (E)
N.N. (man)
died of hypothermia, body found in a warehouse in the area of Korinthia (GR)
N.N. (9, girl; 50, man)
young girl and her grandfather missing after boat overturned while crossing Evros River (GR)
N.N. (±20, woman)
died of hypothermia while trying to leave TR via Evros River, body found near Orestiada (GR)
N.N. (man)
drowned while trying to enter Ceuta (E) by swimming along the coast from Morocco
N.N. (±23, woman)
body found by border guards in the Evros River (GR)
Arman Palani (17, boy)
killed with a knife in a fight, at Dale asylum centre in Sandnes, Norway
N.N. (±40)
died of hypothermia while trying to cross Evros River to enter GR, body found near Tichero
N.N. (25)
died of hypothermia in Health Centre of Soufli after crossing Evros River to enter Greece
N.N. (±20)
stowaways, died of asphyxiation in truck on way to Igoumenitsa (GR), a port leading to Italy
Rexhep Salijaj (man)
suicide, killed himself a few hours before the delay given to him to leave Belgium was expired
N.N. (man)
died of hypothermia, trying to cross Evros river (GR-TR border), 14 rescued
N.N. (9, girl; 55, man)
missing, girl and her grandfather, boat capsized in river Evros (GR-TR border), 9 rescued
Mohammad Rahsepar (29, man)
suicide, hanged himself with a sheet in asylum seekers centre in Würzburg (D)
N.N.
stowaways, died in a road accident while hidden in a truck departing for Italy from Greece
N.N. (±25, man)
body found floating in an advanced state of decomposition 7 miles from Cabo de Palos (E)
N.N. (woman, man)
shot by Egyptian border guards as they tried to cross the Egypt-Israel border
Garolin Nesarajah (24, woman)
suicide, set a fire which killed herself and her baby son, asylum rejected & was depressed
Rojg Nesarajah (2, boy)
killed in fire which his mom had set, she also died, asylum rejected & she was depressed
N.N. (1baby;12women;2men)
bodies found on Libyan beaches after shipwreck of boat part of 4 boats group on way to I
N.N.
found dead alone in shipwrecked boat that was part of group of 4 boats on way from LY to I
N.N.
missing after shipwreck of a boat part of a group of 4 boats on the way from LY to I
N.N.
missing after 2 plastic boats trying to cross the border GR-TR via the Evros River overturned
N.N.
missing after 2 plastic boats trying to cross the border GR-TR via the Evros River overturned
N.N. (25-30, man)
drowned, probably from cruise, body found floating 33 miles from Motril (E)
N.N.
drowned, body found 25 miles southeast of Cabo de Gata, Almeria (Spain)
N.N.
drowned, in attempt to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla (E) by sea
N.N. (±28, man)
drowned trying to swim ashore with a life-belt, body found on the beach in Melilla (E)
Idrissa Diallo (21, man)
cardiorespiratory failure, lack of medical help in Barcelona’s detention centre (E)
N.N. (15-20, man)
died from smoke inhalation from fire lit in tin can to keep warm inside abandoned truck (GR)
N.N. (55)
undocumented migrant found in container which he used as shelter close to Thiva (GR)
Samuel Festus (man)
died at hospital, Essen (D), deportation threats, interdiction to work contributed to sickness
N.N. (3, boy)
died of his injuries, when a cooker fell on him at Rondeslottet asylum centre, Norway
N.N. (23, man)
died of heart problems, at Torshov transit centre, Oslo (Norway)
N.N.
died in a drowning accident at Haugaland asylum centre in Haugesund, Norway
N.N.
died over the course of 2012 in Norwegian reception centres
N.N. (men, women, children)
drowned, left by smugglers to cross the Evros river (TR/GR) at night in 2 rubber dinghies
N.N. (41, man)
suicide, a day after 2d asylum rejection, in registration centre of Schiphol (NL)
N.N. (12, boy)
died of hypothermia, body found by the police along the shores of the Evros River (GR)
N.N. (59, woman)
died of hypothermia, body found by the police along the shores of the Evros River (GR)
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
27/12/11
1 Africa MNS/PICUM
24/12/11
1 Sub-Saharan Africa FE
22/12/11
1Serbia Vrijheid
22/12/11
1 Ethiopia INDgb/CMS
19/12/11
1Congo IRR/ICARE/MUGAK
10/12/11
2unknown MNS/PICUM
07/12/11
54 Sub-Saharan Africa Ansamed
06/12/11
1 North Africa MNS
06/12/11
2Somalia TimesM
06/12/11
2Congo FE
06/12/11
2unknown FE
06/12/11
1Congo FE
03/12/11
1Algeria ElW
01/12/11
1Syria MNS/PICUM
in Dec 11
11 Algeria FE/Le MatinDZ
28/11/11
1 Sub-Saharan Africa FE/ElDia/MUGAK
27/11/11
3 Afghanistan/Pakistan MNS
27/11/11
20 Afghanistan/Pakistan MNS
26/11/11
30
Afghanistan/Kurdistan/Sri Lanka
FE/LR/PICUM/LRB/Blitz/MUGAK/Raz/ABC/VDG
26/11/11
3unknown
FE/LR/PICUM/LRB/Blitz/MUGAK/Raz/ABC/VDG
24/11/11
1Asia MNS
24/11/11
1Asia MNS
23/11/11
3 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS
09/11/11
43 unknown MNS
11/10/11
2 Iran MNS
07/10/11
2unknown MNS
in Oct 11
1 Iraq UNHCR/Sveriges
in Oct 11
1Liberia VRF
28/09/11
4Tunisia MNS/FTRC/Raz/Le Monde/Libération
28/09/11
2Egypt MNS/FTRC/Raz/Le Monde/Libération
14/09/11
1unknown Sur/Mugak
in Sep 11
2unknown MNS
24/08/11
1unknown ClandestinE/Son Dakika/MNS
22/08/11
1Liberia Vrijheid/HartNL
13/08/11
1Romania IRR
04/08/11
100 Africa Telegraph/MAS/CDM
02/08/11
1Asia MNS
01/08/11
25 Sub-Saharan Africa SP/FE/Le Figaro
29/07/11
30 unknown FE/Libero
13/07/11
1Cuba MNS
05/07/11
1Maghreb ANSA/FE
02/07/11
1 Pakistan GuardianUn
29/06/11
1 Sub-Saharan Africa FE/VDG
25/06/11
45 Morocco FE/PICUM/Diario de Navarra
25/06/11
1Morocco FE/PICUM/Diario de Navarra
25/06/11
1Ghana PICUM/FE/AdnK
03/06/11
1Nigeria Migreurop/AP
01/06/11
1unknown ANSA/Fe
01/06/11
273
WestAfrica/Pakistan/Bangladesh
Migreurop/Mugak/UNHCR/Reu/Universo/GuardianUn/BBC/LR/VK
29/05/11
3unknown ANSA/FE
29/05/11
4unknown FE/ilClandestino
22/05/11
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ABC/Mugak
12/05/11
1Bangladesh IRR/ CS
11/05/11
1 Afghanistan DRARI/INDf
10/05/11
1 Iran LePhare
09/05/11
3unknown Telegraph
08/05/11
1unknown HessenR/HNA/Welt/SP
08/05/11
1unknown HessenR/HNA/Welt/SP
06/05/11
32 Sub-Saharan Africa
Corrispondenti/ VF/ LR/ WP/ ABC/ UNHCR/ UN/ MaltaT
06/05/11
2 Sub-Saharan Africa
Corrispondenti/ VF/ LR/ WP/ ABC/ UNHCR/ UN/ MaltaT
06/05/11
13 Sub-Saharan Africa
Corrispondenti/ VF/ LR/ WP/ ABC/ UNHCR/ UN/ MaltaT
06/05/11
1 Sub-Saharan Africa
Corrispondenti/ VF/ LR/ WP/ ABC/ UNHCR/ UN/ MaltaT
05/05/11
22 Sub-Saharan Africa Humano/Publico/MUGAK/EP
05/05/11
1 Sub-Saharan Africa Humano/Publico//MUGAK/EP
05/05/11
1 Sub-Saharan Africa Humano/Publico/MUGAK/EP
05/05/11
1 Sub-Saharan Africa Humano/Publico/MUGAK/EP
17/04/11
1Nigeria TimesM
13/04/11
1Nigeria LR/FE
13/04/11
1Congo LR/FE/DerStandard/MAS/Mail Online/VK
13/04/11
1Congo LR/FE/DerStandard/MAS/Mail Online/VK
13/04/11
1unknown LR/FE/MAS/Mail Online
12/04/11
1Nigeria MNS
12/04/11
1Nigeria MNS
11/04/11
1Somalia FE/AFM
11/04/11
10 unknown VK
10/04/11
63 Sub-Saharan Africa
GuardianUn/MUGAK/ELM/VDG/Raz/ABC/AVUI/PerCat/VK/SUR/Publico/ElDia/ELC/Diario Vasco/PACE/Verdad/Migreurop/UNHCR/ECRE/br2/AFP/HRW
08/04/11
1 Iran NBK/VK/Eindhovens Dagblad/IMA/MNS/RNW/Blackbox
06/04/11
177
Bangladesh/Chad/Ivory Coast/Nigeria/Somalia/Sudan
LR/ANSA/Reu/Migreurop/Raz/Mail Online/Irish Times/MSN/ABC/ELC/EP/Gara.net/LV/Verdad/DiarioVasco/Aljazeera/AVUI/PICUM/MUGAK/PerCat/LV/ELM
06/04/11
37
Bangladesh/Chad/Ivory Coast/Nigeria/Somalia/Sudan
LR/ANSA/Reu/Migreurop/Raz/Mail Online/Irish Times/MSN/ABC/ELC/EP/Gara.net/LV/Verdad/DiarioVasco/Aljazeera/AVUI/PICUM/MUGAK/PerCat/LV/ELM
06/04/11
1unknown
LR/ANSA/Reu/Migreurop/Raz/Mail Online/Irish Times/MSN/ABC/ELC/EP/Gara.net/LV/Verdad/DiarioVasco/Aljazeera/AVUI/PICUM/MUGAK/PerCat/LV/ELM
N.N. (±30, man)
died of hypothermia, body found by the police along the shores of the Evros River (GR)
N.N. (man)
drowned, trying to enter Spanish enclave of Ceuta with 80 others
Predrag Molnar (40, man)
presumed suicide in police cell in NL days before deportation, very unclear circumstances
Ismael (young man)
found dead at bottom of bridge in Calais (F) city centre, unclear cirumstances
Samba Martine (41, woman)
died of meningitis 6 hours after her admission to hospital from Aluche detention centre (E)
N.N.
bodies found in the area of Petalo (GR), tried to cross the border TR-GR via the Evros River
N.N.
missing, after having tried to reach Ceuta (E) from Moroccan coast by swimming
N.N. (±32, man)
tortured and shot, possibly by smugglers, found outside Thriassio Hospital, Attiki (GR)
N.N.
died at sea on way from Libya in a boat of 44 migrants found 75 miles south of Malta
N.N. (1 girl; 1 woman)
died of dehydration on stricken vessel of 53 migrants then rescued off Dar Kebdani (MA)
N.N.
died of dehydration on stricken vessel of 53 migrants then rescued off Dar Kebdani (MA)
N.N. (young man)
drowned, fell from a stricken vessel of 53 migrants then rescued off Dar Kebdani (MA)
Fares Chebchoub
presumed suicide, found hanged in Cagliari reception centre (I), unclear circumstances
N.N. (16, boy)
killed after a car chase in Evros (GR), involving Greek border police and FRONTEX officials
N.N. (men)
missing after they sailed from Sidi Lakhdar (DZ) in the direction of Spain on a makeshift boat
N.N. (±25, man)
drowned, found in port of Ceuta (E) in advanced state of decomposition
N.N.
bodies found in the south-eastern port of Brindisi (I) after a vessel sank off the nearby coast
N.N.
missing after a vessel sank off the coast of Brindisi (I)
N.N.
feared drowned, missing after boat sank off Brindisi coasts (I) on the way from Turkey
N.N.
drowned, bodies found afer boat sank off Brindisi coasts (I) on the way from Turkey
N.N.
died of hypothermia, body found in the Peplos region, on banks of Evros River (GR)
N.N.
died of hypothermia, body found in a farming area in Thymaria, Alexandroupoli (GR)
N.N.
drowned, bodies found on Moroccan beach, part of group of 90 who tried to swim to Ceuta
N.N.
missing after contacting Italian authorities because their boat was taking water in rough seas
N.N.
died, smugglers’ car overturned on way from Komotini to Kavala avoiding the police
N.N.
died instantly after being run over by train near Feres (GR) while walking along the railway
Khaled Khodena (man)
murdered due to his religious after deportation from Sweden, his asylum claim was rejected
Michael Kelly (man)
found dead in his room at the Gerstungen asylum seekers centre (D) 10 days after he died
N.N.
burned, fire caused by lit candle in Pantin squat, Paris (F) - a municipality owned building
N.N.
asphyxiation, fire started by lit candle in Pantin squat, Paris(F)- a municipality owned building
N.N.
drowned, pushed off jetski when smuggler saw coastguards approaching in Andalusia (E)
N.N. (girl <18, man)
thrown overboard by smugglers when approacing Samos (GR) says their mother/sister
N.N. (man)
murdered, shot by Frontex officer while shooting at boats crossing TR-GR border, Evros river
James (man)
suicide, died of his wounds 20 days after setting himself on fire in Echt refugee centre (NL)
Marius B. (45, man)
hanged himself in detention, having been held for 15 days without charge
N.N.
unknown, bodies thrown overboard from LY boat rescued 104 miles from Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (man)
suicide, hanged himself in a shower at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre (GB)
N.N. (men)
suffocated, travelling on boat with 275 survivors, SOS sent 35 miles from Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
unknown, bodies found on boat, engine failed after leaving Alexandria (Egypt) 1 week before
N.N. (23, man)
stowaway, crushed to death, found in the wheel-bay of an Iberia passenger plane in Spain
N.N. (25-30, man)
drowned, body found near Selinunte, Trapani (I) in advanced state of decomposition
Muhammad Shukat (47, man)
died from heart attack after medical neglect at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre (GB)
N.N. (man)
suspected hypothermia, body found in ocean, wearing life jacket, off Ceuta (E)
N.N.
feared drowned, fell from a boat found neat Motril, Granada (E), 2nd boat still missing
N.N. (20, man)
drowned, body found 4 miles from capsized boat in Motril coast, Granada (E)
N.N. (38, man)
epileptic seizure, Libyan refugee on boat from Lampedusa(I) to mainland, was known sufferer
N.N (30, woman)
found dead in police cell, was detained for having no papers in Zurich airport (CH)
N.N.
unknown manner of death, died on the way from Libya to Malta body thrown overboard
N.N.
150 drowned, 123 missing, boat on the way LY-I capsized off Kerkennah islands (TN)
N.N.
survivors reported bodies missing while reaching the coasts off Sant’Antioco (I) from Libya
N.N.
drowned, bodies missing, boat collided with other boat off Libya’s shore on the way to Italy
N.N. (woman)
drowned, decomposed body found by Cabo de Gata (E), probably from 5/5/11 shipwreck
Alim Abdul Manan (21, man)
Died, after being stabbed by two men on motorbike in Athens (GR)
Aminullah Mohamadi (17, boy)
suicide, hanged himself in Parc de la Villette, Paris(F) when told he would be deported
N.N.
stowaway, fell out of a truck near Calais (F) was travelling to GB
N.N.
found in hull of boat that sank near Lampedusa (I), after all others (528) were rescued
N.N. (30, man)
stowaway, died of overheating in truck carrying cablewheels in Fulda (D) travelling from GR
N.N. (20-25, man)
stowaway, died of overheating in truck carrying cablewheels in Fulda (D) travelling from GR
N.N.
missing, after boat of 600 sank just off coast near Tripoli (LY) on the way to Italy
N.N. (babies)
drowned, after boat of 600 sank just off the coast near to Tripoli (LY) on the way to Italy
N.N.
Drowned, after boat of 600 sank just off the coast near to Tripoli (LY) on the way to Italy
N.N.(4 months, baby)
drowned, after boat of 600 sank just off the coast near to Tripoli (LY) on the way to Italy
N.N. (men)
feared drowned, boat sank 2 miles from Adra, Almeria coast (E), 29 survivors
N.N. (woman)
feared drowned, boat sank 2 miles from Adra, Almeria coast (E), 29 survivors
N.N. (3, girl)
feared drowned, boat sank 2 miles from Adra, Almeria coast (E), 29 survivors
N.N. (1, girl)
feared drowned, boat sank 2 miles from Adra, Almeria coast (E), 29 survivors
Ifeanyi Nwokoye (29, man)
Died on way to hospital, after escape from detention centre severly beaten by soldiers
N.N. (man)
drowned, found 3 days after shipwreck off Pantelleria (I) on the way from Libya
Leonie (38, woman)
drowned, jumped from boat that wrecked off Pantelleria (I) on the way from Libya
Cinie (28, woman)
drowned, jumped from boat that wrecked off Pantelleria (I) on the way from Libya
N.N. (man)
drowned, body found after boat wrecked off Pantelleria (I) on the way from Libya
N.N. (pregnant woman)
died from drinking sea water, boat of 72 went adrift in Mediterranean for 7 days
N.N. (2 months, fetus)
mother died from drinking sea water, boat of 72 went adrift in Mediterranean for 16 days
N.N. (29, woman)
body found in a drifting wooden boat off Malta’s shore rescued patrol vessels
N.N.
died during sea journey from Libya to Lampedusa (I), bodies thrown overboard
N.N. (2 babies, 1 child, 20 w)
died of thirst & hunger, boat drifted in Mediterranean for 15 days, SOS ignored by NATO
Kambiz Roustayi (36, man)
suicide, failed asylum seeker set himself on fire in Amsterdam (NL), feared deportation
N.N.
missing, part of 325 migrants on LY-I boat, sank 39 miles from Lampedusa in Maltese waters
N.N. (women)
missing, part of 325 migrants on LY-I boat, sank 39 miles from Lampedusa in Maltese waters
N.N. (24, woman)
missing, part of 325 migrants on LY-I boat, sank 39 miles from Lampedusa in Maltese waters
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
06/04/11
3
Bangladesh/Chad/Ivory Coast/Nigeria/Somalia/Sudan
LR/ANSA/Reu/Migreurop/Raz/Mail Online/Irish Times/MSN/ABC/ELC/EP/Gara.net/LV/Verdad/DiarioVasco/Aljazeera/AVUI/PICUM/MUGAK/PerCat/LV/ELM
06/04/11
1unknown
LR/ANSA/Reu/Migreurop/Raz/Mail Online/Irish Times/MSN/ABC/ELC/EP/Gara.net/LV/Verdad/DiarioVasco/Aljazeera/AVUI/PICUM/MUGAK/PerCat/LV/ELM
06/04/11
1unknown
LR/ANSA/Reu/Migreurop/Raz/Mail Online/Irish Times/MSN/ABC/ELC/EP/Gara.net/LV/Verdad/DiarioVasco/Aljazeera/AVUI/PICUM/MUGAK/PerCat/LV/ELM
02/04/11
1 Afghanistan PICUM/FE/ANSA/ClandestinE
02/04/11
1unknown FE/PICUM
01/04/11
1 Eritrea PICUM/FE
01/04/11
27 Tunisia FE/PICUM
in Apr 11
58 Tunisia Migreurop
31/03/11
70 Somalia/Eritrea
Quotidiano/LR/Migeurop/Kaosenlared/RAI/PICUM/MUGAK/Quotidiano
28/03/11
10 Sub-Saharan Africa Guardian Un./PerCat/AdnK
28/03/11
27 unknown
PUB/Reu/TunisieSoir/GuardianUn/MUGAK/Quotidiano
28/03/11
1 Sub-Saharan Africa Guardian Un./PerCat/AdnK
27/03/11
308 unknown Quotidiano/LR/Migeurop/Kaosenlared/RAI
26/03/11
1Senegal Seneweb/Nouvel Obs
25/03/11
295 unknown
PUB/Reu/TunisieSoir/GuardianUn/MUGAK/Quotidiano
25/03/11
10 Egypt PUB/Reu/TunisieSoir/GuardianUn
22/03/11
3unknown ORF
22/03/11
1Bangladesh MNS
18/03/11
3unknown clandestinE
14/03/11
40 Tunisia
LR/AFP/Le Figaro/EP/Diario de Noticias/TunisieSoir
06/03/11
18 Bangladesh KI/MNS
04/03/11
2Tunisia AFP/Le Monde/Migreurop/Romandie/LR
04/03/11
2Tunisia FE/GRR
02/03/11
1 Sub-Saharan Africa SUR/MUGAK
in Mar 11
3unknown ABC/MUGAK
in Mar 11
2unknown LR
01/03/11
1Nepal Karawane/taz/jW/waz
27/02/11
1 Sub-Saharan Africa Faro/FE/DiarioVasco
12/02/11
2unknown LESP
12/02/11
4unknown LR
12/02/11
4unknown LR
11/02/11
35 Tunisia
MNS/BBC/LESP/LR/Le Monde/Newsaust/Mugak/Diario de Navarra
31/01/11
1 Pakistan CypMail
23/01/11
1Mali Humano
18/01/11
1Tunisia FE
17/01/11
2Algeria FE/Migreurop/ElW
16/01/11
33 Afghanistan ClandestinE/FE/AFP/KI/VK/MNS/BBC
08/01/11
1 Africa ClandestinE/Frontexplode
07/01/11
1Kosovo WSWS/LV/MNS/Karawane
06/01/11
2unknown FE/AFP
04/01/11
1Mongolia Rue89
28/12/10
1Cameroon MUGAK/ELM
20/12/10
1 Africa Frontexplode/MNS
17/12/10
2 Africa Frontexplode/MNS
12/12/10
1Senegal MNS/LR/Africa-News
11/12/10
5unknown info/FE
07/12/10
2unknown ClandestinE/Frontexplode
01/12/10
1 Afghanistan Migreurop/FE/Kinisi/CorAdriatico
29/11/10
1Mali Europe1/MNS/Parisen
27/11/10
1 Afghanistan Migreurop/Kinisi/FE
23/11/10
4 Iran Europe1/FE/PICUM/MNS
22/11/10
2Maghreb EP/ELC
16/11/10
1Somalia FE/PICUM
09/11/10
1Morocco
ElDia/LV/MUGAK/Diario de Navarra/Diario de Noticias
in Nov 10
6 Eritrea ECRE/LR
01/11/10
2 Eritrea LR/ECRE
12/10/10
1Angola GuardianUn/NR/IndGB/Demotix/BBC/Rue89/FE/PICUM/IRR/Socialist Worker/NOB/ MNS
07/10/10
1Algeria Provincias
02/10/10
5Algeria FE/Swiss.ch
23/09/10
1Columbia TVblik/VK
21/09/10
1 Eritrea Migreurop/FE/FaiNoti
13/09/10
1Congo KISA/CypMail
08/09/10
24 Maghreb Les Temps D’Algerie/FE
08/09/10
19 Maghreb Les Temps D’Algerie/FE
in Sep 10
3 Sub-Saharan Africa Humano
in Sep 10
1 Afghanistan MNS/Telegraaf
31/08/10
2Maghreb SUR
28/08/10
2unknown MAC
27/08/10
37 unknown/Ivory Coast/Mali MAC
25/08/10
1 Afghanistan ANSA/Gazzettino
15/08/10
3Cameroon AFP/FocusNews/AllWAfrica
15/08/10
3Mali AFP/FocusNews/AllWAfrica
15/08/10
2 Ivory Coast AFP/FocusNews/AllWAfrica
15/08/10
2Senegal AFP/FocusNews/AllWAfrica
15/08/10
1Gambia AFP/FocusNews/AllWAfrica
15/08/10
1Guinea AFP/FocusNews/AllWAfrica
12/08/10
1Algeria Provincias/Deia/Diario de Navarra/Raz/ElDia
11/08/10
8unknown Les Temps d'Algerie/Migreurop
11/08/10
2 Sub-Saharan Africa EFE/SUR
11/08/10
1 Sub-Saharan Africa EFE
N.N (minors)
missing, part of 325 migrants on LY-I boat, sank 39 miles from Lampedusa in Maltese waters
N.N. (3, boy)
missing, part of 325 migrants on LY-I boat, sank 39 miles from Lampedusa in Maltese waters
N.N. (1, boy)
missing, part of 325 migrants on LY-I boat, sank 39 miles from Lampedusa in Maltese waters
N.N. (23, man)
stowaway, asphyxiation, body found in van at Ancona port (I) on ferry coming from GR
N.N. (20, man)
drowned when disembarking boat of 500 migrants in Modica(I), body found by Punta Reglioni
N.N. (23, man)
drowned whilst disembarking boat with 500 migrants in Modica (I)
N.N.
drowned, reportedly from missing boat to Italy on 27/03. bodies found off Kerkenneh(TN)
N.N.
drowned, bodies found on Tunisian beaches by coastguards
N.N.
drowned, found off Tripoli coast (LY), may include those from 2 missing boats on way to I
N.N.
drowned, boat sank on way to Lampedusa (I) from LY, 6 rescued by Egyptian fishing boats
N.N.
drowned, found off Kerkennah coast (TN) after 2 boats travelling together from LY sank
N.N. (1, baby)
drowned, boat sank on way to Lampedusa (I) from LY, 6 rescued by Egyptian fishing boats
N.N.
feared drowned, boat of 335 left Libya for Italy has been missing for 2 weeks
Seydina Moh. Mbaye (5, boy)
pulmonary embolism on flight to emergency surgery in Strasbourg(F), consulate delayed visa
N.N.
feared drowned after 2 boats travelling together from Sidi Bilal (LY) sank on way to Italy
N.N.
feared drowned after 2 boats travelling together from Sidi Bilal (LY) sank on way to Italy
N.N.
missing, sent distress signal near Paxoi island (GR) way to I, jumped into sea during rescue
N.N.
drowned, found off Crete’s island jumped off LY-GR ship in Souda (GR) during repatriation
N.N. (±28, men)
drowned, patrols found bodies in Petalo area of river Evros (GR)
N.N.
drowned; 17 found, 23 missing, boat sank near Kerkenneh (TN) on way to Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
drowned, 13 found, 5 missing, jumped off LY-GR ship in Souda (GR) fearing repatriation
N.N.
drowned, boat capsized in a storm off Lampedusa (I), 28 people were rescued
N.N. (boys)
drowned, fell into sea during boat rescue of 22 migrants from Tunisia 50km from Marsala (I)
N.N. (±27, man)
drowned, decomposed body found floating opposite La Carihuela beach, Torremolinos (E)
N.N.
burned to death in a shack in Melilla (E) as they waited for a chance to cross to mainland
N.N.
drowned, bodies found in advanced state of decomposition near Lampedusa (I)
Shambu Lama (40, man)
suicide, laid under train in Gifhorn(D)in fear of deportation, lived 16yrs in D where he had son
N.N. (±16, boy)
drowned while trying to cross Benzu breakwater (MA) to Ceuta (E) body found hours after
N.N. (men)
drowned, boat sank off Zarzis (TN) on way to Italy, 1 body found, 1 missing, 10 survivors
N.N. (men)
bodies found by patrol guards on a boat adrift off Sfax coast (TN)
N.N. (men)
bodies found by patrol guards on a boat adrift near Sfax (TN) on way to Italy
N.N.
drowned; 5 found, 30 missing when TN coastguards rammed their boat, splitting it in two
N.N. (54, man)
failed asylum seeker, died after jumping from window during police check in Nicosia flat (CY)
N.N. (man)
stopped breathing, very weak after 4 days wait at Strait of Gibraltar coast for MA-E dinghy
Garrach (boy)
drowned, boat capsized near Metline (TN) during poor border control after Ben Ali abdication
N.N. (men)
drowned, set boat on fire and jumped to avoid border patrol in Annaba (DZ) on the way to I
N.N.
missing, feared drowned when ship sank near Corfu (GR) on way to Italy, 230 survivors
N.N. (±25, man)
froze to death, body found in Nea Vissa, Evros (GR) near to Turkish border
Borka T. (woman)
brain haemorrhage, could not receive medical treatment once deported from D to Kosovo
N.N. (men)
drowned, bodies found in Evros River trying to cross GR-TR border
Alta Ming (34, woman)
no medical help, died giving birth in Rennes (F), homeless since husband put in det. ctr. in NL
N.N. (33, man)
stowaway, crushed by the cargo of the truck he was hiding in, on way from Ceuta to Spain
N.N. (±28, man)
frozen to death, found in Nea Vissa (GR), crossing TR-GR border
N.N. (men)
frozen to death, bodies found in Nea Vissa (GR), near Turkish border
Saidou Gadiaga (37, man)
asthma attack at Masotti Carabinieri station, Brescia (I) medical treatment provided too late
N.N.
missing, drowned when ship sank off Kani Keli, Mayotte (F), 31 survivors
N.N.
drowned, bodies found in the Evros region (GR) near to border with Turkey
N.N. (16, boy)
stowaway, suffocated whilst hiding in truck on a ferry from Patras (GR) to Ancona (I)
Mahamadou Maréga (38, man)
died from shock, taser was used on deportee by police in Colombes (FR) to calm fight
Sardar Ayari (25, man)
stowaway, crushed between 2 trucks whilst trying to climb into one in Patras (GR) going to I
N.N. (men)
stowaways, suffocated in back of van near Amfilochia (GR), travelling from Italy
N.N. (±20, men)
died of burns and fume inhalation, fire they made to heat up Santurtzi squat (E) spread
N.N. (23, man)
drowned, boat sank on way from Balkans, body found in Bari(I) holding Greek expulsion order
Brahim A (54, man)
brain haemorrhage, fell 20ft while working without papers, left at Ceuta hospital gate (E)
N.N.
beaten to death with sticks by traffickers in Sinai desert (Israel), for trying to escape group
N.N. (men)
killed by traffickers holding them in Sinai desert (Israel), for using phones to call for help
Jimmy Mubenga (46, man)
Died of cardiac arrest during deportation on flight from Heathrow (GB)
N.N. (man)
stowaway, drowned whilst swimming from ship to shore at Pinedo beach, Valencia (E)
N.N. (18-36, men)
missing, feared drowned, sailing with 30 survivors rescued off coast of Mostaganem (DZ)
Bertha Penetes Acosta (74, w)
died in expulsion centre after being arrested, had been living illegally in NL for decades
N.N. (22, man)
stowaway, travelling from Georgia, hurriedly jumped off truck near Foggia (I) and fell on head
Andoine Bassoumga (41, man)
heart attack, diabetic asylum seeker in Nicosia (CY), had a poor diet when welfare was cut
N.N.
missing, feared drowned on the way from El Bouni, Annaba (DZ) to Sardinia (I) by boat
N.N.
missing, feared drowned on the way from Seraidi, Annaba (DZ) to Sardinia (I) by boat
N.N.
bodies thrown overboard a boat carrying 34 others, found on Alboran Sea (E)
Nezam Azimi (60, man)
murdered by Taliban, after forcibly returned to Kabul in 2006 when asylum denied in NL
N.N.
bodies found by civil guard on Ceuta beach (E), in an advanced state of decomposition
N.N.
found off Ceuta’s coast (E), believed to have fallen from boats several months ago
N.N.
reportedly missing, boat from MA to E allegedly carrying 37 has gone missing
N.N. (minor)
body found by police on Jonic coast, Calabria (I), reportedly died whilst disembarking sailboat
N.N.
died of thirst in Algerian desert near Tamanrasset, with 9 others trying to reach Europe
N.N.
died of thirst in Algerian desert near to Tamanrasset, with 9 others trying to reach Europe
N.N.
died of thirst in Algerian desert near to Tamanrasset, with 10 others trying to reach Europe
N.N.
died of thirst in Algerian desert near to Tamanrasset, with 10 others trying to reach Europe
N.N.
died of thirst in Algerian desert near to Tamanrasset, with 11 others trying to reach Europe
N.N.
died of thirst in Algerian desert near to Tamanrasset, with 11 others trying to reach Europe
N.N. (55, man)
drowned, body found by helicopter rescue 24km from Tabarca, Alicante (E)
N.N.
drowned, 6 missing and 2 found by sea patrol near Alicante (E) travelling from DZ
N.N. (men)
drowned, bodies found in La Linea de la Conception (E) near Gibraltar
N.N. (man)
drowned, mark of a knock on his head, body found near to Levante beach (E)
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
11/08/10
1Chechnia IRR
07/08/10
1unknown Provincias/EP/MNS/RoundTown
07/08/10
1unknown Provincias/EP/RoundTown
in Aug 10
1unknown EP/Provincias/RoundTown
28/07/10
2unknown EP/Provincias/DiarioVasco/RoundTown
25/07/10
1 Iraq Guardian Un./BBC/IRR/ThisIsNott/TheHuff/NoBordersNott/MNS
11/07/10
3 Sub-Saharan Africa
Diario de Noticias/Diario de Navarra/ABC/SUR/Publico
11/07/10
2 Sub-Saharan Africa
Diario de Noticias/Diario de Navarra/ABC/SUR/Publico
11/07/10
1 Sub-Saharan Africa
Diario de Noticias/Diario de Navarra/ABC/SUR/Publico
in Jul 10
1 Afghanistan ANSA/Gazzettino
in Jul 10
1 Afghanistan ANSA/Gazzettino
01/07/10
1Guinea Parisen
27/06/10
1Somalia aduc/Doorbraak/SunaT/IRR
27/06/10
1unknown aduc/Doorbraak/SunaT
25/06/10
2unknown TimesM/Migreurop/AFP
25/06/10
1unknown UNHCR/DS
08/06/10
1 Africa MNS
03/06/10
1 Ivory Coast MNS/FIDH/IRR
02/06/10
1Armenia 762/IRR/Blackbox
in Jun 10
6unknown TimesM/Migreurop/AFP
in Jun 10
2unknown TimesM/Migreurop/AFP
in Jun 10
3unknown TimesM/Migreurop/AFP
in Jun 10
5unknown TimesM/Migreurop
30/05/10
20 Chad/Egypt/Nigeria LR
13/05/10
1Morocco SetDirecta/FAIV/EP/PerCat/IRR
03/05/10
1 Ivory Coast MNS/MUGAK/SUR
02/05/10
1 Iraq IRR
in May 10
1Maghreb VK
18/04/10
1Algeria Provincias/SUR/Can7
18/04/10
4unknown PICUM/UNHCR
16/04/10
1 Indonesia jW/Karawane/IRR/FR-H/Blackbox
15/04/10
1Kenya GuardianUn/IndyMedia/MornStar/IRR
13/04/10
11 Algeria
PUB/SUR/Provincias/Can7/Nerja/MUGAK/EP/ABC/Diario de Navarra/ELM/ELC/MNS
11/04/10
1 Afghanistan PICUM/IRR
10/04/10
1 Shri Lanka LaNVenezia
07/04/10
1 Afghanistan CPH/IRR/MNS
02/04/10
1Chechnia DerStandard/Salzburger Nachrichten
in Apr 10
1 unknown (minor) UNHCR/Sverinsge
30/03/10
7unknown Le Monde/MP/FE/KI
28/03/10
1 Afghanistan IRR/MNS
21/03/10
3Somalia LR/FE
17/03/10
1Nigeria
AdnK/Swiss.ch/BBC/UNHCR/Augen Auf/DerBund/IPSNA/KZ/NI/IRR/MNS/Aid/SSF /Blackbox
10/03/10
1unknown GuardianUn.
08/03/10
1unknown GuardianUn.
07/03/10
1Georgia WSWS/Migreurop/CaucKnot/SP/jW/taz/AN/IRR/MNS/Blackbox
07/03/10
1Russia GuardianUn/IRR/Migreurop/TheHerlad/MNS/Independent/ Mailonline
07/03/10
1Russia GuardianUn/IRR/TheHerlad/MNS/Migreurop/Independent
07/03/10
1Russia GuardianUn/IRR/MNS/TheHerald/Migreurop/Independent
03/03/10
1Nigeria Everyone Group
11/02/10
6unknown KI/FE/AP/Migreurop/ECRE
11/02/10
1unknown KI/FE/AP/Migreurop/ECRE
11/02/10
1unknown KI/FE/AP/Migreurop/ECRE
11/02/10
6unknown KI/FE/AP/Migreurop/ECRE
16/01/10
1 North Africa LR/IRR
04/01/10
1Tunisia Migreurop/IRR/ST
in Jan 10
1 Latvia SP/Blackbox
in 2010
5unknown LV
in 2010
13 unknown LV
in 2010
2unknown LV
29/12/2009
22 Asia
ClandestinE/TodZam/NOB/KI/ANSA/Le Figaro/Unita
25/12/09
1Brazil EveryOne Group/LR/Migreurop
15/12/09
1 Afghanistan NOB/FE
12/12/09
2unknown NOB/TodZam
09/12/09
1 Africa AP/FE
24/11/09
1Senegal CDS
24/11/09
23 Comoros Publico/AFP/MigrantsOM
20/11/09
1Bolivia Sur
18/11/09
1 Sub-Saharan Africa EP/FE
12/11/09
1China IRR/UxbGaz
06/11/09
6 Afghanistan FE/Ansa/Le Monde/NOB
06/11/09
1Algeria EP
01/11/09
1unknown FE/Mail Online/IRR
in Nov 09
1Somalia UNHCR/IRR
30/10/09
1 Afghanistan IRR
30/10/09
1 India Libération/PrivateSource/Libelille
29/10/09
3Algeria EXP/UnSarda/EarthT/EP/PUB/PICUM/NOB
27/10/09
9 Afghanistan
LR/TDN/Le Figaro/CDS/Migreurop/ANSA/gara.net/Picum/NOB/ClandestinE/Hurriyet
27/10/09
1unknown LR/Can7/Picum/NOB
15/10/09
16 Kosovo Picum/UNMIK/NOB
12/10/09
7unknown Malanga
Arslan Duzhiev (37, man)
found hanged by a rope in his cell at detention centre in Traiskirchen (A)
N.N.
drowned during shipwreck off Ibiza Channel, body found 2 miles from Altea, Alicante (E)
N.N.
drowned during shipwreck off Ibiza Channel, body found on San Juan beach (E)
N.N.
drowned during a shipwreck off Ibiza Channel, body found by fishermen in Calp, Alicante (E)
N.N.
drowned during shipwreck off Ibiza Channel, bodies found off Javea coast (E)
Osman Rasul (27, man)
suicide, jumped from balcony in Nottingham (GB), couldn’t find solicitor for his asylum appeal
N.N. (women)
bodies found on a damaged boat rescued off Motril coast, Granada (E) carrying 25 survivors
N.N.(babies)
bodies found on a damaged boat rescued off Motril coast, Granada (E) carrying 25 survivors
N.N. (fetus)
mother’s body was found on a damaged boat rescued off Motril coast, Granada (E)
N.N. (20, man)
body found on Jonic coast, Calabria (I) at end of July, died during disembarking boat
N.N. (14, boy)
reported missing on Jonic coast, Calabria (I) at end of July, had travelled by sailboat
Dembo Fofana (28, man)
drowned in the Seine river (F) after escaping from police control, was undocumented
Zahara Bare (42, pregnant)
asylum seeker died in Leersum asylum centre (NL) who was denied urgent medical care
N.N. (fetus)
mother died when denied urgent medical care in a Leersum asylum centre (NL)
N.N. (women)
drowned, boat overturned crossing Evros river from TR-GR, bodies found in Orestiada (GR)
N.N. (25, man)
killed by another asylum seeker in Alvesta (S) apartment rented by Migration Board
N.N.
drowned whilst travelling from Turkey to Greece on Evros River (GR)
N.N. (man)
unknown cause had mental health problems but was not monitored in Charleroi(B) asylum cr.
Slawik C. (58, man)
suicide, hanged himself with kettle cord whilst facing deporting in Langenhagen prison (D)
N.N. (men)
drowned, boat overturned crossing Evros river from TR-GR, bodies found in Orestiada (GR)
N.N. (women)
drowned, boat overturned crossing Evros river from TR-GR, bodies found in Orestiada (GR)
N.N.
missing, suspected drowned, boat overturned when crossing Evros river from TR-GR
N.N.
drowned, boat overturned crossing Evros river (TR) trying to get to Greece
N.N.
whilst travelling to Europe, executed in Tripoli and Banghazi (LY) for alleged criminal offences
Mohamed Abagui (man)
suicide, hanged himself with bedsheet whilst awating deportation in Barcelona det centre(E)
Abdoulaye (23, man)
stowaway, hanging under lorry, had permission to travel Ceuta-Malaga (E) but was prevented
Alan Rasoul Ahmed (man)
suicide, asylum seeker hanged himself in Liverpool (GB) as he was homesick and left in limbo
N.N. (34, man)
deported from NL without family, died while trying to reenter Europe via boat to Samos (GR)
N.N. (±25, man)
drowned whilst swimming to city, body washed up on Chorrillo beach, Ceuta (E)
N.N.
drowned, bodies found by Evros river near Edirne (TR) when boat capsized, 7 survivors
Yeni P. (34, woman)
suicide, hanged herself in deportation centre in Hamburg (D)
Eliud Nguli Nyenze (40, man)
died after being denied medical attention by staff at Oakington detention centre (GB)
N.N. (adults)
reportedly drowned, boat sank of Almeria coast (E) on way from Algeria. 3 survivors
Ramahdin (16, boy)
stowaway, fell under wheels of truck when it boarded a boat in Dunkirk (F), travelling to GB
N.N. (27, man)
stabbed by housemate in Venice (I), jealous of his permanent residency and work permit
N.N. (30, man)
stabbed in canteen-queue fight in Sandholm Asylum Centre (DK) tension due to overcrowding
N.N. (30, man)
stabbed by bread knife by drunk asylum seeker, whilst in asylum centre in Mostviertel (A)
N.N.
suicide, depressed after asylum claim was rejected did not receive medical support
N.N.
drowned, boat capsized 3 miles from Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt on way to Italy. 38 survivors
N.N. (15, boy)
asylum seeker, killed by bomb exposion in Athens (GR) while searching for food into garbage
N.N.
bodies thrown overboard on the way to Sicily (I), 20 surivors rescued by border patrol
Joseph Ndukaku (29, man)
died during deportation at Zurich airport (CH),weak from hunger strike,police forcibly restrain
Mrs. G. (woman)
rare brain infection, no medical care and delayed social benefits after approved asylum
E. G. (baby, boy)
starvation, died 2days before mother, family got no social help after received asylum in GB
David Mardiani (17, man)
suicide, asylum seeker, hanged himself in Hamburg deportation centre (D) after hunger strike
Serguei Serykh (43, man)
suicide, jumped with his family from 15 floor flat in Glasgow (GB), asylum claim was rejected
Tatiana Serykh (40s, woman)
suicide, jumped with her family from 15 floor flat in Glasgow (GB), asylum claim was rejected
Stefan Serykh (21, man)
suicide, jumped with his family from 15 floor flat in Glasgow (GB), asylum claim was rejected
N.N. (13 months, girl)
refused hospital treatment in Cernusco sul Naviglo (I) due to new discriminatory laws
N.N. (men)
reportedly drowned, dinghy capsized off coast of Samos (GR) on the way to (GR) from (TR)
N.N. (woman)
reportedly drowned, dinghy capsized off coast of Samos (GR) on the way to (GR) from (TR)
N.N. (girl)
reportedly drowned, dinghy capsized off coast of Samos (GR) on the way to (GR) from (TR)
N.N.
reportedly missing, dinghy capsized off Samos Island (GR) on the way to (GR) from (TR)
M. El Abbouby (25, man)
suicide, exhaled camping gas spray in his cell in S.Vittore prison, Milan (I)
M. Yahya Tabbabi (31, man)
asylum-seeker, died in detention centre in Vottem (B) due to lack of medical treatment
Wadim S. (±21, man)
suicide, jumped in front of train in Hamburg (D) after hearing he would be deported
N.N.
drowned, shipwreck with 36 survivors, bodies found on Valencia coast (E)
N.N.
drowned, boat sank off Andalusia coast (E), 10 bodies found, 3 missing
N.N. (babies)
feared drowned, missing after boat sank off Andalusia coast (E)
N.N. (1 child 2y; 7 women)
died in shipwreck near Alexandroupoli (GR-TR border), bodies found across 2 weeks
Carlos (34, woman)
suicide, transsexual hanged herself with a sheet in detention centre of Milan (I)
Maiouad (15, boy)
stowaway, killed crossing a highway near Calais (F), trying to go to GB by hiding in a truck
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat sank off coast of Leros Island (GR), 25 rescued from rocky islet
N.N. (man)
stowaway, frozen to death in a lorry trying to go from Tangier (MA) to Marseille (F)
Ibrahim M.B. (35, man)
murdered by his employer in Vercelli (I) as he did not want to pay him a 3 months salary
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat sank between island Mayotte (F) and Comoros Islands
N.N. (30, man)
died after repatriation operation after 26 days spent inside detention centre of Malaga (E)
N.N. (man)
reportedly drowned, fell from wooden boat in the sea off the coast of Tarifa (E)
Jianping Liu (35, woman)
suicide, jumped from bridge near Heathrow (GB) after police questioned her about residence
N.N. (1m; 1 w; 3 childr; 1 baby)
drowned, 5 died, 1 missing, overloaded boat sank off the coast of Bodrum (TR)
Abdelkader H. (19, man)
suicide, jumped in Bilbao’s river (E) escaping from policemen who took him for a thief
N.N. (young man)
stowaway, suffocated, found in the back of a lorry entering the Channel Tunnel (F) to GB
N.N. (±30, man)
swine flu, died whilst staying in asylum centre in Norway, no medical care was given
Mohammed Iqbal Safi (18, man)
jumped in river Thames(GB) after police questioned him in custody for immigration offences
N.N. (25, man)
stowaway, asphyxiated while hidden in a lorry near Calais (F), trying to go to GB
N.N.
bodies found on a boat tracked southeast of Cartagena on Spain’s southern coast
N.N. (±30, 1 man; 3 w; 5 childr)
drowned after wooden boat from TR collided with rocks on the island of Mytilini (GR)
N.N.
found on boat escorted to (I), (M) refused for 3 days to receive them in their territory
N.N. (1 woman; 1 child)
drowned, 11 died, 5 missing, boat capsized trying to cross Tisza river (RS) to (H)
N.N. (4 women; 3 children)
drowned, boat sank by Kani-Keli, southern Mayotte, on way from Comoros
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees
Postbus 413 NL-1000 AK Amsterdam phone +31-20-6834778, fax 31-20-6834582, info@unitedagainstracism.org, www.unitedagainstracism.org
The UNITED List of Deaths can be freely re-used, translated and re-distributed, provided source (www.unitedagainstracism.org) is mentioned. Researchers can obtain this list with more data in xls format from UNITED.
found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
10/10/09
1 Pakistan Anarkismo/IRR
06/10/09
7 Egypt/Somalia Picum/EveryOne Group/NOB
06/10/09
1Syria IRR
19/09/09
28 Sub-Saharan Africa
AFP/EP/DiarioVasco/Razon/ELM/ELC/PerCat/Xinhua/APDHA/NOB
14/09/09
1 India DerStandard/FRO/WIKO/Asyl in Not/RoterP
10/09/09
1 Afghanistan IRR
29/08/09
1Maghreb
Diario de Noticia/ElDia/ABC/Verdad/DNG/Deia/gara.net/Diario de Navarra/PUB/DiarioVasco/EP/ELM/PICUM/NOB
28/08/09
1 Africa Gara/MUGAK/NOB
25/08/09
1 Iraq IRR
24/08/09
1Lebanon ARI/ERA/RoterP
20/08/09
72 Eritrea
LR/CDS/GE/FE/MUGAK/EP/AFP/GARA/ANSA/Nouvel Obs/ASGI/NOB
17/08/09
27
Sub-Saharan Africa/Morocco
LatinAHTribune
16/08/09
1 Afghanistan IRR
12/08/09
2Turkey FE/Picum/Cesdop/NOB
10/08/09
20 Somalia FE/VOA
09/08/09
1unknown CDS/NOB
09/08/09
12 Somalia FE/GiovaniE
09/08/09
6Somalia FE/GiovaniE
09/08/09
1 Kurdistan ShieldsG/IRR
08/08/09
12 unknown BBC/Migreurop/NOB
06/08/09
1Morocco LR/IRR/ERA
03/08/09
12 Algeria EP/Verdad/ELM/RAZ/MUGAK
27/07/09
1 Iraq AFP
27/07/09
1unknown FE/SUR
25/07/09
1Uruguai Can7/VDG/ElDia/Publico
14/07/09
1 Sub-Saharan Africa Verdad/Diario de Navarra
14/07/09
1 Kurdistan taz
12/07/09
2 Sub-Saharan Africa
Publico/EP/Diario de Noticia/VDG/Gara/Verdad/Diario de Navarra
01/07/09
1 Sub-Saharan Africa PICUM
29/06/09
9Maghreb
PICUM/SUR/Publico/EP/ELM/Verdad/DiarioVasco/MNS/NOB/AdnE
23/06/09
1 Afghanistan PICUM/LR/MP/NOB
19/06/09
1Ecuador EP/AVUI/MUGAK
17/06/09
2Algeria LV/Verdad/PICUM/NOB
04/06/09
25
Sub-Saharan Africa/Morocco
ABC/MUGAK/EP/ELM/LV/EFE/Diario de Navarra /GARA/DNG/Verdad/ElDia/EPress/APDHA/ELC/MNS/NOB
03/06/09
34 Comoros Malango
03/06/09
1Comoros Malango
03/06/09
1Comoros Malango
in Jun 09
1unknown IRR
27/05/09
1 Afghanistan IRR/UPP/NewsD
19/05/09
1Ecuador SetDirecta/FAIV
19/05/09
1 Vietnam VoixDuNord
07/05/09
1Tunisia IlMess/IRR/ERA
in May 09
2Somalia MNS
in May 09
1Tunisia MNS
30/04/09
1 Sub-Saharan Africa EFE/NOB
23/04/09
35 Africa MUGAK/Can7/EFE/UNHCR/LR/GARA
23/04/09
20 Africa MUGAK/Can7/EFE/UNHCR/LR/GARA
23/04/09
2unknown
MUGAK/EFE/Diario de Navarra/PICUM/EHAR/NOB
18/04/09
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MUGAK/EFE/ElDia/Diario de Navarra
16/04/09
1Nigeria
MUGAK/TimesM/Diario de Navarra/Verdad/LR/PUN/VDG/LR/SIR/Deia/Nouvel Obs/Tisc/IlMess/LS/CDS/MOP/AFP/Migreurop/NOB
05/04/09
1 Afghanistan Reu/Ya.F/MSF/MRAP/CSE10/AFP
05/04/09
1unknown Reu/Ya.F/CSE10/NOB/7sur7.be
03/04/09
2 Africa ANSA/AVV/NOB
01/04/09
300
Algeria/ Somalia/ Nigeria/ Eritrea
VK/Zeit/MET
29/03/09
213 Africa
ABC/MUGAK/Deia/DiariodeNavarra/DNG/APDHA/Berria/LV/PerCat/AVU/DNA/DiarioVasco/Verdad/Raz/GARA/Can7/ELC/VDG/ELM/EP/Publico/DM/SP/AN/VK/CGIL/FE/LR/CDS/Unità/Euronews/ANSA/Migreurop/RF/FTCR/AEDH/NYtimes/IANS/UNHCR/GuardianUn./MNS/TW/Stuff/Mediapart/SBS/CF/Reu/Ya.N/Boston/PICUM/PANOR/AP/AFP/NOB/BBC
29/03/09
21 Africa
ABC/MUGAK/Deia/DiariodeNavarra/DNG/APDHA/Berria/LV/PerCat/AVU/DNA/DiarioVasco/Verdad/Raz/GARA/Can7/ELC/VDG/ELM/EP/Publico/DM/SP/AN/VK/CGIL/FE/LR/CDS/Unità/Euronews/ANSA/Migreurop/RF/FTCR/AEDH/NYtimes/IANS/UNHCR/GuardianUn./MNS/TW/Stuff/Mediapart/SBS/CF/Reu/Ya.N/Boston/PICUM/NOB
29/03/09
1 Iraq CDS/NOB
26/03/09
1 Iraq CDS/ANSA/AdnK/NOB
23/03/09
1unknown NR/IRR
22/03/09
2Maghreb MUGAK/EFE/PUB/NOB
19/03/09
67 Africa LS/FE/ANSA/Ach/AFP/LSW/NOB
19/03/09
1Algeria CARTA/ElW
17/03/09
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MUGAK/DNA/SUR/PUB/EFE/ELM/NOB
16/03/09
11 Nigeria NOB/LR
06/03/09
1 Africa REU/NOB
in Mar 09
14 Nigeria, Africa FE/NAN/NT/ODILI
21/02/09
1 Africa NOB/REU
15/02/09
2Maghreb
Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/Deia/EP/Raz/ELC/VDG/Verdad/ElDia/PerCat/LV/AVUI/SUR/GARA/DiariodeNavarra/DiarioVasco/DNG/Tribuna/SOS/PrensaLibre/SP/Canadian/CadSER/NYboat/MUGAK/ENAR/MSN/MAG/VOA/BostonH/DN/Migreurop/20Mf/WOL/MNS/STAMPA/Liberazione/AFP/NOB/VK
15/02/09
1Maghreb
Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/Deia/EP/Raz/ELC/VDG/Verdad/ElDia/PerCat/LV/AVUI/SUR/GARA/DiariodeNavarra/DiarioVasco/DNG/Tribuna/SOS/PrensaLibre/SP/Canadian/CadSER/NYboat/MUGAK/ENAR/MSN/MAG/VOA/BostonH/DN/Migreurop/20Mf/WOL/MNS/STAMPA/Liberazione/AFP/NOB/VK
15/02/09
19 Maghreb
Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/Deia/EP/Raz/ELC/VDG/Verdad/ElDia/PerCat/LV/AVUI/SUR/GARA/DiariodeNavarra/DiarioVasco/DNG/Tribuna/SOS/PrensaLibre/SP/Canadian/CadSER/NYboat/MUGAK/ENAR/MSN/MAG/VOA/BostonH/DN/Migreurop/20Mf/WOL/MNS/STAMPA/Liberazione/AFP/NOB/VK
15/02/09
4Maghreb
Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/Deia/EP/Raz/ELC/VDG/Verdad/ElDia/PerCat/LV/AVUI/SUR/GARA/DiariodeNavarra/DiarioVasco/DNG/Tribuna/SOS/PrensaLibre/SP/Canadian/CadSER/NYboat/MUGAK/ENAR/MSN/MAG/VOA/BostonH/DN/Migreurop/20Mf/WOL/MNS/STAMPA/Liberazione/AFP/NOB/VK
15/02/09
1Maghreb
Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/Deia/EP/Raz/ELC/VDG/Verdad/ElDia/PerCat/LV/AVUI/SUR/GARA/DiariodeNavarra/DiarioVasco/DNG/Tribuna/SOS/PrensaLibre/SP/Canadian/CadSER/NYboat/MUGAK/ENAR/MSN/MAG/VOA/BostonH/DN/Migreurop/20Mf/WOL/MNS/STAMPA/Liberazione/AFP/NOB/VK
02/02/09
3Gambia
ABC/EP/MUGAK/ELM/Diario de Navarra/SUR/Can7/ELC/Deia/Der Standard/AFP/NOB
in Feb 09
1 Africa AFP/MAG
31/01/09
1 Sub-Saharan Africa Can7/MUGAK
29/01/09
8Tunisia ANSA
28/01/09
5unknown AFP/REU/NOB
22/01/09
1Nigeria LR/ASCA
21/01/09
1 Africa LR/MP/AdnK/ANSA/NOB
21/01/09
8Libya LR/CDS
Mohammad Atif Kamran (25, m)
murdered, beaten, dragged in police station of Nikaia (GR) and tortured to death
N.N.
drowned, 4 died, 3 missing, trying to swim with a dinghy to the coast of Gela (I)
Hasun Albaadzh (man)
medical neglect, died in Busmantsi detention centre (BG) where he had been held for 3 years
N.N. (7 women; 1 man)
drowned, 8 found, 20 missing, small boat sank off the coast of (MA) near Perejil Island (E)
Gagandeep Singh K. (32, man)
suicide, died of heart attack due to a month-long hunger strike in prison in Wien (A)
Hassan Rahimi (boy)
suicide, unaccompanied minor who hanged himself in London (GB) as he feared eviction
N.N.
manner of death unknown, died during boat trip, found in Granadilla, Tenerife Island (E)
N.N. (woman)
drowned during rescue operation in Birzebuggia coast (M) on her way from Africa
Mahmum O (26, man)
suicide, asylum seeker found hanging in prison cell in Nuremburg (D) four days earlier
Mrs T. (32, woman)
suicide, overdose to family being moved from Mittweida (D) to an asylum seekers camp
N.N. (55 man; 17 woman)
bodies thrown overboard after 23 days travelling from Libya to Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (1 man)
drowned,7 found, 20 missing, 10 survived, shipwreck near Trafalgar beach in southern Spain
Jasraj Singh Kataria (23 months)
fell from third floor window of an unfitted accommodation provided by a UKBA contractor
N.N.
drowned, 2 died, motorboat sank off the coast of Kos Island (GR) on the way from TR
N.N.
murdered, guards opened fire during their escape attempt from det. cr. in Banghazi (LY)
N.N.
stowaway, body found on hallway Brindisi-Lecce (I) thrown over truck with 17 survivors
N.N.
missing after Benghazi (LY) massacre by police, in detention centre along LY to Italy route
N.N.
killed by police in Benghazi massacre (LY), when prisoners tried to escape detention centre
Heval Huseyn Ismail (28, man)
suicide, failed asylum seeker who hanged himself in a South Shields park (GB)
N.N.
1 died, 11 missing, boat collided with Algerian coast guard vessel in the port of Annaba (DZ)
F.A. (27, woman)
suicide, threw herself in the Brembo River in Bergamo (I) in fear of deportation
N.N. (1 man)
drowned, 1 died, 11 missing, wooden boat capsized 4 miles from Cabo de Palos (E)
Arivan Osman Asis (20, man)
murdered, beaten by border guards in his attempt to embark to reach I, died in GR hospital
N.N.
reportedly drowned, parts of a body found along la Fontanilla beach of Marbella (E)
Luis Beltran Larrosa (56, man)
died of heart attack in Tenerife (E), employer did not call for assistance as Luis was illegal
N.N.
died at the hospital of El Hierro, Canary Islands (E), after boat arrived in La Estaca harbour
Azad Hayi (28, man)
manslaughter, beaten by neonazis whilst returning to Möhlau asylum centre (D) at night
N.N.
1 died on board during travel, 1 died at the hospital of El Hierro (E) because of dehydration
N.N. (man)
drowned, body found 42 miles south of Cabo de Gata in Almeria (E) by Liberian ship
N.N. (3 women; 5 men; 1 child)
drowned, wooden boat collided with rocks off Barbate (E), traffickers imprisoned for murder
Amir Rohol (19, boy)
stowaway, fell from the truck he was hidden, died in hospital 3h later in Ancona (I)
N.N. (20, man)
suicide in a cell in Barcelona (E) hanging himself with his own shirt, arrested because illegal
N.N. (men)
1 drowned, 1 missing after shipwreck due to stormy waters 30 miles south Cartagena (E)
N.N. (men; women; 8 babies)
missing after their boat sank 10 miles off Tarifa, Cadiz (E) on the way from Tanger (MA)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat hit a rock between Anjouan (Comoros) and Mayotte (F)
M’manga Soule
drowned, boat hit a rock between Anjouan (Comoros) and Mayotte (F)
Atiki
drowned, boat hit a rock between Anjouan (Comoros) and Mayotte (F)
N.N. (16, boy)
suicide after his asylum claim was rejected in asylum seeker centre Varmland (S)
Mir Abbas Safari (36, man)
suicide after 67 days in detention centre in Gavle (S) in fear of being deported
Jonathan Sizalina (20, man)
reported suicide using tshirt but guards reportedly beat him in Barcelona detention centre(E)
N.N (man)
road accident, tried to jump onto moving truck on motorway in Teteghem (F) towards B
N.N. (49, woman)
suicide in the detention centre of Ponte Gallera, in Roma (I)
N.N.
drowned whilst travelling from Turkey to Greece on Evros River (GR)
N.N.
drowned whilst travelling from Turkey to Greece on Evros River (GR)
N.N. (man)
died in the hospital in Tarifa (E) after Spanish authorities blocked a boat from Tangier (MA)
N.N. (26 men; 9 women)
drowned, bodies found after shipwreck 250 km east of Aden (Yemen) on way from Somalia
N.N.
missing after shipwreck, 250 km east of Aden (Yemen), coming from Somalia, 165 survivors
N.N.
reportedly died of hypothermia, found by Spanish authorities in the Strait of Gibraltar (E)
N.N.
body found by Mauritanian guards on a boat near Nouadhibou on way to Canary Islands (E)
Esat Ekos (19, pregnant woman)
died during rescue operation, boat waited 4 days before to be allowed to reach Italian coasts
N.N. (26, man)
stabbed after a brawl in Villemin square, Paris (F), where he lived as asylum seeker
N.N. (man)
stowaway, found dead in Channel tunnel in Calais (F), probably fell from a lorry
N.N. (1 man; 1 woman)
bodies found on a boat reportedly from (LY) 60 km off Lampedusa’s Southern coast (I)
N.N.
drowned, reportedly 3 boats capsized on way from Libya to presumely Italy
N.N.
assumed missing after boats sank due to stormy waters on way from Libya to Italy
N.N.
Drowned after overcrowded boats sank due to stormy waters on way from Libya to Italy
N.N. (20, man)
stowaway, dead under a Bulgarian lorry, hid to pass the border in Ancona harbor (I)
N.N. (20, man)
asylum seeker was run over by a lorry in Venice harbor (I) reportedly trying to skip ID control
Mazir (24, man)
found in Votanikos stream near Aliens Bureau in Athens (GR), stayed in coma for 3 months
N.N.
missing when Spanish patrol transfered the passengers from their boat off Cabo de Gata (E)
N.N.
17 deaths, 50 missing, after shipwreck near Sfax (TN) on the way from Libya to Italy
Salah Soudami (42, man)
reportedly beaten on the Ponte Gallierra det. cr. Roma (I) after refusal of medical treatment
N.N. (young man)
body washed ashore on the beach Linea de la Concepcion, Cadiz (E)
N.N. (7 men; 4 women)
died of thirst in the LY-Niger desert trying to reach I, left there by Libyan authorities
N.N. (±20, man)
tangled in razor wire trying to jump a border fence from Morocco to Ceuta (E)
N.N. (1 pregnant woman)
died giving birth with 13 more in Oran sea (AR) after got lost ran out of fuel and water
N.N.
died when vessel tried to land near Motril (E); 34 migrants survived
N.N. (woman; pregnant woman)
drowned after boat crashed to rocks and sank 20 meters from the coast of Lanzarote (E)
N.N. (8 months, foetus)
drowned after boat crashed with a rock and sank 20 metres from Lanzarote’s coast (E)
N.N. (15 boys; 4 girls)
drowned after boat crashed with a rock and sank 20 metres from Lanzarote’s coast (E)
N.N. (men)
drowned after boat crashed with a rock and sank 20 metres from Lanzarote’s coast (E)
N.N.
missing after boat crashed with a rock and sank 20 metres from Lanzarote’s coast (E)
N.N. (men)
reportedly dehydration, died after 4 days without water or food in boat near Canary Isl. (E)
N.N. (man)
body found in boat drifting for 2 days near the coast of Motril (E) with 34 survivors
N.N. (woman)
body found by Moroccan navy in boat sailing near the coasts of Al Hoceima (MA)
N.N.
drowned, shipwreck due to storm waters in Gulf of Tunis (TN)
N.N.
bodies washed ashore on the coasts near the town of Bodrum (TR)
Vivede (19, woman)
died of burns and exposure after sailing by boat from Africa to Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (man)
body found in the boat with 53 survivors on Cala Pisana’s beach, Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
reportedly frozen to death on the sailing from Libya to Lampedusa (I)
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
19/01/09
30 Tunisia
LR/FE/LPC/PICUM/APDHA/CDS/AEDH/LIDU
19/01/09
1 Sri Lanka Ansa
14/01/09
4Algeria QUOTI/FE
13/01/09
1unknown FE/KI/NOB
10/01/09
4Senegal NOB/FE
09/01/09
1unknown Adnk
07/01/09
1 Afghanistan
Telegraph/Mail Online/Evening Standard/PICUM/Congoo/Haaba
03/01/09
1Bangladesh KI/IRR/MNS
01/01/09
1Cameroon
AI/Diversity/MUGAK/Connect/EP/Tribuna/ELM/LV/ELC/SUR/VDG/Provincias/PICUM/BBC/FMLN/NOB
in Jan 09
12 Algeria QUOTI/FE
in 2009
1Nigeria GloDP/IRR
in 2009
20 Africa SurprisingE
in 2009
1Serbia NOS/PICUM
24/12/08
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MUGAK/Publico/SUR/NOB
18/12/08
7 Somalia/Mauritania PICUM/AFP/ANSA/NOB
10/12/08
1 Afghanistan CDS/ST/EpolisR/NOB
07/12/08
1 Africa Publico/NOB
06/12/08
4 Palestine KI/FE/PICUM/NOB
06/12/08
1unknown EarthT/PICUM/NOB
02/12/08
1Morocco AOL/Publico/Terra/ABC/adn/EPress/Kaoenlared/ASSI/Diagonal/DiarioRJ/MadD/20ME
02/12/08
1 Vietnam IRR
25/11/08
2unknown FE/IntHeraldTribune/NOB
21/11/08
21 unknown N24/AFP/NOB
19/11/08
1 Africa ABC/AFP
13/11/08
1 Africa FE/AdnK/UnSarda/LS/NOB
11/11/08
3 Africa
ElDia/Top News/ABC/FE/PICUM/Mugak/EFE/gara.net/DiarioVasco/Deia/Diario de Navarra/DNG/AVUI/Verdad/VDG/Provincias/Can7/ELM/NOB
10/11/08
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ElDia/Top News/ABC/FE
05/11/08
1 Africa TimesM
02/11/08
1 Africa TimesM/NOB
02/11/08
1 Iraq IRR
01/11/08
1 Africa TimesM/NOB
29/10/08
3 Sub-Saharan Africa EP/NOB
29/10/08
2unknown PICUM
26/10/08
1 Pakistan ECRE/ST/Vluchteling/IRR/MNS
23/10/08
1 Africa TimesM
23/10/08
1Albania FE/Javno/NOB
23/10/08
2Albania Javno
20/10/08
1Albania Reu/Picum/Javno/NOB
20/10/08
1Albania Reu/Picum/Javno/NOB
20/10/08
1 Africa NOB/TySp
20/10/08
1unknown HRW
19/10/08
1 France SP
18/10/08
1 Africa TimesM
12/10/08
1Serbia IRR/MNS/GRAPPE/CRACPE/VRF
10/10/08
23 Zimbabwe Malango
07/10/08
50 Africa MNS/NOB
06/10/08
2 Iraq NOB/KI
05/10/08
18 Pakistan, Myanmar Picum/Nt7/TodZam/NOB
05/10/08
4 Iraq NOB/KI
05/10/08
1Morocco NOB/EP
05/10/08
1 Sub-Saharan Africa NOB/Verdad
04/10/08
2unknown NOB/Sur
02/10/08
1 Iraq NOB/KI
in Oct 08
1 Vietnam IRR/ARI
in Oct 08
2unknown PICUM/NOB
in Oct 08
1unknown PICUM/NOB
in Oct 08
6 Iraq PICUM/NOB
in Oct 08
11 unknown PICUM/NOB
in Oct 08
1Bolivia MUGAK
27/09/08
4 2 Georgia, 2 unknown NOB/KI
26/09/2008
1Senegal MUGAK
12/09/08
25 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS
11/09/08
13 Africa RAI/FE/NOB
09/09/2008
1 Africa TM
08/09/08
33 Sub-Saharan Africa PICUM/EP/NOB
07/09/07
1unknown NOB/EP
06/09/08
1 Iraq IRR
05/09/08
1Algeria NOB/FE
02/09/08
1Ghana Guardian Un./IRR/INDgb/4wardUK/JCWI
in Sep 08
12 unknown ANSA, Jw/NOB
in Sep 08
1 India Ndtv/IRR
in Sep 08
4unknown MNS/Picum
in Sep 08
13 Ghana, Niger, Nigeria AFP/Picum/jW
in Sep 08
14 Sub-Saharan Africa ABC/MUGAK/PrensaLibre/ElDia/NOB/jW/VK
01/09/08
1 Zimbabwe IRR
01/09/08
5 Africa TimesOfMalta
30/08/08
14 Algeria NOB/FE
28/08/08
5Tunisia NOB
26/08/08
20 Africa SP/JW
25/08/08
61
Eritrea/Ghana/Somalia/Sudan
Telegraph/MaltaIndependent/Ia/PICUM/MNS/LR/NOB/WB/jW
N.N. (±25)
missing, after boat of 35 capsized off the coast of Tunisia on way to Italy
N.N. (48, man)
frozen to death, body found under the Vittorio Emanuele Gallery in Messina (I)
N.N. (±25)
reportedly missing after the boat capsized for motor problems after leaving Kristel (DZ)
N.N. (18 months, child)
drowned off Syros Island (GR), after boat carrying 19 migrants capsized
N.N. (women)
drowned, transferred to canoe after abandoning boat trip to (E), capsized off Senegal coast
N.N. (man)
run over by the truck he was hanged on to pass the border in Ancona (I) harbour
N.N. (30, man)
stabbed in fight between migrants attempting to get aboard the lorry to UK in Calais (F)
Hussein Zahidul (24, man)
manner of death unknown, body found in a ditch in Votanikos (GR), near the Aliens Bureau
Alino (29, man)
died on way to hospital in Nador (MA) after being shot by border guards in Farhana (E/MA)
N.N. (±25)
reportedly missing, left Arzew’s coast (DZ) on 2 January in bad weather conditions
Jonson Ibitui (man)
heart attack from stress, soon after his release from 1 year’s det in Busmantsi centre (BG)
N.N. (mostly children)
died in fire, in unsafe building in Paris where many immigrants lived having no choice
Zivko Kosanovic (49, man)
shot dead in his hometown in Serbia after deportation back from NL
N.N. (man)
body found in an advanced state of decomposition by a fisherman near off Melilla’s coast (E)
N.N.
drowned, 3 found, 4 missing, dinghy sank due to bad weather in Aegean Sea on way to GR
Rezai Mahumut (13, boy)
was run over by the wheels of the lorry while clinching to it in Mestre, Venice (I)
N.N. (man)
body found in a boat rescued by the Spanish authorities near Arguineguin, Canary Isl. (E)
N.N. (3 men; 1 woman)
drowned after dinghy sank off Ayvalik (TR), bodies were pulled from the water, 23 survivors
N.N. (4, child)
drowned, dinghy sank trying to cross the sea between (TR) and Samos Island (GR)
Hamid al-Amrani (12, boy)
suicide, father was repratiated, hanged himself with bathrobe belt in Madrid care centre (E)
Duy Nguyen (25, man)
stowaway, died from hypothermia in the back of a lorry travelling from France to GB
N.N.
bodies found in a refrigerator truck with other 30 hidden people in a southern (GR) coastline
N.N.
drowned, after shipwreck near the French island of Mayotte
N.N. (man)
died of heart attack in hospital after boat was intercepted near the Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (man)
missing, fell into the sea during rescue operation 9 miles south Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (1 adult; 2 minors)
1 died on the boat, 1 when arrived to El Hierro coast (E) and 1 in the hospital one week later
N.N. (man)
died in La Candelaria’s hospital, in Tenerife (E), 5 days after his boat was intercepted
N.N. (woman)
found by boat in advanced state of decomposition in Mediterranean Sea, off Birzebbuga (M)
N.N. (man)
body found in an advanced state of decomposition in Mediterranean Sea, off Delimara (M)
Mohammed Ali (80, man)
died from lung cancer after being denied treatment although he was living legally in GB
N.N. (woman)
body found in an advanced state of decomposition in Mediterranean Sea, off Delimara (M)
N.N. (2 adults; 1 minor)
2 found in a boat at La Gomera coast (E), 1 died of hypothermia later in the hospital
N.N.
drowned, recovered by Greek border police in eastern Aegean Sea facing the Turkish coast
Muhammad Asraf
injured in police violence, in asylum seekers queue outside Aliens’ directorate in Athens (GR)
N.N. (woman)
found by boat in advanced state of decomposition in Mediterranean Sea between LY and M
N.N. (17)
drowned in a southern Albanian lagoon close to Greece after overloaded boat capsized
N.N. (young people)
drowned in a southern Albanian lagoon close to Greece after overloaded boat capsized
N.N. (22, woman)
drowned in a lagoon in Southern AL after boat capsized trying to avoid police checkpoint
N.N. (3 months, baby)
drowned in a lagoon in Southern AL after boat capsized trying to avoid police checkpoint
N.N. (man)
manner of death unknown, body found on boat with 92 survivors arriving in Gran Canaria (E)
N.N.
killed, shot by Libyan civilian as his migrant boat left Libya for Europe
N.N. (60, woman)
suicide, set herself on fire to protest against the deportation of her Armenian partner
N.N. (woman)
body found in advanced state of decomposition in Mediterranean Sea, off Delimara (M)
N.N. (man)
suicide in the Vottem det. cr. (B) after hearing his asylum claim had been rejected
N.N. (1 man; 1 woman)
drowned, boat sank on way from Anjouan to Mayotte (F), 3 bodies found and 20 missing
N.N.
drowned, boat capsized due to stormy waters in Kenitra (MA)
N.N. (men)
drowned, found between Evros River delta and Alexandroupolis port (GR) by fishing boat
N.N.
stowaways, died from asphyxiation in a truck from Istanbul (TR) to (GR) after traffic accident
N.N. (3 men, 1 boy)
drowned, bodies found between Evros River delta and Alexandroupolis port (GR)
N.N. (man)
stowaway, struck by car after falling off the truck he was hidden under on highway A381 (E)
N.N.
stowaway, body found by Civil Guard in Melilla, was hiding in car compartment to enter Spain
N.N. (men)
decomposing bodies found by Rescue Guard along coast between Estepona and Casares (E)
N.N. (man)
drowned, body found by fishermen pulling in the nets near the shore of Alexandroupolis (GR)
N.N. (40, man)
suicide, hanged himself in detention centre in Bautzen (D) as he feared deportation
N.N. (children)
drowned, bodies discovered by GR and TR authorities in north of Aegean sea
N.N. (woman)
drowned, body discovered by GR and TR authorities in north of Aegean sea
N.N.
drowned, bodies discovered by GR and TR authorities in north of Aegean sea
N.N.
drowned, bodies discovered by GR and TR authorities in north of Aegean sea
Eduardo (young man)
died weeks after expulsion from Spain back to Bolivia, had serious mental health problems
N.N. (2 men)
accidentally entered a minefield in Kastanea near Evros (GR), on the way to GR from Turkey
N.N. (man)
drowned, trying to swim from Morocco to Ceuta (E), civil guards punctured his lifevest
N.N.
died of thirst, found in advanced state of decomposition by Algerian apolice in Sahara (DZ)
N.N.
bodies thrown overboard during the travel from Libya’s coast to Portopalo, Sicily (I)
N.N. (woman)
drowned near Malta (M) after boat capsized
N.N.
died on the way to Canary Isl. (E), survivors were found by Moroccan sea patrol
N.N. (man)
heart attack in hospital, he arrived by boat in La Gomera (E) with other 117 migrants
Solyman Rashed (man)
killed by car bomb in Kirkuk (Iraq) 2 weeks after voluntary repatriation from GB
N.N. (26, man)
reportedly drowned on way to I, body found at Oued Saboun beach near Skikda (DZ)
Frank Odame (36, man)
died after falling from third floor of a tower block raided by police and immigration officials
N.N.
drowned, shipwreck due to stormy waters , bodies found in Valletta (Malta)
Baj Singh (man, 33)
crashed by truck in Trent Vale (GB) hiding under truck’s wheel
N.N. (± 27, men)
bodies found in state of decomposition near the coast of Vega Baja de Alicante (E)
N.N.
drowned, thrown still alive into sea near Sicilian coasts (I)
N.N. (men)
13 bodies found in the boat, 1 later in Arguineguin (E) after 12 days of trip from Mauritania
N.N. (32, man)
died from tuberculosis after medical neglect from staff of Colnbrook removal centre (GB)
N.N.
reportedly died while trying to reach Malta (M) with a dinghy
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat capsized in stormy waters between Algeria and Sardinia (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat sank near Zembra off Sidi Daud (TN), on way to Italy
N.N.
at least 20 bodies thrown overboard to prevent boar from sinking on the way from MA to E
N.N. (men)
drowned, the dinghy capsized near Malta’s coasts on way from Libya
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
25/08/08
4
Eritrea/Ghana/Somalia/Sudan
Telegraph/MaltaIndependent/Ia/PICUM/MNS/LR/NOB/WB/jW
25/08/08
4
Eritrea/Ghana/Somalia/Sudan
Telegraph/MaltaIndependent/Ia/PICUM/MNS/LR/NOB/WB/jW
25/08/08
4
Eritrea/Ghana/Somalia/Sudan
Telegraph/MaltaIndependent/Ia/PICUM/MNS/LR/NOB/WB/jW
25/08/08
1
Eritrea/Ghana/Somalia/Sudan
Telegraph/MaltaIndependent/Ia/PICUM/MNS/LR/NOB/WB/jW
24/08/08
1Algeria FE/SoirInfo
23/08/08
56 Sub-Saharan Africa CMG
21/08/08
35 Sub-Saharan Africa
BBC/NYtimes/GuardianUn/PICUM/MSN/NOB
18/08/08
1Somalia HURRIYET/NOB
10/08/08
1 Kurdistan IRR
05/08/08
1unknown NOB/DiarioSur
05/08/08
1unknown IRR
03/08/08
1 Iraq IRR
02/08/08
1 Africa NOB/Ideal
in Aug 08
75 Somalia Mareeg
in Aug 08
2Nigeria Ua
in Aug 08
1Sudan MNS/Independent/WP/Spits/Telegraph
31/07/08
14 Nigeria Ua/Raz/Mugak
31/07/08
3 Africa/Iraq NOB/TimesM
30/07/08
13 Pakistan HURRIYET/NOB
29/07/08
7unknown Picum/LR/NOB
in July 08
38 Algeria FE
25/07/08
1 Africa NOB/MAC
23/07/08
24 unknown NOB/France24
23/07/08
1 Eritrea Terred’errance
22/07/08
1unknown EP/NOB
20/07/08
1Nigeria Reu
19/07/08
1Nigeria Reu/Picum
18/07/08
1 Africa TimesM/NOB
16/07/08
1Armenia ARI
14/07/08
28 Africa NOB/ItalyMAG/VK
14/07/08
1 Iraq Libelille
11/07/08
5 Sub-Saharan Africa
IntHeraldTribune/NOB/VK/MUGAK/GARA/FE/SP
11/07/08
11 Sub-Saharan Africa
GARA/FE/MUGAK/VK/IntHeraldTribune/NOB/SP
10/07/08
15 Sub-Saharan Africa Nation/IntHeraldTribune/Ia/Picum/MSN/NOB
10/07/08
3 Africa Picum/FE/TOM/NOB
07/07/08
14 Africa MNS/EP/PICUM/NOB
in July 08
15 Somalia TRP
04/07/08
1 Iraq Reu./Picum/NOB
in Jul 08
13 Myanmar, Pakistan TodZam
01/07/08
37 West Africa NOB/REU
29/06/08
1 Africa PICUM/TL
27/06/08
1 Iraq NOB/UNSarda
26/06/08
3 Africa NOB/FE
22/06/08
1 Iraq CDS/LR/NOB
21/06/08
1Tunesia Mrap/IRR/BTB/Libération
18/06/08
4unknown NOB/Diario de Navarra
15/06/08
6Somalia NOB/LR
15/06/08
1Somalia NOB/TEMPO
12/06/08
1Somalia NOB/HURRIYET
12/06/08
1unknown Falter
10/06/08
2 Afghanistan/Pakistan NOB/HaberT
10/06/08
15 Somalia/Eritrea NOB/LR/EB/GuidaS/ANSA
07/06/08
149
Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Morocco
CDS/Giornale/Stampa/LR/SD/PICUM/NOB/Repubblica
05/06/08
13 Africa CDS/SP/NOB
05/06/08
1Nigeria SSF
in Jun 08
6Somalia LR/SD
in Jun 08
3unknown HNS
26/05/08
2Tunesia Sh/NOB/IRR
26/05/08
5unknown NOB/TimesM
25/05/08
3 Sub-Saharan Africa NOB/FE/ABC
24/05/08
1Morocco LR/MP
23/05/08
1unknown NOB/AdnK
22/05/08
1 Africa TimesM/NOB
22/05/08
2Algeria NOB/FE
20/05/08
12 Africa NOB/TimesM
in May 08
21 unknown FE
10/05/08
47 Africa Reu/Ftcr/EP/NOB
08/05/08
3 Africa TimesM
05/05/08
1unknown NOB/KI
04/05/08
1Bangladesh ARI
01/05/08
1Cameroon Hln/IRR/Afrik/MNS/Indymedia/NOB
in May 08
1Syria IRR/AFP/NOB
in May 08
1unknown IRR
28/04/08
36
Nigeria (24), Cameroon (9)
FE/Welt/ST/MNS/Picum/Reu/APDHA/MB/BBC/NOB
23/04/08
4 Iran, Syria Unhcr
22/04/08
17 Tunisia Ftcr/CPD/HNS/NOB
22/04/08
1Tunisia Ftcr/CPD/HNS
22/04/08
1Tunesia Ftcr/CPD/HNS
22/04/08
1Tunesia Ftcr/CPD/HNS
22/04/08
1Tunesia Ftcr/HNS/CPD
Adam Osman Mohammed (32,m)
shot by militia in Calgoo, Sudan, where he returned when asylum claim was refused in GB
N.N. (2 pregnant women)
drowned, shipwreck on way to Spanish coasts due to stormy waters
N.N. (2 women; 1 man)
drowned, bodies washed ashore during Armed Forces rescue in seas between M and LY
N.N.
stowaways, suffocated in overcrowded truck, bodies dumped in Istanbul field (TR)
N.N.
drowned, after shipwreck near Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (boys)
reported drowned, after 2 boats were capsized in stormy sea between Algeria and Sardinia
N.N.
manner of death unknown, body found in boat carrying 79 migrants in La Gomera Island (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, 6 dead, 18 missing, boat sank between Mayotte (F) and Comoros Isl.
Mansour Habib (24, man)
stabbed, by gang attacking migrant camp in Norrent-Fontes, near Calais (F)
N.N. (±4, child)
found in an advanced state of decomposition on the river Algarrobo, Malaga (E)
N.N. (3, girl)
died of starvation, body thrown overboard during the way to Italy
N.N. (boy)
died of starvation, body thrown overboard during the way to Italy
N.N. (man)
manner of death unknown, decomposed body recovered from the sea near Malta
David S. (23, man)
suicide, cut wrists in Nuremberg (D) prison cell, was to be deported/separated from parents
N.N.
drowned, 3 died, 25 missing, as boat capsized in stormy seas near Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (man)
road accident, found on highway at Transmarck (F), where stowaways often embark for GB
N.N.
died of dehydration and hypothermia, on the boat to La Gomera (E) and later in hospital
N.N. (9 babies)
died of hunger&thirst, 2 weeks on boat from West Africa to La Gomera(E), thrown overboard
N.N. (9 children)
reportedly died of starvation, bodies found in Almeria (E)
N.N. (women)
drowned, after their boat capsized off coast of Malta
N.N. (9 men; 4 women; 1 baby)
drowned after their vessel turned over off the coast of Motril, Granada (E)
N.N.
starvation, their car flawed and spent 10days walking in the Libyan desert heading to Italy
N.N. (man)
stowaway, found on a Greek ferry in the port of Venice (I) under truck where he was hidden
N.N.
stowaways, died from asphyxiation in a track from Istanbul (TR) to GR after traffic accident
N.N.
drowned, wrecked boat and bodies found on seafront off Libreville, Gabon on way to Europe
N.N. (man)
no medical care despite his friends called guards for help, died in det. cr. of Caltanisetta (I)
N.N. (±40, man)
stowaway, suffocated in a cucumber truck, found on ferry in Venice (I) coming from Greece
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat shipwrecked 32 miles south off Malta
N.N. (±30, man)
stowaway, died of starvation in a lorry sailing on a ferry from Patrasso (GR) to Venice (I)
Abdel Karem Souli (41, man)
died of heart attack in Det. Cr. Vincennes (F) after calls for assistance were ignored for 2 h.
N.N.
died in hospital in Tenerife Island (E) the day after their boat arrived, 78 survivors
N.N. (adults, children)
drowned, boat sank 50 km south of Malta, 28 survivors rescued by Italian fishing boat
N.N. (baby)
dead at birth due to travel hardships, mother was rescued from shipwreck 50 km from Malta
N.N. (man)
shot dead in detention centre in Kirklareli (TR) during a riot against detention conditions
Alex Darkwah Oppong (41, man)
jumped out of window when asylum-seeker centre set on fire in Klangenfurt, Carinthia (A)
N.N.
died in accident, when bus carrying stowaways overturned in Dogubayazit (TR), 18 survivors
N.N.
drowned, boat capsized due to bad rescue operation by Italian Coastguard 56 miles off Malta
N.N.
drowned after boat sunk in the Mediterranean Sea near Tunisia
N.N.
drowned after boat sank at 50 km off Libyan coasts, due to stormy waters
Andy Bestman (24, man)
drowned, jumped into the Rhine while fleeing police close to Basel (CH)
N.N.
drowned after boat sunk due to stormy waters near Malta
N.N. (2 men; 1 woman)
drowned after their boat sank when Italian fishing ship tried to rescue them off Italian coasts
N.N. (men)
stowaways, died of suffocation while travelling by boat from the port of Sfax (TN)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat capsized in rough seas 85 miles south east of Malta, 13 survivors
N.N. (men)
died of dehydration 1mile off Grand Canaria (E), 2 died in boat, 1 in hospital (E), 65 survived
Hassan Nejl (38, man)
no medical care, died of pneumonia not cured by doctors of detention centre Brunelleschi (I)
N.N.
drowned, body found by Italian Coast Guard off Pozzalo near Ragusa, Sicily (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, body found in the sea 50 miles from Malta
N.N.
drowned whilst attempting to reach Spain, bodies found in sea close to Cherchell (DZ)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, 2 found, 10 missing off coast of Malta
N.N.
drowned, after their boat was pulled from Samos toward Turkey and left without fuel
N.N.
died of starvation and cold after the engine of their boat broke down (TN)
N.N.
reportedly drowned trying to reach Malta (M)
N.N.
stowaway, car he was transported in crashed after being chased by police in Xanthi (GR)
Hamidur Rahman (31, man)
suicide, took 40 antidepressant pills in Birkenfeld (D) as latest asylum claim was rejected
Ebenizer Folefack Sontsa (32,m)
suicide, hanged himself in sanitary room of det. cr. Merksplas (B) in fear of deportation
N.N. (man)
hit by a car in Nicosia’s motorway (CY) when he was running to escape an inmigration swoop
Lucy Kirma (woman)
suicide, starved herself to death in asylum seekers’ house (GB) after being denied asylum
N.N. (2 women, 4 babies)
drowned, Morocco’s border guards broke with a knife the rubber dinghy (MA)
N.N. (men)
drowned, forced by Turkish police to swim across the river that separates TR and Iraq
N.N. (men)
14 missing, 3 bodies found on board a boat from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN)
Hamza Ben Hammadi (21, man)
drowned, body washed ashore, found in Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN)
Mohamed Dalhoum (24, man)
drowned, body washed ashore, found in Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN)
Rachid Jebeniani (22, man)
missing, trying to cross the sea to Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN)
Abdelmounim Douiri (27, man)
missing, trying to cross the sea to Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN)
N.N. (foetus)
drowned, the dinghy capsized near Malta’s coasts on way from Libya
N.N. (women)
drowned, the dinghy capsized near Malta’s coasts on way from Libya
N.N. (pregnant women)
drowned, the dinghy capsized near Malta’s coasts on way from Libya
N.N. (child)
drowned, the dinghy capsized near Malta’s coasts on way from Libya
Kalkouli Amin
caught on boat in Algiers (DZ), was pushed and fell 15m onto bunker, died from injuries
N.N.
died of dehydration in the Sahara Desert after 10 days of journey ran out of water and fuel
N.N. (men; women; children)
died of starvation, 25 survivors, boat found after leaving from Moroccan coast to Almeria (E)
N.N.
drowned, boat capsized off Didim (TR), 31 other Somalians rescued by TR coast guard
Hussein Ali (35, man)
suicide, shot himself in his home in Sulaimania, Kurdistan days after being deported from GB
N.N. (man)
manner of death unknown, body found on the coast of Melilla (E)
Nadir Zarabee (man)
suicide, found hanged in GB after being asked to leave his home provided by the NASS
Mohammad Hussain (36, man)
died of cancer after medical neglect from the staff of Lindholme removal centre (GB)
N.N. (5, boy)
drowned, part of his body found in sea near Motril (E), likely to be travelling from Maghreb
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned on the way from Libya to Italy on two boats had faulty engines
N.N. (children)
died of starvation, they were thrown overboard by their father in the Mediterranean sea (I)
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
22/04/08
1Tunesia Ftcr/HNS/CPD
22/04/08
1Tunesia Ftcr/HNS/CPD
22/04/08
1Tunesia Ftcr/HNS/CPD
22/04/08
1Tunesia Ftcr/CPD/HNS
22/04/08
1Tunesia Ftcr/CPD/HNS
22/04/08
1Belarus jW/Karawane
21/04/08
2 Ivory Coast NOB/EarthT
15/04/08
1Armenia ARI
08/04/08
2unknown Malango
07/04/08
16 Algeria KH/FE/NOB
06/04/08
16 Algeria MNS/Picum/FE
04/04/08
1Mali IRR/20Mf
in Apr 08
7 Sub-Saharan Africa FE
in Apr 08
1Tanzania ASTI
30/03/08
1Ghana IRR/BBC/OBS
29/03/08
1Maghreb MUGAK/Sur/EFE
29/03/08
1 Vietnam ARI
23/03/08
1Somalia NR/AugenAufCH
23/03/08
1Somalia ChinaView
23/03/08
5 Africa ChinaView
19/03/08
1Ghana BBC/WIK/Independent/Times/IRR
19/03/08
40
Egypt/Senegal/Nigeria/Somalia/Tunisia
FE/CDS
14/03/08
4 Palestine TP/NOB
05/03/08
2 Sub-Saharan Africa TySp/NOB/MPG/JA/NOB
in Mar 08
1Egypt Statewatch/IN/IKN
in Mar 08
1Somalia Xi/NOB
in Mar 08
5Somalia Xi/NOB
in Mar 08
1Algeria QUOTI/NOB
in Mar 08
1Algeria QUOTI/NOB
in Mar 08
1Algeria QUOTI/NOB
in Mar 08
1Algeria QUOTI/NOB
in Mar 08
1Algeria QUOTI/NOB
in Mar 08
3Algeria QUOTI/NOB
in Mar 08
3Algeria FE/QUOTI
in Mar 08
1Algeria FE/QUOTI
in Mar 08
1Algeria FE/QUOTI
18/02/08
1 Iraq IRR
15/02/08
1Kenya MNS/IRR
06/02/08
1 India AP/MUGAK/SUR
06/02/08
1 Iraq IRR
05/02/08
1 India MNS/NOB
03/02/08
1Algeria Statewatch/VG/SCH/Dag
02/02/08
1Morocco TySp/NOB
01/02/2008
1Morocco EP
29/01/08
1unknown KI/NOB
29/01/08
1Morocco TySp/NOB
23/01/08
1Algeria QUOTI/NOB
23/01/08
17 Maghreb
EP/MUGAK/Diario de Navarra/ELM/APDHA/Sur/EFE
22/01/08
1 Afghanistan romagnaoggi/NOB/FE
22/01/08
8unknown Picum/NOB
22/01/08
2 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
15/01/08
1unknown KI/ANA/PICUM/HR
12/01/08
3 Africa EP/MFS/PICUM/NOB
10/01/08
1Somalia LR/NOB
06/01/08
6 North Africa EP
04/01/08
2Maghreb Verdad/MUGAK/EP
01/01/08
9Maghreb EP/MUGAK/APDHA/PICUM/NOB
01/01/08
1Tunisia MNS/IN/jW/IRR
in Jan 08
8Morocco EP
30/12/07
1Tunisia IRR/ARI
28/12/07
1Georgia IntHeraldTribune/NOB
26/12/07
2 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
25/12/07
1Sudan Inquest/IRR
23/12/07
1unknown TDN/NOB
17/12/07
8
Afghanistan/Iran/Mauritania
TDN/KI/Ya.D/NOB
13/12/07
1unknown MNS
12/12/07
7Morocco NOB/FE/QUOTI
11/12/07
1 Iran IRR/ARI
09/12/07
44 Africa DPA/MNS/EP
09/12/07
1unknown EP/NOB
09/12/07
6 Sub-Saharan Africa EP/FE/NOB
08/12/07
86 Iraq/Palestine/Somalia
ICARE/BBC/GuardianUN/SP/TheGlobe/DPS/IntHeraldTribune/PrensaLibre/Mugak/PrensaGrafica/TDN/AP/CNN/UNHCR/MNS/NOB
08/12/07
1unknown QUOTI
08/12/07
1unknown SudQ
07/12/07
1unknown AthensNewsAgency/NOB
07/12/07
1unknown NRC/Nopoliceraid/AD
04/12/07
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MUGAK/EP/NOB
04/12/07
2unknown MUGAK/EP/ABC/Diario de Noticias/NOB
04/12/07
10 Comoros Le Monde/NOB
03/12/07
10 Algeria MNS/VK/NOB
Maalek Zarga (21, man)
missing, trying to cross the sea to Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN)
Mourad Jlassi (man)
missing, trying to cross the sea to Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN)
Mohamed Jebeniani (22, man)
missing, unknown reason of death while trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN)
Ayman Ben Taieb Hassine(17,m)
missing, unknown reason of death while trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN)
N.N. (man)
drowned, body washed ashore; trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN)
Ruslan Yatskevich (32, man)
found in wood near Zella-Mehlis det. centre (D) after staff gave him false deportation threat
N.N.
stowaways, found on British container ship from Ivory Coast to Vigo port (E), 11 survivors
Robert Weniaminov (43, man)
depression, not given work permit, developed alcoholism whilst waiting for asylum decision
N.N.
missing, boat sank close to the the island M'Tsamboro off Mayotte (F)
N.N. (±23)
drowned, coast guard found 11, 5 still missing in Arzew’s coast (DZ)
N.N. (±20, men)
drowned, 13 found, 3 missing, vessel sunk after leaving from Mers el Hedjadj beach (DZ)
Baba Traoré (29, man)
drowned, after jumping into cold river Marne in Paris (F) to avoid a police identy check
N.N.
died after deportation in Oujda’s (MA) camp due to inhuman conditions
Shirazi Abdullah Juma (man)
suicide, set himself on fire in detention centre of Luxembourg
Alfredo Castano-Fuentes (24,m)
suicide, found hanged at Pentonville prison (GB), sentenced for having a fake passport
N.N. (man)
body found in a fishing platform in Melilla (E) reportedly after swiming from Beni Enzar (MA)
N.N. (30, man)
suicide, jumped from 19th floor of building in Berlin (D) after asylum claim rejected
Abdi Daud (40, man)
no medical care, he got high dosages of cortisone in detention centre FG II in Zurich (CH)
Ayse Abdurrahman
drowned after small boat capsized on way to Turkey (TR)
N.N.
drowned after small boat capsized on way to Turkey (TR)
Ama Sumani (39, woman)
died in Ghana of cancer after being removed from hospital (GB) because visa expired
N.N.
at least 40 drowned, overloaded boat sank near Zawia’s coast (LY) on way to Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
drowned, shipwreck near Iskenderun’s Kale village (TR) due to strong wind, 3 survivors
N.N. (men)
unknown death’s reasons, found 2 bodies on boat carrying 59 travellers in Canary Isl. (E)
Ahmad Mahmud El Sabah (man)
no medical care, died lacking adequate health treatment in det. boat Rotterdam (NL)
Ayse Abdurrahman (woman)
drowned, after boat capsized off Turkish coast near Didim town trying to reach Europe
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsized off Turkish coast near Didim town trying to reach Europe
Youcef (25, man)
drowned, found in harbor of Bethioua (DZ), trying to reach Europe by boat
Bilal (22, man)
missing, trying to cross the sea to Spain, came from Bethioua’s village (DZ)
Nabil (25, man)
missing, trying to cross the sea to Spain, came from Bethioua’s village (DZ)
Omar (24, man)
missing, trying to cross the sea to Spain, came from Bethioua’s village (DZ)
Boubekeur (24, man)
missing, trying to cross the sea to Spain, came from Bethioua’s village (DZ)
N.N. (±25)
missing, disappeared trying to reach Europe crossing Mediterranean sea
N.N. (±30, men)
missing, left from Mostaganem (DZ) to reach Spain, all from Tiaret city (DZ)
N.N. (±25, man)
drowned, his body found and repatriated from Spain, he was from Rahouia city (DZ)
N.N. (23, man)
drowned, left from Algeria to reach Spain, he was from Tiaret city (DZ)
Barhan Ahmed (28, man)
suicide, set himself on fire in Nelson (GB), depression after his asylum claim was refused
John Maina (20, man)
suicide, after failed asylum claim in Meudon, a western suburb of Paris (F)
N.N. (28, man)
stowaway, hanging on underside of tourist bus was crushed by its wheels in Spain
Mohammed Ahmedi (18, man)
died in hospital of heart condition as social workers attempted to clarify immigration status
N.N. (man, 28)
crushed in Ceuta (E) by the wheels of a tour bus under he was hiding to cross Gibraltar
Rachid Abdelsalam (man)
no medical care, died in detention of heart failure, treated with wrong medicine (NL)
N.N. (man)
drowned, body found on the coast of Barranco Hondo in Tarifa (E)
N.N. (young man)
drowned near Cadiz (E) after shipwreck of a boat
N.N. (man)
stowaway, decomposing body found in ship served Patras-Igoumenitsa-Venice route
N.N. (man)
drowned, body found in Costa de la Luz (E) after shipwreck off Conil de la Frontera (E)
N.N. (30, man)
manner of death unknown, body found on the beach of La Marsa (TR)
N.N.
drowned, 2 found, 15 missing, after boat sank one meter off the shore of Conil (E)
N.N. (14, boy)
stowaway, crushed to death in Panighina (I), hanging on underside of lorry from Greece
N.N.
drowned, 2 found, 6 missing, vessel carrying 32 migrants capsized off Luz’s coast (E)
N.N. (men)
drowned near Cádiz (E) after small boat capsized on way to Spain (E)
N.N. (woman)
drowned, fell into the frozen waters of Evros River (GR) after small boat sank
N.N.
starvation, boat with 3 dead bodies arrived in Canary Island (E), carrying 88 migrants
N.N. (man)
murdered, swam in search of help but captain of the boat threw him overboard (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, trying to reach Cadiz (E)
N.N. (1 man; 1 woman)
drowned, bodies found floating near the coasts of Barbate (E)
N.N. (±23, 8 men; 1 woman)
drowned, after boat capsized near the beach of Cadiz (E)
N.N. (28, man)
suicide on detention centre Berlin Grunau (D) after asylum claim was rejected
N.N. (±20, men)
drowned, bodies found near Los Barrios (E), relatives identified 3 bodies
Mohamed Mechergui (28, man)
rejected asylum seeker hanged himself with his shoes laces in Berlin Köpenick (D) det. cr.
N.N. (man)
drowned, after ship capsized near Evros (GR), 20 survivors, 7 swam to the TR side
N.N.
bodies found on board a boat intercepted near E from yachts participating to regatta
Abdullah ‘Joker’ Idris (18, man)
suicide, asylum seeker facing deportation, hanged himself in prison cell in Chelmsford (GB)
N.N.
reason of death unknown, a fisherman found a body near Lesbos (GR)
N.N.
drowned, overloaded boat sank in the Aegean Sea off Bodrum (TR) on way to Kos (GR)
N.N.
stowaway, reportedly fell from wheel bay of plane found in garden in Val d’Oise (F)
N.N.
drowned, 3 found, 4 missing, 19 rescued by a gas carrier 30 ml off Cap Falcon (DZ)
Kamal X (28, man)
died after setting himself on fire in Amberg (D)
N.N.
Missing, after shipwreck off Dakhla (MA), on way to Canary Isl. (E), 6 bodies found
N.N.
body found on board a boat that arrived in EL Hierro (E)
N.N.
Drowned, in shipwreck off Dakhla (MA), on way to Canary Isl. (E), 44 others missing,
N.N.
51 found, 35 missing, drowned off Seferihisar (TR) after their overloaded boat sank
N.N. (±25, man)
reportedly drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition, wearing life jacket
N.N. (man)
found in advanced state of decomposition on board of boat in Dakar on way to E
N.N.
body found on boat that landed on Crete (GR), the vessel disembarked from Egypt
N.N. (24, man)
suicide, asylum seeker set himself on fire in the Town Hall of Haren (NL)
N.N.
found on board of vessel that landed on Los Cristianos de Tenerife (E) with 51 survivors
N.N.
body found on vessel that landed on Los Cristianos de Tenerife (E) with 37 survivors
N.N.
drowned, 2 found, 8 missing, boat collided with French police ship near Mayotte Isl. (F)
N.N.
drowned, 9 found, 1missing, boat collided with Dutch cargoship during rescue operation (I)
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
02/12/07
40 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/VK/NOB
29/11/07
1unknown QUOTI/NOB
29/11/07
2unknown NOB/TySp
17/11/07
1 India IRR
16/11/07
1unknown TDN/IRR/MNS/NOB
14/11/07
36 unknown Can7/NOB
10/11/07
3unknown ABC/MUGAK/NOB
09/11/07
58 Gambia
Afrol/APDA/MUGAK/ELM/Diario de Noticias/LV/Canarias7
09/11/07
5unknown ABC
08/11/07
1unknown Reu./PICUM
07/11/07
52
Gambia/Mali/Senegal/Guinea
ELM/DiarioVasco/Diario de Navarra/MNS/Diario de Noticias/ABC/PUB/ELC/MUGAK/APDHA/PICUM/Vivre
in Nov 07
1 Ivory Coast QUOTI
in Nov 07
1Egypt LAT
in Nov 07
57 Egypt LAT
in Nov 2007
59 Senegal EP/Medios
29/10/07
17 unknown MUGAK/AFVIC
28/10/07
7 Palestine MNS/PICUM/LESP/jW/LR/MUGAK/AVUI
28/10/07
9unknown LR/MNS/PICUM/MUGAK/AVUI
24/10/07
57 Mali/Giunea/Africa
Icare/EFE/EP/EPress/Le Soleil/AFVIC/MUGAK/Taz
18/10/07
10 Mali MNS/PICUM/Le Courrier
17/10/07
1Maghreb INDi/ASGI/GLOPRO
16/10/07
49 unknown ABC
15/10/07
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/PICUM/Can7/EFE/MUGAK
15/10/07
1Nigeria MP/INDi/ASGI/GLOPRO
10/10/07
1 Pakistan HEXAM/IRR
08/10/07
3unknown VK
08/10/2007
1 Africa ELM
04/10/07
1Ghana Karawane/Fabel van de Illegaal
in Oct 07
15 unknown Kuna
in Oct 07
3Algeria QUOTI
in Oct 07
1 Shri Lanka TheNews
26/09/07
1Senegal
Guardian Un./ST/Telegraph/Picum/ELM/MUGAK/EP/Publico/MNS/Can7/ABC/LV/OSF
26/09/07
1 Sub-Saharan Africa EPress
25/09/07
3Algeria NOB/FE
24/09/07
2unknown KI/NOB
24/09/07
2unknown KI/NOB
23/09/07
1unknown ElDia/EFE/EP/Can7/ELM
20/09/07
1China MNS/PICUM/IRR
19/09/07
1Romania MNS
16/09/07
6Algeria EP/ELM/EFE
16/09/07
1unknown NOB/TySp
14/09/07
1unknown LR
13/09/07
3Chechnia MNS/VK
13/09/07
8Egypt IntHeraldTribune
09/09/07
1Bosnia IRR/ARI
08/09/07
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ABC
07/09/07
10 West Africa MNS/BBC
06/09/07
1 Iraq IRR
04/09/07
19 Comoros JA
01/09/07
4unknown LR/CDS/Unita/RAI/ANSA/IlMess
in Sep 07
30 unknown HNS
30/08/07
25 unknown MP/Reu/Gara.net/LV
29/08/07
1 Iraq IRR
25/08/07
1Guinea MNS/Vivre/TribuneGeneve/LeCourrier
25/08/07
45 Sub-Saharan Africa GARA/VK
24/08/07
3
Gambia/Mauritania/Rwanda
MNS
23/08/07
14 unknown MNS
21/08/07
6unknown ANSA/FE/LR/INF/MAG/CDS
20/08/07
1Nigeria MNS/EarthT
19/08/07
11 Sub-Saharan Africa
MUGAK/Diario de Navarra/LV/PerCat/ABC/SUR/Provincias/ElDia/Vasco/ELM
19/08/07
1 Sub-Saharan Africa
MUGAK/Diario de Navarra/LV/PerCat/ABC/SUR/Provincias/ElDia/Vasco/ELM
19/08/07
1 Sub-Saharan Africa
MUGAK/Diario de Navarra/LV/PerCat/ABC/SUR/Provincias/ElDia/Vasco/ELM
17/08/07
11 mostly Afghanistan MNS
14/08/07
15 unknown MNS
14/08/07
2unknown Anatolian
14/08/07
14 unknown MAG/CDS
13/08/07
17 Comoros LeMonde
13/08/07
19 Comoros LeMonde
09/08/07
2 Iraq/unknown MNS/KI
07/08/07
1Maghreb EP
04/08/07
1 Shri Lanka NOB/PressTv
01/08/07
45 Sub-Saharan Africa
ANSA/GazzettaSud/AdnK/FE/HNS/Migreurop
01/08/07
2 Sub-Saharan Africa Afrik
30/07/07
20 Comoros NOB
30/07/07
4Comoros NOB
28/07/07
8unknown MNS
25/07/07
9unknown MNS
25/07/07
3unknown MNS
23/07/07
3unknown DPA
23/07/07
29 Comoros NOB
N.N.
died of hunger and thirst, bodies thrown overboard on way from Senegal to Europe
N.N. (±25, man)
reportedly drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition near El Marsa (M)
N.N.
bodies found by Galican fishing boat which rescued 48 people from a boat near El Hierro (E)
Avtar Singh (37, man)
suicide, found dead in prison, 7 months sentence for false passport, was due to be deported
N.N. (man)
shot to death in the stomach during a police check for illegal migrants in Pyla, Cyprus (CY)
N.N.
drowned, 30 missing, 6 found in shore of Sidi Ifni (MA), ship sank on way from (MA) to (E)
N.N. (2 men; 1 woman)
bodies found at Alboran on Andalusian coast (E)
N.N. (young people)
drowned, after boat was engulfed with fire on way from Banjul (Gambia) to Spain
N.N.
died in the hospital of Nouadhibou (Mauritania), part of group with 49 thrown overboard
N.N.
shot and killed by border guard trying to cross into northwestern Greece
N.N.
died of starvation and dehydration, boat motor broke down on way from Senegal to E
N.N. (man)
inanimate body washed ashore near Ghazaouet (DZ)
Eid Shaaban (37, man)
drowned after shipwreck on way from Egypt to Italy, familiars identified the body
N.N. (men)
drowned after shipwreck on way from Alexandria (Egypt) to Italy
N.N. (man)
drowned, 56 died from hunger on a boat to Canary Islands, 3 died when landed in Lagüera
N.N.
drowned, 9 found, 8 missing after shipwreck near Catania (I)
N.N. (men)
drowned, found off Roccella Jonica coast, Calabria (I) when boat capsized on way from Egypt
N.N. (1 child)
drowned, bodies found off Vendicari, Sicily (I) by coast guard after their boat sank
N.N.
discovered boat with 7 bodies, 50 still missing, tried to reach Spain from Cape Verde
N.N.
suicide, jumped into sea in desperation after vessel drifting, way from Mauritania to E
N.N. (25, man)
suicide, hanged himself in the garden of detention centre for migrants in Modena (I)
N.N.
manner of death unknown, bodies thrown overboard on the way from Mauritania to Spain
N.N. (young person)
died of dehydration in hospital in Tenerife (E) after 12 days sailing from Gambia
N.N. (23, man)
suicide, hanged himself in his cell in Modena (I) detention centre
Shaukat Ali (61, man)
suicide, after asylum claim rejected, he hanged himself at his flat in Birkby (GB)
N.N (man)
drowned,3 missing, coast guard found boat with 117 illegal migrants near Zakynthos Isl. (GR)
N.N. (man)
drowned, body found near the coast of Níjar (E)
Mike Osei (34, man)
fell from the 7th floor running away from police check in Amsterdam (NL)
N.N.
drowned, shipwreck near Balikesir (TR) crossing the border from TR to GR, 11 survivors
N.N.
drowned, bodies pulled out of the sea near the Sejname coast (TN)
N.N.
suicide under a train after asylum claim refused (GB), he lost his job, had a lot of debt
Laucling Sonko (29, man)
manslaughter, Spanish Guard brought him back to MA cutting his inflatable mattress
N.N. (±25, man)
died of exhaustion, after being rescued trying to swim from Morocco to Ceuta (E)
N.N. (±25)
reportedly drowned, decomposing bodies found by Ghazaouet coast (DZ), likely on way to E
N.N. (1 man; 1 child)
drowned, bodies pulled out of the sea near Samos (GR) after wooden boat capsized
N.N.
drowned, bodies pulled out of the sea near Chios (GR) after boat capsized
N.N.
body found on board a boat that reached Los Cristianos’ harbour, Canary Islands (E)
Chulun Liua (51, woman)
left in a coma after throwing herself out of a window to avoid a police raid in Paris (F)
N.N. (man)
suicide, set himself on fire in Castellon (E) after denial of help for voluntary repatriation
N.N. (men)
missing after boat sank near Cabo de Gata, Almeria (E)
N.N. (man)
drowned, body found by Civil Guard off Nijar beach (E), likely from Cabo de Gata shipwreck
N.N.
drowned, thrown overboard by traffickers near the Pantelleria Isl. (I), sailing from LY
N.N. (6, 10, 13, girls)
died of exhaustion and exposure at Polish border fleeing from Chechnia conflict
N.N.
drowned, after ship capsized off the coast of Edko (Egypt), trying to reach Italy
Amru Aljiti (63, man)
died due to lack insuline 4 weeks after deportation to Mostar (BH) being ill during trip
N.N. (±27, man)
body found in the coast of Motril (E), reportedly came from a boat intercepted days before
N.N.
at least 10 people drowned after their boat capsized off the island of Gran Canaria (E)
Solyman Rashed (28, man)
killed by a roadside bomb in Kirkuk (Iraq), rejected asylum seeker, was deported from GB
N.N.
4 drowned, 15 missing, shipwreck near l’Ile d’Anjouan, trying to reach Mayotte Isl. (F)
N.N.
1 drowned, 3missing after boat from Libya sank next to Portopalo (I)
N.N.
drowned after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea on their way to Europe
N.N. (21 men; 4 women)
drowned, boat capsized while approaching by a Greek tug boat in Malta waters
Soran Ali Korshid (35, man)
suicide, overdose of pills, suffered of depression in asylum seekers’ hostel in Rostock (D)
N.N. (25, woman)
fell from a balcony attempting to avoid police control Geneva (CH)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat disappear after motor broke down on way to Sicily (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, vessel capsized near the town of Cesme (TR) on way to GR
N.N.
drowned, disappeared after their boat from Turkey sank off the coast of Chios (GR)
N.N. (2 woman; 4 man)
starvation, bodies thrown overboard found by military pilots 60 miles to Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (25, man)
illegal worker jumped from building trying to avoid police arrest, Thessaloniki (GR)
N.N. (9 adults; 2 children)
starvation and hypothermia, thrown overboard, boat went adrift for 7 days on the way to E
N.N.
hypothermia, died in the hospital in Gran Canaria (E) after boat went adrift for 7 days
N.N.
starvation and hypothermia, body found on boat that went adrift for 7 days on the way to E
N.N.
6 drowned, 5 missing, boat capsized near Izmir (TR) trying to reach Greece
N.N.
at least 15 people died, recovered from the sea near the island of Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
stowaways, died after truck carrying 34 migrants capsized near Yukari Bakracli (TR)
N.N.
bodies found by military pilots floating in sea near Lampedusa (I), wearing life jackets
N.N. (8 children; 9 adults)
drowned, boat sank off Mayotte Island (F) in Indian Ocean from Comoros Islands
N.N.
missing, boat sank off Mayotte Island (F) in Indian Ocean from Comoros Islands
N.N. (men)
1 drowned, 1 missing, boat heading to Lesbos (GR) sank off Ayvalik (TR)
N.N.
stowaway, crushed to death under the weels of a lorry leaving the port of Algeciras (E)
N.N. (woman)
drowned, boat carrying other 12 immigrants capsized near Samos Island (GR)
N.N. (33 men;4 women;4 child.)
reportedly drowned, boat capsized near Lampedusa (I) on the way from Libya, 1 survivor
N.N.
shot by Moroccan police while trying to reach Canary Isl. (E), other 37 were detained
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat sank between island Mayotte (F) and Comoros Islands
N.N.
died in Mayotte hospital (F) after boat sank between Mayotte (F) and Comoros Islands
N.N. (1 woman)
1 found, at least 7 missing; 21 migrants found on tuna pen near Libya
N.N.
drowned, at least 9 died after two vessels from Libya sank off the coast of Sicily (I)
N.N.
unknown death’s reason, 3 among 46 persons on board died on the way from LY to I
N.N.
drowned, 2 found, 1 missing near the coast of Malta
N.N.
2 died, 27 missing, boat sank off Mayotte Island (F) in Indian Ocean from Comoros Islands
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
22/07/07
2unknown DPA
22/07/07
42 Sub-Saharan Africa FE
19/07/07
52 Ghana/Guinea/Liberia
Guardian Un./BBC/DS/AP/FR/VK/LR/MNS/EP/Raz/Mugak/SP/NOB/Berliner Zitg/EP
18/07/07
16 unknown MNS/Reu/LR
17/07/07
1 Sub-Saharan Africa EP/EPress
17/07/07
12 Africa HNS/Migreurop/MSN
14/07/07
3 Iraq LR/Unita/CDS/Tgcom/AP/MNS
08/07/07
1unknown MNS
07/07/07
1unknown MNS
05/07/07
20 Sub-Saharan Africa NOB/REU
04/07/07
2 Sub-Saharan Africa EP/EFE
02/07/07
4unknown QUOTI
in Jul 07
12 unknown LR
in Jul 07
2 North Africa LR
30/06/07
11 Africa taz/MNS
29/06/07
1 Kirgistan SVZV
28/06/07
3unknown LR
27/06/07
1 Kurdistan FL/jW/IRR
27/06/07
1 Africa ELM/EFE
26/06/07
3 Sub-Saharan Africa LR
22/06/07
20 unknown LR
20/06/07
22 unknown MNS
18/06/07
8 Africa MNS
16/06/07
14 unknown LR/MNS
16/06/07
1unknown MNS
14/06/07
1unknown BBC/IRR
13/06/07
1unknown Nouvel Obs
13/06/2007
1Libya ELDIA
11/06/07
1Morocco MNS/METROF/IRR
09/06/07
2 Africa KI/FE/MNS
09/06/07
1Nigeria EP/ELM/APDHA/ProAsyl/IRR/AN/NBF/SUR/Provincias/MUGAK/EFE/Blackbox
05/06/07
2Gambia FE/MUGAK/Diario de Noticias/Can7/EP
05/06/07
28 Algeria Reu./FE/Diario de Noticias
01/06/07
21 Africa
FE/TI/Malta Independent/MP/LR/CDS/SP/ProAsyl/Reu/jW/MNS
01/06/07
1unknown LR
29/05/07
1Algeria NOB
22/05/07
1unknown ANSA/LS
22/05/07
3Senegal FE/TySp/Aps
21/05/07
57 Eritrea
FE/LR/BBC/EB/Reu./LS/ANSA/MNS/Indipendent/MM/UNHCR
19/05/07
1Jamaica Se/IRR
18/05/07
28 unknown Reu./FE/TimesM/ANSA/MNS
12/05/07
2 Eritrea FE/Tgcom/LS
07/05/07
1Algeria IRR/TheHerald/SC
07/05/07
1Morocco ANSA/LR/Unita/MP/Alicenews
30/04/07
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ELM/EP
28/04/07
3 Sub-Saharan Africa EP/FE/CadSER
27/04/07
3 Kurdistan KI/FE
25/04/07
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ELM/EP/EXP
25/04/07
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ELM/EP/EXP
23/04/07
12 Sub-Saharan Africa EXP/EP/jW
23/04/07
132 Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
23/04/07
1Senegal book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE
22/04/07
3unknown MNS
N.N.
drowned, 80 km from Libyan coast after their boat collided with a fisher boat
N.N. (young man)
drowned after 2 boats sank, 2 bodies found, 40 are missing, directed to Canary Islands(E)
N.N.
drowned, 150 miles south Tenerife (E) in rough sea while Spanish boat tried to rescue them
N.N.
drowned, 4 died, 12 missing when boat sank 40 miles south of Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (man)
body found in a boat sailing for 10 days from Mauritania to Tenerife (E)
N.N.
drowned 1 found, 11 missing trying to embark on Italian fishing boat near Libya
N.N. (±25, men)
stowaways froze to death, found near Mestre (Italy) hidden in truck going to Germany
N.N.
drowned, body found by the Armed Forces of Malta in Maltese waters
N.N.
drowned, body found in advanced state of decomposition near Marsaskala (M)
N.N.
drowned, motor of the boat broke and sank off Ben Guerdne (TN) on way to Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (men)
bodies found on a boat that reached Cristianos harbour, Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, missing after boat sank near the coast of Azwen (DZ), 5 survived
N.N. (11 adults; 1 child)
drowned, 1 found 11 missing, dinghy collided with fishing boatway from LY to I
N.N.
drowned, dinghy collided with Italian fishing boat 80 miles from LY on way to I
N.N.
drowned in waters between Libya and Malta after the boat sank
Vera Filantova (47, woman)
suicide, after asylum claim rejected, left alone to face her desperate life without status
N.N. (1 man; 1 woman; 1 child)
died of starvation and dehydration, bodies thrown overboard on the way to Italy
Mustafa Alcali (30, man)
hanged himself in deportation custody in Frankfurt (D) after knowing he should be deported
N.N. (man)
found death in a boat at 400 m. from Gran Canaria (E) with other 62 survivors
N.N.
died of dehydration on a boat on its way to Italy (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, missing after boat capsized near Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, vessel capsized 100 km south the Island of Malta
N.N.
at least 8 migrants drowned after vessel capsized near the coast of southern Sicily (I)
N.N.
drowned in Sicily Channel waters (I), 11 bodies found, 3 still missing
N.N.
died in the course of rescue operation, survivors saved from fishing vessel near Libya
N.N. (man)
stowaway, asphyxiated on board a Formula1 powerboat from (GR) to Devon (GB)
N.N. (man)
stowaway, manner of death unclear, found in truck on way from I to F with 3 migrants
N.N. (18, men)
found dead doing a rescue operation from a ship that was going to (EU)
Moulay Mohammed (27, man)
suicide, hanged himself in Remand Centre in Bordeaux (F), was under expulsion order
N.N. (± 21, men)
drowned trying to reach Greece from Turkey, bodies foud next to Samos (GR)
Osamyia Aikpitanhi (23, man)
suffocated by policemen during deportation from Spain to Nigeria
N.N. (men)
bodies found among passengers on a boat near to Mogan harbour in Canary Island (E)
N.N.
drowned, 8 found, 20 missing between Tunisa and Algeria trying to reach Sardinia (I)
N.N.
drowned between Malta and Libya, bodies picked up by a French ship
N.N. (man)
body found from Coast Guard in advanced state of decomposition near Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
died of hypothermia in hospital (TN), found in a boat drifting 15 miles off Tunisian Coast
N.N.
reportedly missing after a boat sank next to Malta coast
N.N.
died bodies found aboard a boat adrift off Lompoul (Senegal) in direction to Spain
N.N.(28 men;23 women;6 child.)
drowned between M and LY, Malta authorities alerted by a plane sent aid too late
Conrad Dixon (40, man)
suicide, failed asylum seeker set himself on fire in James Brindley Close (GB)
N.N. (3 children)
28 people are missing after their boat sank next to Malta coast sailing from LY to I
N.N. (man)
bodies thrown at sea, dead during the route from Tripoli (LY) to Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (man)
died in hospital in E after being rescued in the sea next to Gibraltar by a British ship
N.N. (man)
died of starvation, found on a dinghy next to Palermo coast (I)
N.N. (man)
died of hypothermia and dehydratation after journey from Africa to Gran Canaria (E)
N.N.
found dead on board a boat that sailed from Mauritania to Gran Canaria (E)
N.N. (15, girl; 1, child; man)
1 drowned, 2 missing after smugglers throw them in sea next to Leros (GR)
N.N.
found dead on a boat that reached Tenerife
N.N.
died in Archile’s beach in Tenerife (E) after the travel from sub-saharan Africa
N.N.
reportedly 11 bodies thrown at sea, 1 found on boat rescued next to Mauritanian coast
N.N. (men)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, they were all from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Abdoulaye Ba (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Ibrahima Mballo (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts,he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Ousmane Balde (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Oumarou Balde (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Hamidou Diallo (35, man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Hamady Sow (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Aliou Balde (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Bouba Kande (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Oumar Diabouyel Balde (17,man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Saliou Seydi (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Amadou Kande (19, man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Moustapha Diallo (24, man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Ibrahima Diallo (22, man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Mokhtar Diallo (25, man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Alassane Diallo (20, man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Moustapha Balde (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Djembarou Mane’ (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Arfang Balde (26, man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Mamadou Balde (29, man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Nourou Balde (20, man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Ousmane Balde (24, man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Issaga Dieng (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Mahamadou Konte (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Sekou Omar Balde (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Tidiane Balde (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Yussuf Diao (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Lamine Balde (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
Saliou Mballo (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal)
N.N.
2 found, 1 missing; boat capsized during rescue operation of Armed Forces of Malta
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
21/04/07
2Algeria FE/LaN/ElW
16/04/07
1China IRR/REF/Libération
11/04/07
1unknown IRR
03/04/07
2Liberia EP
in Apr 07
13 Morocco FE/Bladi
in Apr 07
3 Sub-Saharan Africa Bladi
27/03/07
7unknown TDN/FE/TodZam
18/03/07
1Nepal
BBC/icS/EveningTimes/INDgb/Independent/TheHerald/SC/HimalayanTimes/IRR
17/03/07
11 unknown FE/KI/DPA
17/03/07
1 Romania (Stateless) WSWS/DPA/IRR
08/03/07
3 Sub-Saharan Africa EP/FE/Reu/EITB24
08/03/07
4 Mauritania EP
02/03/07
1Bangladesh IRR
in Mar 07
1 Sub-Saharan Africa FE/EP
21/02/07
19 unknown NYtimes/QNE/deleteTB/PICUM
16/02/07
24 Somalia
Khaleej/PR/IntHeraldTribune/MNS/PR/IntHeraldTribune/AOL/PICUM/MNS
02/02/07
17 unknown
KI/AthensNewsAgency/Khaleej/NOB/MNS/PICUM
in Feb 07
1 Sub-Saharan Africa News24/NOB
30/01/07
1Nigeria Vivre/Polbe
29/01/07
1Nigeria IRR
22/01/07
2unknown MNS/TP
22/01/07
1 South Africa NOB/IRR
17/01/07
7unknown KI/NOB
15/01/07
1 Gambia/Senegal AngolaPress/MNS/PICUM/Vivre
14/01/07
1Guinea Karawane
01/01/07
3 Sub-Saharan Africa FE/ELM/MNS
in 2007
50 unknown GHM
in Jan 07
1 Pakistan IRR
31/12/06
33 Algeria LaN/FE
30/12/06
20 Sub-Saharan Africa APDHA/ABC
29/06/06
9 Africa ABC
23/12/06
1 Sub-Saharan Africa APDHA/ICARE
20/12/06
24 Sub-Saharan Africa Reu./WSWS
16/12/06
126 West Africa
TimesM/IntHeraldTribune/CNN/NOB/Vita/NA/EP/PR/FE/MNS/APDHA/PICUM/WSWS/Reu/INDgb/jW/DS
14/12/06
5 Sub-Saharan Africa APDHA
13/12/06
1unknown
TimesM/IntHeraldTribune/PR/FE/APDHA/USAToday/MNS/NOB
13/12/06
3unknown
TmesM/IntHeraldTribune/PR/FE/USAToday/MNS/APDHA/NOB
11/12/06
51 Egypt, Syria, Palestine TDN/TP/Ya.D
10/12/06
1Asia APDHA
09/12/06
1Bulgaria LR/PR
06/12/06
1unknown NOB/Gaymengc/FE/ELM/TS/MNS/APDHA
06/12/06
1unknown
FE/ELM/MNS/APDHA/NOB/TySp/Gaymengc/TS
04/12/06
3 Afghanistan/Mauritania TDN/FE/PR
03/12/06
1unknown eltelegramma/APDHA
02/12/06
1 Sub-Saharan Africa APDHA
02/12/06
102 Sub-Saharan Africa PR
01/12/06
1Turkey INDm/Vatan/PR/MNS/LaDep
in Dec 06
50 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/APDHA
in Dec 06
2Bosnia FE/LR
30/11/06
1 Sub-Saharan Africa YatchingWorld/FE/ELM/MNS/APDHA
27/11/2006
1unknown Dagens Nyheter/UNHCR
26/11/06
20 Sub-Saharan Africa
AFVIC/MP/Reu/ELM/FE/NOB/News24/CNN/MNS/APDHA/PICUM/AFVIC/News24/ABC/Raz
26/11/06
24 Sub-Saharan Africa
AFVIC/MP/Reu/ELM/FE/NOB/News24/MNS/APDHA/PICUM/AFVIC/News24/ABC/Raz
26/11/06
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MP/ELM
21/11/06
1 Sub-Saharan Africa APDHA
19/11/06
3 Somalia/Palestine IntHerald/KI/FE/NOB
in Nov 06
18 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/APDHA/YatchingWorld
in Nov 06
1 Afghanistan IRR
27/10/06
6Algeria NOB/KUNA/FE/APDHA
27/10/06
1Azerbaijan Voorvlucht/Oz
24/10/06
4Maghreb MP/MM/FE/Unipa/TimesM
12/10/06
1Tunesia QUOTI
12/10/06
10 Tunesia QUOTI
10/10/06
40 Afghanistan KI/MP/PICUM/ABC/FE
08/10/06
1 Iraq Mirror/BBC/IRR
05/10/06
24 Maghreb
APDHA/BBC/Guardianun/Aljazeera/PICUM/NOB/MNS/FE/ELM/jW
in Oct 06
2Sudan MNS
in Oct 06
3unknown MNS/FE
in Oct 06
1 Iraq IRR
26/09/06
9 Middle East/North Africa
SC/TP/FE/TDN/MNS/FR-BB/NOB/PICUM/PR/jW
23/09/06
2unknown LR/FE/IntHeraldTribune/NOB/PICUM/Unipa
23/09/06
25 unknown APDHA
21/09/06
2Morocco NOB/APDHA
21/09/2006
1 Africa HOY
17/09/06
1 Sub-Saharan Africa
ELM/FE/NOB/EITB24/PICUM/Kaosenlared/NODO50/APDHA
17/09/06
13 unknown FE/LR/MM/NOB/Unipa
16/09/06
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ELM/FE/NOB/EITB24/APDHA
12/09/06
250 unknown ANSA/Unipa
10/09/06
2 Kurdistan KI/FE/MNS/FR-BB
09/09/06
17 Somalia FE/agrigentoweb
N.N.
drowned before their boat was rescued off Annaba (Algeria) on the way to Sardinia (I)
N.N. (2 months, girl)
died of sudden infant death syndrome during an immigration swoop in Aubervilliers, Paris (F)
N.N. (34, man)
killed himself in a refugee camp in Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia (D)
N.N. (men)
one missing, one death by hypothermia in hospital after found in boat near to Malaga (E)
N.N. (±22, men)
drowned after their dinghy sank off Nador (MA), sailing towards Spain
N.N. (men)
died on board of a small vessel during the crossing to Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (men)
frozen to death after sneaking across Turkish-Iranian border trying to reach Europe
Uddhav Bhandari (40, man)
suicide, put himself alight in fear of deportation from Glasgow (GB)
N.N.
7 people washed ashore, 4 missing, bodies found in Samos (GR) they left from Turkey
Marin Mogos (57, man)
suicide, hanged in Bucarest airport (RO) after his deportation from Germany
N.N.
found on boat near Tenerife (E) on way from Mauritania
N.N.
reportedly died of starvation on a boat on its way from Mauritania to Canary Islands (E)
Baitul Atique (man)
suicide, overdose of sleeping pills after being forced to return to Bangladesh with his wife
N.N.
died on a boat trying to reach Tenerife (E) from Mauritania, body thrown overboard
N.N.
reportedly missing, thrown over dinghy from (LY) to Sicily (I), death cause unclear
N.N. (1 woman)
drowned, 4 found, 20 missing, boat sank near Samos Islands (GR), way from TR to GR
N.N.
drowned, 7 found, 10 missing after boat from Turkey sank off the island Samos (GR)
N.N.
found aboard a vessel drifting off the coast of Western Sahara on way to Canay Isl. (E)
N.N. (31, man)
suicide, found hanged in his cell in Berne prison of Witzwil (CH) in fear of deportation
Abass Usman (26, man)
suicide, found hanged in his cell at Preston prison (GB), accused of using false documents
N.N.
stowaways, found hidden under a coffin been trasported from in Kipoi (GR)
Samuel Peter Benjamin (17,man)
stowaway, body found in plane’s wheel bay in Los Angeles (US), trying to reach London (UK)
N.N. (6 men; 1 woman)
drowned, 2 found, 5 missing boat from Turkey sank off the Samos island (GR)
N.N. (±25, man)
stowaway, frozen in undercarriage of airplane from Gambia to Bruxelles (B)
Mohammad Sillah (23, man)
denied medical treatment, Remscheider refugee centre (D) refused to call ambulance
N.N.
starvation, 2 thrown overboard, 1 body found on a boat docked on Canary Isl. (E)
N.N. (men; women; children)
died, smugglers forced them overboard to easily escape from Samos Coast Guard (GR)
Imran Yousaf (28, man)
suicide, found hanged at friend’s home in Bedford (GB) after being denied a visa extension
N.N. (4 women)
drowned, shipwreck near Algeria trying to reach Sardinia (I)
N.N.
drowned, 9 found, 11 missing, 2 boats sank 60 km of the coast El-Aaiun (MA) way to Spain
N.N.
drowned, after boat sank, bodies found 60 miles north of Laayoune
N.N. (young person)
stabbed by MA police in Rabat, deportation operation to prevent migration to Europe
N.N.
died of starvation, bodies thrown overboard, boat wrecked in Yoff (Senegal) on way to E
N.N.
reportedly drowned, missing, boat capsized on way form Djiffer (Senegal) to Spain
N.N.
died trying to reach Canary Islands (E), boat found near coast of (MA)
N.N.
drowned, boat with 29 survivors wrecked near Dakar (Senegal) way to Canary Isl. (E)
N.N.
died in hospital, boat wrecked near Dakar (Senegal) on way to Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
drowned after boat capsized near Seferihisar (TR) trying to reach GR coast
N.N.
drowned, after shipwreck near Restinga Smir (MA) trying to reach Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N. (40, man)
suicide on Detention Centre in Lamezia (I) waiting for deportation
N.N.
died of dehydration and hypothermia, found in boat landed in Arguineguin (E)
N.N.
died of dehydration and hypothermia in hospital after boat landed in Arguineguin (E)
N.N.
drowned, missing, after boat carrying 29 sank off Turkey’s West coast, way to Greece
N.N.
shot by Moroccan border guard trying to cross the border fence in Melilla (E/MA)
N.N.
died of dehydration and hypothermia in hospital after boat landed in Tenerife (E)
N.N.
drowned, shipwreck near Dakar sea due to stormy waters, they left from Senegal
Kazim Kustul (22, man)
suicide, hanged himself in Detention Centre in Marseille (F) waiting for deportation
N.N.
died of starvation thrown overboard boat landed on Yoff (Senegal) trying to reach E
N.N. (men)
stowaway, found in a truck in Ancona (I), suffocated by the gas-water in the truck
N.N.
found on boat with 15 survivors rescued by ARC sailing ship, way from Africa to Spain
N.N. (woman)
died in fire at refugee centre in Horndal, Sweden
N.N. (13 children)
drowned, washed ashore after boat capsized near El-Aaiun (MA) on the way to Spain
N.N. (8 children)
missing after boat capsized near El-Aaiun (MA) on the way to Spain
Naji Dohatem (30, man)
drowned, young activist for human rights, boat sank near El-Aaiun (MA) on way to E
Kone Watara (26, man)
died in Ceuta (E/MA) hospital, accepted for 2 weeks after boat on way from MA sank
N.N.
drowned, 1 found, 2 missing, boat capsized off Izmir’s (TR) coast on way to Greek
N.N.
bodies thrown overborad, boat rescued by ARC sailing ship, way from Africa to Spain
N.N. (±40, man)
stowaway, died after being run over by the lorry he had been hiding under in Harlow (GB)
N.N.
drowned sailing to Spain from Wahran (Algeria)
Artur Aivazov (±40, man)
suicide, after waiting for asylum claim for 8 years in NL, having psychological trauma
N.N. (3 men;1 pregnant woman)
drowned, 3 found, 1 missing shipwreck 8 miles from Malta on way from Libya to Italy
Berrais Fethi (30, man)
body found in advanced state of decomposition near the coast of Fouka (DZ)
N.N. (men)
reportedly drowned, 9 missing 1 found advanced state decomposition near Fouka (DZ)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, missing after boat sank near Cythera Island (GR)
N.N. (±20, man)
stowaway, asylum seeker fell from a lorry in carriageway near Folkestone, Kent (GB)
N.N.
drowned after their rubber boat broke up trying to reach Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
died on way to hospital after their boat capsized near Malta
N.N.
reportedly drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition near Malta
Abdullah Ahmed Maroof (30, m)
suicide, set himself on fire in his car in Stockton (GB), feared being sent back to Iraq
N.N.
drowned, 6 found, 3 missing, reportedly thrown into Turkish sea by Greek coastguard
N.N. (woman; child)
drowned, shipwreck caused by overcrouding 40 miles off Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
drowned, after their boat sank near Kenitra (MA) on way to Spain
N.N.
1 found, 1 missing, body floating near Tarifa (E), set off with jet ski from Morocco
N.N.
drowned, body found on a beach near Balerma (E)
N.N. (man)
died of lack of medical care in police custody after his boat landed in Los Cristianos (E)
N.N.
drowned, 1 found, 12 missing after shipwreck 115 miles South West Malta way Italy
N.N. (man)
body found in a boat with 56 survivors landed on Los Cristianos, Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
missing, boat at the mercy of the waves sent SOS signal near Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
died in minefield after entered in Vyssas area, in Evros (Greek/Turkish border)
N.N. (9 men; 5 women; 3 child.)
died of starvation, thrown overboard drifting ship on the way from Libya to Italy
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
07/09/06
1Nigeria MNS/NR
05/09/06
2unknown LR/FE
03/09/06
1Algeria MNS
03/09/06
1Congo RochdaleObs/IRR
03/09/06
1Maghreb APDHA
02/09/06
8 Eritrea/Somalia LR/FE/MNS/PICUM/Unipa/Repubblica
01/09/06
1 Pakistan KI/FE/NOB
01/09/06
3 Sub-Saharan Africa
ELM/FE/MNS/NOB/Rawstory/PICUM/APDHA
01/09/06
7unknown FE/FR-BB
30/08/06
10 unknown LR/FE
29/08/06
132 Sub-Saharan Africa
EP/FE/NOB/News24/MNS/GuardianUn/daz/FR-BB/APDHA
28/08/06
1Mali MNS/Reu/FE/BBC/NOB
27/08/06
20 Africa
MNS/FE/EP/BBC/ELM/MAG/PICUM/CRIDEM/APDHA
27/08/06
1Mali APDHA
26/08/06
1unknown MNS/Unipa
26/08/06
8unknown APDHA
25/08/06
1 Eritrea ANSA/FE/LR
24/08/06
3Libya LR
20/08/06
28 unknown
CDS/IM/MET/LR/FIEI/Statewatch/NOB/Newsaust
20/08/06
1unknown IM/LR
20/08/06
1unknown Statewatch/FE/Unipa
19/08/06
50 Africa
ANSA/CDS/BBC/IM/Reu/GuardianUn/MNS/FE/LR/Statewatch/PICUM/AFVIC/IPL/NOB/FR-BB/Unipa/DS/ORF
19/08/06
30 unknown PICUM/AFVIC
17/08/06
1Azerbaijan TheHerald/IRR
17/08/06
3unknown Statewatch/FE/NOB/APDHA
14/08/06
28 Africa NOB/APDHA/jW
14/08/06
1 Africa NOB/APDHA
12/08/06
28 Africa Statewatch/ELM/FE
12/08/06
5Maghreb APDHA
12/08/06
1Congo IRR
11/08/06
15 Senegal
MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM/Boston/NOB/APDHA/DS
11/08/06
3Senegal
MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM/Boston/NOB/APDHA
06/08/06
1Morocco Statewatch
06/08/06
1 Africa VK
06/08/06
1Tunesia MP/ADUC/SAP/AFFIT/GLOPRO/LESP/ILD
05/08/06
1 North Africa TS/APDHA
04/08/06
2unknown TS/ELM/FE/Statewatch/NOB/APDHA
02/08/06
5China Berliner Ztg/MOZ/Tagesspiegel
in Aug 06
1 Sierra Leone ANSA/LR
in Aug 06
2unknown ANSA/LR
01/08/06
28 Sub-Saharan Africa ELM/FE/BBC/TS/Statewatch/NOB/APDHA
in Aug 06
4Senegal MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM/Boston/NOB
01/08/06
1 Vietnam BF/VK/IN
01/08/06
1 Vietnam BF/VK/IN
01/08/06
1 Vietnam BF/VK/IN
in Aug 06
1 Afghanistan Oz
30/07/06
2unknown NOB/TS
30/07/06
1unknown IPL/LR/FE/Statewatch/NOB
29/07/06
13 unknown
BBC/IPL/FE/LR/Statewatch/MNS/NOB/Unipa
29/07/06
17 unknown MNS/LR/FE/IPL/Statewatch/NOB/MM/Unipa
28/07/06
2 Sub-Saharan Africa
MNS/ELM/FE/Statewatch/NOB/Pravda/APDHA/taz/jW
28/07/06
2 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/ELM/FE/Pravda/NOB/APDHA/taz/jW
28/07/06
34 unknown APDHA
27/07/06
1unknown Statewatch/APDHA
26/07/06
17 Sub-Saharan Africa Statewatch/ELM/FE/Reu/IPL
26/07/06
1Macedonia VK
25/07/06
2Asia PICUM/KI/MNS/NOB
24/07/06
2 Sub-Saharan Africa
MNS/ELM/FE/Statewatch/BBC/PICUM/NOB/APDHA/taz
24/07/06
3unknown Statewatch/FE/CDS/IPL
23/07/06
4 Sub-Saharan Africa APDHA
23/07/06
4 Sub-Saharan Africa APDHA
22/07/06
2 Sub-Saharan Africa Statewatch/FE/ELM/PICUM/APDHA
22/07/06
2unknown Statewatch
21/07/06
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/ELM/FE/PICUM/APDHA
18/07/06
1unknown
PICUM/ELM/MNS/Statewatch/FE/NOB/APDHA
16/07/06
1Russia MNS
07/07/06
9unknown APDHA
07/07/06
3 Africa
PICUM/MNS/Statewatch/FE/EP/NOB/APDHA/jW
06/07/06
3 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/PICUM/LV/ICARE/APDHA
05/07/06
1 Ethiopia IRR/icliverpool
03/07/06
30 Sub-Saharan Africa
Vita/MNS/Picum/Statewatch/FE/ELM/IPL/NOB/AFVIC/APDHA/NYtimes/VK
03/07/06
3 Sub-Saharan Africa
Statewatch/FE/ELM/ICARE/VITA/PICUM/IPL/MP/NOB/AI/AFVIC/APDHA/jW/NYtimes
in Jul 06
11 Africa Statewatch
in Jul 06
30 Africa NYtimes
29/06/06
16 Morocco MNS/APDHA
27/06/06
2unknown EB/Statewatch/FE
27/06/06
3 Sub-Saharan Africa ELM
26/06/06
5unknown Statewatch/TP/NCAs
22/06/06
1 India BBC/PICUM/NOB/IRR/EADT
19/06/06
1 Iran CPH/MNS/NR/UNHCR/Modkraft/DR
Eugene Ejike Obiora (48, man)
asylum seeker strangled by a policeman in social welfare office in Trondheim (N)
N.N.
drowned, bodies found on the beach of Torretta Granitola near Mazara del Vallo (I)
N.N. (19, man)
stowaway, fell in a field in Vivantes (F) from the wheelbay of a plane from North Africa
Janvier Makiadi (31, man)
suicide, hanged under bridge, asylum claim refused (GB); known also as Paul Kiese
N.N.
found near Los Ancones (E), body thrown overboard by boat landed in Lanzarote (E)
N.N.
died of hunger and thirst, bodies thrown overboard during journey to reach Italy
N.N. (±30, man)
drowned, boat hit rocks near Chania (GR) on the way from Egypt to Italy
N.N. (2 adults; 1 minor)
died after been rescued off El Hierro, Canary Islands (E) after their boat sank
N.N.
reportedly drowned, missing after boat sank near the coast of Crete Island (GR)
N.N.
died in boat with 13 survivors, bodies thrown overboard during journey to reach Italy
N.N.
drowned, 84 found, 48 missing, shipwreck near Mauritanian coast of Nouakchott
N.N. (man)
died of dehydration after been abandoned in Sahara desert by Moroccan authorities
N.N.
15 found, 5 missing on Mauritanian coast, thrown overboard after died of dehydration
N.N. (man)
died of dehydration, found on boat sailing from Mauritania to Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (woman)
body found on a vessel intercepted near the coasts of Malta
N.N.
bodies found on ship on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (±30, man)
died of starvation during crossing, found in boat landed at Portopalo di Capo Passero (I)
N.N. (children)
reportedly died on the boat on the way to Italy (I)
N.N. (26 men; 5 women; 1 child)
drowned, 6 found, 22 missing; dinghy capsized near the coasts of Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (man)
reportedly devoured by a shark after dinghy capsized near Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (man)
died after falling into the sea attempting to cross the Strait of Sicily
N.N. (4 women; 10 children)
drowned, 12 found, 38 missing, boat collided with Navy ship near Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
drowned, bodies missing, boat sank off the coast of Lampedusa Island (I)
Zamira Sadigova (51, woman)
suicide, jumped from her 11th floor flat in Knightswood (GB), in fear of deportation
N.N.
found on a boat with 81 survivors rescued off Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
died of hunger and thirst on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
died of starvation in Mauritania hospital after rescue operation on boat on way to Spain
N.N.
died of starvation in boat instructed to change route by Spanish coastguard
N.N.
died of starvation: 4 thrown overboard boat on way from MA to E; 1 died in hospital MA
Pierre Palmaba Kabamba (61, m)
suicide, jumped from 5th floor of an induction centre for asylum seekers in Margate (GB)
N.N.
died of injures bodies thrown overboard, gas bottle explosion on ship from Dakar (SN)
N.N.
died of injures after gas bottle explosion, found on a ship from Dakar (SN)
N.N.
died in detention centre in Bologna (I) sparking a revolt
N.N. (24, man)
reportedly drowned, missing, fell from boat during repatriation leaving NL to Africa
Mohamed Aloui (33, man)
found in Bologna det. cr. (I), overdose by anti-epileptic medicines, he wasn’t epileptic
N.N. (man)
found by Local Police officer on beach of the Caleta del Mero (E)
N.N. (man)
1 thrown overboard, 1 found on boat with 66 survivors intercepted off Tenerife (E)
N.N.
died in car accident trying to escape police in Germany after being smuggled from (CZ)
Karol (18 months)
died of starvation crossing from Libya to Lampedusa (I), parents throw her overboard
N.N. (±7)
reportedly died of starvation on the way to Lampedusa (I), bodies thrown overboard
N.N.
drowned, bodies washed up near Blibilat coasts (MA), trying to reach Canary Isl. (E)
N.N.
died in Mauritania Hospital after gas bottle explosion in ship from Dakar (SN)
Van N. (29, man)
car accident in Dannenreich (D) fleeing from a police chase during an identity control
Duc N. (24, man)
car accident in Dannenreich (D) fleeing from a police chase during an identity control
Thi N. (23, woman)
car accident in Dannenreich (D) fleeing from a police chase during an identity control
Modjtaba Farahian (28, man)
suicide, in his house in Vlissingen (NL) in fear of deportation
N.N.
reportedly died of sunstroke, bodies found on boat arrived in Los Cristianos (E)
N.N. (man)
died of starvation after being hospitalized in Palermo (I) after shipwreck in Lampedusa
N.N.
reportedly died of starvation on a boat with 14 survivors drifting off Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (5 men; 5 women; 7 child.)
drowned after shipwreck near the coasts of Malta, Italian vassel rescued 12 survivors
N.N. (men)
drowned during rescue operation, boat was intercepted near Tenerife (E)
N.N. (1 men; 1 young)
died on rescue ship, boat was intercepted near Tenerife (E)
N.N.
drowned:12 found, 22 missing shipwreck on Senegalesian waters on way to Spain
N.N.
died of starvation, found on boat arrived in Canary Isl. (E) carrying 111 survivors
N.N.
reportedly drowned, all bodies missing, boat from Libya to Italy sank off Mahdia (TN)
Rahman Sadedim (boy, 2)
died of pneumonia, got no medical care in asylum centre Sweikhuizen, Geeuwenbrug (NL)
N.N.
died after explosion in minefield in Evros (GR) trying to cross Turkish-Greek border
N.N.
found dead from hypothermia in a boat with 48 survivors, Gran Canaria (E)
N.N. (men; 24, woman)
reportedly drowned, bodies found by coast guards on a beach in Gela (I)
N.N.
died of starvation, thrown overboard boat with 48 survivors arrived Gran Canaria (E)
N.N.
suicide: abandoned boat during their way to arrive in Gran Canaria (E)
N.N. (men)
died of starvation in Hospital after had been rescued in ship arrived at Tenerife (E)
N.N.
found on board of a rescued boat on way to Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (man)
found on a boat with 43 survivors, arrived at the port of Los Cristianos, Tenerife (E)
Adams John (7 months, child)
reportedly died of heart failure caused by hypothermia, after arriving to Fuerteventura (E)
N.N. (woman)
suicide, asylum seeker detained at Foreigners’ Registration Crentre, Pabrade (LT)
N.N. (1 child)
bodies found on the coasts of Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (men)
found when boat arrived on Tenerife (E), died by dehydration during crossing
N.N. (man;±30, woman;±3, ch)
drowned, on way Canary Islands (E), found by fishermen off Cape Bojard (MA)
Abiy Fessfha Abebe (35, man)
suicide, found hanged at Greenbank Drive Centre (GB) after asylum claim refused
N.N.
drowned, 26 found, 4 missing, shipwreck near El-Aiun (MA), way of Canary Isl. (E)
N.N.
died climbing border fence in Melilla (E/MA), reportedly one shot by border guards
N.N.
died during attempts to reach Canary Islands (E) from Mauritanian coast
N.N.
drowned, bodies washed up onto the Atlantic Ocean after a boat sank off Western Sahara
N.N.
drowned, 3 found, 13 missing after shipwreck 200 km near El Aaiún (MA) way to E
N.N.
found dead on a fishing boat with 266 survivors near the coasts of Malta on way to I
N.N.
reportedly drowned on the way to Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (3 children; 2 adults)
drowned after shipwreck, found by Turkish Coast Guard near Kusadasi (TR)
N.N. (±25, man)
stowaway, died from heat exhaustion 2 weeks later found in roadside in Essex (GB)
Majid Samari (37, man)
suicide, found hanged in Asylum Centre in Hanstholm (DK) after asylum claim rejected
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees
Postbus 413 NL-1000 AK Amsterdam phone +31-20-6834778, fax 31-20-6834582, info@unitedagainstracism.org, www.unitedagainstracism.org
The UNITED List of Deaths can be freely re-used, translated and re-distributed, provided source (www.unitedagainstracism.org) is mentioned. Researchers can obtain this list with more data in xls format from UNITED.
found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
12/06/06
1 India
BBC/essexchronicle/GuardianUn/PICUM/NOB/IRR/EADT
10/06/06
1Ukraine NCADC/UNHCR/IRR
09/06/06
11 Africa
LR/Le Monde/GuidaS/MNS/Statewatch/Reu/FE/NOB/Unipa/IntHeraldTribune
06/06/06
1Somalia
PICUM/KI/NCAs/Statewatch/MNS/FE/NOB/TP
05/06/06
1Maghreb APDHA
04/06/06
15 unknown FE/Statewatch/NOB/Unipa
04/06/06
1Congo EP
04/06/06
1Congo EP
03/06/06
4unknown Statewatch/FE/NOB
02/06/06
15 unknown MNS
in Jun 06
1 Ethiopia IRR/Telegraph/Independent
30/05/06
1Moldova IMK
30/05/06
7unknown APHDA
19/05/06
42 Afghanistan/Bangladesh
FECL/IPL/Ya.N/PICUM/MNS/FE/TDN/NOB/AFP
18/05/06
7unknown IPL/Statewatch/FE/Unipa
15/05/06
1Nigeria IRR/BBC
13/05/06
37 unknown
MNS/IRR/IPL/Statewatch/FE/EP/NOB/APDHA
13/05/06
1 Sri Lanka Thenews/IRR
11/05/06
1 Afghanistan IRR
08/05/06
1China ProAsyl/PICUM/Hiergeb
02/05/06
2unknown Statewatch/IPL/MNS/NOB/Pravda/AFP
in May 06
1 Africa VK
in May 06
1 Africa VK
in May 06
1 Africa VK
in May 06
8
Senegal/Guinee-Bissau/Gambia
VK
27/04/06
1Morocco Statewatch/FE/ELM/NODO50
25/04/06
1Algeria APDHA
25/04/06
25 unknown APDHA
23/04/06
1Asia IRR
14/04/06
1 Africa Sparta
04/04/06
34 unknown Statewatch/FE/ELM/NOB/APDHA
in Apr 06
1 Sub-Saharan Africa BorderlineEU
in Apr 06
1Brazil IRR
18/03/06
3unknown APDHA
17/03/06
13 Africa Statewatch/AFVIC/APDHA
16/03/06
1 Sub-Saharan Africa Statewatch
15/03/06
26 Sub-Saharan Africa MAG/Statewatch/FE/ELM/NOB/APDHA/VK
12/03/06
12 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/PUB/APDHA
09/03/06
1Syria IRR/Streathamguardian
07/03/06
45 Africa
MAG/NRC/IND/Statewatch/FE/ELM/NOB/APDHA/MNS/INDd
07/03/06
3unknown Statewatch/LR/FE
05/03/06
1unknown Statewatch/NOB
05/03/06
9unknown Statewatch/NOB/Unipa
04/03/06
1Gambia APDHA
22/02/06
16 Morocco AFVIC
22/02/06
4unknown Statewatch/MNS/APDHA
21/02/06
6 Africa Mayotte sans frontires
21/02/06
6 Africa Mayotte sans frontires
20/02/06
1 Sri Lanka Manchester
19/02/06
12 Morocco AFVIC
19/02/06
1 Afghanistan Statewatch/FE/KI
19/02/06
2unknown MNS/Statewatch/APDHA/NOB
18/02/06
9unknown Statewatch
15/02/06
1unknown Statewatch/MNS
13/02/06
1 Afghanistan Statewatch/MNS
10/02/06
1Syria IRR/RochdaleObs
in Feb 06
2 Pakistan witness (Sarfraz Ali Khan)
in Feb 06
1Bangladesh witness (Sarfraz Ali Khan)
30/01/06
9unknown Satewatch/Aujourd’hui/FE
30/01/06
1Algeria Odysseus/PlaZa
24/01/06
1Somalia IRR
23/01/06
8Morocco AFVIC/MNS/Statewatch/APDHA
21/01/06
3 Pakistan/Bangladesh Statewatch/KI/FE/NOB
19/01/06
1 Eritrea Statewatch/NCADC/IRR/NOB
11/01/06
1 Iraq MNS
07/01/2006
1Morocco ELM
04/01/06
1unknown NOB/MNS/Statewatch/KI/FE
in 2006
1Yemen IHRC
01/01/06
1Tunesia ILM/MP/Lib
27/12/05
1Morocco Statewatch
25/12/05
1Morocco Statewatch/ELM/FE
24/12/05
1unknown MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM
24/12/05
1Morocco Statewatch/FE/ELM
21/12/05
2Nigeria MNS/News24/FE/VK
19/12/05
30 Mauritania/Senegal MNS/Statewatch/NOB
10/12/05
1 Africa Exodus
10/12/05
22 Africa Exodus
09/12/05
2unknown MNS/KI/FE
08/12/05
1Bangladesh Universal Embassy (B)
30/11/05
1unknown Statewatch
N.N. (±25, man)
stowaway, died from heat exhaustion in back of a truck in a roadside in Essex (GB)
Oleksiy Baronovsky (34, man)
suicide, kept in HMP Rye Hill (GB) waiting for deportation
N.N.
drowned, 3 found, 8 missing; shipwreck caused by overcrowding near Malta (M) coast
N.N. (6, boy)
drowned, with 22 on board after boat sank 2.5km of island of Samos (GR)
N.N.
body found on board of a boat near Cabo de Gata (E)
N.N.
drowned, 1 found, 14 missing after boat capsized 111 miles off Malta’s coasts
Cams (25)
drowned trying to swim to Ceuta (E)
Joseph (28)
drowned trying to swim to Ceuta (E)
N.N. (men)
drowned, bodies found off the coast of Ragusa (I)
N.N.
drowned after shipwreck in the Mediterranean sea
Dejere Kebede-Tulu (25, man)
body found in his flat in London, one of best runners in GB, trained despite living on £25/w
N.N.
died in minefield crossing Turkish-Greek border
N.N.
dead bodies repatriated from Spain to Morocco with other 433 migrants
N.N. (±25)
stowaways, small truck crashed into parked trailer on highway near Osmaniye (TR)
N.N.
found on boat caught up in storm near Sfax (Tunisia) on way from Libya to Italy
Ese Elizabeth Alabi (29, woman)
no medical treatment, got lower priority for heart transplant than GB citizens
N.N.
26 missing, 11 found mummified in boat drifting near the Caribbean on way to Spain
Sivanthan Gowthaman (29, man)
suicide, jumped under train, he lost work permit after refusal of asylum claim (GB)
Asif Azmad (17, man)
reportedly stowaway hidden under vehicle, dead body found on A3 near Clanfield (GB)
N.N. (57, woman)
suicide, hung herself in fear of deportation in a detention centre in Neuss (Germany)
N.N. (men)
drowned, 1 found, 1 missing, shipwreck near Kusadasi (TR) on way to Samos Isl. (GR)
Seiny Dabo (man)
died of starvation, boat found adrift after leaving from Cape Verde to Canary Isl. (E)
Bouba Cisse (man)
died of starvation, boat found adrift after leaving from Cape Verde to Canary Isl. (E)
Diaw Sunkar Diemi (man)
died of starvation, boat found adrift after leaving from Cape Verde to Canary Isl. (E)
N.N. (men)
died of starvation, boat found adrift after leaving from Cape Verde to Canary Isl. (E)
S. D. (31, man)
died of asthma attack in detention centre in Trajal, Ceuta (E/MA) awaiting expulsion
N.N. (40, man)
body found on the shore of El Tarajal (E) trying to arrive in Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
drowned after shipwreck near Kenitra (MA) trying to reach Spain
N.N. (±24, man)
stowaway, fell from a truck dragged a mile along A14, Cambridgeshire (GB)
Dominique Koumadio (woman)
murdered, shot by the police during a street riot in Germany
N.N.
drowned in shipwreck on way from Mauritania to Canary Islands (E)
Mohammed Yussif (28, man)
drowned, shipwreck near Lampedusa (I), reattempt by one of deported ‘Cap Anamur 37’
Danielle Dominy (30, woman)
suicide, drank antifreeze, feared to be separated from her daughter by immigration officials
N.N.
bodies found on the shore of Cabo Blanco (E)
N.N. (young people)
missing, disappeared on way from El-Aaiun (MA) to Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
found by Guardia Civil near the port of Spanish north African enclave Melilla (E/MA)
N.N. (men)
drowned on way to Spain, bodies retrieved in the waters of Mauritania by Spanish ship
N.N.
found dead on a drifting boat off Cape verde islands on way to the Canary Island.
Naser Al Shdaida (36, man)
suicide, under train in London (GB) fearing deportation after refusal of his asylum claim
N.N.
drowned, 2 small boats capsized on way to Spain, one crashed with coast guard vessel
N.N.
stowaways, found dead on a lorry arrived in Bari (I) from Durazzo (AL)
N.N. (man)
drowned, shipwreck off Ahrax Point (M) on way to I, fled from Hal Far and Safi det.cr.
N.N.
reportedly drowned, shipwreck off (M) on way to (I), fled from Hal Far and Safi det.cr.
N.N.
drowned triying to reach the coasts of Tenerife (E)
N.N.
found on a boat, died of hypothermia, starvation and epileptic crises on way to Spain
N.N.
stowaways, died of asphyxia, found on a ship arrived in Canary Isl. from Ivory Coast
N.N.
drowned, after a boat started sinking, 6 are missing, travelling from Anjouan to Mayotte
N.N. (6 pregnant women)
drowned, after a boat sank on its way to Mayotte from Anjouan
Yadav Krishnakumar (child)
baby of asylum family died of dehydration in Fairfield Hospital (GB), no medical aid
N.N. (11 young m.; 1 young w.)
drowned, after boat of 32 left from Jbel Boudinar (MA) and capsised off Almeria (E)
N.N. (25)
drowned, dinghy carrying 6 Afghans sank off Chios (GR) on way from Turkey
N.N.
drowned, pantera with 24 passengers capsized off Island of Alboran/Almeria (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after shipwreck off the Libyan coast on way to Italy
N.N. (woman)
frozen, died while crossing the Bulgarian-Greek border
N.N.
died of a shock after his cousin was beaten up by border guards in Patras port (GR)
Taufik Al-Karazeh (27, man)
suicide, asylum seeker hanged himself in his flat in Rochdale (GB), fear of deportation
N.N. (±27, men)
murdered, fell while crossing border Iran-TR, trafficker cut their throat as they couldn’t go on
N.N. (±30, man)
leg broken when running between Iran and TR, the group had to leave him behind
N.N.
reportedly drowned near Algerian coast, disappeared in an attempt to reach Spain
Salehdeim Fahssahi (38, man)
died after arson attack on detention Centre Schrassing (L)
Nuur Saed (22, man)
died after falling from balcony, escaping police search in his flat in Plumstead (GB)
N.N.
drowned, 3 bodies found, 5 missing, boat capsised off the coast of El-Hoceima to Spain
N.N.
found frozen on dinghy from TR to GR carrying migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh
Bereket Yohannes (26, man)
suicide, found hanged in Harmondsworth Immigr. Removal Cr. (GB) facing deportation
N.N.
died of heart attacked during police custody in Athens (GR) in fear of deportation
N.N. (man)
shot by police while trying to enter Melilla (E)
N.N. (man)
drowned while swimming to the island of Lesbos (GR), after boat sank 80m from coast
Ali Amen Nader (man)
murdered by Yemeni authorities, rempatriated after asylum claim was refused in NL
Mhedy Aliy (30, man)
died in detention centre Pian Del Lago (I)
N.N.
drowned, body found by a scuba diver and retrieved by the Spanish Sea Rescue Team
N.N. (30, man)
drowned, found next to plastic bins tied together that helped him cross Spanish waters
N.N.
drowned, found by authorities on the beach of Cadiz (E)
N.N.
drowned, found by authorities on the beach of Cadiz (E)
N.N.
stowaway, died during journey to Kallo (NL), thrown from cargoship by compatriots
N.N.
reportedly drowned after vessel capsised off the Canary Islands, only 4 bodies found
N.N. (man)
found dead on a boat carrying immigrants in Strait of Gibraltar by Spanish authorities
N.N.
reportedly drowned, missing in stormy waters in the Gibraltar Strait on way to Spain
N.N.
blown in minefield at the TR-GR border. Bodies found by authorities in Kastanies (GR)
Mohammed Hanif (27, man)
suicide at asylum centre in Hechtel-Eksel (B), previously attempted suicide twice
N.N.
drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition on Tarifa beach by Guardia Civil
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
28/11/05
18 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM/ABC/Raz/MUGAK
28/11/05
1unknown FE
27/11/05
22 Africa MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM/NOB/PICUM
27/11/05
1 Africa MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM
25/11/05
1Romania LR
25/11/05
3Asia State Border Service (UA)
24/11/05
20 unknown FE/LR/NOB
23/11/05
1unknown MAG/PICUM/Oz/NU
18/11/05
9 Africa
LR/MP/AD/MNS/Statewatch/FE/CDS/NOB/Unipa
15/11/05
1unknown KI/FE
12/11/05
1Jamaica IRR/WIK
10/11/05
1 Zimbabwe IRR
02/11/05
30 unknown MNS/Statewatch/Ya.N/KI/FE/NOB
31/10/05
2 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/Statewatch
26/10/05
1 Dominican Republic LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR
26/10/05
1Turkey LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/Oz
26/10/05
1Ukraine LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/ASKV/CR
26/10/05
1Turkey LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR
26/10/05
1Bulgaria LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR
26/10/05
1Libya LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR
26/10/05
1Suriname LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR
26/10/05
1Suriname LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR
26/10/05
1Romania LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR
26/10/05
1Ukraine LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR
26/10/05
1Georgia LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR
25/10/05
7 Africa MNS/MM/FE/NOB
25/10/05
1unknown NOB
21/10/05
1Russia ARI
12/10/05
1unknown Statewatch/ELM/FENOB
06/10/05
6 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/AFVIC/VK/LR/FE/ELM/NOB/AI
04/10/05
1Gambia TheStandard/NR/MNS/ORF/PICUM/WIKO
01/10/05
1Algeria Le Matin/Vivre
01/10/05
17 unknown Statewatch/MUGAK/ABC/Raz
01/10/05
1 Afghanistan VK/aduc/Diario de Noticias/Diario de Navarra
01/10/05
2unknown VK
in Oct 05
1Guinea Cpgb
in Oct 05
11 Sub-Saharan Africa APDHA/Chabacka/MNS
29/09/05
1 Africa LR
28/09/05
5 Sub-Saharan Africa NR/NRC/VK/NOB/AI/Terra
28/09/05
6 Sub-Saharan Africa PCM
27/09/05
34 unknown ILM/NOB
27/09/05
1 Palestine LS/GDS
21/09/05
18 Sub-Saharan Africa AFVIC/NOB
21/09/05
4 Africa PICUM
19/09/05
1Syria MNS/Spiegel/NOB
15/09/05
1Angola NCADC/BBC/MNS/Statewatch/TI/Leedstoday/IRR
15/09/05
1Congo AFVIC/AI
14/09/05
1 Zimbabwe NCADC/Manchester Evening News/IRR
13/09/05
1Liberia Le Courrier/Vivre
11/09/05
11 Eritrea Unita/MNS/GDS/MP/LS/BBC/NOB/Unipa
10/09/05
11 Eritrea MNS/LR/VK
10/09/05
1Albania MNS
29/08/05
2Cameroon APDHA/MP/IND/NOB
22/08/05
25 Africa Mayotte sans frontires
19/08/05
26 Sudan MNS/NOB/Unipa
16/08/05
2 Africa G.Sicilia/Unipa
16/08/05
3 Sub-Saharan Africa ELM
13/08/05
4 Sub-Saharan Africa PICUM/NOB
08/08/05
9unknown PICUM
06/08/05
1unknown PICUM/NOB
04/08/05
23 Mali, Senegal MNS/PICUM/NOB
03/08/05
1unknown BBC
in August 05
130 unknown Repubblica
20/07/05
2unknown ORF
13/07/05
3Somalia MNS/NOB
07/07/05
1 Iran NCADC/IRR
04/07/05
2 Iraq LR
02/07/05
1 Pakistan YP/IRR
01/07/05
1 Iraq ARI
27/06/05
1 Kurdistan TI/IRR/NCADC/BBC/PICUM/Independent
26/06/05
2Tunesia MNS/NOB
23/06/05
27 unknown ORF/Unipa
18/06/05
12 Sub-Saharan Africa ELM
17/06/05
11 Comoros
15/06/05
1 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
13/06/05
12 Sub-Saharan Africa APDHA
13/06/05
14 Sub-Saharan Africa
BBC/APDHA/AFVIC/NCAs/IstitutoInnocenti/NOB
29/05/05
2Georgia MAG
27/05/05
11 unknown NOB/Thestar
25/05/05
16 Sub-Saharan Africa LR/NOB/Unipa
N.N.
drowned, 6 found, 12 missing after boat capsized off the coast of Gran Canaria
N.N. (man)
shot by police, on way to Europe refused to stop at check point at Carikci (TR)
N.N.
drowned, reportedly fallen from duckboat due to strong winds off the coast of Almeria
N.N.
found on duckboat carrying 36 migrants off the coast of Almeria during rescue attempt
N.N. (4, boy)
died after falling off a window at Villa Salus Reception Cr. for migrants in Bologna (I)
N.N. (men)
died of hypothermia in attempt to cross the border between Ukraine and Slovakia
N.N.
drowned after shipwreck near the coast of Sicily (I)
N.N. (27, man)
jumped from balcony anf fell in Den Haag (NL), in fear of arrest for deportation
N.N.
drowned after boat capsized off the coast of Sicily. Ignored by Maltese coast guards.
N.N. (20, man)
stowaway, driver lost control over truck attempting to escape police in Preveza (GR)
Delroy Edward
murdered by a shotgun in Kingston (Jamaica) 9 days after being deported from GB
Lizwane Ndlovu (29, woman)
died in Birmingham hospital, after release from Yarls Wood Detention Centre (GB)
N.N.
12 drowned, 18 missing after boat with 36 migrants capsized near Cesme (TR)
N.N.
found on a drifting vessel off the coast of Adra near Almeria (E)
Maribel M. Rodriguez (30, w)
burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL)
Kamal Shahin (51, man)
burnt alive after fire in detention centre at Schipol Airport (NL)
Taras Bilyk (30, man)
burnt alive in detention cr. at Schiphol(NL).He was also known as Vitaly Khvylovyy.
Mehmet Avar (41, man)
burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL)
Vladislav Leniev Petrov (31, m)
burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL)
Lofti Al Swaee (32, man)
burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL)
Robert Jules Arah (34, man)
burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL)
Naiva Apensa (43, man)
burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL)
Gheorge Sas (21, man)
burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL)
Oksana Nynych (29, woman)
burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL)
Dato Khidiritsj Kasojef (20, m)
burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL)
N.N.
drowned, after vessel submerged off the coast of Malta
N.N.
body found by greek coastguard aboard boat with 150 migrants on way to Italy
Michail Sh. (32, man)
suicide, hanged himself with bed sheets while in police custody in Hamburg (D)
N.N.
drowned, in the attempt of swimming to the shore of Adra (Almeria)
N.N.
died in the attempt of entering the enclave of Melilla (E/MA)
Yankuba Ceesay (18, man)
suicide, found dead in a security cell in Linz (A), hungerstrike in fear of deportation
N.N. (38, man)
died at friends’ house, beaten by security guards when he refused to be deported
N.N.
drwoned, 3 found, 14 missing after boat capsised off Fuerteventura in rescue attempt
Hassan Mohammad (30, man)
suicide, killed friend and her son, jumped from 5th floor in NL, fear of repatriation
N.N. (35, woman; 8, boy)
murdered, pushed down from 5th floor in NL by friend in fear of repatriation
Suleiman Dialo (30, man)
suicide, asylum seeker suffering from depression killed himself in Newcastle (GB)
N.N.
shot by Spanish and Moroccan police whilst trying to cross fences to Ceuta and Melilla (E)
N.N. (30, man)
found off the coast of Agrigento (I), drowned after a massive disembarkment
N.N.
died shot by Moroccan border guards, attempting to enter in Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
died shot by Moroccan border guards, attempting to enter in Melilla (E/MA)
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsised in stormy waters off the North coast of Cyprus
N.N. (20, man)
drowned, jumped off stranded boat off the coast of Sicily, near marina di Palma (I)
N.N.
drowned off the coast of Morocco, near Dakhla, on their way to Canary Islands
N.N.
found dead on a boat off the coast of Tunisia, travelling from Libya to Italy
N.N.
shot by a Turkish coast guard while on a boat on its way to Greece
Manuel Bravo (35, man)
suicide, found hanged at Yarl’ s Wood Removal Cr. (GB) so that his son could stay in GB
N.N.
died in Melilla Hospital (E/MA) after attempt to enter the Spanish enclave
Edmore Ngwenya (26, man)
suicide,found drowned at Salford Quays (GB)
N.N. (24, man)
found dead, on a street in Geneva (CH), expelled from immigration centre
N.N.
drowned, off the coast of Italy near Gela (7 Egyptian traffickers were caught)
N.N.
found dead on Licata Beach (I), drowned after boat got stranded south of Gela (I)
N.N. (44, woman)
shot by Greek border guard near the border with Macedonia
N.N.
died of injuries sustained attempting to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla (E/MA)
N.N.
drowned, after shipwreck from Ajouan to Mayotte (F)
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsized south of Malta
N.N.
drowned, jumped off the boat while disembarking in Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
reportedly died of starvation/dehydration on the way to Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (men)
stowaways, suffocated in container coming from Casablanca (MA) in Rotterdam (NL)
N.N.
2 drowned, 7 missing after boat capsized off the coast of Lesbos (GR)
N.N. (man)
drowned after his boat sank off the southern coast of Crete (GR)
N.N. (men)
found dead on the coast of Tarfaya (MA), drowned after boat capsized on way to (E)
N.N. (±30, man)
stowaway, found frozen in the landing gear of a plane in Brussels (B)
N.N.
Reported drowned after boat went missing near Sicily, used mobile satellite to ask help (I)
N.N.
drowned after small boat capsised in attempt to reach Kos island in the Aegean Sea
N.N.
drowned, after their boat capsized off the coast of Turkey near Izmir
Babak Ahadi (33, man)
suicide, set fire to himself at accommodation cr.in Bristol (GB) in fear of deportation.
N.N. (men)
stowaways, died hidden in truck in Vicenza (I)
Nusrat Raza (22, woman)
suicide, set herself on fire in Bradford (GB), depression after losing asylum appeal
N.N. (22, man)
died of overheating, found on a parking place in Ludwigsfeld (D), smuggled, paid $5000
Ramazan Kumluca (19, man)
suicide, found hanged at Campsfield Removal Cr.(GB) after 3rd as. claim was refused
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsized off the coast of Turkey near Dikili
N.N.
reportedly drowned in stormy waters off Malta; Maltese rescue-team came too late
N.N.
died of starvation on a boat on its way to Gran Canaria (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after boat sank while trying to reach Mayotte Island (F)
N.N. (±20, pregnant)
reportedly drowned, while trying to reach Gran Canaria
N.N.
drowned, after their boat sank off the coast of Morocco on their way to Spain
N.N. (2 men;6 women;6 minors)
drowned, after shipwreck off the coast of Tanger on their way from Morocco to Spain.
N.N.
blown in a mine filed between Turkey and Greece while crossing border
N.N.
died from dehydration near Algerian border after vehicle broke down in desert
N.N.
found in the Sicilian Channel (I), drowned after boat capsized south of Lampedusa (I)
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees
Postbus 413 NL-1000 AK Amsterdam phone +31-20-6834778, fax 31-20-6834582, info@unitedagainstracism.org, www.unitedagainstracism.org
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
25/05/05
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ABC
12/05/05
3 Africa MAG
11/05/05
1Morocco AngolaPress
03/05/05
1unknown MNS
03/05/05
1 Africa ELM
25/04/05
1Syria Tagesanzeiger/Swiss Parliament
19/04/05
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ELM
15/04/05
24 Africa PICUM
10/04/05
2Morocco AFVIC
10/04/05
16 Morocco AFVIC
09/04/05
1Congo Middleton Guardian/IRR
04/04/05
1 Mauritania TI/MAG/DPA/taz
04/04/05
1Tunesia TI/MAG/DPA/taz
01/04/05
1 Sub-Saharan Africa PICUM
31/03/05
13 Sub-Saharan Africa taz/NOB
31/03/05
1 Sub-Saharan Africa APDHA/ORF/MAG
25/03/05
5 China, Mongolia STR
25/03/05
1 China, Mongolia STR
25/03/05
3 China, Mongolia STR
24/03/05
6China PICUM/Statewatch/MNS/NOB/Unipa
24/03/05
100 Libya Repubblica
12/03/05
11 Sub-Saharan Africa ACN/AFVIC/PICUM
12/03/05
50 unknown ACN
12/03/05
30 Sub-Saharan Africa AFVIC/APDHA
11/03/05
11 Bangladesh MAG/MNS
07/03/05
36 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
01/03/05
1 Afghanistan Evening Gazette
in Mar 05
3Nigeria LESP/Gatti/Migreurop
27/02/05
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ElPeriodicoMediterraneo
26/02/05
35 Morocco AFVIC/ATMF/NOB
26/02/05
2Morocco AFVIC/ATMF/NOB
25/02/05
1Morocco YABI/AFP
25/02/05
2unknown AFP/YABI
25/02/05
1Turkey taz/ARI
22/02/05
1Algeria NR
21/02/05
1unknown MNS
18/02/05
9Egypt LR/CDS/PICUM
18/02/05
26 unknown CDS/LR
14/02/05
1Ghana Inquest/IRR
07/02/05
39 unknown APDHA
in Feb 05
2Senegal Le Monde
25/01/05
1Armenia De Gentenaar
23/01/05
1unknown Vivre
19/01/05
10 unknown PICUM/PAJOL/MAG/APDHA/MNS/NOB
11/01/05
1Morocco MP
07/01/05
1 Sierra Leone VRF/IND/St.W/VRF/SP/AN/MDR/ARI/PR/Afr.Courier/I Oury Jalloh
07/01/05
1 Sierra Leone VRF/Statewatch/Karawane
05/01/05
1 Africa ANA/APDHA/NOB
02/01/05
1 Iran/Somalia TP/PICUM/NOB
02/01/05
1 Iran/Somalia TP/PICUM/NOB
in 2005
2unknown Nova TV(27/10/2005)
in 2005
1 Afghanistan Independent
in 2005
106 Nigeria LESP/Gatti
in Jan 05
1Ghana LESP/Gatti/Migreurop
30/12/04
6Morocco AFVIC
30/12/04
4Morocco AFVIC
30/12/04
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/MUGAK/APDHA
26/12/04
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/APDGA/MUGAK
24/12/04
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/APDHA/MUGAK
23/12/04
13 Sub-Saharan Africa
AFVIC/SP/MP/MNS/PICUM/Vivre/APDHA/MUGAK/NOB
23/12/04
2unknown MP
22/12/04
2 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/Vivre
21/12/04
2 Africa APDHA/MUGAK
21/12/04
1 Africa APDHA/MUGAK
20/12/04
1 Iraq BBC/IRR
18/12/04
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/MUGAK/APDHA
17/12/04
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/MUGAK
17/12/04
2unknown MUGAK
16/12/04
1unknown MNS/MM/NOB/Unipa
14/12/04
1 Afghanistan MNS/NOB
10/12/04
3 Afghanistan MNS/NOB
10/12/04
1unknown IRR
04/12/04
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/MUGAK/APDHA
04/12/04
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/MUGAK/APDHA
04/12/04
2Turkey PICUM/KI/MNS/NOB
30/11/04
1 Africa MNS
28/11/04
14 Sub-Saharan Africa
AFVIC/Statewatch/APDHA/MUGAK/ABC/Raz
28/11/04
2 Sub-Saharan Africa
AFVIC/Statewatch/MUGAK/APDHA/ABC/Raz
27/11/04
1 Iraq IRR
16/11/04
1 Africa MNS
N.N. (man, ±27)
drowned trying to swim to Ceuta (E) from Morocco
N.N.
stowaways, found dead in a container on a Danish ship between Morocco and Spain.
N.N. (minor)
found dead on a ship transporting migrants, stopped near the coast of Andalusia (E)
N.N.
drowned, found dead on the beach of Morro Besudo, Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
died of starvation/dehydration, trying to reach Gran Canaria (E)
Shiar Ahmad (28, man)
suicide, found hanged after 2 months detention once repatriated to Syria from CH
N.N. (child)
died of hypothermia, on a boat with 21 other immigrants, while trying to reach Tarifa (E)
N.N.
5 drowned, 19 missing, after boat sank on its way from Libya to Italy
N.N.
died of starvation on way to Spain,found on a boat drifting off the coast of Algeria
N.N.
reportedly drowned off the coast of Algeria on way to Spain
Limbaya Ndinga (32, man)
suicide, found hanged in his flat in Middleton (GB) after asylum claim was refused
N.N.
blown in minefield in attempt to cross the Turkish-Greek border
N.N.
blown in minefield in attempt to cross the Turkish-Greek border
N.N. (3 months, child)
died of hypothermia in his mother’s arms on their boat to Spain
N.N.
died of starvation on a boat drifting near El-Hierro (E)
N.N. (man)
died of starvation on a boat drifting near El-Hierro (E)
N.N. (men)
drowned, thrown off boat by smugglers 15 miles from Punta Secca (I)
N.N. (woman)
drowned, thown off boat by smugglers 15 miles from Punta Secca (I)
N.N. (men)
reportedly drowned, thrown off boat by smugglers 15 miles from Punta Secca (I)
N.N.
drowned, after they were forced to jump off, found off the coast of Sicily (I)
N.N.
Reportedly drowned, boat missing after drifting of Italian coast near Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
found dead near the coast of Fum Wad, El-Aaiun, West Sahara (MA)
N.N.
reportedly drowned in attempt to reach Canary Islands from Fum al-Wad, West Sahara (MA)
N.N.
drowned,found dead near coast of Fum Wad, El-Aaiun, West Sahara (MA)
N.N.
found dead on a boat from Morocco to Spain
N.N.
reportedly drowned between Sada and Bouéni after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (F)
Ali Jafari (25, man)
missing, after being deported to Afghanistan, after a 18 months asylum in BG
N.N. (girls)
died of thirst, travelling through desert to Tumu, Niger to get to LY border
N.N. (woman)
reportedly drowned trying to reach Algeciras (E)
N.N. (±24, men)
reportedly drowned near Oran (DZ) on the way from al-Hoceima (MA) to Spain
N.N. (±24, men)
died at hospital in Oran (DZ) after boat was found drifting off the coast of Tunisia
N.N.
drowned, found dead in a boat drifting 12 km from Cap Blanc, Oran (DZ)
N.N.
found dead on a boat drifting near Oran (DZ), from Morocco to Almeria (E)
Ramazan Kaya (26, man)
suicide, jumped out of window, depressed because couldn’t get staying permit in D
Ben Habra Saharaouis (man)
suicide, found hanged during period of remand, Authorities tried to suppress the case
N.N. (man)
died of hypothermia shortly after arriving in Alboran (E) by boat
N.N.
drowned, after shipwreck off the coast of Libya, on way to Italy
N.N.
reportedly drowned after shipwreck off the coast of Libya, on way to Italy
Vincent Shem (32, man)
suicide, found hanged in HM Prison in Wandsworth (GB)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after 10-day sail from Al-Hoceima (MA) to Spain
N.N.
drowned, after shipwreck off the coast of Morocco near El-Aaiun on way to Spain
Vladislav Babayan (man)
suicide, found hanged in Merksplas (B), in fear of deportation
N.N. (±27, man)
suicide, found hanged in prison in Sarnen (CH)
N.N.
found dead on a boat drifting 480 km suth of Canary Islands (E)
Said Zigoui (44, man)
suicide, jumped from hospital after recovered for self harm in Lamezia Terme (I) Cr.
Oury Jalloh (21, man)
burnt alive, found tied to a bed in a police cell in Dessau (D), case under investigation
Laye-Alama Kondé
died in Bremen (D), forced to drink medication by police in search for drugs
N.N.
died of exhaustion, found dead on a beach in Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
drowned, after boat carrying 15 people sank off Turkish coast
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after a boat carrying 15 people sank off Turkish coast
N.N.
suicide, found dead at Schipol Airport detention centre (NL)
Abdullah Tokhi (35, man)
murdered after forced repatriation from GB to Afghanistan, asylum claim refused
N.N.
reportedly abandoned in desert during repatriation to Niger (due to I-LY agreement)
N.N. (girl)
attacked and torn apart by wild dogs in Madama, Niger whilst travelling to LY border
N.N.
drowned near Targha (MA) on their way to Spain
N.N.
reportedly drowned near Targha (MA) on their way to Spain
N.N. (man)
drowned, body found floating near Agaete - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (E)
N.N. (man)
dead body found floating near San Cristóbal de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (E)
N.N. (man)
dead body found near Gran Canaria (E)
N.N.
dead bodies found on a boat drifting near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N. (men)
bodies found on a boat cariyng about 37 people near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
dead bodies found on a boat drifting near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
found dead on a boat 24 miles from Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after falling off boat 24 miles from Fuerteventura (E)
Razgar Rassool Hamad (24,man)
died from hypothermia, body found outside a disused factory in West Bromwich (GB)
N.N.
drowned, body found in Lobos (E) 2 weeks after boat capsized off Fuerteventura
N.N.
drowned, body found in Lobos (E) 2 weeks after boat capsized off Fuerteventura
N.N.
died in attempt to enter into Melilla (E/MA), found dead on a cliff
N.N. (man)
drowned, jumped off a vessel off the coast of Ghar Lapsi (M)
N.N. (±19)
drowned after boat carrying 17 people sank off Samos (GR) 4 days before
N.N.
drowned after boat carrying 17 people sank off Samos (GR)
Necati Ozcan (man)
died in S.G.Hospital (London, GB) while in detention, reportedly of cancer
N.N. (woman)
reportedly drowned after boat carrying 40 people capsized off Fuerteventura (E)
N.N. (man)
reportedly drowned after boat carrying 40 people capsized off Fuerteventura (E)
N.N. (22; 23)
died after explosion in minefield in Evros (GR) trying to cross Turkish-Greek border
N.N. (man)
stowaway, fallen from wheel bay of a plane, body found in Leuven (B)
N.N.
reportedly drowned during rescue operation of boat capsized near Antigua (E)
N.N.
drowned, bodies rescued after boat capsized near Antigua (E)
Hemen Mahmood Faqia (40,m)
drowned, found in River Tyne (GB) after agreement on voluntary repatriation
N.N.
stowaway, found dead in wheelbay of a plane arrived in Paris (F) from Mali
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
14/11/04
12 unknown ANA/ANSA/Unipa
14/11/04
3unknown ORF/NOB
13/11/04
10 unknown MNS/NOB
12/11/04
5 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/AFVIC/Libertaddigital/NOB
12/11/04
2 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/AFVIC/Libertaddigital/NOB
10/11/04
7 Somalia/Mauritania MNS
10/11/04
9 Somalia/Mauritania MNS/NOB
07/11/04
1Nigeria NCADC/IRR/Inquest/PPO
in Nov 04
1Nigeria MLKO
28/10/04
1unknown LR/Unipa
23/10/04
1Somalia ANA
15/10/04
28 unknown APDHA/MUGAK/AFVIC/DPA
15/10/04
1Kenia NCADC/IRR
14/10/04
1 Egypt/Pakistan MP/Statewatch/MNS/di-ve news/Unipa
14/10/04
1 Egypt/Pakistan MP/Statewatch
14/10/04
1 Iran NCADC
03/10/04
22 North Africa
ANA/CDS/MT/Vivre/MUGAK/StW./MNS/SFGate/DS/VK
03/10/04
42 North Africa ANA/CDS/Vivre/MUGAK/Statewatch/DS
02/10/04
75 Morocco/Tunesia PICUM/Unipa
01/10/04
30 unknown LR/Unipa
in Oct 04
50 unknown LESP/Gatti/Migreurop
30/09/04
2unknown APDHA
30/09/04
1Turkey DerStandard
29/09/04
1Slovakia slovensko.com
29/09/04
2 Somalia/Kurdistan VK
27/09/04
1Yugoslavia INDd
26/09/04
1 Ethiopia NCADC/IRR
21/09/04
4unknown MP/AP/PICUM
20/09/04
5 Afghanistan PICUM
19/09/04
5Tunisia Afrology
11/09/04
1unknown GuardianUn./IRR/Scotman News
10/09/04
1Algeria APDHA
09/09/04
8unknown MUGAK/APDHA/Statewatch
09/09/04
5 Africa MUGAK/PICUM/MNS
09/09/04
1Morocco MUGAK/APDHA/PICUM
08/09/04
1Congo UE/MNS/sgcv
03/09/04
2unknown APDHA/MUGAK/VK
03/09/04
1Morocco EP
02/09/04
1Maghreb MUGAK/APDHA
02/09/04
1Azerbaijan MNS
in Sep 04
6unknown MP/Statewatch
01/09/04
1Nigeria Vivre/MNS
29/08/04
2unknown ANA
29/08/04
1Morocco MUGAK/APDHA
29/08/04
1Morocco EP
25/08/04
1Tunesia RAI/ANSA/ILM
24/08/04
1Morocco MNS
23/08/04
5 Afghanistan IMK
22/08/04
1 Afghanistan DerStandard
22/08/04
4 Afghanistan DerStandard
21/08/04
1Maghreb ELM/LOP/APDHA/MUGAK/StW
21/08/04
1Morocco LOP/MUGAK/APDHA/Statewatch
21/08/04
3 Sub-Saharan Africa
ELM/GRP/ANA/MUGAK/Statewatch/La Opinión
21/08/04
1Mali ELM/GRP/ANA/MUGAK/La Opinión
21/08/04
1Maghreb MUGAK/Statewatch
21/08/04
2 Sub-Saharan Africa Statewatch
20/08/04
1Nigeria MNS/VK
17/08/04
14 unknown APDHA
16/08/04
4 Sub-Saharan Africa APDHA
16/08/04
16 unknown APDHA
15/08/04
1unknown Vivre
13/08/04
32 Sub-Saharan Africa
MC/MP/ILM/MUGAK/APDHA/MNS/DS/ABC/Raz
13/08/04
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MC/MP/ILM/GRP/MUGAK/APDHA/MNS
09/08/04
1Nigeria ISMD/UE/INDbe/EmekaIst.
09/08/04
1Maghreb EP
08/08/04
26 North Africa
Vivre/BBC/IRR/LaS/RO/LS/MUGAK/LR/DS/VK
08/08/04
1 North Africa
Vivre/BBC/IRR/LaS/RO/LS/MUGAK/Vivre/LR
08/08/04
1Liberia CDS/Vivre
08/08/04
1unknown APDHA
07/08/04
1 Africa ANA/ART
05/08/04
1Sudan LS/STR/ILM/Unipa
05/08/04
1 Palestine YaN
02/08/04
5 North Africa ANA
in Aug 04
1Egypt MP/ANSA
in Aug 04
1Morocco MUGAK
in Aug 04
1 Iraq IRR/NCADC
in Aug 04
18 unknown LR
in Aug 04
23 unknown LR/Unipa
in Aug 04
1Nigeria Akin
in Aug 04
5 Sudan/Ghana Servir
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after boat capsized off the coast of Malta
N.N.
blown up in a minefield at the turkish-Greek border, near Evros (GR)
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsized in stormy waters off the coast of Malta
N.N.
reportedly drowned near Fuerteventura (E) during rescue attempt
N.N.
drowned near Fuerteventura (E) during rescue attempt
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after boat from Africa capsized in Aegean Sea
N.N.
drowned, after boat from Africa capsized in Aegean Sea
Kenny Peter (24, man)
suicide, fell from Colnbrook imm. Removal Centre (GB) trying to hang himself
Bukola Ogunyemi
died after being beaten up at French airport for not having visa from Hungary
N.N.
drowned, found dead near Licata (I)
N.N. (baby)
born dead, thrown overboard before Maltese rescue team arrived
N.N.
dead bodies found near Tarfaya (MA)
John Kanau Manana (24, man)
suicide, found hanged in his cell at Leicester prison (GB).
N.N.(man)
drowned after boat capsized 70 miles from Malta
N.N. (man)
reportedly drowned after boat capsized 70 miles from Malta
Majid Rafieei (32, man)
suicide, found hanged at his home in Sheffield (GB) after asylum claim was refused
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsized 170 km off Tunisia
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia
N.N.
drowned after their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia on way to Italy.
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned near Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
road accident, crushed in a truck that overturned in Dirkou, Niger, heading for LY border
N.N.
reportedly drowned after their boat capsized on way to Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
died in minefield in Greece trying to cross the Turkish-Greek border
N.N. (40, man)
suicide, set himself on fire in Paris (F) in front of his embassy
N.N. (4, 5, boys)
drowned, fell into water playing near asylum centre in Harlingen (NL)
N.N. (23, man)
died in detention Centre due to pulmonary embolism, lacking medical care
Ceife Yimene (24, man)
suicide, found hanged in an emergency accommodation in Newcastle (GB)
N.N.
drowned, found dead on a boat drifting a few miles from Zarzis (TN)
N.N.
drowned, after their boat capsized in stormy waters off of the Greek coast near Samos
N.N.
drowned near Algeciras (E) after shipwreck of a boat carrying other 36 migrants
Kalan Kara Karim (29, man)
died while in detention in Great britain
N.N. (32, man)
reportedly drowned, found at border of Playa de la Hípica (E) and Beni-Enzar (MA)
N.N.
reportedly drowned 50 km from Entellada-Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after shipwreck near Fuerteventura
N.N. (man)
suicide, during his deportation from Almería (E) to Al-Hoceima (MA)
N.N. (man)
suicide, found in Merksplas (B) detention centre, was denied medical help for depression
N.N. (men)
drowned, found floating off the coast of Tangier (MA)
N.N. (man)
drowned trying to swim from Morocco to Ceuta (E)
N.N. (man)
drowned, body found near Benzú, Ceuta (E/MA)
Rafiq Sjirinov
died after being deported from Sweden to Azerbaijan.
N.N.(±16, man)
reportedly drowned, after shipwreck between Capo Bon (TN) and Pantelleria (I)
N.N. (17, man)
suicide, found hanged in his cell in Bellinzona (CH)
N.N.
stowaways, bodies found in two trucks in Cairo (Egypt) on their way to Italy
N.N.
drowned, found floating near harbor of Algeciras (E)
N.N. (man, 30 years old)
reportedly, drowned, jumped from ship to avoid border control in port of Algeciras (E)
Amor Knis (25, man)
stowaway, body found in the trunk of his girlfriend’s car in Genova (I)
N.N. (25, man)
stowaway, found dead in the roof luggage rack of a car on way to Spain
N.N.
1 drowned, 4 missing, boat capsized on way from Altinoluk (TR) to Lesbos Island (GR)
N.N. (man)
drowned, body found after shipwreck by fishermen off the Turkish coast of Nordägäis
N.N.
reportedly drowned, missing after shipwreck off the coast of Nordägäis
N.N. (man)
drowned, jumped overboard in fear of border guards near Motril (E)
N.N. (25, man)
stowaway, dead body found in Playa de Palmones-Los Barrios, Cadiz (E)
N.N.
drowned, found in Los Pajaritos (E), after shipwreck near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
drowned, body found in Los Pajaritos (E), after shipwreck near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
dead body found on the beach in Granada (E)
N.N.
drowned,after a shipwreck off the coast of Fuerteventura (E)
N.N. (man)
suicide , found dead in detention centre in Rotterdam (NL), in fear of deportation
N.N.
drowned, found dead on the beach of El-Aaiún, West Sahara (MA)
N.N.
drowned, found dead on the beach of El-Aaiún, West Sahara (MA)
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsized with 34 people on way to Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (man)
arm belonging to an asylum seeker found near Uznach (CH)
N.N.
reportedly drowned; boat capsized with 39 people going to Fuerteventura (E)
N.N. (woman)
drowned, after boat capsized on its way to Fuerteventura (E)
Chukwuemeka Onyegbule(23,m)
suicide, found hanged in Forest /Vorst Prison (Bruxelles), misterious circumstances
N.N.
reportedly drowned trying to reach Spain (E)
N.N.
died in overcrowded boat trying to reach I from Libya, bodies thrown overboard
N.N. (man)
died during rescue of an overcrowded boat trying to reach Italy from Libya
N.N. (1, boy)
died in overcrowded boat trying to reach Italy from Libya, thrown off the boat
N.N.
found dead, floating off the beach of Punta Carnero, Algeciras (E)
N.N.
died during rescue attempt by Italian authorities in Syracuse (I)
N.N. (30, pregnant woman)
reportedly thrown off a boat to Italy by other migrants
N.N. (man)
died in minefield at TR-GR border with 4 Palestinians and 2 Moroccan who survived
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after shipwreck off the coast of Cadiz (E)
Taher Mohamed Zanati
drowned, after shipwreck off the coast of Libya
N.N.
stowaway, dead body found in a car in Cadiz (E)
Ako Mahmood Ahmed (25, man)
suicide, jumped off a bridge at Coventry shopping cr.(GB), suffered from depression
N.N.
drowned, found dead near Zelid (LY)
N.N.
reportedly drowned near Zelid (LY)
Edwin Ndupus (37, man)
died after police’s use of teargas, circumstances not clear
N.N. (4 men; 1 woman)
drowned after dinghy capsized on way from Libya to Italy
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
31/07/04
3Maghreb MNS/MC/MUGAK/Terra/TN/Vivre
31/07/04
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/MC/MUGAK/Terra/TN/Vivre
31/07/04
1 Sub-Saharan Africa ADN
30/07/04
1Chile RIS
30/07/04
10 unknown APDHA
28/07/04
1 Dominican Republic RIS
26/07/04
1 Sub-Saharan-Africa MC/APDHA
23/07/04
1 Vietnam IRR/SC/The Herald/NCADC
21/07/04
1Cuba SP
19/07/04
1Ukraine IRR/MSN/ERB/NCADC
09/07/04
1Morocco MUGAK
05/07/04
5unknown ANSA/Unipa
02/07/04
1Romania RIS
in Jul 04
1Bangladesh MNS
in Jul 04
1unknown MNS
01/07/04
1Morocco RIS
in Jul 04
1 Vietnam IRR
29/06/04
9unknown LR
29/06/04
6unknown LR
25/06/04
1 Iran SC/BBC/IRR/NCADC
24/06/04
1unknown ILM/Unipa
14/06/04
1Angola EindhovensDagblad/MAG/VK
14/06/04
1unknown MC/APDHA
10/06/04
1Somalia MNS/Vivre/VK
08/06/04
1unknown PAIH
07/06/04
9unknown ANSA
06/06/04
6Tunisia LS/ANSA
06/06/04
4Tunisia LS/ANSA
05/06/04
4unknown MNS
04/06/04
6Tunisia MNS
04/06/04
4Tunisia MNS
in Jun 04
1Somalia MNS/Vivre/VK
28/05/04
1unknown IRR
25/05/04
3unknown APDHA/PICUM
25/05/04
1Ukraine PUB
24/05/04
1 Iran MNS/ERB/UNHCR
23/05/04
4Senegal SP/Statewatch/MNS/MUGAK/MC
21/05/04
5 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
19/05/04
1Guinea JdeGe/CO
18/05/04
1 Afghanistan IRR/PAIH/SCOT/SM/NCADC
18/05/04
1 Africa MNS/PUB/OCPM
17/05/04
1 Africa MNS
17/05/04
5 Africa MNS
15/05/04
1Gambia IRR
15/05/04
1unknown VK
10/05/04
1unknown FR-Th
07/05/04
2Bolivia MNS
07/05/04
2Bolivia MNS
07/05/04
1Bolivia MNS
05/05/04
1unknown ANSA/Unipa
in May 04
1unknown PAIH
01/05/04
1Congo PORTS/ERB/IRR/NCADC
27/04/04
2 North Africa MNS/Statewatch
23/04/04
1 Sub-Saharan-Africa MC
22/04/04
1Marocco MNS
19/04/04
1Asia MC
19/04/04
1Turkey jW/taz/EPP
17/04/04
15 Sub-Saharan Africa FR-NRW/Vivre/MC/Statewatch/YaN
17/04/04
1Nigeria FR-NRW/MC/VK
17/04/04
1 Pakistan MNS
17/04/04
1Asia MNS
17/04/04
14 Africa VK
17/04/04
1Nigeria FR-NRW/MC/VK
11/04/04
1Morocco IRR
11/04/04
1Albania ProAsyl
10/04/04
30 Somalia FR-NRW/ANA/ANSA/Unipa
04/04/04
1Algeria MC/MNS/Statewatch
04/04/04
1 Africa RP/Indymedia/
02/04/04
1Asia IRR/GuardianUn
in Apr 04
12 North Africa IRR
29/03/04
10 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
14/03/04
1Jamaica IRR
08/03/04
1unknown MC
28/02/04
1Turkey AN
26/02/04
1 North Africa MC
24/02/04
13 Somalia NOB/MNS
24/02/04
15 Somalia NOB/MNS
22/02/04
1Morocco Médecins Sans Frontières
11/02/04
16 Egypt NOB/Vivre
11/02/04
20 Egypt NOB/Vivre
N.N. (men)
drowned near Paloma Baja in Tarifa (E), after patera capsized with 33 people
N.N. (woman)
drowned near Paloma Baja in Tarifa (E), after boat capsized with 33 people
N.N. (6 months)
drowned near Punta Paloma in Tarifa (E), after boat capsized
Carlos Requelme (50, man)
suicide, found hanged in prison in Livorno (I), waiting to be put on trial
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat capsized with 33 migrants near Punta Paloma (E)
N.N.(34, man)
suicide, found hanged in prison in Busto Arsizio (I) after 4 days of detention
N.N. (man)
dead body found floating near the coast of Melilla (E/MA)
Tung Tran Quang (23, man)
suicide, found hanged at Dungavel det. cr. (Scotland-GB),he was denied interpreter
N.N. (20, man)
stowaway, frozen in landing gear of an airplane from Dominican Republic to Düsseldorf
Sergey Baranyuk (31, man)
suicide, hanged himself in Harmondsworth Centre (GB) in fear of deportation
N.N. (man)
drowned,body found in Lanzarote (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, found dead near Tripoli (LY)
Nicolae Doru (37, man)
suicide, found hanged in prison in Frosinone (I) in fear of deportation
N.N. (25, man)
suicide under psychiatric care at Akademiska S. in Uppsala after reject. of as.appl.
N.N. (man)
stowaway, presumly died in cargo ship "Victoria", his body removed near Casablanca
Salah Talbouz (28, man)
suicide, found hanged in prison in Ivrea (I)
N.N. (man)
shot by the police in Purmerend (NL) in front of his flat
N.N.
drowned after shipwreck near Capo Bon (TN)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after shipwreck near Capo Bon (TN)
Hussein Nasseri (26, man)
suicide, shot himself in his car after his asylum claim was refused (GB)
N.N.
drowned, dead body found near Lampedusa (I)
Marisa Bartolomeu (22, woman)
no medical care, died on way from recemption camp in Eindhoven (NL) to hospital
N.N. (man)
dead body found in Vélez-Málaga beach (E), reportedly a refugee from a shipwreck
Abdinassir Abdulatif (24, man)
killed in Mogadishu (Somalia) after deportation from NL
N.N. (27, man)
hanged himself in refugee housing facility in GB, police refused to reveal details
N.N.
decomposing bodies were found in the southwest of the island of Crete (GR)
N.N. (young men)
drowned after their boat sank near the port of Sfax on way from Tunisia to Italy
N.N. (men)
reportedly drowned when boat sank off the Tunisian coast on way to Italy
N.N.
drowned, decomposed bodies retrieved from sea off island of Crete (GR)
N.N.
drowned on way to Italy, found dead after shipwreck near Sfax (Tunisia)
N.N.
reportedly drowned on way to Italy, found dead after shipwreck near Sfax (Tunisia)
Mohamed Yahya (man)
killed by other clan after deportation from DK to Mogadishu (Somalia)
Azrar Ayub (24)
died at Prestwich hospital, after being sedated and restrained by staff
N.N. (men)
found dead on highway A7, after being abandoned by driver of a van near San Roque (E)
Georgy Petko (37, man)
died in fear of deportation from Portugal to Ukraine, auth. overruled court sentence
Kiann F. Ghaemzade (50, w)
suicide while in a detention centre in Carlslund, near Stockholm (S)
N.N.
stowaways, reportedly drowned, forced overboard 2000 km off Canary Islands
N.N.
stowaways, suffocated in container in Las Palmas (E)
N.N. (22, man)
asylum seeker murdered in park near Asylum Seeker Centre Tattes in Vernier (F)
Zekria Ghulam Moham(27, man)
suicide, found hanged in his flat in Glasgow (GB), facing eviction
N.N. (man)
stowaway, found dead in landing gear of plane from Africa, 10 km south of Lisbon (P)
N.N.
stowaway, found dead in De Gaulles airport (F) on a flight from Madagascar
N.N.
stowaway, died from inhalation of toxic gas in a ship on way to Las Palmas (E)
Kebba “Dobo” Jobe
died after police attempt to arrest him in London (GB)
N.N. (4, boy)
drowned, found near asylum centre Kuidertocht in Luttelgeest, Flevoland (NL)
Julia Kowaltschuk
suicide, overdose of pills, mentally ill refugees, help not provided by social workers
N.N. (women)
killed in a collision with a train at a level crossing in Hellin (E)
N.N. (men)
killed in a collision with a train at a level crossing in Hellin (E)
N.N. (pregnant woman)
killed in a collision with a train at alevel crossing in Hellin (E)
N.N.
drowned, found dead near Kerkenah (TN)
N.N. (man)
suicide, found hanged in Barlinnie - Scotland (GB) in fear of deportation
Kabeya DimukaBijoux (35, man)
died in Haslar Centre-Gosport (GB) of the injures sustained after arrest
N.N. (men)
stowaways, found dead in the hold of a Turkish cargo-ship at port of Cartagena (E)
N.N. (man)
hypothermia, going from Africa to Fuerteventura (E) by boat with other people.
N.N. (± 25, woman)
drowned when disembarking in Granada (E) from a vessel coming from Morocco
N.N. (man)
jumped from the boat into the sea to avoid the Civil Guard (E)
Orhan B. (man)
suicide, found hanged in Hamburg (D) jail. 2nd suicide attempt in fear of deportation.
N.N.
drowned, two boats collided, hit rocks on way from Africa to Fuerteventura (E)
Esther Down (9 months, girl)
drowned, 2 overcrowded boats collided near Fuertaventura’s coast (E)
N.N. (man)
stowaway, shot by police, after the van failed to stop at the border H-SK
N.N.
stowaway, shot by police, after the van failed to stop at the border H-SK
N.N.
drowned, after 2 boats collided near the coasts of Fuertaventura (E)
Ronald Down (man)
drowned, 2 boats overloaded with migrants collided near Fuertaventura’s coast (E)
Mohamed Ezzoubair
shot to death by police in Ceuta (E/MA), body hidden for some days near MA border
N.N.
suicide, hanged himself in the prison of Fuhlsbüttel (D) in fear of deportation
N.N.
drowned on the way from Libya to Italy
N.N. (man)
tried to reach Ceuta (E/MA) by swimming, dead body found on beach of Tarajal
John Williams
denied medical assistance in asylum centre in Halberstadt (D)
Shahid Aziz (25, man)
found dead in a prison cell in GB, reportedly killed by a racist cellmate
N.N.
died of being fourteen days at sea without food and water in Strait of Gibraltar
N.N.
drowned near Mayotte (F) after shipwreck carrying12 migrants
Kingsley Williamson (man)
suicide, hanged himself in Norwich (GB) prison, depressed awaiting deportation
N.N. (man)
decomposed dead body found; reportedly tried to reach Ceuta (E/MA) by swimming
Ümit Abay (23, man)
set himself on fire in Cologne (D) in fear of his deportation to Turkey
N.N. (man)
body found on the beach La Barrosa in Chiclana de la Frontera-Cadiz (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned when their ship sank off the western coast off Turkey
N.N.
drowned, ship sank off the Turkish coast, bodies washed ashore near Ayvalik
N.N.
shot by border police whle climbing the fence between Morocco (MA) and Ceuta (E)
N.N.
drowned when their two boats capsized in a storm on the way to Italy
N.N.
reportedly drowned when two boats capsized in a storm on the way to Italy
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
05/02/04
2unknown MET/IRR
01/02/04
1unknown Vivre
30/01/04
5 China/Afghanistan MNS
30/01/04
14 China/Afghanistan MNS
30/01/04
5unknown NON
30/01/04
5Asia MNS
29/01/04
5 Kurdistan NOB
29/01/04
14 Kurdistan NOB
25/01/04
4unknown NON/FORBES
24/01/04
11 unknown Unipa
21/01/04
1unknown MC
21/01/04
1unknown ANSA/Unipa
18/01/04
3unknown MC
16/01/04
14 Sub-Saharan Africa
Tiroler Tageszeitung/Salzburger Nachrichten/Yahoo/MC/NOB/MNS
16/01/04
2 North Africa YaN/MNS/MC/NOB
16/01/04
3 Africa YaN/MNS/MC/NOB
12/01/04
21 Albania MP
10/01/04
18 Albania
GuardianUn./KI/BBC/SD-Agencies/AJC/IP/Vivre/YaN/Moscow Times/LR
10/01/04
5Albania
GuardianUn./KI/BBC/SD-Agencies/AJC/IP/Vivre/LR
10/01/04
3Albania
GuardianUn./KI/BBC/SD-Agencies/AJC/IP/Vivre/YaN/Moscow Times/LR
03/01/04
1unknown Statewatch/MNS
01/01/04
1 Iraq IRR
in 2004
1Congo Statewatch/ProAsyl/FR-NieSa/ARI
in 2004
1Congo Statewatch
27/12/03
1unknown VK
20/12/03
7 Jordania/Irak/Iran/Afghan.
MNS/NI/AP/SP/Kurier/Vielfaltletter/BBC/MUGAK/IMK
20/12/03
51 Jordania/Irak/Iran/Afghan.
MNS/NI/AP/SP/Kurier/Vielfaltletter/BBC/MUGAK/IMK
20/12/03
1 Jordania/Irak/Iran/Afghan.
MNS/NI/AP/SP/Kurier/Vielfaltletter/BBC/MUGAK/IMK
20/12/03
1 Jordania/Irak/Iran/Afghan.
MNS/NI/AP/SP/Kurier/Vielfaltletter/BBC/MUGAK/IMK
12/12/03
1Sub-Saharan MNS/Statewatch
12/12/03
1unknown IPL/Unipa
05/12/03
10 Morocco EP
02/12/03
1unknown MNS/GuardianUn./MUGAK/ABC/Raz
02/12/03
1Marocco MNS/GuardianUn/MUGAK/ABC/Raz
02/12/03
2Gambia MNS/MUGAK/ABC/Raz
02/12/03
11 Malia MNS/MUGAK/ABC/Raz
01/12/03
1 Sub-Saharan Africa SH
in Dec 03
1unknown VK
in Dec 03
1unknown LESP
23/11/03
1unknown MUGAK
10/11/03
1 Iraq INDi/IPL/Unipa
10/11/03
1unknown NCADC
10/11/03
11 Sub-Saharan Africa LR
07/11/03
8unknown Statewatch/MUGAK/MNS
07/11/03
2 North Africa Indymedia/MUGAK
03/11/03
1Algeria Malta Independent/MNS/FIDH
03/11/03
1unknown MNS
in Nov 03
17 Morocco SOS
in Nov 03
1Russia PAIH
in Nov 03
13 Morocco SOS
26/10/03
1Bangladesh MNS/Die Bunte
26/10/03
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MUGAK
26/10/03
2 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
25/10/03
37 North-Africa
Statewatch/MNS/Indymedia/VK/AP/GuardianUn/Trouw/MUGAK/MP/BELT/GRP/BWT/APDHA/PICUM
22/10/03
37 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS
21/10/03
22 unknown MNS/Vivre/TL
21/10/03
6unknown MSN/WOZ/TL/Vivre
21/10/03
5unknown NOB/TL/IPL
20/10/03
13 Libya Miami Herald/TL
20/10/03
1 Palestine IRR/NCADC/ERB
19/10/03
12 Somalia
Statewatch/LR/MNS/YaN/Pogledi/GuardianUn/VK/SP/Vivre/MiamiHarold/Vita/IPL/MUGAK/DPA/WZ
19/10/03
58 Somalia
Statewatch/LR/MNS/Pogledi/GuardianUn/VK/SP/Vivre/DPA/WZ
19/10/03
1Somalia
Statewatch/LR/MNS/YaN/Pogledi/GuardianUn/VK/SP/Vivre/MiamiHarold/Vita/IPL/MUGAK
18/10/03
4unknown APDHA/MUGAK
17/10/03
1Somalia Statewatch/MNS/LR/IPL
17/10/03
1Somalia Statewatch/MNS/LR/SP/IPL
17/10/03
7Somalia Statewatch/MNS/LR/SP/TL/Mugak/IPL/
17/10/03
1Somalia Statewatch/MNS/LR/SP/IPL/DPA
17/10/03
1Somalia Statewatch/MNS/LR/SP/TL/Mugak/IPL
09/10/03
1Congo AFP/MNS/Vivre
04/10/03
2 North Africa AFP/MUGAK
04/10/2003
2 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
03/10/03
1unknown YaN/GDS/ILM/IPL/TL
03/10/03
5 Iraq/Pakistan MNS/Flüchtlingsrat-Brandenburg/ILM
03/10/03
1Georgia MNS/ERB
03/10/03
1unknown MUGAK
03/10/2003
210 unknown
01/10/03
2 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS
in Oct 03
1unknown Haarlems Dagblad
in Oct 03
3unknown Haarlems Dagblad
N.N.
stowaways, decomposing bodies found on cargo ship from Ghana to Hull (GB)
N.N. (39, man)
suicide, found hanged in prison in Lachen (CH)
N.N. (±25, men)
drowned, discovered near Rafina (GR) after their boat sank in stormy sea
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after boat sank in stormy sea near Rafina (GR)
N.N. (men)
frozen to death during blizzard, trying to cross Turkish-Greek border near Feres
N.N. (±25)
drowned when trying to swim across river Evros between Turkey and Greece
N.N.
drowned, bodies found off Karistos (GR), boat sank in stormy waters
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after boat sank off Karistos (GR)
N.N.
drowned, boat sank on way from Libya to Italy, found by coast guards
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat sank on way from Libya to Italy
N.N. (man)
dead body found in Fuerteventura's waters (E), reportedly from an old shipwreck
N.N.
reportedly drowned, found dead near Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsized off the coast of Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
drowned, boat capsized on reef off Fuerteventura (E) on way from Africa
N.N.
drowned, boat capsized on reef off Fuerteventura (E) on way from Africa
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat capsized off Fuerteventura (E) on way from Africa
N.N.
drowned near Durres (AL) after shipwreck of a boat carrying migrants to Italy (I)
N.N. (men)
froze to death on a boat on the way from Vlora (AL) to Italy
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat sank, tragedy on the way from Vlora (AL) to Italy
N.N. (women)
died of hypothermia on a boat on the way from Vlora (AL) to Italy
N.N.
stowaways, found dead in cargo ship in Pasaia (E) coming from Camerun
N.N. (man)
suicide, set fire to himself in London in fear of deportation
Tschianana Nguya (34,pregnant)
deported from Germany, imprisoned in Congo, got late medical care, baby died
N.N. (1 hour old, baby)
mother deported from Germany, imprisoned in Congo, got late medical care
N.N. (3, boy)
asylum seeker's child drowned, fell into ditch near Asylum Centre Dalem (NL)
N.N. (men)
drowned, boat sank off coast of Marmaris (TR) on way from Turkey to Greece
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat sank off Turkish coast on way from Turkey to Greece
N.N. (woman)
reportedly drowned, after boat sank off Turkish coast on way from Turkey to Greece
N.N. (10, girl)
reportedly drowned, after boat sank off Turkish coast on way from Turkey to Greece
N.N.
stowaway, suffocated on a cargo ship on way from Cameroon to Spain
N.N.
drowned, after a shipwreck near Tripoli (LY), on the way to Italy
N.N.
drowned near Granada (E) after shipwreck of a boat carrying 48 immigrants
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N. (±27, man)
body found near beach Fuente Caballos, Cadiz (E)
N.N. (man)
stowaway, reason of death unknown, body found in italian ship in Amsterdam’s harbour
Daniel (19, man)
dehydration, died of thirst while travelling to Europe through Sahara desert
N.N.
drowned, reportedly trying to swim Ceuta (E/MA), body found in Chorillo (E)
N.N. (25, man)
found dead on a boat drifting 25 n. miles south of Pantelleria (I)
Liang He (23, man)
suicide, found hanged at Bedford prison (GB)
N.N. (3 children)
reportedly drowned near Lampedusa (I) after boat sank
N.N.
died of starvation in a small boat, set to arrive in Motril (E)
N.N.
died frozen in a boat carrying about 40 migrants to Motril (E)
AbdulH.GhernoutOmar (31, m)
hanged himself in police custody in Valletta in fear of deportation
Paul Yorke (man)
found dead in his cell in Heathrow police station
N.N.
drowned after shipwreck near Larache (Morocco)
N.N. (man)
suicide, hanged himself in Polmont Prison (GB) in fear of deportation
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after shipwreck near Larache (Ma)
N.N. (man)
frozen to death in forest near Eisenstadt (A) after crossing Hungarian border
N.N.
drowned in the attempt to swim to Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
drowned near Cádiz (E) after small boat capsized on way to Spain (E)
N.N.
drowned, bodies recovered/washed ashore after shipwrecking in bay of Cadiz (E)
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsized near Rota (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat capsized on way from Tunisia to Sicily (I)
N.N.
drowned after boat capsized on the way from Tunisia to Sicily (I)
N.N.
drowned when boat sank off the Tunisian coast on way to Italy
N.N.
died of starvation on a boat from Libya to Italy being 20 days without food
Mohammed Bin Duhri (20, man)
suicide, found hanged at Belmarsh maximum security prison (GB)
N.N.
found dead of cold/hunger on ship from Libya to Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
reportedly died of cold/hunger on ship from Libya to Italy, thrown overboard
N.N. (woman)
died of hypothermia and starvation on ship fom Libya to Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
drowned, bodies found on the beach in Larache (MA)
N.N. (young man)
died on ship from Libya to Lampedusa (I) due to bad conditions
N.N. (15)
died on ship from Libya to Lampedusa (I) due to bad conditions
N.N. (adults)
drowned after boat capsized near Lampedusa (I) on the way from Libya
N.N. (3)
found dead on ship from Libya to Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (13, boy)
drowned after boat capsized near Lampedusa (I) on the way from Libya
N.N. (±16, boy)
stowaway, frozen to death in undercarriage of Brazzaville (Congo) - Paris (F) flight
N.N.
drowned in the waters of Bahía Feliz (E), their boat had been intercepted earlier
N.N. (men)
reportedly drowned near Gran Canaria (E) after boat sank trying to reach Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (man)
drowned, ship sunk on way from North-Africa to Lampedusa (I) in international water
N.N.
drowned near the Island of Evia (GR) trying to reach Greek coast by boat
Lewon A. (48, man)
Armenian, set himself on fire in Biedenkopf (D), asylum application was rejected
N.N. (man)
shot by border guard while trying to cross border between Morocco and Spain
N.N.
50 drowned, 160 missing, after boat from Libya sank off Tunisia, 41 rescued
N.N. (±30, men)
stowaways, suffocated in cargo ship on way from Ivory Coast to La Coruña (E)
N.N.
died on a boat on the way from Tunisia to Sicily (I)
N.N. (2 children; 1 adult)
died on a ship and thrown overboard on way from Tunisia to Sicily (I)
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
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Postbus 413 NL-1000 AK Amsterdam phone +31-20-6834778, fax 31-20-6834582, info@unitedagainstracism.org, www.unitedagainstracism.org
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
in Oct 03
5 North Africa SOS
01/10/03
3Guinea NOB
29/09/03
7 Pakistan MNS/Flüchtlingsrat-Brandenburg/BBC
23/09/03
1Albania AI
18/09/03
2unknown MNS
18/09/03
1 Iraq BBC
09/09/03
26 Pakistan/Asia BBC/Statewatch/AP
07/09/03
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/MUGAK
04/09/03
1Uganda icB/IRR/NCADC
03/09/03
1 Iran BBC/Socialist Worker/NCADC/IRR/Asylum Policy/gay.com UK/IRR
02/09/03
1Algeria MNS/Grand Paris
01/09/03
2unknown NOB
01/09/03
1Russia NCADC/IRR
30/08/03
1Ukraine VK/NRC/Oz/Zelf
30/08/03
1unknown MUGAK
26/08/03
1 Afghanistan AFP
23/08/03
1unknown Trouw/VK/PLi
18/08/03
1Liberia LR/IPL/Unipa
17/08/03
1unknown MUGAK
17/08/03
1 Iraq BBC/CARF/Kurdmedia/IRR
14/08/03
5 Iraq/Sudan/Somalia Twee Vandaag
13/08/03
5unknown MNS/AFP
09/08/03
1Chechnia MNS/Asyl in Not
01/08/03
10 unknown MNS/AFP/MUGAK
in Aug 03
13 unknown SOS
in Aug 03
9unknown SOS
31/07/03
15 Africa AFP/MNS/MUGAK/Statewatch
28/07/03
1 Africa AFP/MUGAK
27/07/03
1Turkey IET/ILP
25/07/03
1 Africa AFP/MUGAK
19/07/03
21 unknown IPL/Unipa
18/07/03
25 unknown MUGAK
15/07/03
1 Mauritania IRR/Malmoe/COE
14/07/03
5 North-Africa Statewatch/AFP/MNS/GuardianUn/MUGAK
14/07/03
30 unknown MNS
09/07/03
1Turkey GuardianUn/Inquest/BBC/IRR
06/07/03
1 Afghanistan IRR
in Jul 03
15 unknown GuardianUn
01/07/03
1unknown ERB
in Jul 03
2unknown IRR
29/06/03
9Libya MNS/NOB/IPL/Vita/TL/Unipa
24/06/03
3 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
23/06/03
2 Sub-Saharan Africa MUGAK
20/06/03
189 unknown
Statewatch/MNS/AFP/GuardianUn/ABC/Observer/LR/YaN/SP/VK/Vivre/Vita/IPL/TL/Unipa/ProAsyl
20/06/03
20 unknown
Statewatch/MNS/AFP/GuardianU/ABC/Observer/LR/YaN/SP/VK/Vivre/Vita/IPL/TL/Unipa
18/06/03
1 Ivory Coast BBC/MNS/YaN/IRR
16/06/03
63 North Africa
Statewatch/MNS/AFP/TG/PLi/IND/Nouvel Obs./TN/AGI/SP/ VK/LR/IPL/CNNit/ CDS/ILN/Unipa/ProAsyl
16/06/03
3 North Africa
Statewatch/MNS/AFP/TG/PLi/IND/LR/IPL/CNNit/ILN/CDS
16/06/03
4 North Africa LR/IPL/CNNit/ILN/CDS/TL
14/06/03
30 Morocco MNS
10/06/03
11 unknown Statewatch/MNS/MUGAK
06/06/03
4Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
05/06/03
2Morocco MNS/MUGAK/APDHA
05/06/03
6unknown MUGAK/APDHA
02/06/03
2 Sub-Saharan Africa Statewatch/MNS/MUGAK
02/06/03
9 Sub-Saharan Africa Statewatch/MNS/MUGAK
02/06/03
3 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
in Jun 03
1 Kurdistan IRR
in Jun 03
1 India IRR
in Jun 03
2unknown MUGAK
31/05/03
15 unknown Statewatch
17/05/03
1Congo MNS/ANP
15/05/03
4unknown LR
07/05/03
1 Latvia CARF/Metropolitan Police/IRR/NCADC
06/05/03
5Morocco MUGAK
06/05/03
4Morocco MUGAK
05/05/03
1China MNS/The Herald/NCADC/ERB/IRR
02/05/03
1 Afghanistan IRR
in May 03
1Morocco SOS
01/05/03
1unknown TL
26/04/03
1unknown MUGAK
25/04/03
2unknown MUGAK
in Apr 03
10 unknown SOS
in Apr 03
76 Sub-Saharan Africa SOS
28/03/2003
1Tanzania Fabel van de Illegaal
25/03/03
1 Iraq MNS/VK
in Mar 03
12 Africa SOS
in Mar 03
1Somalia IRR
28/02/03
1 India NOB
28/02/03
7Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
N.N.
dead bodies found in a refrigerator truck which took fire on way to Algeciras (E)
N.N.
drowned, jumped off vessel off the coast of Havre (F)
N.N.
died in minefield trying to cross the Turkish-Greek border
Vullnet Bytyci (18, man)
shot to death by border guard while trying to cross Albanian-Greek border
N.N. (±23, man; ±23, woman)
drowned, while trying to swim from Morocco to Ceuta (E/MA)
Soran Karim (23)
Kurd, asylum seeker died in minibus collision while illegaly in Great Britain
N.N. (2 women)
drowned in river Evros on Turkish-Greek border after boat capsized
N.N.
drowned, fell overboard after boat intercepted by coast guard near Fuerteventura (E)
Tema Kombe (32, man)
suicide, found hanged in toilet of psychiatric ward at Heatherwood Hospital (GB)
Israfil Shiri (30, man)
set fire to himself, after being denied necessary medication in Manchester (GB)
N.N. (34, man)
jumped out of the window trying to escape police check in Sartrouville (F)
N.N.
drowned after their overloaded boat sunk off the Tunisian coast, on way to Italy
Vasiliy Todchuk (24, man)
suicide, found hanged in a building site in Govan, Glasgow (GB)
Andrej Donorov (34, man)
suicide, 11 days after being deported from NL to Spain, was mentally ill (schizophrenia)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, found dead near Lanzarote (E)
N.N. (16, boy)
stowaway, coming from Greece found dead in back of truck near Rimini (I)
N.N. (33, man)
died after fight with another asylum seeker in asylum centre Harlingen (NL)
N.N. (25, man)
died of a heart attack after his arrival at refugee centre in Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
drowned, body found near Tarifa (E) between rocks, 2.5 meters under sea level
Hekmat Karim Salih (29)
kurd, stowaway, crushed to death in lorry going from France to Poole (GB)
N.N. (3 children)
drowned, trafficker made hole in boat on way from Ayvalik (TR) to Lesbos (GR)
N.N. (4 women; 1 man)
drowned, body found on a beach near Edremit (TR)
N.N. (24, man)
died in violent confrontation with Moldovians in refugee centre Traiskirchen (A)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat sank off the shore of Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
drowned, forced to jump into sea and threatened with a knife by 2 skippers.
N.N.
drowned after shipwreck near Barbate (E)
N.N.
drowned after boat capsized near Canary Island of Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
drowned off the coast of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands (E)
Erdogan Tahir (37, man)
died of thirst, body found hanging from train in railway station of Gorizia (I)
N.N.
drowned off the coast of Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
drowned, found dead off the coast of Libya
N.N.
drowned, after two shipwrecks occured near Sur de Aiun (MA)
Cheibani Wague
soffocated after police maltreatments and physical abuse in Vienna (A)
N.N.
drowned after shipwreck near Barranco H.-Tarifa (E), bodies found by Guardia Civil
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after shipwreck near Barranco Hondo-Tarifa (E)
Elmas Ozmico (40, woman)
died of septicaemia at Dover Hospital (GB), after her pleas for a doctor were ignored
Faizullah Ahmedi (19, man)
suicide, hanged himself in house in Blackburn (GB) awaiting decision on asylum claim
N.N.
drowned while being transferred to a Guardia Civil launch near Fuerteventura
Hüseyin Dikec (man)
suicide, set himself on fire in Aliens Office of Gütersloh (D) in fear of deportation
N.N.
bodies found by life boat crew in the water in the Channel, dead trying to enter Britain
N.N.
drowned, vessel capsized near Cap Bon (TN) on way to Italy
N.N. (women)
reportedly drowned near the coast of Cadiz (E)
N.N. (women)
drowned, dead bodies found flooting in front of Tarifa (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat capsized on way from Tunisia to Italy near port of Sfax
N.N.
drowned, boat capsized on way from Libya to Italy near port of Sfax
N.N. (25, man)
stowaway, drowned, jumped overboard a containership in English Channel
N.N.
reportedly drowned, ship sank on way from Tunisia to Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (men)
drowned, ship sank on way from Tunisia to Lampedusa (I)
N.N. (women)
drowned, after boat sank on way from Tunisia to Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned when dinghy capsized near Tarifa on way to Spain
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat capsized during rescue attempt by Guardia Civil (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned or died in fire after boat caught fire trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N.
drowned, trying to avoid detection by coastguard near city of Salobreña (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, trying to avoid detection by coast guard near Salobreña (E)
N.N.
missing, after boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
drowned near Tenerife (E) after shipwreck of a boat trying to reach Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (man)
found dead in the back of a Greek truck at the border between Italy and Slovenia
N.N.
dead body found in a forrest not far from the border between Ukraine and Slovakia
N.N.
drowned, dead body found in Ceuta (E/MA), they tried to reach coast by swimming
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N. (33, man)
rejected asylum seeker found dead in a bus shelter in Boxmeer (NL)
N.N. (men)
drowned, bodies found in fishing net near Lampedusa (I)
Olga Blaskevica (29, woman)
murdered by partner in Harmondsworth detention centre (GB), awaiting deportation
N.N. (men)
drowned, dead bodies found near he beach of Plage Ba Kacem, Tangier (MA)
N.N. (women)
drowned, dead bodies found near beach of Plage Ba Kacem, Tangier (MA)
Liu Jin Wu (35, man)
suicide, denied access to interpreter, suffered from paranoid psychosis
Nadim Hussaini (18, man)
fell from bridge over M60, at Stockport (GB) after his asylum claim was rejected
N.N. (minor)
suffocated, trapped on the border-fence in Melilla (E/MA)
N.N.
drowned, found floating near Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
dead body found in a boat intercepted in the Gulf of Cadiz (E)
N.N.
drowned after shipweck in Lanzarote (E)
N.N.
dead bodies found in the coasts of Lanzarote (E)
N.N.
drowned, dead bodies found on the beach in Tarifa (E)
Hamisi Ismaili (18, man)
found dead in wheelbay of plane landed in Maastricht-Aachen airport (NL)
N.N. (32, man)
asylum seeker, set fire to himself in Diever (NL) after being caught stealing
N.N.
dead bodies found in the touristic area of Costa Teguise (E)
N.N.
blown in minefield at the border between Turkey and Greece
N.N.(26, man)
dead body found near Kam’yanytsya (UA) few meters from UA-SK border
N.N.
drowned near Kanikeli after small boat capsized on way to Mayotte (F)
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
25/02/03
1 Mali or Gabon MNS
24/02/03
1 Iraq AFP/MNS/NO
23/02/03
1 Iraq Vivre
22/02/03
1Algeria DVHN
20/02/03
12 Sub-Saharan-Africa PUB/NOB/MUGAK
12/02/03
1Nigeria Vivre/MNS/Indymedia/Augen auf/
07/02/03
18 unknown IRR
03/02/03
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS
in Feb 03
2Morocco SOS
in Feb 03
3 Sub-Saharan-Africa SOS
in Feb 03
1unknown IRR
31/01/03
1Ukraine IRR/NCADC/CARF/MNS
23/01/03
2Turkey MNS
19/01/03
6 Iraq MNS/Vivre/AFP/AP/TL
19/01/03
26 Nigeria MNS/Vita
19/01/03
23 unknown MNS/Vivre/AFP/AP/TL
19/01/03
16 Morocco BBC
18/01/03
1Somalia NCADC/AI/AN/VK/Vivre/MNS/borderzerolist/IND/JT/Statewatch/MUGAK/IRR/ BBC
18/01/03
2unknown MUGAK
18/01/03
4 Sub-Saharan Africa
17/01/03
19 Sub-Saharan-Africa MNS/Vivre/MUGAK
16/01/03
1unknown MUGAK
15/01/03
14 unknown MNS/ Spits/ AFP
14/01/03
1 Burkina Faso VK/AC/AFVIC/CW/demo
13/01/03
2 Sub-Saharan Africa IRR/MUGAK
12/01/03
9 Africa NOB
12/01/03
5 Africa NOB
09/01/03
6 Iraq IRR/Vita
09/01/03
23 Iraq Vita
09/01/03
1Morocco EP
08/01/03
3 India NOB/Mumbaicentral
08/01/03
1Morocco IRR/MUGAK
04/01/03
2Burundi KI
02/01/03
3Morocco MNS/MUGAK/APDHA
02/01/03
7 Algeria/Morocco VK/AP/DPA/AFP/Statewatch/MUGAK
02/01/03
10 unknown MLKO
02/01/03
1 Palestine MNS/MUGAK/APDHA
in Jan 03
5unknown KI/IRR
in Jan 03
1unknown KI
in Jan 03
1Georgia WB/FR-NRW/NW/MNS
in Jan 03
1unknown KI/IRR
in 2003
1Niger LESP
30/12/02
1 Argentina
NCADC/AI/NOB/AN/Vivre/AFP/borderzerolist/LeMonde/JT/IND/MUGAK/ST/Blackbox
28/12/02
1 Afghanistan ERB
27/12/02
3Morocco SOS/MUGAK/APDHA
26/12/02
7unknown IRR
25/12/02
4unknown AP
25/12/02
4unknown AP
24/12/02
1 Iraq MNS/AP
24/12/02
1 Iran IRR/YT/NCADC
24/12/02
1 Iraq MNS/AP
19/12/02
10 Iraq/Afghanistan MNS/AP
19/12/02
10 Iraq/Afghanistan MNS/AP
16/12/02
1 Iraq NOB/Telegraaf
13/12/02
1 Africa NOB
02/12/02
1Ghana
GuardianUn/Annanova/Telegraph/Myjoyonline/IRR/IstitutoInnocenti/NCAs
02/12/02
1Ghana
GuardianUn/Annanova/Telegraph/Myjoyonline/IRR/NCAs/IstitutoInnocenti
01/12/02
44 Gambia/Ghana/Somalia IRR/TL/Vita
in Dec 02
1 Iraq IRR
in Dec 02
4Romania IRR
30/11/02
12 unknown VK/MNS/DPA
30/11/02
56 unknown VK/MNS/DPA
30/11/02
32 Sub-Saharan Africa VK/AFP
30/11/02
2Ghana Edinburgh news
22/11/02
2 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
21/11/02
1Armenia MGHR
15/11/02
1Serbia ARI
13/11/02
2 Africa AFP
13/11/02
4 Africa AFP
02/11/02
1Albania GHM/OMCT/YaN/ProAsyl
in Nov 02
1 Iran IRR
in Nov 02
1 Iran MAG/VK
27/10/02
23 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
21/10/02
2unknown MNS
16/10/02
6unknown MNS/NCAs
11/10/02
5 North Africa MNS/FR/taz/Tagesspiegel/AFP
10/10/02
2Nigeria AFP
10/10/02
7 Nigeria/Iran AFP
08/10/02
2 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/AFP
08/10/02
14 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/AFP
N.N. (man)
stowaway, fell from plane wheelbay under flight path to airport near Paris (F)
Sarkawat Hussein (18, man)
crushed to death trying to climb lorry in Calais (F) ferry terminal on his way to GB
N.N. (young man)
hit by lorry in Calais (F), trying to reach Great-Britain as a stowaway
Djedjik Fatiha (39)
suicide, hanged herself with scarf in police cel in Emmen (NL) in fear of deportation
N.N.
died of thirst/hunger after 14 days at sea, going from Morocco to Fuerteventura (E)
Osuigwe C. Kenechukwu (22)
died of lack of medical care in refugee transit centre Thurhof in Oberbüren (CH)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after being lost at sea near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
drowned, tried to swim to Spain body found floating in a bay south of Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
suffocated, stowaway in a bus on a ferry going from Nador (MA) to Almería (E)
N.N. (men)
drowned, trying to reach Melilla (E/MA) swimming from Beniezar (MA), cold sea fatal
N.N.
stowaway, died attempting to disembark from a boat in Motril-Granada (E)
Mikhail Bognarchuk (42, man)
suicide, found hanged with his shoelaces in toilet at Haslar removal Centre (GB)
N.N.
stowaways fell out of wheel-bay in China, hid in wrong plane in France
N.N.
frozen to death in drifting boat near S.M. di Leuca (I) coming from Turkey
N.N.
drowned while trying to reach the Canary Islands (E) from Morocco
N.N.
died of hypothermia on a drifting boat near Leuca (I) coming from Turkey
N.N.
reportedly drowned near Tangir after boat sank trying to reach Spain (E)
Mariame Getu Hagos (25, man)
died of asphyxhiation during deportation from Paris (F) to Johannesburg (SA)
N.N.
dead bodies found on the beach in Motril (E)
N.N.
drowned near Fuerteventura (E) after shipwreck of a boat trying to reach Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
drowned near Tangier (MA) hoping to reach Spain clandestinely by sea
N.N.
dead body found in the beach of Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
drowned when small boat sank near Canary Island of Fuerteventura (E)
Foussini Baraya (31, man)
suffocated in his vomit, seriously ill in border prison Amsterdam South-East (NL)
N.N.
stowaways, died after creeping into the hold of a Cypriot ship bound for Cadiz (E)
N.N.
drowned, boat sank on its way to Spain near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned when boat sank near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
died of hypopthermia on a Greek boat headed to Italy
N.N.
reportedly drowned near S.M. di Leuca (I) in attempt to reach Italy on a Greek boat
Said B. (29)
mortally hit by bus in Ceuta (E)
N.N. (± 25)
died of exhaustion after journey through mountains between Slovakia-Ukraine
Said B. (29, man)
died after being run down while attempting to hide under a coach in Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
died on Thracian (TR/GR) border straying into marked minefield in thick fog
N.N.
died of toxic inhalation in fire deliberately started in police prison in Malaga (E)
N.N.
drowned, boat crashed on rocks sank near Tarifa off southern coast of Spain
N.N.
reportedly drowned after shipwreck in the Strait of Gibraltar, near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (man)
died of toxic inhalation during arson attack at a police station in Malaga (E)
N.N. (men)
drowned, dead bodies found on beaches on Dodecanese island Symi in Greece
N.N. (man)
drowned, corpse found on beach on the island Evia in Greece
David Mamedor (45)
Kurd, suicide in Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock (D) after rejection of asylum application
N.N. (woman)
drowned, found dead on beach on Symi island (GR)
Olivier (±20, man)
suffocated, ate money to pay smugglers to avoid robbery at military check in Agadez(Niger)
Ricardo Barrientos (54)
died of cardiac arrest during deportation from Paris (F) to Buenos Aires (ARG)
Zafar Mohammad (16, man)
suicide, set himself on fire at Gribskov refugee centre (DK), in fear of deportation.
N.N.
burnt at pol.st. in Malaga.Ref. started fire after 2days detention.Pol.didn’t open doors
N.N.
drowned after overcrowded boat coming from MA capsized near Tarifa (E)
N.N.
drowned, when inflatable dinghy sank off the coast of the island Chios (GR)
N.N.
reportedly drowned,dinghy sank off the coast of the island Chios (GR)
N.N. (2, girl)
Kurd, drowned trying to swim ashore when boat sank near coast of Corfu (GR)
Sirous Khajehb (29, man)
suicide, found hanged in Huddersfield (GB), wrongly told asylum claim was refused
N.N. (man)
Kurd, drowned trying to swim ashore when boat sank near coast of Korfu (GR)
N.N.
drowned, 2 vessels got caught in a storm off the island Evia (GR)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, when 2 vessels got gaught in a storm of the island Evia (GR)
N.N. (young man)
found death by police under a truck at toll station of Saint-Omer (F) near Calais
N.N.
died of exhaustion after long trek, found near Greek village at GR-TR border
N.N. (±12, boy)
stowaway, found frozen in undercarriage of plane from Ghana at Heathrow (GB)
Immanuel Duah (±12, boy)
stowaway, found frozen in undercarriage of plane from Ghana at Heathrow (GB)
N.N.
drowned after boat sank on the way from Bodrum (TR) to Kos (GR)
Mahmot Slav (18, man)
stowaway, died after attempt of jumping off a bound truck in Patras (GR)
N.N.
stowaways, found dead in a shipping container due to depart from Livorno (I)
N.N.
drowned, boat shipwrecked near coast of Tripoli (Libya) going to Italy
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat shipwrecked near coast of Tripoli (Libya) going to Italy
N.N.
drowned, when boat sank between Western Sahara (MA) and Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (kids under 12)
stowaways, found frozen in undercarriage of plane from Ghana (GH) to London (GB)
N.N.
drowned near Ceuta (E) after shipwreck
N.N. (23)
suicide in Szombathely Detention Centre in Hungary
Lata Aradinovic (34, man)
suicide, set himself on fire in Syke (D) after his asylum application was rejected, Roma
N.N.
drowned when inflatable dinghy capsized near Larache off Morocco coast
N.N.
reportedly, drowned when dinghy capsized near Larache off Moroccan coast
A.K. (23)
fatally injured by border guard in Messopotamia area of Kastoria (GR-AL border)
N.N. (32, woman)
died of hypothermia, after long treck across Turkish border into Greece.
Farideh Karimi (42, woman)
was refused medical care in asylum centre in Appelscha (NL), too late found cancer
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N. (1 man; 1 child)
drowned, bodies found off the northeastern coast of Lesbos (GR)
N.N. (3 girls)
drowned, bodies found near Lesbos (GR) all six where wearing life vests
N.N.
stowaways, suffocated inside a trailer on its way from Agadir (MA) to Sevilla (E)
N.N. (women)
drowned, ship capsized off Turkey's western coast on its way to Greece
N.N.
reportedly drowned, ship capsized off Turkey's western coast on way to GR
N.N. (women)
drowned, boat capsized near Barbate (E) avoiding detection by SIVE cameras
N.N. (7 women; 7 men)
reportedly drowned, boat capsized near Barbate (E) avoiding detection by SIVE
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Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
02/10/02
1Jamaica NCADC/IRR
in Oct 02
1Congo MNS
in Oct 02
9 Africa AP/Tagesspiegel
in Oct 02
1 Africa AP/Tagesspiegel
in Oct 02
3 Africa IRR
in Oct 02
5 Africa IRR
in Oct 02
5 Africa IRR
in Oct 02
8unknown AFP
in Oct 02
12 unknown AFP
in Oct 02
1unknown IRR
in Oct 02
1 Africa IRR
26/09/02
3 Palest./Sudan/Shri Lanka HRFT/AFP
26/09/02
10 Palest./Sudan/Shri Lanka HRFT/AFP
22/09/02
15 Tunisia VK/MNS/IRR/TL/LR/MUGAK/Vita
22/09/02
1Bangladesh HRFT
16/09/02
1Cameroon Morgeng./MNS
15/09/02
36 Liberia/North Africa
VK/AP/Morgengr./MNS/HRFT/ICARE/IRR/inq7/HRA/Reu/Vita/MUGAK
15/09/02
1 Liberia/North Africa
VK/AP/Morgengr./MNS/HRFT/ICARE/IRR/inq7/HRA/Reu/Vita/MUGAK
14/09/02
1Serbia ARI
12/09/02
1Morocco MNS/IRR
05/09/02
2 North Africa MNS
04/09/02
1 Iran Socialist Worker/IRR
in Sep 02
9Liberia SP
in Sep 02
1unknown SP
in Sep 02
1Liberia SP
in Sep 02
13 unknown Trouw
in Sep 02
1Azerbaijan MNS
in Sep 02
5unknown IRR/MUGAK
in Sep 02
1unknown IRR
in Sep 02
2 Pakistan IRR
in Sep 02
3Liberia SP
31/08/02
5unknown OBV/MUGAK
28/08/02
1Turkey KI
22/08/02
9 Africa ANP/AFP
19/08/02
4Morocco MNS/taz/AFP
10/08/02
1Comoros EP
09/08/02
2 Kurdistan Kurdish Observer
06/08/02
1 North Africa MNS
04/08/02
34 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
in Aug 02
2unknown KO
01/08/02
11 Morocco/Sub-Sah. Afr. VK/Reu/The News/MNS/HRA/MUGAK
01/08/02
17 Morocco/Sub-Sah. Afr. VK/Reu/The News/MNS
in Aug 02
5 Iraq DPA/MNS/HRFT
01/08/02
2 Morocco/Sub-Sah. Afr. VK/Reu/The News/MNS/HRA/MUGAK
30/07/02
1Cameroon AP/MNS
30/07/02
1Kenia Statewatch/IRR
21/07/02
2unknown Statewatch/VK/TL/Vita
21/07/02
15 unknown Statewatch/VK
21/07/02
5Albania VK
10/07/02
5 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
10/07/02
1 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
09/07/02
1Georgia MNS
in Jul 02
2 Kurdistan HRFT
in Jul 02
1 Sub-Saharan Africa IRR
in Jul 02
4unknown IRR
in Jul 02
1unknown MUGAK
in Jul 02
1unknown MUGAK
in Jul 02
1 Kurdistan IRR
in Jul 02
1 Kurdistan IRR
27/06/02
5Somalia VK/MNS/HRFT/IRR
27/06/02
6Somalia VK/MNS/HRFT/IRR
24/06/02
1 Afghanistan HRFT
24/06/02
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS
23/06/02
1 China/Iran NRC
19/06/02
1Bangladesh HRFT/ProAsyl
19/06/02
1Bangladesh HRFT
19/06/02
3 Africans MNS
15/06/02
10 unknown Spits/MNS/MN/TL
12/06/02
1Russia CARF/IRR
11/06/02
1 Pakistan HRFT
10/06/02
5unknown MNS
10/06/02
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS
08/06/02
1 Kurdistan HRFT
08/06/02
4 Kurdistan HRFT/ECRE/Vita/TL
08/06/02
1 Pakistan HRFT
05/06/02
1unknown VK/SP
29/05/02
4 Pakistan Spits/MNS/HRFT
29/05/02
1 Pakistan Human Rights Foundation Turkey
26/05/02
1Moroccan MNS
23/05/02
1 Iraq HRFT
Beverley Fowler (32, woman)
suicide, found hanged in Durham prison (GB), in fear of deportation
N.N. (18)
suicide, jumped under train in Zwolle (NL) in fear of deportation
N.N.
drowned after small boat capsized near Tunisian coast on its way to Sicily (I)
N.N.
missing, after small boat capsized near Tunisian coast on its way to Sicily (I)
N.N. (men)
drowned, after a boat with 42 migrants sank off the coast of Barbate (E)
N.N. (women)
drowned, after a boat with 42 migrants sank off the coast of Barbate (E)
N.N.
missing, after a boat with 42 migrants sank off the coast of Barbate (E)
N.N.
drowned, after boat sank while trying to reach Mayotte Island (F) from Comoros Islands
N.N.
missing, after boat sank while trying to reach Mayotte Island (F) from Comoros Islands
N.N.
drowned, body was discovered by a fisherman in the western Peloponnese (GR)
N.N. (pregnant woman)
drowned, after a boat with 42 migrants sank off the coast of Barbate (E)
N.N.
drowned, when fishing boat heading for Lesbos (GR) sank near Narli (TR)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, when fishing boat heading for Lesbos (GR) sank near Narli (TR)
N.N. (men)
drowned, forced by smugglers to swim ashore near Scoglitti (south Sicily, I)
Muhamed Sarad (60, man)
died when security forces tried to stop 70 people from crossing the Iranian-Turkish border
N.N. (±25, man)
stowaway, froze to death in wheel bay of airplane from Cameroon to Paris (F)
N.N.
drowned, boat with more than 100 refugees aboard capsized south of Sicily
N.N. (15, man)
drowned, after boat with more than 100 refugees capsized south of Sicily
Ramo Suljic (37, man)
suicide, hung himself in a refugee centre in Germany in fear of deportation
N.N. (man)
stowaway, found dead inside container with 10 immigrants in Algeciras (E)
N.N. (±18, men)
drowned, forced by smugglers to swim ashore near Tarifa (E)
Peiman Bahmani (29, man)
stabbed to death in the street where he lived in Hendon (GB)
N.N. (men)
drowned, after ship capsized 200 meters from south coast of Sicily (I)
N.N. (man)
drowned, after ship capsized 200 meters from south coast of Sicily (I)
N.N. (15, girl)
drowned, after ship capsized 200 meters from south coast of Sicily (I)
N.N.
drowned after boat capsized, body found on a beach near Kenitra (MA)
N.N. (20, man)
suicide, hung himself after negative decision on his asylum application in NL
N.N.
missing, were abandoned near Greek coast in a boat that later capsized
N.N.
drowned, was abandoned near Greek coast in a boat that later capsized
N.N.
drowned, were abandoned near Greek coast in boat that later capsized
N.N. (women)
drowned, after ship capsized 200 meters from coast of Sicily (I)
N.N.
Kurds, stowaways found suffocated in truck near Napels (I) coming from GR
N.N.
Kurd, died near village Vyssa (TR/GR border) after straying into marked minefield
N.N.
drowned near Fuerteventura (E) traffickers forced them to swim ashore
N.N.
stowaways, already decomposing bodies were found inside lorry in Villabona (E)
N.N. (4 year old girl)
reportedly drowned after shipwreck near Mayotte (F)
N.N.
Kurds, died on refugee boat between Italy and Greece
N.N. (±25, man)
drowned, found dead on the beach of Los Carabos in Melilla (E/MA)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat missing after going to Mayotte (F)
N.N. (women)
Kurds, found dead on by smugglers abandoned refugee boat near Bari (I)
N.N.
drowned, forced by smugglers to swim ashore near Tarifa (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, forced by smugglers to swim ashore near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (minor)
Kurds, stowaways found suffocated in truck in Avellino (I) going from BG to I
N.N. (pregnant women)
drowned, forced by smugglers to swim ashore near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (23, man)
stowaway, died of hypothermia in wheel bay of airplane from Rio to Paris (F)
Samba Fofana (25)
died of two consecutive heart attacks in police station on Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
drowned, after an Italian customs patrol boat and the dinghy collided near Vlora (Al)
N.N.
missing, after an Italian customs patrol boat and the dinghy collided near Vlora (Al)
N.N.
drowned, after an Italian customs patrol boat and the dinghy collided near Vlora (Al)
N.N.
drowned near Fuerteventura (E) after boat capsized on way to Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
drowned near Fuerteventura (E) trying to enter Spain (E)
David Metrevelli (man)
suicide, hung himself in detention centre in Malaga (E) in fear of expulsion
N.N.
Kurds, stowaways in lorry from Greece to Italy crushed to death by the load
N.N.
drowned, small boat with 19 migrants was wrecked off the coast of Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, small boat wrecked off coast of Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
dead body found in police station in Fuerteventura (E)
N.N.
dead body found at the border between Ceuta (E/MA) and Morocco
Ahmet Moh. Irak (19, man)
stowaway, found dead in a lorry on a ferry from Patras (GR) to Brindisi (I)
N.N.
stowaway, found dead in a lorry on a ferry from Patras (GR) to Brindisi (I)
N.N.
drowned, the boat bringing them from Turkey to Kos (GR) sank near Datca (TR)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat from Turkey to Kos (GR) sank near Datca (TR)
Mubarek Yagderi (32)
died in a car accident after taxi driver tried to escape the border police (TR-GR)
N.N. (2)
drowned, fell off overloaded rubber boat after it collided against rocks near Spain
Tina (3)
died after lack of medical treatment in asylum seeker centre Vught (NL)
Sillih Peder (23)
shot by security forces when trying to enter Turkey near Aslanyazi
Cahir (28)
shot by security forces when trying to enter Turkey near Aslanyazi
N.N.
drowned, after boat capsized near Lanzarote, island part of Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (young men)
drowned, forced to swim to a ship which would have carried them from TN to I
N.N. (man)
reportedly drowned after canoe capsized on the way from France to Great Britain
N.N.
drowned, corpse was found at the shore of Menderes district (TR)
N.N.
missing, after boat sank near Antigua (Canary Islands, E)
N.N.
drowned, body found off the coast of Tuineje (Fuerteventura, E)
N.N.
drowned when smugglers forced them to swim ashore near Puglia (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned when smugglers forced them to swim ashore near Puglia (I)
N.N.
drowned, dead body found at the shore of Menderes district (TR)
N.N.
Kurd, shot dead during fight between illegal immigrants in refugee camp in Calais (F)
N.N.
found dead on beach of Maydanoz in Izmir province in Western Turkey
Hamid Mahmut
found dead on beach of Maydanoz in Izmir province in Western Turkey
N.N. (boy)
died in attempt to enter Melilla (E/MA), got trapped in frontier fence and suffocated
Hiva Fazil Emin (32)
died when lorry with 35 refugees inside turned over near Köprüköy (TR)
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
22/05/02
1Turkey MNS/Vivre/Parool/HRFT
16/05/02
1 West Africa IRR
15/05/02
1 West Africa Telegraph
13/05/02
11 Kurdistan MNS/HRFT
13/05/02
1 Kurdistan MNS/HRFT/NCAs
12/05/02
1 Africa MNS
11/05/02
1 Zimbabwe Socialist Worker/NCADC/IRR
10/05/02
6unknown IRR
10/05/02
7unknown IRR
07/05/02
1 Pakistan NCADC/CARF/IRR/ERB/BBC
in May 02
1Tanzania IRR
in May 02
1Tanzania IRR
in May 02
10 Afghanistan IRR
in May 02
5 Pakistan IRR
in May 02
9 Afghanistan IRR
24/04/02
11 Africa AFP/ARI/VK/StGallerTagblatt/BBC
17/04/02
3unknown AFP/IRR
17/04/02
25 unknown AFP/IRR
15/04/02
1 Kurdistan SP
14/04/02
1Uganda allAfrica/IRR
in Apr 02
3Bangladesh HRFT
27/03/02
1unknown AFP/MNS/AP
20/03/02
1Turkey MNS/Vivre/HRFT/AP
20/03/02
1Turkey MNS/Vivre/HRFT/AP
15/03/02
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS
12/03/02
1 Iran NCADC/CARF/IRR
11/03/02
1Albania MNS/CNN/AFP/DPA/Vita
11/03/02
6Albania AFP/MNS/CNN/DPA/Statewatch/Vita
07/03/02
12 Nigeria/Sudan/Turkey
VK/MigrantNews/MNS/AFP/CNN/DPA/ANP/SZ/Rheinpfalz/Statewatch/TG/MUGAK/TL/Vita
07/03/02
47 Nigeria/Sudan/Turkey
VK/MigrantNews/MNS/AFP/CNN/DPA/ANP/SZ/Rheinpfalz/Statewatch/TG/MUGAK/ProAsyl
in Mar 02
11 unknown IRR
in Mar 02
1 Pakistan IRR/MNS
in Mar 02
1 Pakistan IRR/MNS
in Mar 02
1 Pakistan IRR/MNS
in Mar 02
1 Pakistan IRR/MNS
in Mar 02
1 Pakistan IRR/MNS
in Mar 02
1 Pakistan IRR/MNS
in Mar 02
1 India IRR/MNS
20/02/02
1unknown MNS/AP/IRR
20/02/02
3 Africa MNS/MUGAK
20/02/02
1 Iran IRR
18/02/02
1unknown AP/MNS/IRR
17/02/02
1unknown AI
15/02/02
1 Iraq SAGA/ARI/IRR
12/02/02
1Turkey ARI
12/02/02
4 Africa MNS/MUGAK
12/02/02
4 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
11/02/02
1 Iraq MNS/Grön Ungdom/IRR
10/02/02
9 Morocco/Sub-Sahar. Afr. Freies Wort
09/02/02
1Turkey INDd/jW/IRR
04/02/02
1unknown MNS
03/02/02
1unknown AIg
02/02/02
1Albania Reu
01/02/02
2Morocco MNS
in Feb 02
1Nigeria MN
in Feb 02
1Turkey NW
in Feb 02
1 Iran IRR
31/01/02
1 Iraq NRC
26/01/02
1unknown MUGAK
21/01/02
16 unknown MNS
20/01/02
1 Iran IRAINC
19/01/02
1unknown MNS/AP/Telegraaf/MUGAK
12/01/02
1unknown HRFT
12/01/02
1unknown HRFT
09/01/02
1 Iraq HRFT
04/01/02
1 Iran ARI
in 2002
4unknown HRFT
in Jan 02
1Somalia Der Standard
in Jan 02
19 Afghanistan
Spits/VK/MNS/HRFT/BBC/NCAs/IstitutoInnocenti/NCAs
01/01/02
1Guinea CARF/IRR/NCADC/ERB
in 2002
4 North Africa ANP/AFP
01/01/02
1unknown IRR
01/01/02
4unknown HRW
01/01/02
26 unknown HRW
27/12/01
1Algeria MNS
23/12/01
4 Iraq MNS/AP
17/12/01
4 Africa MNS/MUGAK
12/12/01
1Gambia MUGAK
11/12/01
4Romania MNS/AFP/NCADC/DPA/NCADC
11/12/01
2unknown MNS/AFP
Hidir Akay
shot to death on a vessel near Cyprus by Turkish coast guards, on way to Italy
N.N. (±30, man)
stowaway, found dead in the wheelarch of a flight from Ghana to Great Britain.
N.N. (±30, man)
stowaway found in undercarriage of plane from Accra (Ghana) at Heathrow (GB)
N.N. (2 children)
Kurds, drowned when boat capsized crossing river Sava between HR and BH
Muhittin Ay
Kurd, drowned when boat capsized crossing river Sava between Croatia and Bosnia
N.N.
stowaway, body found in Deuil-la-Barre (F), reportedly fell from airplane wheel-bay
Forsina Makoni (79, woman)
suicide, set fire to herself after her asylum claim was refused
N.N. (men; women)
drowned after their boat capsized off the Spanish coastline
N.N.
reportedly drowned when their boat capsized off the Spanish coast
Shiraz Pir (25, man)
suicide, found hanged in Bristol (GB), after his asylum claim was refused
John Jackson (18)
jumped off a ship in the Corinthian Gulf (GR) died several hours later in a hospital
N.N.
reported missing after he jumped off a ship in the Corinthian Gulf (GR)
N.N.
died of cold, dead bodies were discovered by police in the area of Kaldiran (TR)
N.N.
died from cold, dead bodies were discovered near Menderes (TR)
N.N. (minors)
died of hypothermia, found dead by police in the area of Kaldiran (TR)
N.N. (10 men; 1 women)
drowned, after boat smashed into reefs near the Canary Island of Lanzarote (E)
N.N. (men)
drowned, ship carrying migrants turned over and sank north of Naxos (GR)
N.N.(20 men; 1 women; 4 child.)
missing, ship carrying migrants turned over and sank north of Naxos (GR)
N.N.
Kurd, shot dead during fight between illegal immigrants in refugee camp in Calais (F)
N.N. (young man)
stowaway, frozen to death in undercarriage of airplane from Uganda to London (GB)
N.N.
stowaways, suffocated in lorry, thrown out on parking place near Catalca (TR)
N.N.
died in minefield near river Evros (GR) trying to cross the Turkish-Greek border
Sezgin Sayan (24)
died in minefield near river Evros (GR) trying to cross the Turkish-Greek border
Tahsin Esen (22)
died in minefield near river Evros (GR) trying to cross the Turkish-Greek border
N.N. (young man)
stowaway, his body got caught in the axle of a lorry from Morocco to Melilla (E/MA)
Mohsen Amri (27, man)
suicide, in Birmingham (GB) after his asylum claim was refused
N.N.
reportedly drowned, tried to reach Otranto (I) in a overcrowded dinghy
N.N.
dead bodies found in Otranto (I) attached to their dinghy with a rope
N.N. (7 men; 5 women)
drowned, after vessel capsized in rough sea between Lampedusa (I) and Malta
N.N.
missing, after vessel capsized in rough sea between Lampedusa (I) and Malta
N.N.
drowned off Lanzarote, Canary Islands (E) after boat shipwrecked on reefs
Riaz Omar Faruq
picked up by police at border BG-MK, shot to death by police near Skopje (MK)
Syed Bilal
picked up by police at border BG-MK, shot to death by police near Skopje (MK)
Asif Javed
picked up by police at border BG-MK, shot to death by police near Skopje (MK)
Khalid Iqbal
picked up by police at border BG-MK, shot to death by police near Skopje (MK)
Ijaz Ahmad (20)
picked up by police at border BG-MK, shot to death by police near Skopje (MK)
Hussayn Shah
picked up by police at border BG-MK, shot to death by police near Skopje (MK)
Muhammad Riaz
picked up by police at border BG-MK, shot to death by police near Skopje (MK)
N.N. (man)
stowaway, crushed to death while trying to board a train in Channel-tunnel, on way to GB
N.N. (men)
drowned, trying to swim from Morocco to Melilla (E/MA)
Nariman Tahmasebi (27, man)
suicide, found hung in Lewes Prison (GB)
N.N. (man)
stowaway, fell from a train in the Channel-Tunnel between France and GB
Seval Sebahtin Rasin (26)
beaten to death by border police when trying to cross the Bulgarian-Turkish border
B.H. (74, woman)
suicide, hung herself because of bad conditions in asylum centre near Albbruck (D)
Furat Orak (22, man)
Kurd, suicide, shot himself to death after deportation from Germany to Turkey
N.N.
drowned, vessel capsized, bodies found near or on a beach near Cádiz (E)
N.N.
drowned near Tarifa (E) after shipwreck of a boat trying to reach Spain (E)
N.N. (17, boy)
suicide in Red Cross Centre Copenhagen (DK), asylum application was turned down
N.N.
drowned when overloaded boat capsized near Cadiz (E)
Hüseyin Vurucu (40)
Kurd, suicide, jumped in front of train in Stadtallendorf (D) in fear of deportation
N.N.
frozen, trying to cross the snow covered border between Bulgaria-Northern Greece
N.N.
died in detention centre in Belgium because of medical neglect
N.N. (man)
hit by propellor of motor boat when he jumped off the boat to swim to Italian coast
N.N. (men)
stowaways suffocated hidden in false compartment in bus from MA to Spain
N.N. (woman)
asylum seeker died in child birth in Dublin (IRL), hospital did not know medical history
N.N. (man)
Kurd, stowaway suffocated in container during crossing from Greece to North Italy
Mohamad Hussein Tamana
suicide, in Schneckenstein asylum seekers hostel (D) in fear of deportation
Najaat Alrikabi (5 months)
died after being refused medical treatment in detention centre in Leusden (NL)
N.N.
found dead in a Spanish police station
N.N.
reportedly drowned, vessel capsized off the coast of Pozo Negro, Canary Islands (E)
Karim Tujali (man)
executed after being deported to Iran by Turkish police
N.N. (±20, man)
stowaway, electrocuted when train passed under power lines near Frethun (F)
Metin Güngör (18, man)
shot to death while trying to cross the border between Turkey and Iran
Hasan Kalkan (15, boy)
shot to death while trying to cross the border between Turkey and Iran
Ali Muhammet Musa El Decil
frozen to death trying to cross Turkish-Greek border illegally near Edirne (TR)
Mohammad Hussein (25, man)
suicide, hung himself in the shower of refugee centre in Schneckenstein (D)
N.N.
drowned trying to cross the Iranian-Turkish border near Örtülü (TR)
N.N.
drowned, forced by smugglers to cross river March (SK-A) by swimming
N.N. (9 children)
died of hypothermia, found dead in mountains near Turkish-Iranian border
Souleyman Diallo (28, man)
suicide, jumped off a bridge in Tyneside (GB) in fear of deportation
N.N.
drowned, dead bodies discovered by Spanish police near Cabo de Gata (E)
N.N. (man)
electrocuted on top of a train in the Channel Tunnel heading for the GB
N.N.
shot by Turkish border police (TR)
N.N.
Froze to death in remote mountain crossings while trying to reach Turkey (TR)
N.N (young man)
drowned, trying to clandestinely get onboard a merchant ship anchored near Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
died in minefield in Northern Greece trying to cross the Turkish-Greek border
N.N.
drowned, found dead on a beach in Punta Aceituno, Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (man)
found dead in a Spanish police station while in detention
N.N. (young men)
stowaways, found dead inside container in port Livorno (I) on way to Canada
N.N. (man, woman)
stowaways, died inside cargo container on vessel on way from Italy to Canada
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
09/12/01
7Maghreb MUGAK
08/12/01
1Turkey
AFP/VK/SZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Waterford News/RTE/KO/MN/NCADC/MUGAK/INDie
08/12/01
1Turkey
AFP/VK/SZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Waterford News/RTE/KO/MN/NCADC/MUGAK/INDie
08/12/01
1Turkey
AFP/VK/SZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Waterford News/RTE/KO/MN/NCADC/MUGAK/INDie
08/12/01
1Turkey
AFP/VK/SZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Waterford News/RTE/KO/MN/NCADC/MUGAK/INDie
08/12/01
1Turkey
AFP/VK/SZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Waterford News/RTE/KO/MN/NCADC/MUGAK/INDie
08/12/01
1Turkey
AFP/VK/SZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Waterford News/RTE/KO/MN/NCADC/MUGAK/INDie
08/12/01
1Turkey
AFP/VK/SZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Waterford News/RTE/KO/MN/NCADC/MUGAK/INDie
08/12/01
1Turkey
AFP/VK/SZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Waterford News/RTE/KO/MN/NCADC/MUGAK/INDie
in Dec 01
2 Afghanistan AFP
in Dec 01
4 Afghanistan AFP
in Dec 01
2 Iraq IRR
in Dec 01
1 Iraq IRR
in Dec 01
1Morocco WB
28/11/01
1Kosovo Rosa Antifa
28/11/01
1Maghreb MUGAK
25/11/01
1Ghana CARF/NCADC/IRR
25/11/01
1Cameroon AmsStadsblad/VK
25/11/01
1Maghreb MUGAK
22/11/01
1unknown IRR/INDgb
09/11/01
1 Vietnam ARI
09/11/01
2Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
07/11/01
1Sudan VK
07/11/01
12 Nigeria MNS/VK/AFP
06/11/01
5Sudan MNS/DPA
06/11/01
1unknown DPA
in Nov 01
1Ecuador IRR
28/10/01
1 North Africa MNS/MUGAK
25/10/01
1Georgia ARI
25/10/01
25 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
23/10/01
1 Sub-Saharan Africa MUGAK
18/10/01
1 Kurdistan IRR
18/10/01
15 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
15/10/01
1unknown Reu
06/10/01
7Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
30/09/01
1unknown MNS
19/09/01
1Algeria MNS/IRR
17/09/01
5Morocco ELM
12/09/01
3unknown MNS/ODP
09/09/01
13 Morocco MNS/AP/IRR/ODP
09/09/01
41 Morocco MNS/AP/IRR/ODP
06/09/01
2unknown ODP
05/09/01
5unknown DPA
in Sep 01
5unknown DPA
23/08/01
9 Africa MNS/AP
22/08/01
4unknown MNS/AP
21/08/01
1 Eritrea MNS/IRR/CARF/NCADC
20/08/01
1 North Africa MNS
20/08/01
1Kosovo CARF/IRR/MNS
19/08/01
2 Africa MNS
19/08/01
3 Africa MNS
18/08/01
1unknown OBP
13/08/01
2 Africa MNS
11/08/01
8Comoros
09/08/01
1 North Africa MNS/ODP
09/08/01
1Morocco ODP
08/08/01
11 unknown ODP
06/08/01
26 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
06/08/01
2Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
05/08/01
1Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
03/08/01
1Nigeria MNS/Malmoe
in Aug 01
1 Africa SZ
22/07/01
1 Africa MNS
19/07/01
1 Vietnam ARI
16/07/01
1 India NW
15/07/01
4Maghreb MNS/ODP
15/07/01
2Maghreb MNS/ODP
13/07/01
1unknown Statewatch/MUGAK
10/07/01
2 India MNS/NW DPA/Vita/TL
10/07/01
2 North Africa MNS/NW DPA/Vita/TL
05/07/01
1Georgia MNS
in Jul 01
11 Morocco MNS
in Jul 01
3 Africa MNS
in Jul 01
15 Africa MNS
28/06/01
1 Africa Mugak
27/06/01
1 North Africa Mugak/GARA/MNS
24/06/01
1unknown MNS
16/06/01
1unknown MNS
14/06/01
1 Pakistan OBV/IRR
14/06/01
6 Iraq/Afghanistan MNS
N.N.
reportedly drowned after shipwreck near Fuerteventura (E)
Hasan Kalendergil (41, man)
Kurd stowaway, suffocated in cargo container from Belgium to Ireland
Kalendar Kalendergil (12, boy)
Kurd stowaway, suffocated in cargo container from Belgium to Ireland
Zeliha Kalendergil (10, girl)
Kurd stowaway, suffocated in cargo container from Belgium to Ireland
Saniye Guler (28, woman)
Kurd stowaway, suffocated in cargo container from Belgium to Ireland
Berkan Guler (4, boy)
Kurd stowaway, suffocated in cargo container from Belgium to Ireland
Imam Guler (9, boy)
Kurd stowaway, suffocated in cargo container from Belgium to Ireland
Mostafa Demir (23, man)
Kurd stowaway, suffocated in cargo container from Belgium to Ireland
Yuksel Ucaroglu (26, man)
Kurd stowaway, suffocated in cargo container from Belgium to Ireland
N.N.
drowned trying to reach Greece from Turkey with a dinghy
N.N.
reportedly drowned, trying to reach Greece from Turkey with a dinghy
N.N. (men)
Kurds, drowned in Southern Adriatic (I) being dumped in sea by smugglers
N.N. (pregnant woman)
Kurd, drowned in Southern Adriatic (I) being dumped in sea by smugglers
N.N. (young man)
drowned, trying to swim from deserted Island ashore near Aegean coast (TR)
N.N. (baby)
pneumonia, after insufficient medical care waiting for place in ref. camp in Austria
N.N. (man)
drowned, thrown off a boat near Fuerteventura (E)
Joseph Crentsil (39, man)
fell from 3rd floor in London (GB) as immigration officials attempted to detain him
N.N. (30, man)
stowaway, died of hypothermia in ramp of cargo ship between Ivory Coast//NL
N.N. (man)
drowned, found floating off the coast of Ceuta (E/MA)
Ricky Bishop (25, man)
died in police custody (Brixton-GB) after being arrested, handcuffed and assaulted.
Ngoc-Dung Hoang (41)
suicide, jumped from a building in Berlin (D) in fear of deportation
N.N.
reportedly drowned near Majicavo after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N. (man)
drowned near Bodrum in Turkey when smugglers boat capsized
N.N. (men)
drowned, when vessel capsized near Bodrum at South-West cost of Turkey
N.N.
drowned, after vessel capsized near the South-West coast of Turkey
N.N. (man)
hit by a car while escaping police who forced Afghani/Pakistani refugees into a bus
N.N. (woman)
died trying to escape out of a hospital window in Milan (I) having no correct papers
N.N. (boy)
stowaway, crushed by trailer of lorry he hid under going from MA to Algeciras (E)
N.N. (28, man)
drowned, near Guben (D) trying to swim accross river Neisse (PL-D)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N. (man)
drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar, in attempt to swim to Spain from MA
Omid Jamil Ali (21, man)
died after jumping off a bridge onto a train at the French end of Channel Tunnel
N.N.
reportedly drowned after shipwreck trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N. (27, woman)
died from exhaustion in hold of vessel from Turkey to Italy, reportedly pregnant
N.N.
drowned near Mayotte (F) after shipwreck of a boat carrying 25 migrants
N.N. (±30, man)
died in minefield in Northern Greece trying to cross the Turkish-Greek border
Hamid Bakiri (30, man)
suicide, hanged himself in a police cell in Les Grisons (CH) in fear of deportation
N.N.
drowned near Mulay Buselham (MA) after shipwreck of a boat trying to reach Spain (E)
N.N. (men)
drowned, decomposing bodies washed ashore in Cabestrante in El Ejido (E)
N.N.
drowned, bodies washed ashore near Rabat (MA) after shipwreck
N.N.
reportedly drowned, missing after shipwreck near Rabat (MA)
N.N.
stowaway, found dead in a cargo ship in Seville (E)
N.N.
drowned in the attempt to swim to the beach of the Greek island of Evia
N.N.
died during boat trip on old defective vessel from Turkey to Greece
N.N.
drowned, thrown overboard by smugglers near Canary Island of Lobos (E)
N.N.
drowned, forced to swim ashore in Almería (E) but did not know how to swim
Nasser Ahmed (36, man)
suicide, found hanged in Nelson (GB) after his asylum claim was refused
N.N. (young man)
drowned on her way to Spain, found north of Cabo de Tres Forcas (MA)
N.N. (±20, man)
drowned, jumped overboard from a ferry near Dover (GB) during deportation
N.N.
drowned when boat sank off Fuerteventura (Canary Island, E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat sank off Fuerteventura (Canary Island, E)
N.N.
body found during police operation near the coast of Tarifa (E)
N.N. (minors)
decaying bodies found in the hold of Panamanian vessel in La Coruna (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after shipwreck near Mayotte (F)
N.N. (man)
drowned on his way to Spain, found near the beach of Bolonia in Tarifa (E)
N.N. (man)
found dead while in police custody in Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat was found drifting (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N. (5 year old girl)
drowned near Anjouan (E) after shipwreck trying to reach Mayotte (F)
Johnson O. (19)
jumped from court house window in Vienna (A), asylum claim had been rejected
N.N. (young man)
drowned, reportedly his boat capsized and sunk near Fuerteventura (E)
N.N. (woman)
asylum seeker, died as result of conditions of detention in Turkey
Nguyen Thi Nga (34)
fell from window in refugee centre in Mespelbrunn (D) for fear of deportation
N.N. (man)
shot dead by Turkish border police (TR/Syria) when refugees bus refused to stop
N.N.
drowned, vessel collided with rocks near Tarifa (E) attempting to escape police
N.N.
died after inhalation of toxic chemicals inside small boat near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (man)
drowned, body found on a beach in Tarifa (E)
N.N.
drowned near the southern coast of Sicily (I), reportedly thrown overboard by traffickers
N.N.
drowned near the southern coast of Sicily (I), reportedly thrown overboard by traffickers
N.N. (woman)
frozen, trying to cross the snow covered border between Bulgaria and Northern Greece
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after struggle to keep afloat in small vessel near Almeria (E)
N.N.
drowned, forced to cross back over a river towards Greece by Turkish soldiers
N.N.
reportedly dead, forced to walk back and forth between the Turkish/Greek borders
N.N.
died in a dinghy near Tarifa (E) on the way from Morocco to Spain
N.N. (man)
died of inhalation of toxic gas coming from the boat’s motor, on the way to Spain
N.N. (woman)
suicide of asylum seeker in Gimo reception Centre (S)
N.N. (man)
drowned, jumped into sea from vessel when detected and hit his head, on way to Spain
Mohammed Ayaz (21, man)
stowaway, fell in carpark in Richmond from wheelbay of plane Bahrein-London (GB)
N.N.
drowned when vessel hit a rocky islet near Mykonos (GR) and sank
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
14/06/01
4 Iraq/Afghanistan MNS
14/06/01
1 Pakistan MNS
12/06/01
1 North Africa Mugak/Gara
11/06/01
17 India AP/IRR/Der Standard
11/06/01
1 India AP/IRR/Der Standard
11/06/01
1 North Africa MNS/ELM/PUB
11/06/01
5Albania MNS
10/06/01
12 Albania IRR/Vita/TL/LS
30/05/01
15 Sub-Saharan Africa MNS/IRR/Mugak/EP/AFP
29/05/01
1Yugoslavia ARI
24/05/01
1 North Africa MNS/ELM
24/05/01
1 Africa MNS
23/05/01
1Nigeria Mugak
22/05/01
2unknown Athens News Agency
21/05/01
3unknown DPA/Athens News Agency
21/05/01
1 Iraq PRIME
13/05/01
1 Iran Reu
12/05/01
1Morocco Mugak
09/05/01
1unknown Mugak
09/05/01
1 North Africa Mugak
08/05/01
1Morocco NW/Mugak/ELM/DiarioVasco
06/05/01
3Somalia MNS/IRR
01/05/01
1Nigeria
AugenAuf/CCSI/SOS-CH/BAZ/LeTemps/AI/MNS/NOB/Statewatch/IRR/AFP/Vivre/MUGAK/NCADC
in May 01
1 Sri Lanka ARI
18/04/01
1 Vietnam
EIS/NW/LausitzerRundschau/FreiePresse/MNS/IRR/ARI
17/04/01
3Georgia MNS
17/04/01
1Ghana MNS
12/04/01
1 Afghanistan MNS
06/04/01
1 North Africa MNS/Mugak/EP
29/03/01
1Turkey ProAsyl
29/03/01
1Turkey ProAsyl
28/03/01
1unknown MNS/AP
27/03/01
1unknown NOS
24/03/01
2 Kurdistan GARA
23/03/01
1 North Africa MNS
23/03/01
1 North Africa EP/GARA
22/03/01
1Guinea GARA
21/03/01
1Maghreb MNS/DiarioVasco/Gara
21/03/01
7unknown Gara
21/03/01
2Maghreb MNS/DiarioVasco/Gara
21/03/01
1Maghreb MNS/Diario Vasco/Gara
16/03/01
1 Iraq MNS/EP
05/03/01
1Morocco MNS
04/03/01
2 North Africa MNS/EP
in Mar 01
1Turkey MNS
in Mar 01
1Congo Fabel van de Illegaal
22/02/01
1 Pakistan MNS
19/02/01
1Congo NCADC/INexile/Telegraph/IRR
19/02/01
1 Iran YaN
10/02/01
2 North Africa GARA
06/02/01
30 unknown EP
05/02/01
10 North Africa MNS/NW/ELM/EP/Gara/DiarioVasco
05/02/01
1Maghreb MNS/NW/ELM/EP/Gara/DiarioVasco
05/02/01
1Maghreb MNS/NW/ELM/EP/Gara/DiarioVasco
05/02/01
1Maghreb MNS/NW/ELM/EP/Gara/DiarioVasco
in Feb 01
2China IRR
in Feb 01
1Turkey IRR/MNS
01/02/01
1 Iraq MNS/IRR
25/01/01
7 Africa MNS
22/01/01
1Maghreb GARA
21/01/01
6 North Africa MNS
20/01/01
1Kosova IRR/NCADC
18/01/01
1 Iran CARF/MNS/Statewatch/IRR/NCADC/IRN
12/01/01
1Libanon ARI
10/01/01
1 Kazhakstan MNS
06/01/01
1Morocco Gara/Diario Vasco
03/01/01
12 Ecuador MNS
02/01/01
1 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
in Jan 01
1 West Africa CARF/IRR
in 2001
2Tunesia IRR
01/01/01
25 unknown
DPA/Reu/MNS/Morgengr./MN/NW/LaOpinión
in 2001
1 Afganistan Den Blanken
in 2001
5 Afganistan Den Blanken
in 2001
1Armenia PRIME
01/01/01
6 India, Pakistan La Opinión
31/12/00
1Bulgaria MNS
27/12/00
1 Sub-Saharan Africa DiarioVasco
25/12/00
1Cuba MNS/Parool/Telegraph
24/12/00
1Cuba MNS/Parool/Telegraph
21/12/00
2Albania MNS
N.N. (3 children)
reportedly drowned, when vessel hit a rocky islet near Mykonos (GR) and sank
N.N. (man)
stowaway, frozen to death in wheelbay on flight from Bahrein to Heatrow airport (GB)
N.N. (young man)
drowned, body washed ashore along the coast of Tarifa (E)
N.N. (men)
reportedly drowned, trying to cross the river Morava, border between CZ/SK
N.N. (man)
drowned, trying to cross the river Morava, border between Czechia and Slovakia
N.N. (man)
reportedly drowned on his way to Spain, body found on a beach in Tarifa (E)
N.N.
drowned when raft sank near Apulia (I)
N.N.
drowned after dinghy loaded with migrants sunk near Trani (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, near Fuerte Ventura (E) after patrol boat intercepted vessel
N.N. (25, man)
died of severe burns after fire in asylum seekers centre in Werdau (D)
N.N. (man)
drowned after small boat capsized near Cadiz (E)
N.N. (young man)
reportedly drowned, found dead on beach near Melilla (E/MA)
N.N.
suicide, found hanging after arrest in Soto del Real (E)
N.N. (±28, men)
died in marked minefield, crossed into Greece from Turkey via Evros river
N.N.
died in minefield in Greece trying to cross the Turkish-Greek border
Shurat Tamo (14)
Kurd, suicide in refugee centre De Lier (NL) after rejection of asylum application
N.N. (20)
body found in wheelbay of Iranian plane at Tehran airport
N.N. (man)
body found near Tarifa (E)
N.N.
died in a dinghy on the way from Morocco to Tarifa (E)
N.N.
dead body is discovered after 188 migrants were intercepted near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (45)
drowned while trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, body found on the coast near Tarifa (E)
N.N.
killed in car accident, car fell into river in north-west Romania heading for H
Samson Chukwu (27, man)
died in Granges (CH), suffocated during deportation to Nigeria
Sinnathamby Thevathasan (33)
died of cardiac problems, after fleeing Germany to go to France in fear of deportation
N.N. (25, man)
drowned, fell into a water-filled quarry near Putzkau (D/CZ) trying to escape police control
N.N. (2 women; 1 man)
frozen to death at Belles mountain (BG/GR) trying to walk to Greece
N.N. (man)
frozen to death at Belles mountain (BG/GR) trying to walk to Greece
N.N. (young man)
electrocuted trying to get on board a Eurostar train at Calais (F)
N.N. (30)
died after falling from a cliff, trying to flee from the Guardia Civil near Tarifa (E)
Yusuf Isler
skeleton found in minefield between Greek-Turkish border
Adnan Cevik (26)
expelled Turk, died in minefield at GR/TR border returning to Germany after torture
N.N. (man)
reportedly drowned while trying to swim ashore, body found on a beach near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (17, man)
died after being hit by a truck while leaving Dronten detention centre (NL) in confused state
N.N. (1 man; 1 woman)
died after boat of Italian navy crushed their boat in the Canal Otranto (I)
N.N. (man)
stowaway, found dead on motorway near Darro (E) preportedly fallen from lorry
N.N. (30, man)
drowned on his way to E, found in advanced state of decomposition near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (40, man)
killed by Morroccan refugee who did not want to be deported from jail in Almeria (E)
N.N. (±25)
drowned after boat crushed, bodies washed ashore along beach near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (men)
drowned on their way to Spain, found near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (women)
drowned, found dead on beach near Tarifa (E) after boat was collided
N.N. (man)
drowned, found dead on beach near Tarifa (E), after boat was collided
N.N. (man)
drowned near the coast of Melilla (E/MA) after being forced overboard by smuggler
N.N. (29)
stowaway, found dead near Madrid (E) in container coming from Casablanca (MA)
N.N.
drowned after shipwreck occured 1 month before, bodies found near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (man)
kurd, rejected asylum seeker shot trying to escape police in Jönköping (S)
N.N. (man, 25)
died after deportation from NL back to Congo, where security services beat him up
N.N. (2, girl)
died after insufficiant medical care at asylum seekers centre Waddingxveen (NL)
Tommy Klen Mayola (19, man)
stowaway, froze to death in wheelbay on flight from Gatwick (GB) to USA
N.N. (29, man)
died in refugee centre in Vienna, stabbed during a massive fight not stopped by guards
N.N. (young men)
bodies found in advanced state of decomposition near Tarifa (E)
N.N.
drowned near Tarifa (E) after boat capsized on way to Spain (E)
N.N. (young men)
drowned near Tarifa (E) when small boat capsized trying to reach Spain
N.N. (woman)
drowned near Tarifa (E) after small boat capsized in attempt to reach Spain
N.N. (10, boy)
drowned near Tarifa (E) after small boat capsized trying to reach Spain
N.N. (±17, man)
drowned after small boat capsized near Tarifa (E), on the way to Spain
N.N
murdered after they failed to pay smugglers on their way from Hungary to Austria
Idris Demir
Kurd, rejected asylum seeker shot by policeman in Jönköping (S) trying to escape
N.N. (±30, man)
stowaway, hit mortally trying to jump on freight train through Channel tunnel(GB/F)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, boat missing after drifting off Spanish coast near Almeria (E)
N.N. (man)
drowned after reportedly colliding border guard patrol ship near Tarifa
N.N.
1 body found, 5 reportedly drowned after small boat capsized near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (man)
stowaway, found on ferry from Oostende (B) to Dover (GB), jumped from ship
Shokrolah Khaleghi (27, man)
suicide, found hanged in asylum hostel in Leicester (GB) after his asylum claim was refused
N.N. (63, man)
died of severe burns after fire in asylum seekers centre in Eschwege (D)
Renat Istanderov (25)
suicide, in fear of forced deportation from Belgium
N.N. (man)
drowned, arts found on the beach of Bolonia, Tarifa (E)
N.N. (8 men; 4 women)
died in a van accident near Murcia (E), were undocumented migrant workers
N.N. (man)
reportedly drowned, trying to reach Tarifa (E)
N.N. (20)
suicide, hang himself from a bed sheet in deportation custody in Schaffhausen (CH)
N.N.
stowaways, found suffocated in the hull of a ship in Brindisi (I)
N.N.
stowaways, reportedly drowned when freighter sunk in stormy sea near Antalya (TR)
Khorany Abdulhabib (25, man)
drowned in Aegean sea on his way from Turkey to the Greek island Lesbos (GR)
N.N.
drowned in Aegean sea on their way from Turkey to the Greek island Lesbos (GR)
Gevour Gworkiyan (20, man)
suicide, jumped in front of train in Den Bosch (NL)
N.N.
stowaways, drowned when ship sunk in stormy waters near Antalya (TR)
N.N. (23, woman)
froze to death at Belles mountain (GR/BG) trying to reach Greece illegally
N.N. (30, man)
died of hypothermia in the mountains near Ceuta (E/MA) on his way to Spain
Michael Fonseca (16)
stowaway, fell out of undercarriage of British Airways plane near Gatwick airport (GB)
A. Vazquez Rodriguez (17)
stowaway, fell out of undercarriage of British Airways plane near Gatwick airport (GB)
N.N.
burned alive in car crash near Thessaloniki (GR) trying to enter Greece illegally
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
21/12/00
1 Iraq MNS/ELM
21/12/00
2unknown MNS/ELM
21/12/00
1 North Africa MNS
21/12/00
1 North Africa ELM/EP
21/12/00
1 Iran CARF/IRR/NCADC
19/12/00
1 Iran IFIR
18/12/00
1Cameroon Reu/UNHCR/MNS/MGHR/IRR/HHC/MUGAK/NCADC
17/12/00
2Morocco ELM
16/12/00
1Morocco MNS/EP
16/12/00
1unknown MNS
16/12/00
1Algeria MNS/ELM/ DiarioVasco
16/12/00
1 North Africa ELM
15/12/00
1China ARI
15/12/00
27 unknown ELM/GARA
14/12/00
2 North Africa MNS
14/12/00
1 North Africa MNS
11/12/00
1 Ethiopia IRR
09/12/00
3 Sub-Saharan Africa Diario Vasco
08/12/00
1 Sri Lanka Morgengr./Statewatch/FR-NieSa/ProAsyl/IRR/HRS
08/12/00
1 North Africa DiariodeNoticias
06/12/00
1Morocco EP/ELM
05/12/00
1 Lithuania EP
04/12/00
1 North Africa MNS/ELM
04/12/00
1 Africa MNS/GARA/ELM
04/12/00
2 Sub-Saharan Africa ELM/GARA/MNS
04/12/00
17 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
03/12/00
1Morocco EP/ELM/LV/MNS/Diario/VSF/MUGAK
03/12/00
1Togo ARI
in Dec 00
1 Sri Lanka MNS
in Dec 00
1Bosnia MNS
01/12/00
1Bangladesh Nätverket mot rasism
in Dec 00
3 Africa VSF
in Dec 00
1unknown DiariodeNoticias
in Dec 00
1Rwanda VK
28/11/00
1Kosovo
RosaAntifa/Format/DerStandard/DieGrünen/DPA/Malmoe
25/11/00
1 Sierra Leone MNS
17/11/00
1unknown IRR
15/11/00
2Bangladesh MNS
13/11/00
1Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
11/11/00
1unknown DiarioVasco
09/11/00
1Kosovo ERRC
09/11/00
1Kosovo ERRC
09/11/00
1Kosovo ERRC
09/11/00
1Kosovo ERRC
05/11/00
6Turkey MNS
in Nov 00
2Tunesia IRR
01/11/00
1 North Africa MNS
01/11/00
1Albania MNS
01/11/00
1Romania ARI
01/11/00
1Albania GHM/OMCT
30/10/00
3 North Africa MNS
30/10/00
1 Kurdistan MLKO
30/10/00
11 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
29/10/00
1Armenia ARI
29/10/00
1Armenia ARI
26/10/00
1 Iraq MNS
24/10/00
1unknown MNS
24/10/00
1unknown MNS
22/10/00
3 Moldova/Romania MNS
18/10/00
5 Iraq MNS/IRR
18/10/00
1 Iraq MNS
13/10/00
1Albania MRAX/MNS/Statewatch/IRR
04/10/00
1 India VK/taz/NOS teletext/DPA
02/10/00
1Russia DPA/IRR
29/09/00
1 Pakistan taz/IRR/ARI/BBC
22/09/00
12 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
19/09/00
1Bosnia der Standard
16/09/00
2 India taz/IRN
06/09/00
9 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
05/09/00
2 Africa MNS/GARA
05/09/00
7 Africa MNS/GARA
03/09/00
1 North Africa Mugak
01/09/00
2Turkey MNS
30/08/00
1Mongolia ARI/FRBer/Liga für Mr./MNS/taz
29/08/00
1Turkey MNS
29/08/00
7 Iran MNS/AFP/taz/IFIR
29/08/00
5 Iran MNS/AFP/taz/IFIR
28/08/00
5unknown IRR
28/08/00
1unknown German Government
26/08/00
7 Iraq/Afghanistan/Iran AFP/AP/BBC
N.N.
Kurd, drowned after being forced overboard by smuggler near Otranto (I)
N.N. (1 m.; 1 pregnant w.)
reportedly drowned, forced off by smuggler near Otranto (I)
N.N.
drowned, found on beach of Bolonia (E)
N.N. (±25, man)
reportedly drowned after shipwreck near Tarifa (E) trying to reach Spain
Saeed Alaei (26, man)
suicide, found hanged in Nelson, Lancashire (GB) after his asylum claim was refused
Rasoul Mavali
suicide, hanged himself after having received deportation order (NL)
Ebune Christian Ecole (30, man)
died of heart failure during deportation from Budapest International Airport (H)
N.N. (men)
drowned, found dead near Tarifa (E)
E.H.T. (24)
drowned, body found on a beach near Tarifa (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, found at beach near Algeciras (E)
N.N. (minor)
died of cold and exhaustion after having reached the coast of Ceuta swimming (E/MA)
N.N. (±25, man)
drowned, found dead at the coast near Tarifa (E) in advanced state of decomposition
N.N. (32, man)
suicide, jumped out of train window near railway station Thyrow (D)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat with 27 people sank off near Gulf of Almería (E)
N.N. (minors)
drowned, found dead near the coast of Tarifa (E)
N.N. (minor)
drowned, found dead in Spanish territorial waters near Ceuta (E/MA)
Gebeyehu E. (33)
suicide, for fear of deportation in Kriftelk (D), authorities denied his psychotic condition
N.N. (young man)
drowned after their boat was crushed on the way to Spain, bodies found near Cadiz (E)
A. Subramaniam (17, man)
suicide, hanged himself with shoelaces in detention centre Hannover-Langenhagen (D)
N.N. (man)
drowned on his way to Spain, found near Ceuta (E/MA)
Mohamed Said Ahattach (17)
run over by truck on N-340 near San Roque (E) after disembarking illegaly from dinghy
Saulius Gonta (19)
reportedly fell out of a truck in front of a car near El Ejido (E)
N.N. (man)
died of toxic gas near Tarifa (E) trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar in small boat
N.N.(±30, man)
reportedly drowned, found in Spanish territorial waters near Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N. (men)
drowned, bodies found on a beach near Castillejos (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, near Anjouan, after shipwreck, trying to reach Mayotte (F)
Abdelhadi Lamhamdi (23)
shot dead on beach of Tarifa, Cadiz (E) by police while disembarking small boat
Kwuami Aziaku Prempe (42)
suicide, hanged himself in his house in Salzwedel (D) for fear of deportation
N.N.
died of exhaustion in desert crossing the Russian-Kazakh border on way to Germany
N.N. (man)
stowaway, died by asphyxiation trying to enter Sweden illegally in boot of car
Hossein (30)
asylum seeker, committed suicide in Stockholm (S) in desperation
N.N. (2 men;1 pregnant woman)
drowned, bodies found near Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
drowned on his way to Spain, found near Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N. (25, man)
no medical care, seriously ill in border prison Amsterdam South-East (NL)
Samuel Bardhi (6 months)
died of pneumonia in Kärnten (A), dispute of responsibility within government
N.N. (man)
floating near Ceuta (E/MA), drowned trying to enter Spanish fortified enclave by water
N.N. (±20, man)
stowaway, died after he was run over by the lorry he was hiding in in Dover (GB)
N.N. (men)
shot by Turkish border guards trying to enter Turkey illegally from Iran
N.N. (women)
drowned, jumped from ship trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N. (±27, man)
drowned on his way to Spain, body found dead near Tarifa (E)
Hajzer Mehmeti
Roma, killed after participating in return project to village of origin near Pristina (XZ)
Agron Mehmeti (15)
Roma, killed after participating in return project to village of origin near Pristina (XZ)
Istref Bajrami
Roma, killed after participating in return project to village of origin near Pristina (XZ)
Isuf Ahmeti
Roma, killed after participating in return project to village of origin near Pristina (XZ)
N.N.
reportedly drowned in river Sava (HR/BH) when small boat capsized
N.N.
drowned attempting to swim 23 km to Patelleria (I) after their small boat capsized
N.N. (man)
drowned while trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, body found near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (man)
leader of a group of refugees in border town Florina shot dead by Greek police
N.N. (man)
died after car accident, trying to escape border guards near Reitzenhain (CZ-D)
Bledar Qosku (23)
fatally injured by border guard in Messopotamia area of Kastoria (GR-AL border)
N.N. (man)
drowned, bodies found off coast of Ragusa (I), reportedly thrown overboard by traffickers
Halil Aygun
killed by border guards, caught trying to escape from bordercamp Szombathely (H)
N.N.
drowned near Mayotte (F) after shipwreck of a boat with 21 migrants
Arman A. (2)
burned in fire in refugee centre in Hamburg (D)
Atak A. (3)
burned in fire in refugee centre in Hamburg (D)
N.N. (man)
kurdish stowaway, found suffocated in container of Greek ship
N.N.
found dead on beach near Tarifa (E) trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar
N.N.
found dead on beach near Almeria (E) trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar
N.N. (men)
died in van accident near Thessalonoki (GR)
N.N. (men)
kurds, found dead at edge of motorway, Foggia (I) reportedly suffocated in van
Mustafa Amir (22)
kurd, found dead at edge of motorway near Foggia (I) reportedly suffocated in van
Ferrid Xhevdet (25)
died in isolation cell of detention centre Steenokerzeel (B) after trying to escape
N.N. (man)
stowaway, died when lorry hit a bridge near Cheb (CZ)
N.N. (29, man)
died after jumping out of fast driving train in Germany in fear of deportation
N.N. (21, man)
stowaway, froze to dead in wheelbay of Lufthansa airplane at Frankfurt (D) airport
N.N.
reportedly drowned near Anjouan, trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N. (13, boy)
suicide, jumped from church tower in Villach (A) afraid of deportation
N.N. (men)
stowaways, suffocated in container on ship in the harbour of Korinthos (GR)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, near Cape Spartel
N.N. (1 man; 1 woman)
drowned in Moroccan territorial waters, trying to reach Spain in small boat
N.N.
reportedly drowned in Moroccan territorial waters, on way to Spain
N.N. (man)
drowned on his way to Spain, found near Bahia Plata (E)
N.N.
killed in minefield on Greek-Turkish border trying to cross illegally
Altankov Dagwasoundel (28)
fell to death from 6th floor window, trying to escape detention in Berlin Köpenick (D)
N.N.
killed in minefield on Greek-Turkish border trying to cross illegally
N.N. (4 men; 3 children)
drowned in river Sava (HR/BH) trying to travel illegally to Western Europe
N.N.
drowned in river Sava (HR/BH) trying to travel illegally to Western Europe
N.N.
drowned, when fisher boat sank near Isola Capo Rizzuto (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned in river Oder (D/PL) near Genschmar
N.N. (men)
drowned near Kos (GR), when small boat capsized
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
26/08/00
1unknown AFP/AP/BBC
26/08/00
16 Iraq/Afghanistan/Iran AFP/AP/BBC
13/08/00
4unknown InformeRaxen
12/08/00
1unknown MNS
12/08/00
26 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
09/08/00
10 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
08/08/00
2unknown taz/MNS
08/08/00
2unknown MNS
08/08/00
9Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
07/08/00
1 Iraq AFP
06/08/00
1unknown Mugak
05/08/00
1unknown MNS/Mugak/EP
05/08/00
32 unknown Mugak
04/08/00
6Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
in Aug 00
24 Turkey ICARE
in Aug 00
1unknown MNS
30/07/00
1 Iraq ARI
27/07/00
1 Sub-Saharan Africa Mugak
24/07/00
2 Kurdistan MNS/VK
24/07/00
2 Africa taz/MNS/VK
24/07/00
2 North Africa MNS/VK
23/07/00
1Morocco MNS/DiariodeNavarra/EP/Mugak
23/07/00
1Morocco DiariodeNoticias/EP
22/07/00
2unknown MNS/VK
18/07/00
1unknown MNS
17/07/00
1 Shri Lanka ISAGC
13/07/00
1unknown ELM/Mugak/ABC/Raz
13/07/00
13 unknown ELM/Mugak/ABC/Raz
10/07/00
1unknown German Government
08/07/00
1Kosovo MNS/IRR
07/07/00
7Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
07/07/00
13 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
in Jul 00
1 Africa VK
in Jul 00
2 Africa VK
23/06/00
1Nigeria Irish Times
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00§
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/OpenGrenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/BBC/FIDH
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/OpenGrenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/BBC/FIDH
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/OpenGrenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/BBC/FIDH
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
N.N. (woman)
drowned near Kos (GR), when small boat capsized
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned near Kos (GR), after small boat capsized
N.N.
drowned, dinghy sunk decomposing bodies washed ashore in Almería (E)
N.N.
found dead floating near Almeria (E) reportedly trying to reach Spain
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N.
reportedly drowned near after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N. (women)
drowned, reportedly forced by traffickers to jump into Adriatic Sea near Bari (I)
N.N.
missing, reportedly forced by traffickers to jump into Adriatic Sea near Bari (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned near Anjouan after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N. (man)
died of injuries, jumping out of police van near Györ (H) trying to escape deportation
N.N. (man)
stowaway, crushed to death in back of a truck on his way to Spain
N.N.
reportedly drowned while trying to reach Spain
N.N.
drowned, after ship sank near Tanger (E), authorities did not help in rescue
N.N.
drowned after shipwreck trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N.
drowned when Turkish boat with 31 immigrants capsized in the Aegean Sea
N.N.
found dead, reportedly drowned while trying to reach Spain
Jasmin Mohamad Ali (29)
suicide, laid down in the middle of a highway in Germany for fear of deportation
N.N. (man)
reportedly drowned, missing near Arinaga (E) trying to go to Spain from Morocco
N.N. (men)
drowned, after falling into the Adriatic Sea (I) in a collision with a police boat
N.N. (1 woman, 1 man)
found dead near Tarifa (E), reportedly drowned trying to reach Spain
N.N. (men)
found near Ceuta (E/MA), reportedly drowned trying to reach Spain
N.N. (±22, woman)
found dead near Ceuta (E/MA), drowned trying to reach Spain
N.N. (young man)
drowned near Algeciras (E) after shipwreck of boat carrying other 36 migrants
N.N.
found dead near Tarifa (E), reportedly drowned trying to reach Spain
N.N. (young woman)
drowned, body found floating in state of decomposition off the coast of Barbate (E)
Mahalil Silva
died, kept on Larnaca airport (CY) for 11 days while being denied proper medical care
N.N. (man)
drowned near Bojador, Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (man)
reportedly drowned near Bojador, Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned in river Oder (D/PL) near Groß Breesen
Negmiye Beraj (10 months)
died after being left alone on Italian shore by traffickers fleeing police
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N.
found dead in Fuerteventura (E), reportedlydrowned trying to reach the Canary Isl.
N.N.
found dead near Tarifa (E), reportedly drowned trying to reach Spain
Pat (22, woman)
asylum seeker, committed suicide in Dublin (IRL) for fear of deportation
Lin Rul Zhen
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Gao Yue Ru
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Guang
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Ke Mei Zhu
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Yang Jiao Hua
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Li Yong
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Zhao Hang
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Chen Xing
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Sun Dao Xian
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Cheng Kam Kwon
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Li Guang
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Kuo Chien Ming
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Xue You Jie
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Cai Fang Quing
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Ni Yan Hua
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Yi Hua
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Gao Jun Wei
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Zheng Bo Ying
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Guo Liang
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Cao Xiang Ping
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Chen Xing Zhong
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
He Chang Ming
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Xue Di Di
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Cao Xian Xin
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Jiang Jan Ming
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Ming Gui
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Jiang Bin
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin De Bin
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Chen Yi Hua
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Li Zheng Guang
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Ming Kun
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
He Yu Yuan
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Tong Hui
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Tong Yong
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Ke Yong Min
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Ye Qi Ban
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Dong Ti Di
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Li Xiao Xiang
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Bin
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Weng Rui Ping
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Fa Ming
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Bing
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Ming Hui
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Bin Jian
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
He Hua Shun
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
Page 36/45
List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees
Postbus 413 NL-1000 AK Amsterdam phone +31-20-6834778, fax 31-20-6834582, info@unitedagainstracism.org, www.unitedagainstracism.org
The UNITED List of Deaths can be freely re-used, translated and re-distributed, provided source (www.unitedagainstracism.org) is mentioned. Researchers can obtain this list with more data in xls format from UNITED.
found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/OpenGrenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/BBC/FIDH
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
19/06/00
1China
VK/Parool/dpa/AP/Mugak/Reuters/AP/NBK/NCADC/Open Grenzen/NRC/CARF/Statewatch/IRR/BBC/FIDH/SocialistWorker
14/06/00
19 Comoros Mayotte sans frontires
06/06/00
1unknown MNS/taz
04/06/00
2 Dominican Republic taz/ICARE/Ananova/MNS
04/06/00
1 Afghanistan ARI
02/06/00
2 Dominican Republic BBC
in Jun 00
2 Africa Mugak
30/05/00
1Morrocco MNS/EP
19/05/00
5 North Africa I Care/Town Crier
19/05/00
1 North Africa I Care/Town Crier
17/05/00
1 Afghanistan MNS/Malmoe
16/05/00
9 Afghanistan I CARE news archive
14/05/00
3unknown I Care/The Entertainer Online/ABC/Raz
14/05/00
10 unknown I Care/The Entertainer Online/ABC/Raz
14/05/00
2unknown I Care/The Entertainer Online
12/05/00
1Albania MNS
12/05/00
6 North Africa MNS/EP
10/05/00
9 Afgh./Bangl./Pak. taz/DPA/AFP
07/05/00
1unknown German Government
07/05/00
2 North Africa MNS
07/05/00
3unknown MNS
07/05/00
11 unknown MNS
06/05/00
1Algeria taz/Pax Christi/FR/IRR/MNS
05/05/00
1Albania taz/Giuliano News Chronicle/AFP/IRR
05/05/00
1Albania taz/Giuliano News Chronicle/AFP/IRR
05/05/00
13 Albania taz/Giuliano News Chronicle/AFP/LS/Vita/TL
05/05/00
3Albania Giuliano News Chronicle/LS/Vita/TL
04/05/00
1Slovakia SOS/Menschenrechte/Malmoe
03/05/00
12 Africa taz
02/05/00
1Nigeria AFP/AHDA/I Care/Malmoe
02/05/00
1Morocco Giuliano News Chronicle
02/05/00
1Morocco Giuliano News Chronicle
02/05/00
1unknown German Government
in May 00
7 Iran MNS
in May 00
1Morocco Mugak
in May 00
1unknown Mugak
in May 00
1 North Africa Mugak
01/05/00
1unknown MNS
01/05/00
21 unknown EP
30/04/00
2unknown Diario de Navarra
30/04/00
20 unknown Diario de Navarra
30/04/00
1unknown Diario de Navarra
30/04/00
1Maghreb Diario de Navarra
29/04/00
20 North Africa MNS
29/04/00
1 North Africa MNS
23/04/00
1Romania MNS
23/04/00
1China MNS
23/04/00
1China MNS
22/04/00
1Algeria EP
19/04/00
1 Iraq Giuliano News Chronicle
15/04/00
3 Africa AFP/MNS/Diario Vasco/TAZ
15/04/00
5 Africa AFP/MNS/Diario Vasco
14/04/00
1Ukraine German Government
14/04/00
2Morocco AFP/EP
13/04/00
1Morocco Giuliano News Chronicle/ANSA
08/04/00
1unknown VK/No Pasaran/IRR/NCRM
07/04/00
1 Sri Lanka ARI
03/04/00
1 North Africa MNS
in Apr 00
1 South Africa IRR/CARF/NCADC
in Apr 00
1Morocco AFP
in Apr 00
8Morocco AFP
in Apr 00
1unknown Mugak
25/03/00
6 Iraq MNS/taz
25/03/00
3 Iraq MNS
25/03/00
1 North Africa MNS
24/03/00
1unknown German Government
24/03/00
5unknown Gara
23/03/00
1Nigeria MGHR/Hungary
Yang Xin Xiaun
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Feng Di
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Yao Zhong Ai
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
He Ming Qiang
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Xian Long
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Chen Jin Tian
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Xin Chai
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Shi Wen Jie
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Ding Xiang You
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
You Long Zhong
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Lin Xue Luan
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Li Zhen Quan
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
Guo Ting Xing
suffocated in sealed trailer of a truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (B) to Dover (GB)
N.N.
reportedly drowned after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (F)
N.N.
drowned, forced by traffickers to jump into Adriatic Sea near Otranto (I)
N.N.
stowaways, found dead in undercarriage of airplane at Stockholm (S) airport
N.N. (39, man)
suicide, rejected asylum seeker set himself on fire in refugee home Rüsselsheim (D)
N.N.
stowaways, freeze to death hidden in the plane, flying to Stockholm (S)
N.N.
stowaways found dead on Maltese freighter, reportedly suffocated or poisoned
N.N. (young man)
died of burns and crushed head after falling from underneath lorry near Rinconcillo (E)
N.N.
drowned after vessel sank in the Straits of Gibraltar near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (16, girl)
drowned after vessel sank in the Straits of Gibraltar near Tarifa (E)
Hamid Sabur (5)
asylum seeker, died due to lack of medical attention in 'pension detention' in Gols (A)
N.N.
shot by police near Dogubeyazit while trying to enter Turkey (TR) from Iran
N.N. (2 men; 1 woman)
drowned after their boat sank near Cadiz (E)
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned after boat carrying immigrants sank near Cadiz (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar (E)
N.N. (30)
died by jumping into 300 metre deep gorge trying to flee border police in Greece
N.N. (16, boy; 5 men)
drowned, when dinghy hit a reef and sank near Tarifa (E)
N.N.
shot by Turkish border police, trying to cross Turkish/Iranian border illegally
N.N.
reportedly drowned in river Oder (D/PL) near Kienitz
N.N. (men)
drowned, bodies found in advanced state of decomposition near Tarifa (E)
N.N.
drowned, when small boat capsized near Tarifa (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, missing after small boat capsized near Tarifa (E)
Naimah H.
suicide, at the asylum seekers transit station (detention) at Frankfurt (D) airport
Hytime Hadjari (18)
drowned after their small boat collided with coast guards near Otranto (I)
Sulko Yenci (25)
drowned after their small boat collided with coast guards near Otranto (I)
N.N.
drowned after their small boat collided with coast guards near Otranto (I)
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned after collision with coast guards near Otranto (I)
Lubomir B. (40, man)
died in police custody in Wien (A) after being arrested for illegal stay
N.N.
drowned near El Ayhun (MA) after small boat capsized on way to Canaries (E)
Richard Ibekwe (man)
died in a detention centre in Vienna (A) after being beaten by police
Khouyi Mbarek (13)
found dead at shore in Scicli (I), reportedly thrown overboard as stowaways
N.N.
found dead at shore in Scicli (I), reportedly thrown overboard as stowaways
N.N.
reportedly drowned in river Neiße (D/PL) near Porajow
N.N.
drowned in river Sava (HR/BH) trying to travel illegally to Western Europe
N.N.
found dead in Cadiz (E) reportedly hit by van in which he travelled to Spain
N.N.
drowned after boat carrying 20 immigrants sank near Tarifa (E), others missing
N.N. (man)
semi-decomposed body, found on coast of Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N. (man)
died in minefield in Nea Vyssa region (GR) near Turkish border
N.N.
drowned near Tarifa (E) after shipwreck of a boat carrying 22 migrants, 1 survivor.
N.N. (men)
reportedly drowned, after ship sank near Cadiz (E)
N.N.
drowned, found near Malaga (E) after ship wreckage near Cadiz (E)
N.N.
fell from underside truck, run over by car disembarking ferry in Algeciras (E)
N.N.
drowned, found dead 550 meters from Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
drowned when small boat sank in storm near Tarifa (E) on way to Spain
N.N.
drowned, body found in advanced state of decomposition near Tarifa (E)
N.N. (man)
found dead floating in Evros river (GR/TR) reportedly trying to cross border
N.N. (young woman)
stabbed to death in Netherlands by compratiot asylum seeker for fear of deportation
N.N. (young woman)
suicide after killing compatriot asylum seeker in fear of deportation in NL
N.N. (man)
drowned, found dead 200 meters from Melilla (E/MA)
Kalin Mohammed Fati (26)
Kurd, drowned when smugglers tried to escape border police near Italian coast
N.N. (2 w. (1 pregnant; 1 m.)
drowned when boat sank near the Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, after boat sank near the Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned in river Oder (D/PL) near Lebus
N.N. (men)
stowaways, found dead in the trailer of a truck at the port of Almeria (E)
N.N. (man)
stowaway, drowned, jumped from ship to avoid border control in port of Genova (I)
N.N. (woman)
crushed to death by truck in Sussex (GB) trying to immigrate to Britain illegally
Kandan Ravi (12)
disappeared after being 'released' from detention centre in Berlin (D)
N.N. (man)
died after being rescued from small boat by border police near coast of Almeria (E)
Glynnis Cowley (40, woman)
suicide in Liverpool (GB), after her asylum claim was rejected, mother of 3 children
N.N. (man)
drowned while trying to cross the strait of Gibraltar in a small boat
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar in small boat
N.N.
found dead near Ceuta (E/MA), reportedly drowned while trying to reach Spain
N.N. (3 men; 3 women)
Kurds, drowned near the island of Kos (GR) reportedly after vessel capsized
N.N. (minors)
Kurds, drowned near the island of Kos (GR) reportedly after vessel capsized
N.N. (man)
found dead, floating near the port of Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
body found near Nassau-Frauenstein near D/CZ border
N.N. (4 men; 1 woman)
drowned on their way to Spain, found near Cadiz (E)
N.N.
died in a refugee centre in Györ (H) under suspicious circumstances
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
22/03/00
1Romania Salzburger Nachrichten
22/03/00
3 Africa MNS/GARA
20/03/00
1unknown ANSA
14/03/00
1unknown ANSA/ILM/CDS
11/03/00
3 Pakistan AFP/Salzburger Nachrichten/MNS
11/03/00
1 Afghanistan AFP/Salzburger Nachrichten/MNS
10/03/00
1Tunesia MP/ARCI/L.B.CPT/GdV/quibla/INDi
08/03/00
1unknown German Government
06/03/00
1 Africa ILM
04/03/00
1unknown German Government
in Mar 00
1Turkey AN
in Mar 00
1Turkey AN
in Mar 00
4unknown IRR
in Mar 00
2Macedonia IRR
in Mar 00
1Macedonia IRR
in Mar 00
1Macedonia IRR
in Mar 00
1Polish IRR
in Mar 00
1Polish IRR
in Mar 00
1Asia IRR/BBC/Mojuk/GuardianUn/zahidmubarekinquiry/Statewatch/Inquest
in Mar 00
1Macedonia IRR
28/02/00
2Asia IRR
19/02/00
17 Morocco GARA
15/02/00
1 Kurdistan SAGA/ARI
15/02/00
2 North Africa DiarioVasco
09/02/00
15 unknown Giuliano News Chronicle
in Feb 00
1Algeria No Pasaran
in Feb 00
15 Morocco Mugak
30/01/00
1Bosnia ARI
25/01/00
1 Kurdistan ARI
24/01/00
1 Lithuania NCADC/CARF/IRR
18/01/00
1Egypt IMEDANA
14/01/00
1Ukraine MNS
14/01/00
1Romania MNS
13/01/00
1unknown ILM/CDS
13/01/00
1Albania ILM
13/01/00
1 Ivory coast ILM
12/01/00
1 Sub-Saharan Africa EP
07/01/00
6 Kurdistan MNS
07/01/00
1unknown ILM/CDS
05/01/00
1Turkey ILM
05/01/00
1 North Africa EP
04/01/00
2 North Africa MNS/EP
03/01/00
1China ILM
03/01/00
2 North Africa EP
03/03/00
1Columbia ARI
in Jan 00
1 Kurdistan IRR
in Jan 00
1 Africa Mugak
in Jan 00
1 North Africa Mugak
in Jan 00
1 North Africa Mugak
in 2000
1 Iran MNS
01/01/00
1China ILM
01/01/00
1Albania ILM
01/01/00
1Azerbaijan ARI
31/12/99
1unknown ILM
31/12/99
14 Albania DPA/Morgengr./taz/VK/CDS/LS/TL
31/12/99
1Albania DPA/Morgengr./taz/VK/CDS/LS/TL
31/12/99
1Albania DPA/Morgengr./taz/VK/CDS/LS/TL
31/12/99
4Moldova DPA/Morgengr./taz/VK/CDS/LS/TL
31/12/99
39 a.o. Kurdist., Asia DPA/Morgengr./taz/VK/CDS/LS/TL
31/12/99
39 Kurdish., Asia DPA/Morgengr./taz/VK/CDS/LS/TL
29/12/99
3Tunesia CDS/taz/Mugak/MP/ARCI/L.B.CPT/GdV/quibla/INDi
26/12/99
1Tanzania ILM
25/12/99
1Tunisia ILM
22/12/99
1 Iraq NCADC
22/12/99
1 Iraq NCADC
21/12/99
1 Iraq NCADC
21/12/99
1Bulgaria FR-NieSa/DIR-Büro/taz/Osnabr. Zeit/ARI
21/12/99
1 Vietnam BT-Drucksache
18/12/99
1Congo MNS
in Dec 99
17 unknown Informe Raxen
in Dec 99
1unknown Mugak
in Dec 99
5unknown Mugak/ABC/Raz
in Dec 99
10 unknown Mugak/ABC/Raz
in Dec 99
2Tunesia MP/ARCI/L.B.CPT/GdV/quibla/INDi
25/11/99
1Tunisia ILM
20/11/99
1China BT-Drucksache
19/11/99
1Guinea ARI
19/11/99
1Guinea ARI
19/11/99
1Guinea ARI
19/11/99
1Guinea ARI
N.N. (man)
reportedly drowned trying to cross the river Morava (A/SK), trying to reach A
N.N. (2 men; 1 woman)
drowned after small boat capsized near Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N. (woman)
drowned, reportedly trying to cross the sea to Italy, body found off the coast of Brindisi (I)
Nasim Sarbat
died after fire caused by rebellion in detention centre Seraino Vulpitta di Trappani (I)
N.N. (men)
drowned trying to cross the river Donau (A/SK) to reach Austria
N.N. (man)
drowned trying to cross the river Donau (A/SK) to reach Austria
Nassim (man)
died after fire caused by rebellion in the detention centre Vulpitta in Trapani (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, body found in water purification plant Frankfurt Oder (D)
N.N. (20, man)
died during deportation, jumped out of ferry which should have deported him; Bari (I)
N.N.
body found near Olbernhau near D/CZ border
Sahin Coba
Kurd, suicide in Weil im Schönbuch (D) for fear of deportation
Murat Islak
Kurd, suicide in Kirchheim/Teck (D) for fear of deportation
N.N.
downed, bodies found in Strait of Otranto (I), reportedly trying to cross illegaly
N.N.
died in fire in factory (undocumented workers' home) in Legnano (I)
N.N. (2, child)
died in fire in factory (undocumented workers' home) in Legnano (I)
N.N. (pregnant woman)
died in fire in factory (undocumented workers home) in Legnano (I)
Zdzislav Dudca (40, man)
homeless migrant, died in fire in empty carriage he slept in at Naples (I) train station
Bogdan Rajka (40, man)
homeless migrant, died in fire in empty carriage he slept in at Naples (I) train station
Zahid Mubarek (19, man)
murdered in GB after being placed in a prison cell with a known violent racist
N.N. (6, child)
died in fire in factory (undocumented workers' home) in Legnano (I)
N.N.
died after their boat was pursued by Italian coast guards
N.N. (men)
drowned, after ship wreckage near Canary Islands (E)
Sultan Dogan (21)
suicide, because of bad living conditions in asylum centre near Albbruck (D)
N.N.
drowned on their way to Spain, found near Bolonia (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, small boat disappeared in Adriatic Sea near Italy
Djamel Hanoun (28)
'sans-papier', died of acute asthma being afraid of going to doctor in Corsica (F)
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned after small boat capsized near El Ayun (MA)
Senida P. (26)
suicide, jumped out of 8th floor window in Frankfurt a. M. (D) in fear of deportation
Ali Güzel
hanged himself in refugee home in Singen (D) because of disgraceful treatment/lodging
Robertus Grabys (49, man)
suicide, hanged himself in Harmondsworth detention centre (GB) in fear of deportation
Christian Elmarasi
suicide through intoxication in JVA Landshut (D)
N.N. (29, woman)
froze to death in the Belles mountains (BG/GR) trying to enter Greece
N.N. (24, man)
froze to death in the Belles mountains (BG/GR) trying to enter Greece
N.N.
died after fire caused by rebellion in detention centre Seraino Vulpitta di Trappani (I)
N.N. (25, man)
drowned, tried to escape repatriation by jumping from the ferry 'Vega' in Brindisi (I)
N.N. (boy)
tried to escape deportation by jumping from merchant ship 'Jolly Rubino' in Genova (I)
N.N. (young man)
died of exhaustion in hospital, Melilla (E/MA), caught in storm trying to go to Spain
N.N. (men)
died in van accident trying to reach Thessaloniki (GR) from Turkey
Brahim Akrouk (36)
died after fire caused by rebellion in detention centre Seraino Vulpitta di Trappani (I)
Vedat Yuksel (22, man)
died after he hit his head when boat driver tried to escape the border police near Otranto (I)
N.N. (±25, man)
drowned, near Tarifa (E) trying to reach Spain swimming from a dinghy
N.N. (20, 28, men)
drowned trying to reach Spain crossing the Strait of Gibraltar in small boat
N.N. (young man)
died after hit his head when forced out of the boat by smugglers near Otranto (I)
N.N. (young men)
drowned, bodies washed ashore near Cadiz (E)
Nelson Quinones-Palacios
died in Mannheim prison (D) because of lack of medical treatment
Riza Karadag (38)
stowaway, in plane bound for the USA, asylum seeker in NL
N.N. (minor)
died after jumping down a cliff trying to cross border in Melilla (E/MA)
N.N. (man)
reportedly drowned, decomposing body found in the Strait of Gibraltar
N.N. (man)
drowned trying to cross Strait of Gibraltar, body found near Tarifa (E)
Mohsen Lalei (man)
died near Eskilstuna (S) when he went into hiding after his asylum claim was rejected
N.N. (man)
drowned in the strait of Otranto (I) trying to reach Italy
N.N. (man)
drowned in the straits of Otranto (I) trying to reach Italy
Artur Muradov (±35, man)
suicide, hanged himself in a psychiatric hospital in Mühlhausen (D)
N.N. (man)
missing, reportedly drowned in the straits of Otranto (I) trying to reach Italy
N.N.
drowned in the Adriatic Sea when dinghy sank, trying to reach Italy
Lenja Leci
drowned in the Adriatic Sea when rubber boat sank, trying to reach Italy
Amed Agaj
drowned in the Adriatic Sea when rubber boat sank, trying to reach Italy
N.N. (women)
drowned in the Adriatic Sea when rubber boat sank, trying to reach Italy
N.N.
drowned in the Adriatic Sea when rubber boat sank, trying to reach Italy
N.N.
drowned in the Adriatic Sea after dinghy sank, in attempt to reach Italy
Rabah, Nashreddine, Jamel (men)
died after fire caused by rebellion in detention centre in Trapani (I)
N.N. (25, man)
stowaway, died trying to swim to Sicilian coast (I) after being kept as slave on ship
Mohamed Ben Said (39)
imprisoned illegally in detention camp, died while proper medical care denied
Marun Adeba (2)
froze to death in refrigerated lorry while trying to reach Greece from Turkey
Basil Adeba (4 )
froze to death in refrigerated lorry while trying to reach Greece from Turkey
Maulut Rozga (3)
froze to death in refrigerated lorry while trying to reach Greece from Turkey
Zdravko Nikolov Dimitrov (man)
shot by German policemen in Braunschweig (D) when he resisted his deportation
N.N.
found drowned in the Neisse at the Polish/German border near Bad Muskau (D)
N.N. (young woman)
committed suicide in detention centre in Luxemburg awaiting expulsion
N.N.
drowned near the Canary Islands (E) trying to reach them in small boats
N.N. (22, man)
drowned trying to escape police who caught immigrants' boat near Fuengirola (E)
N.N.
drowned when small boat sank near El Aaiun (MA) on way to Canary Islands (E)
N.N.
missing, after small boat sank near El Aaiun (MA) on way to Canary Islands (E)
Ramsi, Lofti (men)
died after fire caused by rebellion in the detention centre of Vulpitta in Trapani (I)
H.S. (30, man)
suicide, hanged himself in jail when he received expulsion order (I)
N.N.
reportedly suicide, found hanged in toilet of Frankfurt Main (D) airport
Fode Kenate
presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Buren (D) to Ghana
Ibrahim Kante
presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Buren (D) to Ghana
Umar Balde
presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Buren (D) to Ghana
Ibrahim Camara
presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Buren (D) to Ghana
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees
Postbus 413 NL-1000 AK Amsterdam phone +31-20-6834778, fax 31-20-6834582, info@unitedagainstracism.org, www.unitedagainstracism.org
The UNITED List of Deaths can be freely re-used, translated and re-distributed, provided source (www.unitedagainstracism.org) is mentioned. Researchers can obtain this list with more data in xls format from UNITED.
found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
17/11/99
1Bosnia ARI
07/11/99
2 Syria/Iraq AFP
01/11/99
2Albania AFP/taz/ILM/FECL
01/11/99
2Moldova AFP/taz/ILM/FECL
01/11/99
11 unknown AFP/taz/ILM/FECL
01/11/99
12 Iraq Statewatch/VK/Ya Basta!/taz
31/10/99
5 Iraq AP/taz
31/10/99
1unknown FECL
28/10/99
1 Kurdistan IRR
28/10/99
1 Kurdistan ILM
22/10/1999
1 Palestine VPRO
12/10/99
1unknown IRR
in Oct 99
1 Burkina Faso ARI
01/10/99
6Romania MNS/Mugak
27/09/99
1Algeria MNS/Mugak
19/09/99
1Cuba MNS
15/09/99
3unknown MNS/Mugak
07/09/99
2 India IRR/ILM
07/09/99
1 Pakistan IRR/ILM
07/09/99
1 Pakistan IRR/IILM
in Sep 99
4unknown MNS
30/8/99
1Marocco MNS/Statewatch/ARI
29/08/99
1 Sri Lanka MNS
26/08/99
3 Iraq MNS
23/08/99
1Algeria MNS
21/08/99
1Cuba MNS/Telegraph
16/08/99
40 Kosovo
Romnews/Independent/Tampere Digest/LS/Vita
16/08/99
60 Kosovo
Romnews/Independent/Tampere Digest/Vita/LS
12/08/99
1Yugoslavia ERRC
12/08/99
1 Sri Lanka Hilfe MenschenAB
04/08/99
1 Iraq Morgengr./IRR/MNS/ILM
02/08/99
1Guinea VK/Morgengr./Trouw/PUB/IRR/MNS/NCADC
02/08/99
1Guinea VK/Morgengr./Trouw/PUB/IRR/MNS/NCADC
in Aug 99
1 Iraq IRR
in Aug 99
1China IRR/Giuliano News Chronicle
in Aug 99
18 Albania Rom e.v.
30/07/99
1Poland MNS/Mugak/IRR
24/07/99
9Morocco MNS
24/07/99
1 Vietnam ARI
24/07/99
2 Vietnam ARI
15/07/99
1unknown Interior Ministry Germany
11/07/99
1unknown German Government
07/07/99
38 North Africa SOS
09/06/99
1Senegal MNS
28/05/99
1Sudan
taz/AP/SZ/CNN/VK/Statewatch/Trouw/MNS/Reuters/KeinMenschistIllegal/DW/MUGAK/IRR/Indymedia/VRF/DokAg/GFP/jW/RD/Blackbox
27/05/99
5unknown MNS/AFP/LS/NCAs
21/05/99
19 Angola IAADH
18/05/99
2 North Africa MNS
16/05/99
22 Albania MNS/AFP/IRR/ILM/Vita
16/05/99
1Albania MNS/AFP/IRR/ILM/Vita
16/05/99
1Albania MNS/AFP/IRR/ILM/Vita/NCAs
16/05/99
1Albania MNS/AFP/IRR/ILM/Vita/NCAs
10/05/99
1Togo ARI/FR/Blackbox
06/05/99
13 unknown ELM
05/05/99
13 Morocco MNS/Informe Raxen
in May 99
1Tunisia MNS/IRR/EUMC
01/05/99
1Nigeria
Statewatch/Morgengr./Ravage/IRR/AFP/BBC/Rosa Antifa/OffLimits/VK/ForAWorldWithoutRacism/MNS/KeinMenschistIllegal/Falter/AI/MUGAK/NCADC/NBF/Blackbox
19/04/99
12 Pakistan/Afghanistan taz/AFP/IRR/iN exile
16/04/99
1 Iraq ARI
12/04/99
1unknown Interior Ministry Germany
23/03/99
1 Sri Lanka NCADC/IRR
20/03/99
1unknown Informe Raxen
12/03/99
1Turkey ARI
04/03/99
1Polish German Government
03/03/99
1 Palestine
Statewatch/Morgengr./Pressesp. Rassis./IRR/MNS/AI/AFP/Vivre Ensemble/MUGAK/NCADC/IRR/Blackbox
17/02/99
1Kosovo ILM
10/02/99
1Mali IRR/MNS
03/02/99
1Tunisia MNS/ILM
in Feb 99
2Bosnia IRR
31/01/99
1Phillipines IMEDANA
12/01/99
1 Ethiopia ARI
11/01/99
1 Kurdistan MNS/IRR
04/01/99
1 Kurdistan ARI/AP/ZAG
in Jan 99
1 Albania/Kosovo IRR
in Jan 99
1 Albania/Kosovo IRR
in Jan 99
1 Albania/Kosovo IRR
in Jan 99
3 Albania/Kosovo IRR
in Jan 99
1Turkey AC/MNS/ARI/Fabel van de Illegaal
in 1999
1Angola IRR
in 1999
1Romania IRR
Hamida Mujanovic (42)
went 'voluntarily' back from Germany to Bosnia, died there of lack of medical treatment
N.N. (men)
drowned, after boat capsized in bad weather near Turkish coast on its way to Greece
N.N. (men)
drowned, after small boat sank near Brindisi (I)
N.N. (women)
drowned near Brindisi (I) after small boat sank trying to reach Italy
N.N.
reportedly drowned near Brindisi (I) after boat sank trying to reach Italy
N.N.
Kurdish stowaways, died of fume poisoning on ferry Patras (GR) to Lecce (I)
N.N
Kurds, died in minefield while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border near Kipi
N.N.
Kurd, drowned thrown into water near Otranto (I) by smugglers for fear of coast guards
Esawy Rashedal (25)
died, being forced overboard by smugglers of small boat near Otranto (I)
Ali Sismek (29)
died by a bad fall into the river Isonzo (I/SI) trying to cross the border
Emad Fatihy Kafil Salem (man)
suicide, after discussion on repatriation, had been denied asylum, was psychiatric patient
N.N. (±20, man)
stowaway, electrocuted trying to exit a freight train in a goods yard in Wembley (GB)
Nestor Z. (17)
suicide, jumped from refugee hostel on a houseboat into river Elbe in Hamburg (D)
N.N. (3 women; 3 men)
stowaways, found suffocated in Cyprus registered ship in Sevilla (E) harbour
N.N. (minor)
drowned trying to reach Ceuta (E/MA) in small dinghy
Roberto Garcia Q. (47)
stowaway found dead in the wheelbay of an Alitalia airplane at Milano (I) airport
N.N.
drowned, small boat capsized off the coast of Tarifa (M) trying to reach Spain
N.N. (men)
undocumented workers, reportedly suffocated in van near Mantova (I)
Faiz Ahmed (43)
undocumented worker, suffocated in van near Mantova (I) on way to Germany
Nadeem Ahmad (26)
undocumented worker, suffocated in van near Mantova (I) on way to Germany
N.N.
drowned near Cadiz (E) reportedly while trying to reach Spain by boat
Rachid Sbaai (19)
suicide, set fire to himself in detention centre Büren (D) for fear of deportation
N.N.
stowaway, found dead in lorry heading towards Italy near Hajdu-Bihar (H)
N.N.
Kurds, died in minefield crossing Turkish-Greek border near Nea Vyssa (GR)
N.N. (31)
reportedly drowned, found dead at the coast of Melilla (E/MA)
Felix Garcia (28)
stowaway, found dead in wheelbay of British Airways airplane at Gatwick (GB) airport
N.N.
Roma, drowned in the Adriatic Sea trying to reach Italy in small boat
N.N.
Roma, reportedly drowned in the Adriatic Sea trying to reach Italy in small boat
N.N. (75, woman)
Roma, died after a three days crossing of the Adriatic Sea in Brindisi (I)
Manikam Thanividirasa (40, man)
suicide, hanged after released from detention centre Büren (D) for new asylum application
Tau Zohrd (43, woman )
Kurdish woman, drowned after being thrown into Adriatic Sea by traffickers near Italy
Koita Yaguine (14, boy)
stowaway, frozen to death in undercarriage of Conakry (Guinea) to Brussel (B) flight
Tounkara Fodé (15, boy)
stowaway, frozen to death in undercarriage of Conakry (Guinea) to Brussel (B) flight
N.N. (man)
Kurdish stowaway, crushed to death in Dover (GB), hanging on the underside of lorry
N.N. (young woman)
died before or after smugglers threw her into the Adriatic sea near Brindisi (I)
Family A. (9 children)
Roma, drowned in the Adriatic sea when boat sank on way to Italy
Bogdan Wszedybil (46)
suicide, got desperate by not getting a residence permit after 10 years stay in France
N.N.
drowned, small boat hit rocks while trying to reach the Canary Islands (E)
N.N. (28, woman)
burned (with her two children) in fire in refugee centre in Bad Kreuznach (D)
N.N. (3; 6)
burned in fire in refugee centre in Bad Kreuznach (D)
N.N.
reportedly drowned in river Neisse (PL/D) near Nieder Neuendorf
N.N.
reportedly drowned, part of body found in border river Neisse near Keuner Wehr (D)
N.N. (16-26)
drowned in the straits of Gibraltar after ship captain refused to transport them
Bouna Wade (minor)
stowaway, found dead in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) airport while trying to reach France
Aamir Mohamed Ageeb (30, m)
suffocated under helmet used to hold him down during deportation from Frankfurt airport (D)
N.N. (2 minors)
drowned, small boat collided with police boat in Adriatic Sea near Otranto (I)
N.N.
conscientious objectors, missing since deportation from Portugal to Angola
N.N.
stowaways, suffocated in a Moroccan lorry near French- Belgian border
N.N. (8 children)
drowned in the Adriatic Sea near Vlorë (AL) trying to reach Italy
N.N. (woman)
drowned in the Adriatic Sea near Vlorë (AL) trying to reach Italy
N.N. (3)
drowned in the Adriatic Sea near Vlorë (AL) trying to reach Italy
N.N. (5)
drowned in the Adriatic Sea near Vlorë (AL) trying to reach Italy
Alabamou Mamah (30)
suicide, jumped into river Main in Würzburg (D) after asylum application was rejected
N.N.
3 dinghies with 40 people on board sank 100 km south of Arzila (E), 27 rescued
N.N. (5 men; 2 women)
found dead on Moroccan coast, drowned trying to cross the strait of Gibraltar
Moshen Sliti (41)
died of heartattack after delayed medical help in detention centre of Arenc (F)
Marcus Omofuma (25, man)
suffocated during deportation from Vienna (A) to Sofia (BG), he had his mouth taped
N.N. (4 children; 8 adults)
reportedly drowned in river Tisza trying to cross Ukranian-Hungarian border
K. Hamasediq Abdullah (45)
found dead under a bridge in Dessau (D) after asylum application was rejected
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (PL/D) near Görlitz reportedly trying to cross the border
Veluppillai Balachandran (39)
suicide after hunger-strike in deportation prison Moers (D) for fear of deportation
N.N.
immigrant, reportedly drowned, found dead at the beach of Ceuta (E/MA)
Emin Acar (17)
presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Stuttgart (D) to Turkey
N.N.
reportedly drowned, dead body found in border (D-PL) river Neisse near Ostritz (D)
Khaled Abuzarifeh (27, man)
suffocated being gagged by police during deportation from Zürich airport Kloten (CH)
Azmon Qaka (29 days)
died in hospital in Maglie (I) after being thrown in the sea by smugglers
Amed Dauda (18)
stowaway, trying to escape from police drowned in Guadalquivir river near Sevilla (E)
Idris Tey (31)
drowned near Siracusa (I) trying to swim ashore from a vessel
N.N. (babies)
died in bad hygienic conditions in refugee nomad encampment at Muratella (I)
E.L. (28)
suicide, hanged with belt in JVA München (D)
H. Merkebu Getachew (man)
suicide, hanged himself in detention centre Lübbecke (D)
N.N. (man)
stowaway crushed to death under the weels of a lorry leaving the ferry of Dover (GB)
Berzan Öztürk (man)
set fire to himself in Stuttgart-Stammheim prison (D) in solidarity with Kurdish prisoners
Elvane Vuciterna
drowned near Brindisi (I) after their small boat collided with another boat
Tarik Vuciterna (18 months)
drowned near Brindisi (I) after their small boat collided with another boat
N.N. (15, girl)
drowned near Brindisi (I) after their small boat collided with another boat
N.N.
drowned near Brindisi (I) after their small boat collided with another boat
Süleyman Aksoy
Kurd, suspicious death in the Turkish army after deportation from the Netherlands
Cipriano I. M.
undocumentated worker died during 'illegal' work in Caspe (E) by falling from a tractor
Margota (baby)
died of heart attack when police raided Roma camp in Casalino (I)
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
in Jan 99
1Turkey AC/MNS/ARI/Fabel van de Illegaal/Nederlands Dagblad
in 1999
1 Sri Lanka ARI
in 1999
1unknown ARI
01/01/99
1Kosovo IRR
31/12/98
2 Kurdistan AFP/MNS
31/12/98
9unknown AFP/MNS
29/12/98
1 Kurdistan MNS
29/12/98
1Ukraine MNS
26/12/98
1 Ethiopia IMEDANA/ZAG
23/12/98
2 North Africa MNS
23/12/98
22 North Africa MNS
21/12/98
3Morocco MNS/taz
20/12/98
3 North Africa AFP/MNS/taz
20/12/98
5 North Africa AFP/MNS/taz
10/12/98
30 Morocco AFP/VK
10/12/98
1 North Africa MNS
10/12/98
32 North Africa MNS
06/12/98
8 Sierra Leone AP/MNS
02/12/98
1Algeria AFP/IRR/AI
in Dec 98
1China CARF/IRR/NCADC
27/11/98
3Albania MNS/AFP/Reu
27/11/98
4Albania MNS/AFP/Reu
25/11/98
27 Morocco MNS/AFP/Statewatch
17/11/98
1 Iraq MNS
14/11/98
1 India SZ/MNS/ARI/ZAG
09/11/98
1Cameroon AP/MNS/NZZ/ZAG
02/11/98
1 Iran Trouw/Prime
31/10/98
1Nigeria BBC/MNS/IRR
25/10/98
4Albania MNS/AFP/ARD/ZDF
25/10/98
16 Albania MNS/AFP/ARD/ZDF
20/10/98
1Belarus MNS
06/10/98
1 Ethiopia ARI/ZAG
in Oct 98
1 Eritrea IRR/iN exile/CARF/NCRM/NCADC
in Oct 98
1China IRR
29/09/98
1Hungary IRR
22/09/98
1Nigeria
VK/CCLE/AFP/MNS/IRR/AI/MN/KeinMensch/IAS/Vivre/MUGAK/Expatica/NCADC/ERF/Vluchteling/MRAX/PICUM/Afrik/Blackbox
17/09/98
1Macedonia ARI
17/08/98
1Albania MNS/IRR
06/08/98
1 Kurdistan MNS
in Aug 98
1Morocco IRR
in Aug 98
1unknown MNS/OBV/IRR
in Aug 98
1Morocco IRR
30/07/98
1Kosovo
Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/Statewatch/OL/ARI/ZAG
30/07/98
1Kosovo
Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/Statewatch/OL/ARI/ZAG
30/07/98
1Kosovo
Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/Statewatch/OL/ARI/ZAG
30/07/98
1Kosovo
Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/Statewatch/OL/ARI/ZAG
30/07/98
1Kosovo
Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/Statewatch/OL/ARI/ZAG
30/07/98
1Kosovo
Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/Statewatch/OL/ARI/ZAG
30/07/98
1Kosovo
Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/Statewatch/OL/ARI/ZAG
28/07/98
5Tunisia NOS/Reu./BBC
26/07/98
5Unknown IRR
25/07/98
1 Kurdistan MNS
20/07/98
8 North Africa AFP/CDS
06/07/98
2unknown NZZ
06/07/98
7Morocco IRR/IPS/MNS
05/07/98
38 unknown ELM
in Jul 98
1 Eritrea IRR/CARF/NCRM/NCADC
01/07/98
1 Kurdistan FR-Thüringen/taz/AN/ZAG
30/06/98
7Morocco TAZ
29/06/98
2 Africa MNS
22/06/98
1 North Africa MNS
in Jun 98
38 Morocco LR
01/06/98
1 Kurdistan FR-NieSa/MNS/Morgengr./ZAG
16/05/98
1 Palestine AC/VPRO
15/05/98
1Macedonia MOZ/ZAG
14/05/98
1Sudan VK
02/05/98
3Albania MNS
02/05/98
1Morocco taz/ZAG/Blackbox
16/04/98
2Morocco MNS
12/04/98
1Macedonia ARI/ZAG
08/04/98
1Bangladesh ARI/ZAG
03/04/98
1Algeria MNS
in Apr 98
1Romania ARI/ZAG
19/03/98
1Nigeria MNS
16/03/98
13 North Africa PUB
16/03/98
10 North Africa MNS
15/03/98
1Somalia MNS/UNHCR
14/03/98
1Romania Presse
05/03/98
1Albania IRR
02/03/98
1Romania MNS
Savas Cicek
Kurd, suspicious death in the Turkish army after deportation from the Netherlands
N.N. (woman)
suicide, asylum seeker jumped in front of a train in Russelheim (D)
N.N.
drowned, while trying to enter Germany
N.N. (3 weeks)
body found in a lorry by French custom officer
N.N.
drowned after boat sank in the Aegean Sea (GR)
N.N.
missing after boat sank in Aegean Sea (GR)
N.N.
frozen to death and mutilated by wolves in the forest near Nimfopetra (GR)
N.N. (39, woman)
died of hypothermia in Avelinno (I) being kept in slavery by an Italian Baker
Tesfa Bizuneh
suicide, jumped out of 3rd floor of hospital in München (D) in fear of deportation
N.N.
drowned, small boat carrying 'illegal' immigrants sank near Cadiz (E)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, small boat carrying 'illegal' immigrants sank near Cadiz (E)
N.N.
drowned, small boat carrying 'illegal' immigrants sank near isle Alboran (E)
N.N.
drowned when boat carrying 'illegal' immigrants sank near Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
reportedly drowned when boat carrying 'illegal' immigrants sank near Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N.
reportedly drowned when boat to Spain sank in the Strait of Gibraltar
N.N.
drowned in the strait of Gibraltar when small boat capsized
N.N.
reportedly drowned, missing after small boat capsized in the strait of Gibraltar
N.N.
drowned near Malta on their way to Italy, reportedly thrown into sea by smugglers
J. Danielle (pregnant woman)
suicide, found hanged at police station in Ceuta (E/MA) while in detention
Lin Yan-Guang (35, man)
suicide, asylum seeker suffering from depression in hospital in Brentwood (GB)
N.N. (baby; woman; man)
drowned, after dinghy collided with speed boat near Brindisi (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, dinghy collided with speed boat near Brindisi (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, small boat capsized near Tanger (MA) on the way to Spain
A. Rassal (34)
hit by a train near Soufli (GR) after swimming the Evros river (Turkish border)
Harrinder Singh Cheena (16, b.)
suicide, hanged himself in youth prison Halle (D) for fear of deportation
Solomon Mforbei Fusi (15)
stowaway fell in Lauchringen (D) from undercarriage of airplane between Africa & CH
Kamran Gord
suicide in asylum seekers centre Slagharen (NL)
John Madu (31)
bled to death in Liége (B) after being denied medical treatment
N.N. (2 women; 1 baby; 1 man)
drowned when dinghy collided and caught fire after leaving Port of Vlorë (AL)
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned, boat collided after leaving Port of Vlorë (AL)
Irini P. (20)
suicide, in Thessaloniki (GR) after being forced to work as a prostitute
Daniel Kassa Mehari (32)
suicide, jumped from railway bridge near Magdeburg (D) died of injuries in hospital
Mehretab Kidane (28, man)
suicide, hanged himself on the day of his final asylum appeal hearing in London (GB)
N.N. (woman)
died of heart failure, attempting to cross the Malse river into Austria from Czechia
N.N. (18, man)
suicide, hanged himself in a detention centre in Austria after being caught by border-police
Semira Adamu (20, woman)
suffocated to death by pillow, being forcibly deported from Belgium
N.N.
reportedly drowned, body found near D/PL border near Bahren-Zelz (D)
N.N.
shot by police in train from Belgium to Italy when border patrol controlled identities
N.N. (minor)
stoned to death by smugglers on the Adriatic sea when he refused to pay extra
N.N. (girl)
drowned in the Mediterranean during third attempt to enter Spain illegally
N.N.
stowaway, seen falling down from an aircraft near Heathrow airport (GB)
Saber Abdelh
undocumented worker dies in disputed circumstances in Sicilian (I) detention centre
Isuf Kosumi
died in car crash in Weisenborn (D/CZ border) trying to escape border control
Valdet Rezita
died in car crash in Weisenborn (D/CZ border) trying to escape border control
Xhevdet Krasnici
died in car crash in Weisenborn (D/CZ border) trying to escape border control
Sali Emini
died in car crash in Weisenborn (D/CZ border) trying to escape border control
Artan Dauti
died in car crash in Weisenborn (D/CZ border) trying to escape border control
Zaim Dauti
died in car crash in Weisenborn (D/CZ border) trying to escape border control
Lumni Brahimi
died in car crash in Weisenborn (D/CZ border) trying to escape border control
N.N.
stowaways, died in Genua (I) when vessel set fire
N.N.
drowned near Cadiz (E) while trying to reach Spain in small boat
Mehmet K. (24)
asylum seeker died of anxiety psychosis in emergency ward of clinic in Karlsruhe (D)
N.N.
drowned near South of Italy being forced overboard when spotted by coast guards
N.N.
drowned while trying to swim across the river Tresa (I/CH) because of strong current
N.N.
found drowned at beach in Ceuta (E/MA) after boat capsized in Strait of Gibraltar
N.N.
drowned near Melilla (E/MA) on their way to Spain
Sofonias Alemseged (22)
asylum seeker suicide, hanged himself in Brixton prison (GB)
Haydar Findik (±27)
died in asylum seekers centre Altenburg (D) after being refused medical help
N.N.
drowned near Ceuta (E/MA) when small boat capsized
N.N. (minors)
died of starvation on a boat on its way from Lebanon to Cyprus
N.N. (boy)
drowned near Spain when his small boat smashed against a rock
N.N.
drowned near Melilla (E/MA) on their way to Spain when their small boat capsized
Hasan Akdag (21, man)
set himself on fire in detention centre Lingen (D), after 2nd asylum application was rejected
Karim Hassan (man)
suicide, hanged himself in Nieuwersluis (NL) after being 8 months in detention
N.N.
drowned near the Oder (D), jumped of a bridge chased by border guards
N.N. (man)
died fell or pushed from a 4th floor window of a detention centre in Breda (NL)
N.N.
drowned after boat accident near Vlorë (AL) trying to cross the Adriatic sea
Nouredine El Amrani (26, man)
committed suicide in detention centre Kronach (D) after living 2 years in detention
N.N. (22; 26, men)
blown up while trying to cross the Greek-Turkish border through a minefield
Asan Asanov (51)
died after deportation from Germany to Kocani (MK) while being severely ill
N.N.
died in car accident in Klingenthal near CZ/D border
N.N. (23, man)
shot by policeman (NL) after reportedly threatened detention guards with a knife
N.N.
discovered stowaway, drowned in the Ostsee (D) after jumping off the ship
N.N. (man)
stowaway, suffocated in the hold of a Jamaican vessel on his way to Ireland
N.N.
drowned (disappeared) in the Strait of Gibraltar when a Marocan ship sank
N.N.
reportedly drowned near the coast of Cadiz (E) after their boat capsized
Sharif Hussein Ahmed
suicide in Graz (A) after winning ECHR case but refused residency by Austria
Adrian Lucian Cretu (17)
died in car accident in Burgenland (A) being chased by border police
Edmond Kapraku (30)
fell into the sea trying to reach Italy and cut into pieces by a propeller screw
N.N. (25, man)
died of bullet wounds at the BG-GR border during attempt to cross the border by car
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
in Mar 98
1 Ethiopia IRR
in Mar 98
1Tunisia IRR
28/02/98
1Kosovo ARI/ZAG
28/02/98
1Kosovo ARI/ZAG
28/02/98
1Kosovo IRR/ZAG
21/02/98
1Somalia ARI/ZAG
13/02/98
1Turkey ARI
09/02/98
5Albania MNS/IRR
09/02/98
5Albania MNS/IRR
08/02/98
1Azerbaijan IRR
07/02/98
1unknown MNS/IRR
in Feb 98
1Armenia Respons
in Feb 98
3 Iraq The Observer
19/01/98
1Albania FR/MNS
08/01/98
1Togo ARI
05/01/98
1 Kurdistan FR/MNS/ZAG
in 1998
4 North Africa SOS Racismo
in 1998
1 North Africa SOS Racismo
31/12/97
1Bosnia CARF/ARI/ZAG
13/12/97
1unknown Interior Ministry Germany/ZAG
26/11/97
1unknown Interior Ministry Germany/ZAG
20/11/97
12 Albania MNS/VK/taz/AFP/Reu./FECL/Vita/LS/TL
20/11/97
5Albania MNS/VK/taz/AFP/Reu./FECL/Vita/LS/TL
07/11/97
1Togo NCADC/Int. Menschenr. Ver. Bremen/ARI/ZAG
27/10/97
1unknown Interior Ministry Germany/ZAG
22/10/97
4 North Africa EP/MNS/Statewatch
22/10/97
13 North Africa EP/MNS/Statewatch
18/10/97
1unknown Interior Ministry Germany/ZAG
18/10/97
1unknown Interior Ministry Germany/ZAG
in Oct 97
1Unknown IRR
16/09/97
14 Morocco VK/taz/EP/MNS/ELM
16/09/97
10 Morocco VK/taz/EP/MNS/ELM
15/09/97
3 Iraq taz/AP/FR/Int. Herald Tribune / MNS
12/09/97
1 Afghanistan ARI/ZAG
09/09/97
1Kosovo-Albania CARF/ARI
07/09/97
1unknown ARI/ZAG
in Sep 97
26 North Africa Morgengrauen, IRR
31/08/97
1Ghana Morgengr./CARF/ARI/ZAG
27/08/97
1Turkey ARI
22/08/97
1unknown MOZ/ZAG
16/08/97
1Turkey ARI
09/08/97
1unknown Interior Ministry Germany/ZAG
02/08/97
7 North Africa taz/DPA/TL
in Aug 97
4Morocco MNS
01/08/97
1Tunesia TL
30/07/97
1Turkey ARI
26/07/97
1Romania FR/MNS/taz/NW/OL/ZAG
11/07/97
1unknown Interior Ministry Germany
10/07/97
1 Afghanistan ZAG
04/07/97
1Togo Trierer Volksfreund/ZAG
27/06/97
2 China/unknown FFM/Pro Asyl/FR/MNS/ZAG
20/06/97
1unknown Interior Ministry Germany/ZAG
17/06/97
1 Afghanistan Interior Ministry Germany
12/06/97
24 Morocco AFP/taz/Tagesschau/EP/MNS/VK/MUGAK
12/06/97
7Morocco AFP/taz/Tagesschau/EP/MNS/VK
10/06/97
1 Afghanistan Interior Ministry Germany/ZAG
09/06/97
1Egypt IMEDANA/ZAG
04/06/97
1 Kurdistan taz/DPA/Querblick/MNS/CARF/ZAG
02/06/97
1 Afghanistan taz/German authorities/FR/MNS/SZ/ZAG
in Jun 97
23 North Africa EP/MNS
in Jun 97
1 North Africa CARF
22/05/97
1unknown Interior Ministry Germany/ZAG
06/05/97
1Bosnia Bündner Tagblatt/SFH
in May 97
1Russia ARI/ZAG
26/04/97
1unknown Interior Ministry Germany/ZAG
15/04/97
1Senegal ARI/ZAG
03/04/97
1unknown NCRM
01/04/97
1unknown Interior Ministry/ZAG
28/03/97
87 Albania Reu/taz/VK/MNS/SD/Statewatch/LS/MP/Vita
23/03/97
1Kenya CARF/GuardianUn/IRR
16/03/97
11 Morocco/Lebanon DPA/taz
16/03/97
18 Iran/Iraq MNS/FR/Libération
12/03/97
1 India IRR/OBV
in Mar 97
1Nigeria IRR
15/02/97
1unknown SZ/ZAG
02/02/97
2 North Africa taz/DPA/Statewatch
02/02/97
1 Croatia taz/ARD/ZDFvideotxt/MNS/CARF/IMEDANA/ZAG/Blackbox
in Feb 97
1 Africa AD
11/01/97
3Morocco taz/EP/MNS
11/01/97
7Morocco taz/EP/MNS
N.N. (47, woman)
committed suicide in Italy, obsessed for fear of non-renewal of residence permit
Aimer Busher
missing after jumping in the Strait of Messina (E) hoping to swim ashore
Muhamet Islami Gjeli (70)
murdered by Serbs in Likoshan (Kosovo) after being deported from Germany
Naser Islami Gjeli (37)
murdered by Serbs in Likoshan (Kosovo) after being deported from Germany
Beqir Sejdiu (36)
Deported asylum seeker from Germany killed in Cirez (XZ) by Serbian security forces
N.N. (21, woman)
drowned, body found in river Rein near Köln (D)
Sadik Genc
presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Bremen (D) to Turkey
N.N.
drowned near Brindisi (I) trying to cross the Adriatic sea,
N.N.
reported missing near Brindisi (I) trying to cross the Adriatic sea
N.N. (man)
stowaway, found in the undercarriage of a plane from Baku to Gatwick airport (GB)
N.N. (man)
stowaway, found frozen in undercarriage of plane from Baku (AZ) to London (GB)
N.N. (50, woman)
suicide in police cell in Renkum (NL) asylum application was rejected twice
N.N.
drowned trying to swim across the Meric river between Turkey and Greece
N.N.
mortally injured by a boat's propeller on his way to Italy
Issah M. (30)
presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Germany to Togo
N.N. (24, man)
set himself on fire his application for asylum was rejected for 2nd time (D)
N.N.
found dead in an irrigation ditch near La Jonquera (E)
N.N. (20, man)
stowaway, reportedly suffocated near Almeria (E) during journey hidden in a lorry
Salko L. (39, man)
suicide, hanged himself in the psychiatric wing of the Tegel detention centre (D)
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (PL/D) near Forst reportedly trying to cross the border
N.N.
drowned in river Oder (PL/D) near Frankfurt reportedly trying to cross the border
N.N.
reportedly drowned in Adriatic sea trying to reach Italy when dinghy got a leak
N.N.
died of hypothermia on Adriatic sea when dinghy got a leak
Akim (24, man)
jumped out of the window because of police raid in his apartment block in Bremen (D)
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (PL/D) near Görlitz reportedly trying to cross the border
N.N.
drowned near Tarifa on their way to Spain
N.N.
reportedly drowned near Tarifa (E) on their way to Spain
N.N.
drowned in river Oder (PL/D) near Frankfurt reportedly trying to cross the border
N.N.
frozen to death near Kipsdorf (D)
Vikas Singh
stowaway froze to death in wheel bay during flight to London (GB)
N.N.
drowned near Tanger on their way to Spain
N.N.
reportedly drowned near Tanger on their way to Spain
N.N.
killed by mines trying to cross the Turkish-Greek border, 11 others injured
N.N.
drowned, body found in river Neiße (D/PL) near Bahren/Forst
Afrim Magastena (24, man)
suicide, hanged himself at refugee hostel in Prenzlau (D) in fear of deportation
N.N. (man)
found drowned in river Neisse near Deschka (D) when trying to cross the PL-D Border
N.N.
drowned when trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar
Kwame Osei (±30)
jumped under a train at Eberstadt (D) under threat of deportation
Zülfü Demirkan
presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Frankfurt (D) to Turkey
N.N. (woman)
drowned, trying to cross the border, body found in the river Neisse near Ratzdorf (D)
Ali Polat
Kurd, presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Germany to Turkey
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (PL/D) near Ratzdorf reportedly trying to cross the border
N.N.
drowned near Pantelleria (I) when their boat sank on way to Italy
N.N. (men)
found dead in a ditch near Valencia (E), reportedly asphyxiated hidden in a lorry
Mohamed Boughnahmi
drowned, body found near Pantelleria (I)
Ibrahim A.
Kurd, reportedly dead, disappeared after being deported from Germany to Turkey
Mihai Sandu (25)
suicide, found drowned near Oldenburg (D) shortly after threat of deportation
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (PL/D)near Zentendorf reportedly trying to cross border
Halina Halim (44)
drowned, body found in river Neisse (D/PL) near Guben, daughter (10) is missing
N.N. (26)
drowned in river Mosel near Schweich (D) when trying to escape from police
Liu Zen G.
killed in bus accident, when D/PL authorities forced quick return
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (PL/D) near Hirschfelde reportedly trying to cross border
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (PL/D) near Bad Muskau reportedly trying to cross border
N.N.
drowned near Tanger (E) on their way to Spain
N.N.
reportedly drowned near Tangier (E) on their way to Spain
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (PL/D) near Guben reportedly trying to cross the border
F.F. (27)
committed suicide with belt in JVA Augsburg (D)
Bektas Heval (26)
burnt to death in refugee hostel in Friedrichshafen (D), assumed arson attack
N.N. (baby)
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Görlitz
N.N.
drowned after their boat capsized near Tanger on their way to Spain
Dinari Elai Ben Lazar
died after a 3 months hunger strike in protest, in detention without trial (I)
N.N.
drowned in river Oder (PL/D) near Frankfurt, reportedly trying to cross the border
N.N. (16)
suicide in asylum centre Chur (CH)
N.N. (33, man)
suicide in penal institution Halle (Saale) (D) for fear of deportation
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (PL/D) near Bad Muskau reportedly trying to cross border
N.N. (man)
died in hospital, found with hypothermia and frostbite near Deutschneudorf (D)
Peter San Pedro (25)
walked in front lorry after release from arrest on suspicion of being ‘illegal’ in Kent (GB)
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (PL/D) near Köbeln reportedly trying to cross the border
N.N.
drowned when refugee boat capsized after colliding with Italian army ship
N.N. (12, boy)
stowaway, killed by plane wheels on Nairobi-Gatwick (GB) flight
N.N.
died in van accident in Figueres (E) being pressed between boxes
N.N.
drowned when boat capsized between Kas (TR) and Kastellorizo (GR)
Vijay Sainu (19, man)
stowaway froze to death in wheel bay during flight Delhi-Heathrow (GB)
N.N. (boy)
stowaway froze to death in wheel bay during flight from Nigeria to London (GB)
N.N. (man)
found frozen/drowned at river Neisse (D/PL) near Ostritz
N.N.
stowaways, bodies found in Pasaia (E) on Cypriotic ship 'Deike'
Ivan Zamecznik (35)
suicide of civil war refugee in Regensburg (D) fearing close deportation
N.N.
stowaway found in Delfzijl (NL), suffocated in ship from Cameroon
N.N.
drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar when small boat sank
N.N.
reportedly drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar when small boat sank
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
10/01/97
3Kosovo taz/Monitor/Berliner Ztg./ARI/CARF/ZAG
10/01/97
1Jamaica NCADC
04/01/97
1 Zaire SFH/IRR/CARF
in Jan 97
1Ukraine IRR
in Jan 97
1Tunesia ILM/IRR
in Jan 97
2Tunesia ILM/IRR/Italian authorities
in Jan 97
2 Africa Le Soir/La Libre Belgique/MNS
in Jan 97
2 Africa Le Monde/Libération/MNS
in 1997
1 Zaire Público
22/01/1997
1Algeria Vers l'Avenir/Solidaire/IRR/CARF
in 1997
3 Nigeria/Liberia BAZ
in 1997
2 Africa AmsStadsblad
in 1997
40 unknown StreetJ/NoHuman
25/12/96
283 India/Pakist./Sri Lanka
taz/UNHCR/DPA/MNS/ZDF/LR/VK/FR/IRR/MUGAK/EU/Guardian/MP/TL/Reu/MNS/ZAG
25/12/96
1 Sri Lanka MNS
06/12/96
1 Sri Lanka VK/SZ/Morgengr./BGS/ZAG
in Dec 96
1Algeria CARF
24/11/96
1Togo Pro Asyl/MNS/ZAG
06/11/96
1 Iran FARR/MNS
04/11/96
1Bosnia SZ/FR/MNS/ZAG
03/11/96
3China IRR
27/10/96
1unknown MOZ/FFM/ARI/Bundesregierung/ZAG
21/10/96
1unknown Mugak
16/10/96
4unknown Mugak
11/10/96
3unknown Mugak
09/10/96
25 Morocco ELM
in Oct 96
1Algeria CARF/IRR/ILM
in Oct 96
1 India MNS
23/09/96
1Nigeria MNS/EP/AI
21/09/96
1Ukraine ZAG
12/09/96
1Morocco MNS/Le Monde
09/09/96
1unknown BT-Drucksache/ZAG
08/09/96
1unknown BT-Drucksache/JW/ZAG
07/09/96
2unknown SZ/FFM/ARI/Bundesregierung/ZAG
05/09/96
1Morocco ABC
04/09/96
1Bangladesh ARI/ZAG
02/09/96
1Albania ILM/IRR
in Sep 96
1Russia MNS
25/08/96
1unknown BT-Drucksache/ZAG
22/08/96
1unknown BT-Drucksache
06/08/96
1Togo Svenska Dagbladet/Dagens Nyheter/FARR
01/08/96
1Albania ZAG
in Aug 96
1Turkey ARI
in Aug 96
1Serbia ZAG
In Aug 96
1 Pakistan IRR
29/07/96
1Morocco ELM/Diario Vasco
29/07/96
1Ghana Egin
28/07/96
1Maghreb Diario Vasco/Egin
16/07/96
1 Kurdistan IRR
14/07/96
1Ukraine AN/JW/ARI/ProAsyl/ZAG/Blackbox
in Jul 96
1Nigeria jW/IRR
01/07/96
1 Iran VK/Fabel van de Illegaal
30/06/96
1 Iraq Diário de Notícias
30/06/96
3 Iraq/Algeria Diário de Notícias/BRC
30/06/96
1 Iran MNS/NRC/AD/Trouw/CARF
29/06/96
2Romania SZ/ZAG
25/06/96
1Nigeria Asyl in der Kirche/ARI/ZAG
10/06/96
1Nigeria VK/Focus
06/06/96
1 Sierra Leone ND/OL/FR-H/ARI/ZAG
in Jun 96
1 Iran Artikel14
27/05/96
1 Ethiopia ARI/ZAG
26/05/96
1unknown BT-Drucksache
26/05/96
2Algeria FR/JW/BerlinerZtg/ZAG
21/05/96
1Morocco Mugak
17/05/96
1Morocco Mugak
11/05/96
1Maghreb SOS/Egin/Police
26/04/96
14 unknown TL
25/04/96
1Togo MNS/ProAsyl/AG3F/JW/ZAG/Blackbox
25/04/96
26 Sri Lanka/Africa taz/TL
25/04/96
1 Iran VK
25/04/96
4 Sri Lanka TL
25/04/96
2 Shri Lanka TL
24/04/96
1Romania MNS/Le Figaro
24/04/96
1Bulgaria FFM/ND/Uckermark-Kurier/ZAG
23/04/96
1unknown Bt-Drucksache
22/03/96
1Morocco SOS/Egin
22/03/96
1Morocco SOS/Egin
16/03/96
1Gambia MNS/NCRM
15/03/96
1 Iraq Jelpke/JW
15/03/96
1Bangladesh NCADC/IRR
N.N. (minors)
died in fire in refugee container without fire protection in Monheim (D)
Herbert Gabbidon (68, man)
died in Walsall (GB) in police custody while police tried to deport him
Jean Masinga
suicide in detention centre Neuenburg Cernets (CH) following depression
Vasyl Balakin (26, man)
suicide, hanged himself from a scaffolding in Trieste (I) after he received expulsion order
Tarek Ben Abdelatif Refgui (27, man)
smashed his head when trying to land with a group in Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
died on a ship journey to Lampedusa (I)
N.N.
stowaways, died of hunger in container on Kenyan ship in Antwerpen (B)
N.N.
stowaways, died from inhaling insecticides in Ghanan ship in Saint-Malo (F)
M'Bicha
died in Brussels Airport (B) during expulsion procedure, suffocated with a pillow
Bouasrai Benothmane
thrown out of window during arrest in Algeria after deportation from Belgium
N.N.
stowaways, died on a Danish vessel because of poisonous gas
N.N. (men)
stowaways, died of poisonous gas in hold of cargo ship on way to Amsterdam (NL)
N.N.
killed, shot and buried by gendarmes, were caught crossing TR-Iran border at Baskale (TR)
N.N. (men; women; children)
drowned after international sinking by Greek captain of a vessel near Malta
Anpalagan Ganeshu (17)
drowned after international sinking by Greek captain of a vessel near Malta
P. Subramaniyam (35, woman)
died frozen and exhausted on CZ/D border near Eggersberg
Mustafa Diffalah
suicide by jumping out of window after refusal of residence permit in France
Alfa Biyao Sabi Touré (35, man)
suicide, hanged himself in JVA Lörrach (D) fearing deportation and persecution
Mohammed Sharkeri
suicide facing repatriation (S)
Senad Becirovic
suicide when ordered to leave Germany
N.N. (young men)
hit by train near Ventimiglia (I) while trying to walk to France on railway line
N.N. (man)
drowned in river Oder (D/PL) near Lebus
N.N.
found dead by police near Cádiz (E)
N.N.
found dead by police near Cádiz (E)
N.N.
found dead by police near Tánger (MA)
N.N.
drowned in Strait of Gibraltar when small boat sank
Mohamed Korrich
suicide by jumping out of train near Opicina (I), fearing deportation to Slovenia
Vijay Saini (man)
stowaway fell from weelbays, airplane landing in London (GB) from New Delhi (India)
Ahire Naruna Awaifo (25)
killed in demonstration in Guinea Bissau after expulsion from Spain
N.N. (36)
died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Menden (D)
N.N.
stowaway, drowned in Bay of the Seine river (F) after jumping from the ship
N.N.
drowned in river Oder (D/PL) near Frankfurt trying to cross the border
N.N.
stowaway, body found in the fuselage of an airplane in Frankfurt am Main (D)
N.N. (men)
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Görlitz
N.N.
shot dead while trying to enter country illegaly, Ceuta (E/MA)
N.N. (minor)
reportedly suicide, found dead in court of youth refugee centre in Berlin (D)
Ibrahim Demiri
drowned near Puglia (I) after fall off motor-boat pursued by customs/border police
N.N.
stowaway, found frozen to death in wheelbay on flight from Russia to Rome (I)
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Görlitz trying to cross the border
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Guben trying to cross the border
Lenley Nestor Yengnagueba
jumped from the window when immigration police rung at his door in Stockholm (S)
N.N. (32, man)
suicide, kills himself by shooting in Gelsenkirchen (D)
Metin Akbel
presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Germany to Turkey
Ivica Matic (34 )
stepped on mine after ‘voluntary’ deportation to Sarajevo from Germany
Mohammed Yaqoob (49, man)
denied for 7 month visa for medical care to GB, died 48 hours after being granted it
El Hassam Rizk
body found with many wounds on head in Cieza (E)
N.N.
stowaway, found suffocated in Coruña (E)
N.N.
found dead with many wounds, Aitona (E)
N.N.
suicide, hanged himself in Kassel prison (D)
Juri Palienko (49)
suicide in detention centre in Erding (D)
N.N.
suicide, hanged himself in Kassel prison (D)
Amir Salehi (man, 24)
suicide, set himself on fire in Crailo (NL) in fear of deportation, died in Beverwijk hospital
N.N.
died in a mine field near Alexandropolis (GR)
N.N.
died in a mine field when trying to cross the Turkish-Greek border
Reza Hashemy
died in mysterious circumstances after repatriation, as.claim refused by Dutch auth.
N.N. (18, 21, men)
fell to death in Altenberg (D) on flight from border control D-CZ
Victor Onag Hnor
suicide, jumped in the Havel/Berlin river (D) after threat of deportation
N.N.
died in suspicious circumstances in refugee centre Ter Apel (NL) fearing traffickers
Jude Akubakar (16)
drowned in Hamburg (D) fleeing from assumed policemen
Mohamed S.
suicide after Swedish authorities wanted to review his successful asylum claim
Yemu Kebede (27)
suicide, hanged himself in Hellersen hospital in Lüdenscheid (D)
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Sagar (Krauschwitz) trying to cross the border
N.N. (20)
suicide, died in fire in Kassel prison (D)
N.N.
drowned, body found by police near Cádiz (E)
N.N.
drowned, body found by police near Cádiz (E)
N.N.
drowned near San Amaro/Ceuta (E/MA) on his way to Andalusia
N.N.
drowned, found dead off the coast of Lampedusa (I)
Apedo Lossou-Gavo (man)
suicide, hanged himself in Landshut (D) after rejection of his asylum application
N.N.
drowned near Vieste (I) when two boats got into heavy sea
N.N.
suicide, hanged himself in Haarlem (NL) after asylum application was rejected
N.N. (men)
drowned, in stormy waters near Vieste (I)
N.N. (women)
drowned in stormy waters near Vieste (I)
N.N.
drowned in Le Havre (F) trying to embark on Canadian ship
Tatjana I. Kabakchieva
drowned in the river Oder (D/PL) trying to cross the border
N.N.
drowned, trying to cross the border in river Oder near Frankfurt an der Oder (D)
Abdellah E.K.
drowned near Barbate (E) after jumping overboard fearing police control
N.N.
drowned near Barbate (E) after jumping overboard fearing police control
Ibrahima Sey (29)
died after attack by CS-spray whilst handcuffed at police station London (GB)
N.N.
drowned after jumping from a cargo ship near Hamburg (D)
Noorjahan Begum (35, woman)
fell to death from balcony of her home trying to flee from immigration officers (GB)
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
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Postbus 413 NL-1000 AK Amsterdam phone +31-20-6834778, fax 31-20-6834582, info@unitedagainstracism.org, www.unitedagainstracism.org
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
11/03/96
1Albania ILM
02/03/96
1Sudan Diario de Noticias/IRR
29/02/96
4Liberia Egin
22/02/96
1 Ivory Coast taz/Morgengr./jW/ZAG
26/01/96
1Algeria Samora/Svenska Dagbladet/Statewatch
25/01/96
1 Kurdistan taz/Morgengr./ARI /ZAG
23/01/96
1 Sri Lanka Der Standard/SOS Mitm./Asylkoord.
22/01/96
1Nigeria CARF
18/01/96
1 Zaire IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG
18/01/96
1 Zaire IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG
18/01/96
1 Zaire IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG
18/01/96
1 Zaire/Germany IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG
18/01/96
1 Zaire/Germany IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG
18/01/96
1 Zaire IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG
18/01/96
1Angola IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG
18/01/96
1Angola IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG
18/01/96
1Libanon IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG
18/01/96
1Togo IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG
17/01/96
1Bosnia Dk
14/01/96
1Ghana Chris de Stoop
11/01/96
3 Iraq Ta Nea/MNS
09/01/96
1 India MNS
03/01/96
1 Kurdistan IRR/Libération
in Jan 96
1Albania IRR/ILM
28/12/95
2 Africa MNS/Le Soir/CRIDA report
17/12/95
1 Pakistan LausitzerR/TS/ND/FFM/LRBrand/ZAG
15/12/95
2Benin Le Soir/MNS
13/12/95
1 Kurdistan ZAG
01/12/95
2Albania VK/IRR/ILM/CDS/FECL/TL
01/12/95
17 Albania VK/IRR/ILM/CDS/FECL
30/11/95
19 Albania TL
19/11/95
1 Zaire Trouw/MNS
16/11/95
1Algeria BT-Drucksache/ZAG
09/11/95
1 Pakistan FFM/ZAG
08/11/95
1 New Zealand The Standard/IRR
05/11/95
1unknown ARI/ZAG
in Nov 95
1Armenia Asylkoordination Österreich
28/10/95
1Algeria CARF/IRR
25/10/95
2 Africa EP
25/10/95
1Bangladesh ZAG
24/10/95
1 Africa Le Monde/MNS
22/10/95
1 Ethiopia CARF/NCRM/IRR
07/10/95
1Algeria Le Monde/MNS
06/10/95
1 Ethiopia IMEDANA/ZAG
in Oct 95
4 Pakistan LausitzerR/TS/ND/FFM/LRBrand.
in Oct 95
2 Iran TAZ
24/09/95
1 Africa El Pueblo de Ceuta
19/09/95
3unknown Giuliano News Chronicle/ANSA
13/09/95
1unknown FFM/ZAG
13/09/95
4 Pakistan ANA
11/09/95
3Albania VK/taz/CDS/FECL/TL
11/09/95
12 Albania CDS/FECL/TL
29/08/95
2 Ghana/Chad ZAG
25/08/95
1 Sri Lanka CARF/IRR/Searchlight
25/08/95
1Poland taz/ZAG
22/08/95
1Morocco taz/ZAG
20/08/95
1Yugoslavia Reu/AP/AFP/Vk/Statewatch/IHFHR
16/08/95
1 Sri Lanka ZAG/Blackbox
16/08/95
1Nigeria TAZ/Morgengr./SZ/Pro asyl/ZAG
10/08/95
1Algeria El Pueblo de Ceuta
26/07/95
1Bosnia Berliner Zeitung/ZAG
20/07/95
1Morocco Libération/MNS
17/07/95
1 Afghanistan ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
N.N.
drowned while trying to cross the Straits of Otranto
N.N.
died while trying to evade port officials in Melilla (E/MA)
N.N.
drowned, forced to jump from Maltesian ship at Gran Canaria (E)
Jean-Baptiste Malan (33, man)
suicide in Murrhardt (D) fearing deportation on the same day
N.N. (19)
suicide, set fire to his bed, being kept in detention centre Bergen (N) longer than allowed
Enver Bolut (45)
suicide in Delmenhorst (D) fearing deportation
Thavalojan Kandasamy
suicide in detention centre/police prison Linz (A) fearing deportation
Mohammed Chetef
suicide in Norway, being held 9 months by police doubting his identity
Christelle Makodila Nsimba (6)
died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (D)
Christine Makodila (19, woman)
died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (D)
Françoise Makodila Landu (27,w)
died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (D)
Jean-Daniel Makodila Kosi (1)
died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (D)
Legrand Makodila Mbongo (4)
died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (D)
Miya Makodila (12)
died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (D)
Monica Maiamba Bungo (27, w)
died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (D)
Nsuzana Bunga (6, girl)
died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (D)
Rabia el Omari (17, man)
died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (D)
Sylvio Bruno C. Amossou (27,m)
died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (D)
Igor Horvat
suicide, found hanged in Den Bosch prison (NL)
Peter Q.
died after 3 months coma following a police interrogation in Antwerp (B)
N.N. (1 woman; 2 minors)
drowned after being thrown out of a Turkish boat near Island Kos (GR)
N.N.
died in a forest near Varena while trying to enter Lithuania (LT)
A Yhan (man)
suicide, hanged himself after refusal of asylum application in France
N.N.
drowned near Valona (I) when small boat had problems in bad weather
N.N.
stowaways found dead when the boat reached the port of Antwerp (B)
Naeen Akram (24, man)
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Bahren-Zelz
N.N.
Found dead in german cargo ship in Antwerp (B)
Necmettin T. (17, man)
suicide, set himself on fire in Hamburg (D), his application for asylum was rejected
N.N.
drowned after boat capsized near Santa Cesarea Terme (I)
N.N.
missing after boat capsized near Santa Cesarea (I)
N.N.
drowned after dinghy sank off the Italian coast in Strait of Otranto (I)
N.N.
died after jumping from an apartment building to avoid arrest by aliens police (NL)
N.N. (24, man)
suicide, hanged himself in prison Dresden (D) fearing deportation a week later
Masut Iqubal (24, man)
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Podrosche
N.N.
died falling from a ferry in Harwich (GB) after immigration was refused
Esser F. (35, man)
suicide, hanged himself in prison Holstenglacis/Hamburg (D) for fear of deportation
Garim Fokassian
suicide after refusal of asylum in Wien (A)
Djemal Flissa
died from weakness after hunger strike and being deported (GB)
N.N.
one drowned, one disappeared near Gibraltar, when small boat capsized
N.N. (16, boy)
mortally hit by car in Regensburg (D), abandoned by smugglers at night
N.N.
drowned in the canal of Saint-Denis (F) when fleeing from police check
Bayeh Arefayne (19, man)
suicide, set himself on fire after asylum application was rejected, London (GB)
N.N. (23)
fell to death when trying to escape from detention centre in Paris
Solomon Mersha Mergia (32, m)
committed suicide by drowning himself in Rhein-Main-Donau Kanal in Bamberg (D)
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL)
N.N. (men)
asylum seekers deported from Turkey, killed after arriving in Iran
N.N. (man)
drowned near Ceuta (E/MA) to where he tried to flee
N.N.
drowned after jumping from ship, body found in the gulf of La Spezia (I)
N.N.
drowned in river Oder (D/PL) near Brieskow-Frinkenheerd
N.N.
killed in a minefield near Kastanies (GR) near Turkish border
N.N.
drowned, dinghy caught fire and capsized in Strait of Otranto (I)
N.N.
reportedly drowned, dinghy caught fire and capsized in Strait of Otranto (I)
N.N.
died in arson attack in Ulm (D)
Muttavel Vasananthan (25, man)
suicide, hanged himself in Norwich prison (GB), was a Tamil asylum-seeker
N.N. (60, man)
suicide, hanged himself in deportation centre in Frankfurt/Main (D)
N.N. (21, man)
suicide, hanged himself in deportation centre in Frankfurt/Main (D)
Todor Bogdanovic (8, boy)
Roma shot by French police when entering from Italy on a mountain way
Selliah Jeyakularajah (35, man)
suicide, climbed to the electricity pole and touched the electricity cable in Görisried (D)
Louis I. (29, man)
suicide, hanged himself in Wolfenbüttel (D) detention centre, fearing deportation
Djouabi Azzeddine
drowned near Angulo (E) or murdered while trying to escape deportation
N.N. (36, man)
suicide, jumped from a window of his accomodation on the 6th floor in Berlin (D)
N.N. (man)
found dehydrated in Castres (F) in a Spanish vehicle coming from Tanger
Abdullah A. (man)
found strangled in refugee centre Trausnitzstrasse in München (D), reportedly suicide
Chandima Endirisinghe
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Chinteka Silva
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Haridar Kuman
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Jaya Kumar F. Pulle
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Manoj Arizrathan
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Ormandas
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Pradeepan
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Prince Fernando
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Raja Dhama
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Rames Sobramanium
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Rilwan Abdul Salam
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Sitrambalam V. Murthy
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Siwa Loganathan
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Sumanasena
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Tennekoon
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Tusara Fernando
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
Ukkuwa Malkanthi
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
15/07/95
1 Sri Lanka Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG
14/07/95
1unknown FFM/ZAG
08/07/95
1Peru Libération/MNS
in Jul 95
1Tunisia CARF/IRR/Searchlight
in Jul 95
1Morocco ELM/EP/IRR
in Jul 95
2Morocco ELM/EP/IRR
26/06/95
1 Kurdistan taz/DPA/MNS/ZAG
22/06/95
1Lebanon ARI
17/06/95
1 Iraq CEAR/Spanish authorities
17/06/95
1 Iraq CEAR/Spanish authorities
17/06/95
1 Vietnam jW/BeZe/Was geht ab?/ZAG
14/06/95
1 Sri Lanka Egin/Diario Vasco
13/06/95
1Sudan Pro Asyl/ZAG
11/06/95
1 Zaire FR-SA/ADN/DPA/Pro asyl/ZAG
07/06/95
1unknown FFM/ZAG
03/06/95
1unknown FFM/ZAG
in Jun 95
1Morocco CARF/IRR/Searchlight
in Jun 95
1Romania Aktion Zuflucht/ZAG
in Jun 95
1unknown ZDF/ZAG
27/05/95
1unknown FFM/ZAG
19/05/95
1 India ESG/Pro Asyl/taz/SZ/BT-Drucks./IMEDANA/ZAG
09/05/95
1unknown FFM/LRBrand/ZAG
in May 95
1 Zaire CARF/IRR/Searchlight
01/05/95
1Morocco CARF/IRR/Searchlight
30/04/95
1unknown FFM/ZAG
28/04/95
1unknown TA/Arbeitsstelle für Asylfr.
17/04/95
1 Kurdistan ESG/ARI/SZ/IMEDANA/ZAG
17/04/95
1 Iran Parool/MNS
08/04/95
1Togo taz/Hamburger Abendblatt/ZAG
29/03/95
1Albania Trouw
28/03/95
2unknown VK
20/03/95
1Morocco SOS
12/03/95
1Morocco taz/JW/FR/Konkret/pro asyl/ZAG
09/03/95
1 Ivory Coast Libération
07/03/95
1unknown EP/Egin/Diario/Statewatch
06/03/95
1Liberia EP/Egin/Diario/Statewatch
06/03/95
1unknown EP/Egin/Diario/Statewatch
in Mar 95
1unknown CARF/IRR/Searchlight
26/02/95
1 Ethiopia taz/SZ/AN/ESG/ProAsyl/ZAG
26/02/95
1Albania Libération/MNS
13/02/95
1Mongolia FARR
10/02/95
1Gambia CARF/IRR/Searchlight
09/02/95
1 Ethiopia Morgengr./AN/ESG/ZAG/Blackbox
09/02/95
1 Ethiopia Morgengr./AN/ESG/ZAG/Blackbox
02/02/95
1Liberia Was geht ab?/IRR/ZAG
in Feb 95
1 Latvia Independent/NCRM/IRR
in Feb 95
1 Latvia Independent/NCRM/IRR
21/01/95
1Turkey
Infobrief ASYL /GSA Pirna/ZAG/PrivateSource/LaDep
20/01/95
1Algeria JW/Was geht ab?/Morgengr./ProAsyl/ZAG
17/01/95
2Ghana CARF/MNS
in Jan 95
1 Sri Lanka CARF/IRR/Searchlight
in Jan 95
1Algeria CARF/IRR/Searchlight
15/01/95
1 Zaire PRIME
08/01/95
3Serbia GuardianUn/taz/ARI/ZAG
08/01/95
1Serbia GuardianUn/taz/ARI/ZAG
04/01/95
2Kosovo Konkret/ZAG
01/01/95
1Morocco CARF/IRR/Searchlight
in 1995
1 Ivory Coast ZAG
28/12/94
1 Dominican Republic Egin
23/12/94
1Guinea Egin
16/12/94
1Nigeria Independent/MNS/Searchlight/1990/NCRM
16/12/94
1unknown FECL
in Dec 94
1 Iraq MNS
01/12/94
1 Sri Lanka Arbeitsst. Asylfragen/TA
29/11/94
4Algeria Le Monde/MNS/de Stoop
17/11/94
9Rwanda Ta Nea
in Nov 94
1Algeria ARI
26/10/94
1Albania MNS
23/10/94
1Nigeria GuardianUn./IRR/MNS/Indep./CARF/NCADC/NCRM
18/10/94
2 Kurdistan TL
16/10/94
1Morocco Pro Asyl/SZ/ZAG
12/10/94
2Albania MNS/FECL/TL
12/10/94
10 Albania MNS/FECL/TL
12/10/94
1Albania TL
06/10/94
1 Sri Lanka ARI /ZAG
01/10/94
2Morocco ILM/IRR
30/09/94
2Morocco MNS
28/09/94
1Kosovo taz/Jelpke/CARF/ZDF/ARD/Berliner Ztg.
28/09/94
1Kosovo taz/Jelpke/CARF/ZDF/ARD/Berliner Ztg.
27/09/94
2Bosnia ZDF/BGS/German Government/ZAG
Vasu
suffocated in a sealed trailer in Györ (Hungary)
N.N.
drowned in river Oder (D/PL) near Eisenhüttenstadt
N.N. (woman)
killed by train in Menton (French Alpes) walking on the railway to Italy
Habib Hammouda
died after racist attack ignored by staff of the hospital in Ragusa (I)
Mohamed Bezgour
drowned after being thrown overboard by smugglers in Marbella (E)
N.N.
drowned when the boat capsized near Tarifa (E)
Celal Akan (36, man)
died by liver disorder in Celle (D) after refusal of operation costs
Eisam Chandin (9)
died from smoke poisoning after arson attack on refugee home in Bochum (D)
Dalb Abad
stowaway, reportedly drowned (E) after being forced to leave a Cypriot ship
Majar Abrahem
stowaway, reportedly drowned (E) after being forced to leave a Cypriot ship
Vo Xuan Cuong (38, man)
driven to death by police hounding against black marketeers in Berlin
Suppiah Selvarajah (man)
suffocated when the shanty that he was living caught fire in Madrid (E)
Moses Ganaja (30, man)
suicide, hanged himself in the deportation centre in Halle (D)
Kondeca Dealmeda (30, man)
(Mapasi Jeancy) suicide, hanged himself for fear of deportation in det. c. Volkstedt (D)
N.N.
drowned in the river Neisse (D/PL) near Lodenau
N.N.
drowned in river Oder (D/PL) near Brieskow-Frinkenheerd
Khalid Moufaghid
drowned in the river in Murazzi (I) after being beaten up by club bouncers
Mrs. Rostas
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL)
N.N. (minor)
drowned in river Oder (D/PL)as it’s mother tried to cross the river and tied it onto her waist
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Hohenwutzen
Jaswant Singh (33, man)
suicide, hanged himself for fear of deportation in Regensburg (D)
N.N.
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Görlitz
N.N. (baby)
died in labour when doctor refused help at first aid station near Caserta (I)
Brahim Bouraam
drowned in Seine after being caught by skinheads in a FN rally (F)
N.N.
drowned in river Oder (D/PL) near Aurith
N.N.
found dead at the Swiss mountain Monte Capriano (CH)
Ahmed Polap (23, man)
suicide by jumping under train, fearing deportation in München (D)
N.N.
suicide in asylum centre Haarlem (NL)
Kassimou-Djibril Ouro-D.T. (27)
suicide, hanged himself with a blanket in fear of deportation in a prison in Hamburg (D)
N.N.
shot dead by Greece border control when entering from Albania
N.N. (men)
stowaways, bodies found in a Romanian ship in seaport Amsterdam (NL)
N.N.
drowned, after jumping into water after being discovered by Spanish police
EL Kadaoui (22)
suicide, waiting for deportation in a youth prison in Wiesbaden (D)
N.N.
drowned stowaway in Le Havre (F), being sent back by French police
N.N.
suffocated stowaway in Valencia (E), found on ship from Ivory Coast
unknown
suffocated stowaway in Valencia (E), body found on ship from Ivory Coast
N.N.
suffocated stowaway in Valencia (E), body found on ship from Ivory Coast
N.N. (baby)
died after doctors refused free help at the hospital near Rome (I)
Abiyou Tilaye (37, man)
suicide in detention centre Würzburg (D)
N.N.
shot by a policeman near Florina (GR) when 11 Albanians were arrested
Bat Bold
died in Löwenströmska hospital, Stockholm (S) after felt ill in detention centre and was not given appropriate health care attention
N.N.
asylum-seeker stabbed to death in Hamburg-Bremen train (D)
Yohannes Alemu (27, man)
suicide, jumped in Donau river for fear of deportation in Regensburg (D)
Yohannes Alemu (27, man)
suicide, jumped in Donau river for fear of deportation in Regensburg (D)
Sammy Nelson (26, man)
beaten to death by police during blitz operation in container camp in München (D)
Valentina Featherstone
suicide fearing the deportation of her mother in County Durham (GB)
Zinaida Mitzofanova
suicide fearing deportation in County Durham (GB)
Kazim Kustul (23, man)
frozen to death in Rehefelde/Erzgebirge (D) on his flight via Czech rep. to Germany
Amar M. Tair (26, man)
suicide, hanged in det. cen. in Wittlich (D) after interview with DZ Consulate 2 days before
N.N. (men)
stowaways, found poisoned by pesticides in a cargo ship in St. Malo (F)
Gnanasegaram Selvarajah
died after racist attack ignored by staff of the hospital in Palermo (I)
N.N.
asylum-seeker, psychiatric patient, beaten to death in Amersfoort (NL)
Papie Mukuna
suicide, fearing deportation in asylum centre Den Helder (NL)
N.N. (children)
died in a fire caused by arson attack in refugee centre in Mellendorf near Hannover (D)
N.N. (27, woman)
died in a fire caused by arson attack in refugee centre in Mellendorf near Hannover (D)
N.N. (2, 4, girls)
died in a fire in a refugee centre in Zell im Wiesental (D)
Akim Mama (man)
suicide, hanged himself awaiting deportation in police headquarter in Paris (F)
Mathias Zohere (man)
suicide, hanged himself in Ivory Coast prison, after asylum claim was rejected in Germany
M.D.D. (woman)
suicide fearing expulsion in Bilbao (E)
Mamoudu (27)
stowaway, body found locked in a cabin on ship in Santurtzi (E), travelled RUS/D/B
Shiji Lapite
suffocated by a neck lock during his arrest by London policemen (GB)
N.N.
died on one of three rubber rafts with 63 refugees in Baltic sea, near Gotland (S)
N.N.
62 refugees arrived in Gotland island, 1 Iraqi refugee died during the voyage
Jeyakumar R.
suicide in St. Gallen (CH) in fear of deportation
N.N.
stowaways, drowned after jump into the Seine river (F) when discovered in Le Havre
N.N.
drowned when two Turkish boats carrying them sank near Pserimos (GR)
Moussa Touibregueba
presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Frankfurt (D) to Algeria
N.N.
drowned after capsizing of boat with 17 refugees in the Adriatic Sea
Joseph Nnalue (31)
died falling from 4th floor in London (GB) during immigration control raid
N.N. (babies)
found dead near Cesine-Otranto (I) after shipwreck
Abdullah J. (35, man)
suicide, hanged himself with tshirt in prison in Ludwigsburg (D) in fear of deportation
N.N. (women)
drowned after capsizing of 2 boats in the Channel of Otranto (I)
N.N.
missing after sinking of 2 boats in the Channel of Otranto (I)
N.N. (minor)
reportedly drowned after boat capsized in the Channel of Otranto (I)
N.N. (man)
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Gross-Gastrose
N.N.
drowned in the Mediterranean Sea before reaching Pantelleria (Italy)
N.N.
missed, after capsizing of boat with 30 refugees near Pantelleria (I)
Romni Bukurjie Haliti (23, w)
Roma, died in a fire caused by arson attack in a refugee camp in Herford (D)
Navgim Haliti (11, boy)
Roma, died in a fire caused by arson attack in a refugee camp in Herford (D)
N.N. (±70, man; woman)
fell to death during trip to reach their daughter in mountains in Bayerischzell/Alpes (D)
Deaths are listed if they can be attributed to the fatal policies of "Fortress Europe"
(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
Death by Policy - Time for Change!
Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, listofdeaths@unitedagainstracism.org, Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths
UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees
Postbus 413 NL-1000 AK Amsterdam phone +31-20-6834778, fax 31-20-6834582, info@unitedagainstracism.org, www.unitedagainstracism.org
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
04/09/94
1 Sri Lanka ARI/Morgengr./ZAG
04/09/94
1 Sri Lanka ARI/Morgengr./ZAG
04/09/94
1 Sri Lanka ARI/Morgengr./ZAG
04/09/94
1 Sri Lanka ARI/Morgengr./ZAG
04/09/94
1 Sri Lanka ARI/Morgengr./ZAG
04/09/94
1 Sri Lanka ARI/Morgengr./ZAG
04/09/94
1 Sri Lanka ARI/Morgengr./ZAG
04/09/94
1 Sri Lanka ZAG
30/08/94
1Nigeria taz/pro asyl/IRR/Statewatch/NCADC/VRF/ZAG/Blackbox
25/08/94
1Nepal ARI/BGS/ZAG
23/08/94
1Algeria ARI/BGS
22/08/94
1unknown ARI/BGS/ZAG
21/08/94
2Kosovo Svenska Dagbladet/MNS
13/08/94
1Morocco Le Soir/MNS
in Aug 94
1Bosnia ZAG
25/07/94
1 Croatia Jelpke/ZAG
25/07/94
1Yugoslavia ZAG
18/07/94
1Morocco Egin
09/07/94
1Angola taz/ZAG
03/07/94
1 Sri Lanka taz/ProAsyl/ARI/Stern/ZAG
03/07/94
1 Iran wib/FR Nie-Sa/ZAG
30/06/94
1 Kurdistan ZAG
29/06/94
1Algeria ProAsyl/ARI/ZAG
29/06/94
1 Kurdistan KlaroFix/ZAG
22/06/94
1unknown ARI
15/06/94
1Romania ARI/ZAG
02/06/94
1China ProAsyl/OL/CARF/ZAG
in Jun 94
1Macedonia AD/MNS
29/05/94
1 India ProAsyl/OL/ZAG
24/05/94
1unknown ARI/BGS/ZAG
09/05/94
1Algeria ARI/Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Justiz
07/05/94
7unknown Diario Vasco
05/05/94
1Ghana Pro Asyl/ESG/ZAG/Blackbox
in May 94
1Turkey CARF
27/04/94
1 Zimbabwe IRR/MNS/Voice
25/04/94
1Romania ARI/BGS/ZAG
20/04/94
1Albania Konkret/ZAG
in Apr 94
1Angola UNHCR
in Apr 94
1 Africa/Ghana MNS/Libération/Le Nouveau Quotidien
22/03/94
1unknown ARI/BGS/ZAG
16/03/94
1Kosovo taz/CARF/IRR/ZAG
12/03/94
1Bosnia ARI/ZAG
11/03/94
1unknown ARI/BGS/ZAG
25/02/94
1Romania ARI/ZAG
07/02/94
1Bosnia ARI/ZAG
in Feb 94
5 Kurdistan ILM/IRR
01/02/94
1 Zaire OL/ZAG
31/01/94
1Nigeria Diario Vasco
27/01/94
1 Vietnam IRR/CARF/ESG/SP/FR-NRW/ProAsyl/ZAG
in Jan 94
4Romania de Stoop/IRR
in Jan 94
1Syria CARF
in 1994
1 Kurdistan Il Manifesto/IRR Race Audit
in 1994
2Romania de Stoop
in 1994
1Bosnia GuardianUn./Statewatch/IRR
in 1994
1Romania
Spiegel/Offene Grenzen-Offene Menschen/SZ
in 1994
4unknown ZDF/Hungarian authorities
in 1994
2Rwanda Eleftherotipra/MNS
in 1994
1Peru ZAG
in 1994
1unknown ZAG
25/12/93
1Sudan ProAsyl/taz/SP/WIB/FR-NRW/ZAG
25/12/93
1Turkey CARF/ZAG
11/12/93
1Gabon Libération
08/12/93
1Liberia ESG/OL/CARF/ProAsyl/ZAG
in Dec 93
1Yugoslavia CARF
23/11/93
1Turkey ARI
12/11/93
1Yugoslavia ARI/ZAG
10/11/93
1Romania IMEDANA/OL/ZAG
25/10/93
1 Ethiopia Diakonie Seelow/Büro für Asylfragen/ZAG
15/10/93
1Angola ProAsyl/OL/ZAG
in Oct 93
1 Kurdistan Caritas/DAZ
10/09/93
1Macedonia TA/OAZ
02/09/93
2unknown ZAG
in Sep 93
1 Zaire CARF
15/08/93
1Angola MNS
09/08/93
1Lebanon ZAG
01/08/93
1Jamaica IRR/MNS/Times/Independent/Statewatch/NCADC/BBC/Blackbox
23/07/93
1 Palestine CARF/AR InfoNetw/taz/ZAG
17/06/93
1 Kurdistan CARF/Konkret/ZAG
10/06/93
1Mozambique ZAG
26/05/93
1 Eritrea CARF/ZAG
Lampo. Kanapathippillai
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Zasieki
Mosses Raian
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Zasieki
Pava Sathiarathi
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Zasieki
Sellaiah Subathira
missing, reportedly drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Zasieki
Sutharsan Kanthasamy
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Zasieki
Thevek Pathmanathan
missing, reportedly drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Zasieki
Alosies Jeyaratnam
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Zasieki
Arunagiri Rasaiah
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Zasieki
Kola Bankole (30, man)
died at Frankfurt airport during deportation to Nigeria after he was gagged and then sedated
N.N. (man)
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Forst
N.N. (man)
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Guben
N.N. (man)
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Guben
N.N. (minors)
froze to death near Swedish refugee camp, after police refused efficient search
N.N. (20, man)
reaching Antwerpen (B) as stowaway, drowned while trying to escape
N.N.
suicide in Gelsenkirchen (D) after refusal of his move to his relatives
N.N. (man)
suicide, in police station in Bayern (D) 2 days before the planned deportation
J.K. (man)
suicide, hanged himself in the hospital of Wasserburg am Inn in Germany
Mohamed F. B. (14, boy)
drowned, after falling into the water while climbing a ship to Spain Transmed.-Line
Gabriel Juliao Mavonda (21, m)
suicide, jumped off a building scaffold for fear of deportation in Berlin (D)
Sinathamby Mohanadas (26, m)
suicide, hanged himself in the forest for fear of deportation in Hattorf (D)
N.N. (man)
suicide, hanged himself in JVA Bützow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (D)
Halim Dener (17, man)
shot to death by an of duty policeman while hanging ERNK posters in Hannover (D)
Moussa Daoudi (28, man)
suicide, jumped out of the window in det. centre in Homberg (D) after asylum was rejected
N.N. (19, man)
suicide, hanged himself in penal institution in Vechta (D) for fear of deportation
Mohamed Badaoui (9)
died from smoke poisoning after arson attack on refugee centre in Bochum (D)
N.N. (19, man)
shot in the head by policeman in Kyritz (D)
Zhou Zhe Gun (43, man)
suicide, strangled himself in det. centre Volkstedt (D) after asylum application was rejected
N.N.
tortured to death in Macedonia after his expulsion from the Netherlands
Kuldeep Singh (man)
killed by the Indian airport police in New Delhi 2 days after deportation from Germany
N.N. (man)
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Görlitz
N.N. (20, man)
suicide, died of injuries after a fire in his cell in deportation prison in Dresden (D)
N.N.
drowned when small boat capsized near Malabate/Ceuta (E/MA)
Owusu Mensa (26, man)
suicide, hanged himself with towels in detention centre of Stadelheim in München(D)
N.N.
threatened with deportation, found hanged in police station Hengelo/NL
Kwanele Eldah Siziba (27, w)
fell to death in London Borough of Islington (GB) when she fled from police, fearing deportation
N.N. (woman)
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Rothenburg trying to cross the border
N.N. (40, man)
died in fire caused by arson attack in refugee centre Gieboldehausen (D)
N.N.
died jumping from a train near Čierna nad Tisou (SK) during deportation
N.N.
stowaway beaten to death and thrown overboard by Danish crew near Ghana
N.N. (man)
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Guben
N.N. (22, man)
shot in his head by police near Bad Endorf (D) after chasing his car, he was asylum seeker
Jasminka (11, girl)
died after arson attack against her Roma family on refugee centre in Humboldt-Gremberg (D)
N.N. (man)
drowned in river Neisse (D/PL) near Zittau
N.N. (18, man)
shot in his back by policeman near Trebnitz (D) during car inspection
Raina Jovanovic (61, woman)
died after arson attack against her Roma family on refugee centre in Humboldt-Gremberg (D)
N.N.
missing, reportedly drowned in the Mediterranean Sea before reaching Italy
N.N. (man)
stowaway, drowned, thrown overboard by the crew of a German cargo ship
Okwudiliri Collins
stowaway, died 'falling' from the Russian ship 'Sovetstivk Hudozhuik' near Tanger (MA)
Son Ha Hoang (25, man)
suicide in München-Ramersdorf (D) set himself on fire after his asylum claim was rejected
N.N.
stowaways, suffocated in container in Felixstowe (GB)
N.N.
suicide in hospital (Norway) after waiting 2 years for asylum decision
N.N. (baby)
run over by a car in the dark after having reached the Italian beach
N.N.
drowned when trying to escape detention centre Fort Walem (B)
Lejla Ibrahimovic (woman)
suicide after refusal from British Home Office to give a visa to her husband
N.N.
smashed by trash collector when hidden in container in Niesky (D)
N.N.
drowned in Danube near Hungarian-Austrian border
N.N.
drowned stowaways, thrown overboard by Dutch ship captain on the way to Greece
N.N.
suicide during border police arrest by jumping out of train near Freiburg (D) on way to Basel
N.N.
suicide for fear of detention in Türingen (D)
Emanuel Thomas Tout (23, man)
died because of injuries from suicide attempt in detention centre Herne (D)
N.N. (man)
died due arson attack on refugee centre in Kaltenkirchen (D)
Ignace Mabassa
died lacking medical care in prison for 'illegals' Bois-d'Arcy (F)
Emmanuel Ehi O. Omah (23,m)
suicide, hanged himself in detention centre Regensburg (D) for fear of deportation
N.N.
suicide by jumping into the sea at detention centre Hellevoetsluis (NL)
Haydar Kaya
Kurd, reportedly dead, missing after being deported from München (D) to Turkey
N.N. (2, boy)
died of fume poisoning after fire in asylum seeker centre in Bad Waldsee (D)
Mihail Bunja (23, man)
frozen to death after jumped out train in Schwandorf (D) escaping control and deportation
N.N. (man)
suicide for fear of deportation in Diedersdorf (D)
Massivi Daniel Lobez (27, man)
suicide, hanged himself in detention centre in Trier (D)
N.N.
deportation from Switzerland, murdered by militiamen in Turkey
N.N. (man)
drowned in Rhine while trying to cross the border from Austria to Switzerland
N.N. (man, woman)
jumped out of window to escape fire in asylumseekers centre in Biberach (D)
André Nkala (23)
drowned in river Seine (F) while fleeing from police during residence check
N.N.
drowned in a river in Paris trying to avoid a police identity check
N.N. (2)
died in fire, caused by overheating of bedroom in a refugee centre in Emstek (D)
Joy Gardner (40, woman)
died of brain damage after struggle with immigration/deportat. officials in London/GB
Nazmieh Chahrour (23, woman)
suicide in prison in Berlin (D) after being told she would be deported
Abdi Atalan (41, man)
shot by Nazis in front of a refugee hostel in Dülmen (D)
N.N. (man)
injured during a fire in the refugee centre he lived at in Dresden (D), died the next day
N.N. (1)
died in suspected fascist arson attack in Heppenheim in Hessen (D)
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List of 33.305 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of Fortress Europe
Documentation as at 15 June 2017 by UNITED
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found dead
number
name region of origin cause of death source
N.N. (1 small child)
2 bodies found, 28 missing, drowned or trampled in panic, when boat sank off Libya
26/05/93
1 Eritrea CARF/ZAG
26/05/93
1 Eritrea CARF/ZAG
06/05/93
1Poland Wib/FR-NieSa/FR/ProAsyl/ZAG
01/05/93
1 Ethiopia taz/ProAsyl/ZAG
23/04/93
1Senegal IRR/CARF/ZAG
07/04/93
1 Zaire Le Monde/MNS
01/04/93
2Albania TA/NZZ
23/03/93
1 Afghanistan ARI
20/03/93
1Albania TA/DAZ/NZZ
16/03/93
1Turkey IRR
03/03/93
1Turkey WIB/FR-NieSa/ZAG
26/01/93
1 Sri Lanka Asylkoordination Austria/SP
26/01/93
2 Sri Lanka Asylkoordination Austria/SP
26/01/93
1 Sri Lanka Asylkoordination Austria/SP
26/01/93
1 Sri Lanka Asylkoordination Austria/SP
21/01/93
1Romania taz/Konkret/jW/ZAG
20/01/93
1Kenia ARI/ZAG
04/01/93
1Ghana IRR/CARF/ESG/ZAG
in 1993
1 Iran Asylkoordination Austria
in 1993
3unknown Jelpke/Interior Ministry Germany
in 1993
1Yugoslavia Jelpke/Interior Ministry Germany
in 1993
1 Zaire CARF
01/01/93
1Liberia Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeit.
01/01/93
11 Albania CDS/MNS/TL
01/01/93
2Romania ZAG
TOTAL
33305
N.N. (2)
died in suspected fascist arson attack in Heppenheim (D)
N.N. (4)
died in suspected fascist arson attack in Heppenheim (D)
Miroslawa Kolodziejska (59, w)
suffocated by border police at Frankfurt/Main (D) airport with some cloths
Yilma Wondwossen B. (31, man)
suicide, drowned Teltowkanal’s Berlin (D) after rejection of asylum application
N.N. (25, man)
asylum-seeker was found hanged in a police cell in Eislingen (D) for fear of deportation
N.N.
shot at point blank range during interrogation in police station in Paris (F)
N.N. (28, 35)
killed by train in Balerna (Swiss Alpes) walking on the railway to CH
N.N. (27, man)
suicide, jumped out of window of refugee centre (D)
N.N. (22)
killed by train in Coldrerio (Swiss Alpes) walking on the railway that goes from I to CH
Turan Pekoz (43, man)
suicide by setting fire to himself at Immigration Office Croydon (GB)
N.N. (man)
committed suicide in penal institution Dinslaken (D)
Bush Bacuma
suffocated in bus compartment near Wien (A)
N.N.
suffocated in bus compartment near Wien (A)
Pieris
suffocated in bus compartment near Wien (A)
Wasantha di Barrova
suffocated in bus compartment near Wien (A)
Lorin Radu (21)
shot in front of the police station of Stassfurt in Sachsen-Anhalt (D) when tried to escape
Robert Karandja-Kouria (39)
suicide, jumped in front of metro in München (D) asylum application was rejected
Kwaku Agyei (man)
suicide in Moosach near München (D) after being told he was to be deported
Jaffarzadeh
died after deportation from Austria in the Evin-prison in Teheran
N.N.
drowned in the river Oder/Neisse (D/PL) trying to cross the border
N.N.
body found at the border Germany/Austria/Czech Rep.
Kimpua Nsimba (24, man)
suicide, found hanged at Harmondsworth detention centre (GB) 5 days after arrival
Gerry Johnson
died of exhaustion/exposure, found in rail container in Feldkirch (A)
N.N.
drowned after their boat hit a cliff in the Channel of Otranto (South Adriatic)
N.N. (25, man; 18, woman)
died because of an arson attack in a refugee camp in Baden-Wüttemberg (D)
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(border closure, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policy, deportations, carrier sanctions…)
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Abbreviations
suicide Committed suicide
under train Jumped in front of a train
jumped out Jumped out of ....
frozen Froze to dead
minefield Died in a minefield
poisoned Poisoned him/herself
hungerstrike Died of hungerstrike
hanged Hanged him/herself
starvation Died of starvation/ dehydration / hypothermia
plane Stowaway on plane
truck/car Stowaway in car or truck
boat Stowaway on boat
train Stowaway in train
suffocated Died of suffocation
drowned Drowned
no medical treat Was refused medical help
trafficking Trafficking
murdered Murdered
car accident Died in car accident
arson attack Arson attack
frontier police Frontier police
police custody Death in police custody
put on fire Set him/herself a fire
deportation Died during deportation
in detention Died in detention centre
in prison Died in prison
asylum/refugee center Died in asylum/refugee center
immigration police Killed by immigration police
Crossing border Died trying to cross a border
self organised Self organised
stowaway Stowaway
Shortcut SOURCES Website
762 762-antifa, website (D) ttp://762-antifa.org
18Des 18 Desembre Collective http://18desembrebcn.blogspot.com/
20ME 20 minutes.es, Newspaper (E) http://www.20minutos.es/
20Mf 20 minutes.fr, Newspaper (F) http://www.20minutes.fr
21Miles Twenty One Miles, blog (B, NL, F) https://network23.org/twentyonemiles/
24h 24 heures, online news (CH) http://www.24heures.ch/
4wardUK 4wardever UK, website (GB) http://4wardeveruk.org/
7sur7be 7 Sur 7, Broadcast (B) http://www.7sur7.be
ABC ABC, Newspaper (E) http://www.abc.es
AC Autonoom Centrum, NGO (NL) http://www.autonoomcentrum.nl
Ach Achourouk, Newspaper (TN) http://www.alchourouk.com/
ACN Agencia Canaria de Noticias, Canarian Press (E) http://www.acnpress.com
Acoge Acoge, NGO http://www.acoge.org
AD Algemeen Dagblad, Newspaper (NL) http://www.ad.nl
ADN Allgemeine Deutsche Nachrichten Agentur, News Agency (D) http://deutsche-nachrichten-agentur.de
adn adn diario, Newspaper on line (E) http://diarioadn.com
AdnE ADN Spain, Newspaper
AdnK AdnKronos IGN, Press Agency (I) http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/hp/
aduc Trouw, Newspaper (NL) http://www.trouw.nl/
ADUC Associazione per i diritti degli utenti e dei consumatori (I) www.aduc.it/dyn/
AEDH Association Européenne pour la défense des Droits de l’Homme, NGO (F) http://www.aedh.eu/
AFFIT Affari Italiani, newspaper on line (I) www.http://canali.libero.it/affaritaliani/
AFP Agence France Press, News Agency (NL) http://www.afp.com
Afr.Courier The African Courier, Magazine (Africa) http://www.theafricancourier.de/
Africa-News African News, Online News (I) http://africa-news.eu
AfricanPO African Press Organization (Senegal) http://www.apo-opa.com/contact.php
Afrik Afrik http://www.afrik.com
Aftenposten Aftenposten, newspaper (Norway) www.aftenposten.no
AFVIC Amis Familles des Victimes de l'Immigration Clandestine, NGO (Morocco) http://programme_migrants@yahoo.fr
AG3F Antirassistische Gruppe für freies Fluten, NGO (D) http://www.aktivgegenabschiebung.de
Age Agelioforos, Newspaper (GR) http://www.agelioforos.gr/
AHDA Association for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa, NGO (A) http://www.european-refugee-fund.org
AI Amnesty International, NGO http://www.amnesty.org
Aid Amnesty International Germany, NGO (D) http://www2.amnesty.de
aida Asylum Information Database (EU) http://www.asylumineurope.org
AIM Alternative Information Network, NGO (CH) http://www.aimpress.ch
AKIN Aktuelle Informationen, Magazine (A) http://akin.mediaweb.at
Aktion Zuflucht Büro Antirassistischer Initiativen / Aktion Zuflucht, NGO (D)
Alahram Ahram Online (EG) http://english.ahram.org.eg/
AlArabia Al Alarabiya News http://english.alarabiya.net/
AlgerieMonde Algerie-Monde Media (DZ) www.Algerie-Monde.com
Alicenews ALICE News, Media (I) http://notizie.alice.it
Aljazeera Aljazeera, Media, (Arabia) http://english.aljazeera.net
allAfrica allAfrica Global Media, Foundation (USA) http://allafrica.com
AlleBleiben Network of NGOs defending Roma rights (Germany) www.alle-bleiben.info
AllWAfrica All West Africa, Online news (Africa) www.allwestafrica.com
AmsStadsblad Amsterdams Stadsblad, Newspaper (NL) http://www.argopress.nl
AN Antifaschistische Nachrichten, Magazine (D) http://www.antifaschistische-nachrichten.de
ANA Anarcotico, Network for Comunication (I) http://www.anarcotico.net
AA Anadolu agency (TR state-run) http://aa.com.tr/en
Ananova
Ananova, Media (GB)
http://www.ananova.com
Anarkismo Anarkismo.net, Media (EU) http://www.anarkismo.net/
Anatolian The New Anatolian, Newsonline (Anatolia) http://www.thenewanatolian.com
AngolaPress Angola Press, National Agency (Angola) http://www.angolapress-angop.ao
ANSA Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata, Italian News Agency (I) http://www.ansa.it
Ansamed Ansamed, Newspaper (I) http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/it/
AOL America On Line news, News Online (USA) http://news.aol.com
AP Associated Press Amsterdam, Media (NL) http://www.enps.com
APDHA Asociacion Pro Derechos Humanos de Andalucia, NGO (E) http://www.apdha.org
Aps Agence de presse Senegalaise, News Agency Senegal http://www.aps.sn/
ARCI Arci report, weekly magazine on line of ARCI Association (I) http://www.arci.it
ARD Allgemeine Rundfunk Deutschlands online, Media (D) http://www.ard.de
ARI Antirassistische Initiative Berlin (D) http://www.anti-rar.de
ART Articolo 21, Media (I) http://www.articolo21.com
Artikel14 Artikel14, Magazine (S) http://www.farr.se/artikel14/red.html
ASCA Agenzia Stampa Quotidiana Nazionale, Italian News Agency (I) http://www.asca.it/
AsianT Asian Today, newspaper (GB) http://www.theasiantoday.com
ASKV Amsterdams Solidariteits Komitee Vluchtelingen / SV, NGO (NL) http://www.askv.nl
ASSI Accion Social Sindical Internacionalista, News Online (E) http://www.assi-assi.org/
Asyl in der Kirche Ökumenische Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Asyl in der Kirche - Berlin, NGO (D) http://www.kirchenasyl.de
Asyl in Not Asyl in Not-Unterstützungkomitee politisch verfolgte Ausländer, NGO (A) http://www.asyl-in-not.org
Asylkoordination Österreich
Asylkoordination Österreich, NGO (A) http://www.asyl.at
13/06/2017
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AthensNewsAgency Athens News Agency, National Agency (GR) http://www.ana-mpa.gr
ATMF Association des Travailleurs Maghrébins de France, NGO (F) http://www.atmf.ras.eu.org
Augen Auf Augen auf - Zivilcourage zeigen!, NGO (D) http://www.augenauf.net
AugenAufCH Augen auf - Zivilcourage zeigen!, NGO (CH) http://www.augenauf.ch/
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui Le Maroc, Newspaper (MA) http://aujourdhui.ma
Australian The Australian, broadsheet newspaper (Australia) www.theaustralian.com.au
Avgi I Avgi, newspaper (Greece) http://avgi.gr
AVUI AVUI, News Online (E) http://www.avui.com
BAIN news
Berlin Antiracist Information Network (D)
Balkaneu Independent Balkan News Agency http://www.balkaneu.com/
BarentsObs Barents Observer http://thebarentsobserver.com
BAZ Basler Zeitung, Newspaper (CH) http://www.baz.ch
BBC British Broadcasting Company, Media (GB) http://news.bbc.co.uk
BELT Belt Ibérica, Company for Social Security (E) http://www.belt.es
BelT Belfast Telegraph (GB) http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/
Berliner Ztg Berliner Zeitung, Media (D) http://www.berlinonline.de
Berria Berria, Newspaper (E) http://www.berria.info/
BGNES BGNES News Agency (BG) http://www.bgnes.com/
BGS Bundespolizei, Border Police (D) http://www.bundespolizei.de
BirminghamMail Birmingham Mail, local newspaper in Birmingham (GB) http://www.birminghammail.co.uk
BIS Body, Identity, Space, NGO (GB) http://bisproject.org
Blackbox Blackbox Abschiebung, book about deportation by Miltiadis Oulios (Germany)
Bladi Bladi, news online (MA) http://www.bladi.net
Blic Blic online (RS) http://www.blic.rs/
BLINK Black Information Link, National Organisation (GB) http://www.blink.org.uk
Blitz Blitz Quotidiano, Online Newspaper (I)
BM Bigotry Monitor, Newsletter (USA) http://www.ucsj.org/
Book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda
Los Invisibles de Kolda, Jose' Naranjo, (Editorial Peninsula, 2009) (E) http://pepenaranjo.blogspot.com/2009/06/el-dia.html - www.guinguinbali.com/blog
BorderlineEU Borderline-Europe, NGO (D) http://www.borderline-europe.de/
Borderzerolist Borderzerolist, Cultural Association (I) http://lists.autistici.org/list/borderzerolist
Boston The Boston Globe, Newspaper (USA) http://www.boston.com
BostonH Boston Herald, Newspaper (USA) http://www.bostonherald.com/
br2 Bruxelles2, Blog (B) http://www.bruxelles2.eu/
BRC British Refugee Council, NGO (GB) http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
Breitbart Breitbart News Network http://www.breitbart.com
BrusselsTimes The Brussels Times, English language newspaper in Brussels (B) https://www.thebrusselstimes.com
BT-Drucksache BT-Drucksache, Government (D) http://www.bundestag.de
BTB Belfast to Brussels, Blog (GB) http://belfasttobrussels.wordpress.com/
Budapestsun Budapest Sun, Newspaper (H) www.budapestsun.com
Bundesregierung Bundesregierung, Government Online (D) http://www.bundesregierung.de
Bündner Tagblatt Bündner Tagblatt, Newspaper (CH) http://www.suedostschweiz.ch
BusStan Business standard http://www.business-standard.com/
CadSER CadenaSER, Media (E) http://www.cadenaser.com
CMS Calais Migrant Solidarity, network https://calaismigrantsolidarity.wordpress.com
Can7 Canarias7, Newspaper (E) http://www.canarias7.com
Canadian The Canadian Press, Newspaper (CA) http://www.thecanadianpress.com/
CARF Campaign Against Racism & Fascism, NGO (GB) http://www.carf.demon.co.uk
Caritas Caritas International, NGO http://www.caritas.org
CaucKnot Caucasian Knot, News Online (RUS) http://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru
CBC Canadian Broadcasting Company (Canada) www.cbc.ca
CBS CBS News (US) http://www.cbsnews.com
CCLE Collectif Contre les Expulsions - Liège, NGO (B) http://ccle.collectifs.net
CDM Corriere Del Mezzogiorno, Newspaper (I) http://corrieredelmezzogiorno.corriere.it
CDS Corriere della Sera, Newspaper (I) http://www.corriere.it
Cesdop Centro Studi e Documentazione Provinciale sulle dipendenze e l'emarginazione (I) http://www.cesdop.it/
CF Casa free, Newspaper (MA) http://www.casafree.com/
CGIL Confederaziione Generale Italiana del Lavoro http://www.cgil.it/
Chabacka Chabacka, network of NGOs/blog (MA) http://redchabaka.canalblog.com/
ChAfrica Channel Africa, international broadcasting service (South Africa) www.channelafrica.co.za
CihanNews Cihan News Agency (TR) currently seized by government
Clandestina Clandestina News, Group of Migrants and Refugees (GR) http://www.clandestina.org/
ClandestinE Clandestinenglish, network and blog (GR) http://clandestinenglish.wordpress.com/
CMau Courier Mail, news online (AU) http://www.couriermail.com.au/
CMG Concerned Migrant Group (MA)
CNN Cables News Network, Media (USA) http://edition.cnn.com
CNNit Cables News Network Italy, Media http://edition.cnn.com
COE Directorate General of Human Rights, Council of Europe Office (F) http://www.coe.int/human_rights
Congoo Congoo, Newspapr (USA) http://www.congoo.com/
Connect ConnectAfrica, news online http:/connectafrica.wordpress.com
COR Cronache di Ordinario Razzismo (I) http://www.cronachediordinariorazzismo.org/
CorAdriatico Corriere Adriatico, newspaper (I) http://www.corriereadriatico.it/
CPD C'est pour dire, Blog (F) http://gponthieu.blog.lemonde.fr/
CPH The Copenhagen Post, Media (DK) http://www.cphpost.dk
CR Comite Rechtsherstel, NGO (NL)
CRACPE Collectif de Resistance Aux Centres Pour Etranger, NGO (B) http://cracpe.skynetblogs.be/
CRIDA report Centre de Recherche et d'Information sur la Démocratie et l'Autonomie, Arachive (F) http://www.crida-fr.org
CRIDEM Convergence Répulicaine pour l'Instauration de la Democr. en Mauritanie (MA) http://www.cridem.org
CTV CTV News, news division of the CTV Television Network (Canada) www.ctvnews.ca
CV Comite de Vigilance Aubervilliers, NGO (F) http://www.auber-sans-la-peur.org/
CypMail Cyprus Mail, newspaper (CY) http://www.cyprus-mail.com
Dagens Nyheter Dagens Nyheter, Newspaper (S) http://www.dn.se
DailyRec Daily Record, newspaper (GB) http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk
DailySabah Daily Sabah Newspaper (TR) www.dailysabah.com
DailyStar Daily Star, tabloid newspaper (UK) www.dailystar.co.uk
Dalje Dalje (HR) http://www.dalje.com
DAZ aaa CH Newspaper
De Gentenaar De Gentenaar, Newspaper (B) http://www.gentenaar.be
Deia Deia, Media (E) http://www.deia.com/es/
deleteTB Delete The Border, Global Network Online (USA) http://www.deletetheborder.org
demo Demo.e, Blog (NL) http://www.demo.e-grip.nl
Demotix Demotix, online news (GB/International) http://www.demotix.com
Den Blanken Den Blanken, Photojournalist (NL) http://www.denblanken.com
DerBund Der Bund, Newspaper (CH) http://www.derbund.ch/
DerStandard Der Standard, Newspaper (A) http://www.derstandard.at
DeStentor De Stentor, Dutch regional newspaper www.destentor.nl
De Stoop Chris de Stoop, Journalist (NL)
DetainedVoices Detained Voices, site operated by supporters outside of detention (GB) https://detainedvoices.com/
DHA Dogan News Agency (TR) http://www.dha.com.tr/english/
di-ve news di-ve.com, Editorial (M) http://di-ve.com
Diagonal Diagonal Periodico (E) http://www.diagonalperiodico.net/
Diario Diario Madrid, Media (E) http://www.madridiario.es
Diario de Navarra Diario de Navarra, Media (E) http://www.diariodenavarra.es
Diario de Noticias Diario de Noticias Navarra, Media (E) http://www.noticiasdenavarra.com
DiarioRJ Diario Rojo y Negro, Newspaper of Trade Union Party (E) http://www.rojoynegro.info/2004/
DiarioVasco El Diario Vasco, Media (E) http://www.diariovasco.com
Die Bunte Die Bunten Zeitung, Magazine (A) http://www.wien-vienna.at/buntezeitung
DIR-Büro DIR-Büro (D) http://www.uni-marburg.de
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Diversity Diversity is Chaos, blog (USA) http://diversityischaos.blogspot.com
DM DeMorgen, Newspaper (B) http://www.demorgen.be/
DN Daily News, Newspaper (USA) http://www.dailynews.com/
DNA Diario de Noticias de Alava, Newspaper (E) http://www.noticiasdealava.com/
DNE Daily News Egypt, newspaper (Egypt) http://dailynewsegypt.com
DNG Diario de Noticias de Gipuzkoa, Newspaper(E) http://www.noticiasdegipuzkoa.com/
DokAg Dokumentationsseite Ageeb, Website about a Death Case http://www.aamirageeb.de
Doorbraak Doorbraak, Online news (NL) http://www.doorbraak.org/
DPA Deutsche Presse Agentur, Media, (D) http://www.dpa.de
DR Danmarks Radio, national broadcasting corporation (DK) www.dr.dk
DRARI Collective DRARI, blog/lawyers' collective (DZ) http://drari-col-lectiu-jurista-drets-infant.blogspot.com/
DS Danderyds sjukhus, hospital (S) http://www.ds.se
DutchN DutchNews.nl, Online News (NL) http://www.dutchnews.nl/
DVHN Dagblad van het Noorden, Media (NL) http://www.dvhn.nl
DW Deutsche Welle Radio, Media (D) http://www.dw-world.de
EADT24 EADT24, Suffolk & Essex online, News Online (GB) http://www.eadt.co.uk
EarthT Earth Times, News Online (USA) http://www.earthtimes.org
EB European Business, Media http://www.eubusiness.com
ECRE European Council on Refugees and Exiles - EU Office, NGO (B) http://www.ecre.org
EDP24 Eastern Daily Press, regional newspaper (UK) http://edp24.co.uk
EFE EFE, News agency (E) http://www.efe.com
Egin Egin, Basque Media (E)
EHAR Ennahar Online, Online News (DZ) http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/
Eindhovens Dagblad
Eindhovens Dagblad, Newspaper (NL) http://www.eindhovensdagblad.nl
EinNews
EIN Newsdesk (USA)
http://www.einnews.com/
EIS Eberswalder Infosystem, Media (D) http://www.antifanews.de
EITB24 Basque News and Information Channel, Media (E) http://eitb24.com
El Pueblo de Ceuta El Pueblo de Ceuta, Newspaper (E) http://www.elpueblodeceuta.es
ELC El Correo, News Online (E) http://www.elcorreodigital.com
ElDia El Dia, Newspaper (E) http://www.eldia.es
El Diario El Diario, national newspaper ( E) http://www.eldiario.es/
ELM El Mundo, Newspaper (E) http://www.elmundo.es
Eltelegramma El Telegramma de Melilla, Newspaper (E) http://www.eltelegrama.com
ElW El Watan, Newspaper (DZ) http://www.elwatan.com
Emeka Ist Emeka Ist Tot, Website about a Death Case http://www.emeka-ist-tot.com
ENAR European Network Against Racism, NGO (B) http://www.enar-eu.org/
eNCA E-News Channel Africa, television broadcaster (South Africa) http://enca.com
enikos enikos, online news (GR) http://www.enikos.gr
EP El Paìs, Newspaper (E) http://www.elpais.es
EPD EPD, Newspaper (D) http://www.epd.de/
EpolisR E Polis Roma, Newspaper (I) http://www.epolisroma.it/
EPP Eppendorfer, Newspaper (D) http://www.netzserver1.de/eppendorfer
EPress Europapress, News Agency (E) http://www.europapress.es/
ERRC European Roma Rights Center , INGO (H) http://www.errc.org
ERT ERT, Newspaper (GR) http://www.ert.gr/
ESG Protestant Student Movement - Evangelische Studenten Gemeinde, NGYO (D) http://www.bundes-esg.de
essexchronicle This Is Essex, Newspaper (GB) http://www.thisisessex.co.uk
EUMC European Union Monitoring Centre Racism & Xenophobia, IGO http://eumc.europa.eu
Euobserver EU Observer, NGO (B) http://euobserver.com
Euronews Euronews, News (EU) http://www.euronews.net
Europe1 Europe1, radio and online news (FR) http://www.europe1.fr/
Evening Gazette Evening Gazette, Newspaper (GB) http://www.gazettelive.co.uk
Evening Standard Evening Standard, Newspaper (GB) http://www.standard.co.uk/
EveningTimes Evening Times, Newspaper Scotland (GB) http://eveningtimes.co.uk
EveryOne Group Group for International Cooperation on Human Rights Culture http://www.everyonegroup.com/EveryOne/MainPage/MainPage.html
Examiner Irish Examiner, daily newspaper (Ireland) www.irishexaminer.com
Exodus Exodus Network , NGO (S) http://www.exodus-network.org
EXP Expatica, International Web Information Service (NL) http://www.expatica.com
Express Express Newspapers (GB) http://www.express.co.uk/
ExpressTribune The Express Tribune (US/ Pakistan) http://www.tribune.com.pk
Fabel van de Illegaal
De Fabel van de Illegaal, NGO (NL) http://www.defabel.nl - http://www.gebladerte.nl
FaiNoti Fai Notizia, online news source (I) http://www.fainotizia.it
Falter Falter, weekly magazine, Wien (A) www.falter.at
FamagustaGaz. Famagusta Gazette (CY) http://famagusta-gazette.com/index69.htm
Faro El Faro, online news (E) http://www.elfaro.net/
FARR Flyktinggruppernas och Asylkommittéernas Riksråd, NGO (S) http://www.farr.se
FE Fortress Europe, NGO (I) http://fortresseurope.blogspot.com
FECL NE http://www.fecl.org
FFM Forschungsgesellschaft Flucht und Migration, NGO (D) http://www.ffm-berlin.de
FIDH Fédération Internat des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme, INGO (B) http://www.fidh.org
FIEI Federazione Italiana Emigrazione Immigrazione, Federation (I) http://www.emigrazione-notizie.org
FMLN Fmlnminnesota, Blog (USA) http://fmlnminnesota.blogspot.com
Focus Focus, Magazine (NL) http://www.focusmedia.nl
FocusDE Weekly news magazine (Germany) www.focus.de
FocusNews Focus, News agency (BG) http://www.focus-fen.net/
FORBES Forbes, Magazine (USA) http://www.forbes.com
ForcedMigration Forced Migration Review, publication of Oxford University (England) www.fmreview.org
Foreigner The Foreigner, English-language newspaper (Norway) www.theforeigner.no
Fox Fox News, TV channel (USA) www.foxnews.com
FR Frankfurter Rundschau, Newspaper (D) http://www.fr-aktuell.de
FR-B Flüchtlingsrat Bayern - Refugee Council, NGO (D) http://www.fluechtlingsrat-bayern.de
FR-BB Flüchtlingsrat Brandenburg - Refugee Council, NGO (D) http://www.fluechtlingsrat-brandenburg.de
FR-Ber Flüchtlingsrat Berlin - Refugee Council, NGO (D) http://www.fluechtlingsrat-berlin.de
FR-H Flüchtlingsrat Hamburg - Refugee Council, NGO (D) http://www.fluechtlingsrat-hamburg.de
FR-NieSa Flüchtlingsrat Niedersachsen, Refugee Council, NGO (D) http://www.nds-fluerat.org
FR-NRW Flüchtlingsrat Nordrhein Westfalen, Refugee Council, NGO (D) http://www.fluechtlingsrat-nrw.de
FR-Th Flüchtlingsrat Thüringen, Refugee Council, NGO (D) http://www.fluechtlingsrat-thr.de
France24 France 24 International News, News Online www.france24.com
France3 France 3, France Télévisions (F) http://www.france3.fr/
Francetvinfo France Info, Media (F) http://www.francetvinfo.fr/
FreedomNews Freedom Newspaper Gambi'sPremier Online Newspaper (GM) http://www.freedomnewspaper.com/
Freie Press Freie Press, Media (D) http://www.freiepresse.de
Freies Wort Freies Wort, Media (D) http://www.freies-wort.de
FRO Radio FRO, Radio 105,0 MHZ, Linz (A) www.fro.at
Frontexplode Frontexplode, blog and campaign (GR) http://frontexplode.eu/
FTRC Federation des Tunisiens pour une Citoyenneté des deus Rives. NGO (F) http://www.citoyensdesdeuxrives.eu/
GARA Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance, Multi Agency (GB) http://gara.org.uk
gara.net GARA, News Online (E) http://gara.net
Gatti Fabrizio Gatti, Journalist (IT)
Gaymengc Gay Men Gran Canaria, Media (E) http://www.gaymengc.com
GazzettaSud Gazzetta del Sud, Newspaper (I) www.gazzettadelsud.it
Gazzettino Il Gazzettino, Newspaper (I) http://www.gazzettino.it/
GDS Giornale di Sicilia, Newspaper (I) http://www.gds.it
GdV Girodivite, News Online (I) http://www.girodivite.it
Geo TV channel (Pakistan) www.geo.tv
German Government
German Government, (D) http://www.bundesregierung.de
GFP German foreign Policy, Web site (D) http://www.german-foreign-policy.com
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GHM Greek Helsinki Monitor / Minority Rights Group, NGO (GR) http://www.greekhelsinki.gr
GiovaniE Giovani Emissione / Youth Issues, Community group website (I) http://www.giovaniemissione.it/
GiulianoNewsChronicle
Giuliano Chronicle (I)
Globedia Globedia, Spanish language news (Int) http://www.globedia.com
GloDP Global Detention Project, research project (CH) http://www.globaldetentionproject.org
GLOPRO Global Project, Media (I) www.globalproject.info
Grand Paris Grand Paris, Newspaper (F)
GRAPPE Groupe de Reflexion el d'Action pour une Politique Ecologique, NGO (B) http://www.grappebelgique.be
GreekReporter Greek Reporter (GR) http://www.greekreporter.com
Grön Ungdom Green Youth - Grön Ungdom, NGYO (S) http://www.gronungdom.se
GWM Greek World Media (Australia) http://greekworldmedia.com
GRP Grupo Payn, Travel Agency (Argentina) http://www.grupopayne.com
GRR Rai Giornale Radio, radio station (I) http://www.grr.rai.it
GuardianUn. The Observer Guardian Unlimited, Newspaper (GB) http://observer.guardian.co.uk - http://www.guardian.co.uk
GuidaS Guida Sicilia, News Online (I) http://www.guidasicilia.it
Gulf Gulf Times, Qatar's english daily newspaper (Qatar) http://gulf-times.com
GulfNews Gulf News, newspaper (Dubai) http://gulfnews.com
GulfToday The Gulf Today, daily English-language newspaper (UAE) www.gulftoday.ae
Haaba Haaba, News Online (Africa) http://www.haaba.com/
Haarlems Dagblad Haarlems Dagblad, Newspaper (NL) http://www.haarlemsdagblad.nl
HaberT Haber Turk, Online news (TR) www.haber.turk.net
Hamburger Abendblatt
Hamburger Abendblatt, Newspaper (D) http://www.abendblatt.de
Hart Hart Van Nederland, TV program (Netherlands) http://hartvannederland.nl
HeraldIRL Herald.ie (IRL) www.herald.ie
HessenR Hessen Radio online, online news (D) http://www.hr-online.de
HEXAM The Huddersfield daily examiner www.examiner.co.uk
HHC Hungarian Helsinki Committee, NGO (H) http://www.helsinki.hu
Hiergeb Hiergeblieben, On line Database (G) http://www.hiergeblieben.de
Hilfe MenschenAB Hilfe für Menschen in Abschiebehaft Büren, NGO (D) http://www.gegenabschiebehaft.de
HimalayanTimes The Himalayan Times, Newspaper ( Nepal) http://thehimalayantimes.com
HNA Hessen Nachrichten A, online news (D) http://www.hna.de/
HNS Hactivist News Service, News Online (F) http://www.hns-info.net/
HRA European Human Rights Centre,GO (GB) http://www.coe.int
HRFT Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, NGO (TR) http://www.humanrightsfirst.org
HRS The Human Rights Server (D) http://www.humanrights.de
HRW Human Rights Watch, NGO (International) http://www.hrw.org
humanité L'Humanité (F) http://www.humanite.fr/
Humano Periodismo Humano, Online News (E) http://periodismohumano.com/
HURINet Human Rights Information Network, NGO (GB)
HurriyetDN Hurriyet Daily News (TR) www.hurriyetdailynews.com
I OuryJalloh Initiative Oury Jalloh, blog (D) http://initiativeouryjalloh.wordpress.com
IAADH
Iniciativa Angolana Antimilitarista para os Direitos Humanos, NGO (D)
www.snafu.de/~usp/iaadh.htm
IANS Inmigration Advocates Network, NGO http://www.inmigrationadvocates.org
IBTimes International Business Times (GB) http://www.ibtimes.co.uk
ICARE Internet Centre Anti Racism Europe, Media (NL) http://www.icare.to
icB icBerkshire, Media (GB) http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk
icC icConventry, Media (GB) http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk
icliverpool icLiverpool, Media (GB) http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk
icS icScotland, Media (GB) http://icscotland.icnetwork.co.uk
Ideal Online News Granada (E) www.ideal.es
IET Istituto Euromediterrane di Trieste, Foundation (I) http://www.euromedi.org
IFIR International Federation of Iranian Refugees, INGO (NL) http://www.hambastegi.org
IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (CH) http://www.ifrc.org/
IHFHR International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, INGO (FIN) http://www.ihf-hr.org
IHRC Islamic Human Rights Commission, NGO (GB) http://www.ihrc.org
ilClandestino Il Clandestino, Newspaper (I) http://www.ilclandestino.info
ILD Il Domani, Newspaper (I) http://www.ildomanidibologna.it
ILM Il Manifesto,Newspaper (I) http://www.ilmanifesto.it
IlMess Il Messaggero, Newspaper (I) http://www.ilmessagero.it
ILN Il Nuovo, Newspaper (I) http://ilnuovo.redaweb.it
ILP Il Piccolo, Newspaper (I) http://www.ilpiccolo.quotidianiespresso.it
IM Il Mattino, Newspaper (I) http://ilmattino.caltanet.it
IMA International Migrants Alliance, NGO (Hong Kong) http://internationalmigrants.org/
IMEDANA Institut für Medien und Projektarbeit , NGO (D) http://www.imedana.de
IMK IMK Menschenrechtsinformationsdienst, Magazine (D) http://www.kurden.de
Imkander Imkander - Humanity Defense and Brotherhood Association, refugee support NGO (Turkey) www.imkander.org.tr
INDbe Independent Media Center - Belgium, International Info Network (B) http://indymedia.be
INDd Independent Media Center-Germany, International Info Network (D) http://germany.indymedia.org
Independent The Independent, Newspaper (GB) http://www.independent.co.uk
INDf Independent Media Center - Belgium, International Info Network (F) https://paris.indymedia.org/
INDgb Independent Media Center-Great Britain, International Info Network (GB) http://www.indymedia.org.uk
INDi Independent Media Center - Italia, International Info Network (I) http://italy.indymedia.org
INDie Independent, Newspaper (IRL) http://www.independent.ie
INDm Independent Media Center-Marseille, International Info Network (F) http://marseille.indymedia.org
Indymedia Independent Media Center, International Info Network (D) http://www.indymedia.org
INexile Inexile, Magazine of the British Refugee Council (GB) http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
INF Infinito Edizioni http://www.infinitoedizioni.it
info L'Info, online news (F) http://www.linfo.re/
Infomob Infomobile - Information with, about and for refugees, website (GR) http://infomobile.w2eu.net/
Informe Raxen Bulletin of Movimiento contra la Intolerancia, NGO (E) http://www.movimientocontralaintolerancia.com
inq7 Inquirer 7, Media (USA) http://services.inq7.net
Inquest INQUEST - United Campaigns for Justice, NGO (GB) http://www.inquest.org.uk
Interaksyon Interaksyon http://www.interaksyon.com
l.B.CPT Interior Ministry Germany Government (D) http://www.bmi.bund.de
IntHeraldTribune International Herald Tribune, Newspaper (F) http://www.iht.com
IOM International Organisation for Migration http://www.iom.int
Italian Authorities Italian Authorities, Government
IP The Islandpacket - Southern Beaufort Counly's News & Information Source (USA) http://www.islandpacket.com
IPL Italy Peace Link - Telematica per la Pace, Association (I) http://italy.peacelink.org
IPS International Youth Press Service (DK)
IPSNA Inter Press Service News Agency http://www.ipsnews.net/
IRAINC Iranian Refugees Alliance, NGO (USA) http://www.irainc.org
Irish Times The Irish Times, Newspaper (IRL) http://www.ireland.com
IrishIndependent Irish Independent Newspaper (IRL) http://www.independent.ie/
IRN International Refugee News, International Federation of Iranian Refugees, INGO (NL) http://hambastegi.org/internationalnews
IRR Institute of Race Relations, NGO (GB) http://www.irr.org.uk
ISAGC Immigrant Support Action Group Cyprus, NGO (CY) http://www.irr.org.uk/
ISMD Initiative Schwarze Menschen in Deutschland, NGO (D) http://www.isdonline.de
ISNA International Shia News Association http://en.shafaqna.com/discover-islam.html
ISNA International Shia News Association http://en.shafaqna.com/discover-islam.html
IstitutoInnocenti Istituto degli Innocenti, Institute (I) http://www.istitutodeglinnocenti.it
ItalyMAG ItalyMaga, Media (I) www.italymag.co.uk
Javno Javno, Media (HR) http://www.javno.com/
JCWI Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants http://www.jcwi.org.uk/
Jelpke PDS-Bundestagsabgeordnete, Member of the Bundestag (D) http://www.ulla-jelpke.de
JIJI JIJI Press (Japan) http://jen.jiji.com/
Joop Jouw Online OpiniePagina, Dutch left-wing opinion website by VARA broadcaster www.joop.nl
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JT Jungle World, Newspaper (D) http://jungle-world.com
jW junge Welt, Media (D) http://www.jungewelt.de
Kaosenlared Kaos En La Red, Media/contra-informacion (E) http://kaosenlared.net
KaosGL Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Association (Kaos GL) (TR) http://www.kaosgldernegi.org/home.php
Karawane Karawane, NGO (D) http://www.thecaravan.org
Kein Mensch Kein Mensch ist Illegal, NGO (D) http://www.kmii-koeln.de
Khaleej Khaleej Times Online, Newspaper (United Arab Emirates) http://www.khaleejtimes.com
KI Kathimerini - Greece International English Language Newspaper (GR) http://www.ekathimerini.com
Kinisi Kinisi - NGO (GR)
KISA KISA, NGO (CY) ttp://www.kisa.org.cy
Klarofix Klarofix, Monthly Magazine in Leipzig (D), dissolved http://www.roter-stern-leipzig.de/news172.html
Klassekampen Klassekampen, left-wing newspaper (Norway) www.klassekampen.no
KM Kent Online http://www.kentonline.co.uk/
Knack Knack, magazine (Belgium) http://knack.be
KO Kurdish Observer , Newspaper (Kurdistan) http://www.kurdistanobserver.com
Konkret Konkret , Magazine (D) http://www.konkret-verlage.de
KTG Keep Talking Greece, News Online (GR) http://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/
KUNA Kuwait News Agency, News Agency (Kuwayt) http://kuna.net.kw
Kurdmedia Kurdish Media, Media (Kurdistan) http://www.kurdmedia.com
Kurier Kurier, Media (A) http://www.kurier.at
KZ Kantonspolizei Zurich, Police Authority (CH) http://www.kapo.zh.ch/
L.B.CPT Libro Bianco, Inquest on Detention Centres (I) http://www.comitatodirittiumani.org/LB.htm
Lacote La Côte, Groupe ESH Médias (CH) http://www.lacote.ch/
LADDH La Ligue algérienne des droits de l’homme (AL) http://www.la-laddh.org/
LAInfo Information from Latin America http://lainfo.es
La Libre Belgique La Libre Belgique, Newspaper (B) http://www.lalibre.be
LaDemo La Democracia http://www.lademocracia.es/
LaDep La La Dépêche, Nespaper (F) http://www.ladepeche.fr
LaN La Nuova Sardegna, Newspaper (I) http://www.lanuovasardegna.quotidianiespresso.it
LaNVenezia La Nuova Venezia e Mestre, Newspaper (I) http://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/
LAR Luxembourg Against Racism, NGO (L) http://home.arcor.de/kick.racism.out
LaS Ladysilvia, Media (I) http://www.ladysilvia.it
LAT Los Angeles Times www.latimes.com
LatinAHTribune Latin American Herald Tribune, News Online (GB) http://laht.com/
LausitzerR Lausitzer Rundschau, Newspaper (D) http://www.lr-online.de
Le360 Le360 (MA) http://fr.le360.ma/
Le Courrier Le Courrier, Newspaper (CH) http://www.lecourrier.ch
LeCourrierdesBalkans
Le Courrier des Balkans, Association/News Portal (F) http://www.courrierdesbalkans.fr/
Le Figaro Le Figaro, Newspaper (F) http://www.lefigaro.fr
Le Matin Le Matin, Newspaper (MA) http://www.lematin.ma
Le MatinDZ Le Matin DZ, Newspaper (DZ)
Le Monde Le Monde, Newspaper (F) http://www.lemonde.fr
LeMur "Le mur parle", activist weblog (France) www.lemurparle.blogspot.nl
Le Nouveau Quotidien
Le Nouveau Quotidien, Newspaper (F)
Le Soir Le Soir, Editorial (B) http://www.lesoir.be
Le Soleil Le Soleil, Newspaper (SN) http://www.lesoleil.sn
Le Temps Le Temps, Newspaper (CH) http://www.blink.org.uk
LEAP Ligali equality for African peolple www.ligali.org
Leedstoday Leedds Today, Newspaper (GB) http://www.leedstoday.net
LePhare Le Phare Dunkerquois http://www.lepharedunkerquois.fr
Les Temps d'Algerie Les Temps d'Algerie, Newspaper (DZ) http://www.letempsdz.com
LESP L' espresso, Magazine (I) http://espresso.repubblica.it
Libelille Libelille, online news (F) http://www.libelille.fr/
Libération Libération, Media (F) http://www.liberation.fr
Liberazione Liberazione, Magazine (I) http://www.liberazione.it/
Libero Libero News, online news (I) http://www.libero-news.it/
Libertaddigital Libertad Digital, Media (E) http://www.libertaddigital.com
LibOb The Libya Observer https://www.libyaobserver.ly/
Liga für Mr. Liga für Menschenrechrechte, NGO (D) http://www.ilmr.de
Local The Local, English language news in Italy (I) http://www.thelocal.it
LOP La Opinion Coruna, Newspaper (E) http://www.laopinioncoruna.es
LPC LA Presse Canadienne, Newspaper (Canada) http://www.lexpress.to/pc
LR La Repubblica, Newspaper (I) http://www.repubblica.it
LRB La Republica Bari, Newspaper (I) http://bari.repubblica.it
LRBrand Landesregierung Brandenburg, Goverment (D) http://www.brandenburg.de
LRM La Repubblica Metropoli, Newspaper (I) http://temi.repubblica.it/metropoli-online/
LRP La Repubblica Palermo, Newspaper (I) http://palermo.repubblica.it/
LS La Sicilia, Newspaper (I) http://www.lasicilia.it
LSW LaSiciliaWeb, Online News (I) http://www.lasiciliaweb.it/
LV La Vanguardia, Newspaper (E) http://www.lavanguardia.es
MAC Monsters and Crititcs, Online News (USA) www.monstersandcritics.com
MadD Madrid Digital. Online News (E) http://www.madriddigital.info/
MAG Magenta, NGO (NL) http://www.magenta.nl
Mail Online Daily Mail Online, Newspaper (GB) http://www.dailymail.co.uk
MainP Main-Post, Newspaper (D) http://www.mainpost.de/
Malango Malango, L'actualité de Mayotte, Tourist site (Mayotte - F) http://www.malango-mayotte.fr/
Malmoe Malmoe, NGO (A) http://www.malmoe.org
Malta Independent The Malta Independent, Newspaper (M) http://www.independent.com.mt
MaltaStar Malta Star, Online Newspaper (M) http://www.maltastar.com
MaltaToday Malta Today, Newspaper M)( http://www.maltatoday.com.mt
Manchester Manchester Evening News, Newspaper (GB) http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Mareeg Mareeg, News Blog (Somalia) http://www.mareeg.com/
MAS Migrants At Sea, Blog (USA) http://migrantsatsea.wordpress.com/
MB MoroccoBoard.com, Online News (MA) http://www.moroccoboard.com
MC Marina Civil, Association (E) http://www.marinacivil.com
MDR Mitteldeutscher rundfunk, Media (D) http://www.mdr.de
Mediapart Mediapart, Online Newspaper (FR) http://www.mediapart.fr/
MEM Middle East Monitor https://www.middleeastmonitor.com
MEOnline Middle East Online (GB) http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/
MET Metro, Newspaper (I) http://www.metronews.it
Metro Metro, free tabloid newspaper (UK) www.metro.co.uk
METROF Metro (F) http://www.metrofrance.com
Metropolitan Police Metropolitan Police, Service Online (GB) http://www.met.police.uk
MGHR Mahatma Gandhi Human Rights Organisation, NGO (H) http://gandhi.atw.hu
Miami Herald The Miami Herald, Newspaper (USA) http://www.miami.com
Mic Mic, news company for Millenials (US) www.mic.com
Middleton Guardian Middleton Guardian, Newspaper (GB) http://www.middletonguardian.co.uk
Migrant News December 18 Online Network / Rights of Migrants Workers, NGO (B) http://www.december18.net
MigrantsOM MigrantsOutreMer, Media (F) http://www.migrantsoutremer.org/
MigrantTales Migrant Tales, migration blog http://www.migranttales.net
MigrantReport Migrant Report (MT) http://migrantreport.org/
Migreurop Migreurop, NGO (F) http://www.migreurop.org
Mirror The Mirror, Newspaper (GB) http://www.mirror.co.uk
MLKO Martin Luther King Organisation, NGO (H) http://www.mlke.org
MM Malta Media, Media (M) http://www.maltamedia.com
MNS Migration News Sheet, Magazine (GB) http://www.migpolgroup.com
MOAS Migrant Offfshore Aid Station (MT) https://www.moas.eu/
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Modkraft Modkraft (DK) http://modkraft.dk
Monitor Monitor, News Online, Media (NL) http://www.monitor.nl
Morgengr. Morgengrauen - Antirassistische Zeitung, Magazine (D) http://www.morgengrauen.org
MorningJournal The Morning Journal
MornStar Morning Star - Newspaper (GB) www.morningstaronline.co.uk
Moscow Times The Moscow Times, Newspaper (RUS) http://www.themoscowmalta.com
MOZ Märkische Oderzeitung, Newspaper (D) http://www.maerkische-oderzeitung.de
MP Melting Pot Europa, Project of Radio Melting Pot (I) http://www.meltingpot.org
MRAX Mouvement Contre Le Racisme, L'Antisèmitisme Et La Xénophobie, NGO (B) http://www.mrax.be
MSF Médecins Sans Frontières http://www.msf.org
MSN MSNBC.com, Online News http://www.msnbc.msn.com
MT MoroccoTimes, Media (MA) http://www.moroccotimes.com
MUGAK Centro De Estudios y Documentación Sobre Racismo y Xenofobia, Archive (E) http://www.mugak.org
Mumbaicentral Mumbai Central, Media (India) http://www.mumbai-central.com
Myjoyonline My Joy Online, Media (Ghana) http://www.myjoyonline.com
NA Never Again Association - Stowarzyszenie Nigdy Wiecej, NGO (PL) http://www.nigdywiecej.org
NAN News Agency Nigeria, News Agency (Nigeria) http://www.nannewsngr.com/
NationPK English-language daily newspaper (Pakistan) www.nation.com.pk
Nätverket mot rasism
Network Against Racism - Nätverket Mot Rasism, NGO http://www.nmr.nu
NBF Nigerian Best Forum, Blog (Nigeria) http://www.nigerianbestforum.com
NBK Nederland Bekent Kleur, NGO (NL) http://www.nederlandbekentkleur.nl
NCADC National Coaltion of Anti-Deportation Campaigns, NGO (GB) http://www.ncadc.org.uk
NCAs News Central Asia, News Agency ( Turkmenistan) http://newscentralasia.com
NCRM National Civil Rights Movement, NGO (GB) http://www.ncrm.org.uk
ND Neues Deutschland, Newspaper (D) http://www.nd-online.de
Nederlands Dagblad Nederlands Dagblad, Newspaper (NL) http://www.nd.nl
Nerja Nerja News, Online News (E) http://www.nerjatoday.com/nerjanews/
Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeit
Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeit, Media (A) http://activepaper.tele.net
NewArab The New Arab https://alaraby.co.uk/english
News24 News24, Media (South Africa) http://www.news24.com
Newsaust News from Australia, Media (Australia) http://www.news.com.au
NewsD NewsDesk, Online News (S) http://www.mynewsdesk.com/
Newsweek Newsweek (US) http://www.newsweek.com
NI Nigeria Independent, Online News (Nigeria) http://www.nigeriaindependent.com/
Nice Nice-Matin, regional newspaper (France) www.nicematin.com
NigeriaToday
NMNH Social Impact - Agency No Milk No Honey, NGO (A) http://www.social-impact.at
No Pasaran No Pasaran / Reflexes - Antifascist Magazine, NGO (F) http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com
NOB No Border Center - International Network http://noborder.org
NoBordersNott No Borders Nottingham (GB) http://www.nobordersnottingham.org.uk
NODO50 Contrainformación en Red, News Online http://www.nodo50.org
NoHuman No Human is Illegal, blog (Iran) http://nohumanisillegal.wordpress.com/about/
Nopoliceraids No Police Raids, NGO (NL)
NOS Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NL) http://www.nos.nl
Nouvel Obs Nouvel Observateur, Media (F) http://permanent.nouvelobs.com
NR No Racism, Media/NGO (A) http://no-racism.net
NRC NRC-next, Media (NL) http://nrc.nl/binnenland
NRK Norsk rikskringkasting, broadcasting company (Norway) www.nrk.no
NRT Nalia Radio and Television (IKR, Iraqi Kurdistan Region) http://www.nrttv.com/EN/Default.aspx
NT Nigerian Tribune, Newspaper (Nigeria) http://www.tribune.com.ng
NU Nu.nl, Online newspaper (NL) http://www.nu.nl/
NW Neue Westfälische Zeitung, Newspaper (D) http://www.nw-news.de
NYboat New York Boat Show, Online news (USA)
Ny Tid Ny Tid (Norway) https://www.nytid.no
NYtimes
The New York Times, Newspaper (USA)
http://www.nytimes.com
NZZ
Neue Züricher Zeitung, Neuspaper (CH)
http://www.nzz.ch/index.html
ObserverGazette The Observer Gazette
Obs.france24 Les Observateurs/France 24 http://observers.france24.com/fr/
OBV Operation Black Vote, NGO (GB) http://www.obv.org.uk
OCPM Obra Católica Portuguesa de Migrações, NGO (P) http://www.ecclesia.pt/ocpm
ODILI Odili.net, Media (Nigeria) http://www.odili.net/
ODP
Observatorio de Prensa, Newspaper (E)
Odysseus Odysseus -Academic Network Legal Studies Immigration Asylum, NGO (B) http://www.ulb.ac.be/assoc/odysseus
OL Off Limits - Antirassistische Zeitschrift, Magazine (D) http://www.nadir.org/nadir/periodika/offlimits
OMCT World Organisation Against Torture, World's Coalition of NGOs, INGO (CH) http://www.omct.org
OmroepG Omroep Gelderland, regional Dutch broadcaster www.omroepgelderland.nl
OpenDem Open Democracy, independent media platform (global) www.opendemocracy.net
OpenGrenzen Open Grenzen - Frontières Ouvertes, NGO (B) http://www.liberales.be
ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk - Minderheitenredaktion, Magazine (A) http://volksgruppen.orf.at
OSF Open Society Foundation, NGO (H) http://www.soros.org
Osnabr.Zeit Osnabrücker Zeitung, Newspaper (D) http://www.neue-oz.de
Ouest-France Société Ouest-France (F) http://www.ouest-france.fr/
PACE Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, IGO http://assembly.coe.int
PAIH Positive Action in Housing, NGO (GB) http://www.paih.org
PAJOL Pajol , NGO (F) http://pajol.eu.org
PANOR Panorama, Magazine (I) http://www.panorama.it/
Parisien Le Parisen, Online Newspaper (F) http://www.leparisien.fr
Parool Het Parool, Newspaper (NL) http://www.parool.nl
Passeurs d'hospitalités
Passeurs d'hospitalités - des exilés en Calais (F) https://passeursdhospitalites.wordpress.com/
patrasT patrasTimes, Newspaper (GR) http://www.patrastimes.gr/
Pax Christi Pax Christi International, Catholic Movement for Peace, INGO (B) http://www.paxchristi.net
PBS Public Broadcasting Service, public broadcaster and television program distributor (USA) www.pbs.org
PCM Peace & Conflict monitor, online forum of peace journalism by the University for Peace www.monitor.upeace.org
PerCat El Periodico de Cataluña, Newspaper (E) http://www.elperiodico.com/
Peterboroughtoday Peterboroughtoday, Newspaper (GB) http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk
PICUM Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, INGO (B) http://www.picum.org
PlaZa Plaza Luxemburg, News Agency (L) http://news.plaza.lu
PLi Planet Internet, Media (NL) http://www.planet.nl
Pogledi Pogledi, Media (Serbia) http://www.pogledi.co.yu
Polbe Bernese Police, Website of Bernese Police (CH) http://www.police.be.ch
PolicyReview Policy Review, online news on European politics www.policereview.eu
Politics UK Politics (GB) http://www.politics.co.uk/
PORTS Ports Muth Today, Newspaper (GB) http://www.portsmouthtoday.co.uk
PR Peace Reporter, Magazine on Line from Amnesty International and Missionary Service News Agency (I) http://www.peacereporter.net
PR Prison Radio, NGO (USA) http://www.prisonradio.org/
Pravda Pravda, Newspaper (RUS) http://english.pravda.ru
PrensaGrafica La Prensa Grafica, Newsonline (El Salvador) http://www.laprensagrafica.com
PrensaGrafica La Prensa Grafica, Newsonline (El Salvador) http://www.laprensagrafica.com
PrensaLibre Prensa Libre, Newsonline (Guatemala) http://www.prensalibre.com
Presse Die Presse, Newspaper (A) http://www.diepresse.at
Pressesp. Rassis. Pressespiegel Rassismus, Newspaper (CH) http://www.raben-net.ch
PresseTv Presse TV, Online News (Iran) www.presstv.ir
PRI Public Radio International, radio organization (USA) http://pri.org
PRIME Participating Refugees in Multicultural Europe, NGO (NL) http://prime95.nl
PrivateSource Information received from private individual/researcher
PRO PRO Radio, Broadcasting (I) http://www.proradio.it
ProAsyl Pro Asyl - Bundesweite AG für Flüchtlinge, NGO (D) http://www.proasyl.de
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Proto Protothema, Newsonline (GR) http://www.protothema.gr/
Provincias Las Provincias, Newspaper (E) http://www.lasprovincias.es
PUB Público, Newspaper (P) www.publico.pt
Publico Público, Newspaper (E) http://www.publico.es/
QNE Qui Nord Est, Newsonline (I) http://www.quinordest.it
Querblick
National Association of Young People in Care / Youth Parliament (GB)
http://www.querblick.com
quibla Quibla.net, News Online (F) http://quibla.net
QUOTI le quotidien D'Oran http://www.lequotidien-oran.com
Quotidiano Quotidiano, Newsonline (I) http://qn.quotidiano.net
Radio Bayern 5 Bayerischer Rundfunk, Media (D) http://www.br-online.de
RadioErgo Radio Ergo, Humanitarion News from The Somali Region (SO) https://radioergo.org/en/index.php
RAI RAI, Italian National Public Service Broadcasting, Media (I) http://www.rainews24.rai.it
Rawstory The Raw Story, Media (USA) http://rawstory.com
Raz La Razon, Newspaper (E) http://www.larazon.es
REF Ressau Education sans Frontieres, NGO (F) http://www.educationsansfrontieres.org/
RefDeeply Refugees Deeply, refugee-themed website of News Deeply, journalism and technology company (US) www.newsdeeply.com
Rel Relief web http://reliefweb.int/
RepublicR Republic Report New York, Online News (US) http://www.republicreport.com/
ResearchTR Center for Policy and Research on Turkey (GB) http://researchturkey.org/
Respons ReSpons Evenementen Monitor, Newsletter (NL) http://www.respons.nl/
Reuters Reuters News Agency, Media (NL) http://www.reuters.com
RF Radio France, Radio (F) http://www.radiofrance.fr/
RFI Radio France Internationale (F) http://www.rfi.fr/
Rheinpfalz Rheinpfalz, Newspaper (D) http://www.rheinpfalz.de
Rijnmond Rijnmond (NL) http://www.rijnmond.nl
RIS Ristretti, Documentation Centre (I) http://www.ristretti.it
Rizo Rizospastis, Newspaper (GR) http://www1.rizospastis.gr/
RNW Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Radio (NL) http://www.rnw.nl/english
RO Roma One, Newspaper (I) http://redazione.romaone.it
RochdaleObs The Rochdale Observer, Newspaper (GB) http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk
Rom e.V. Rom e. V., NGO (D) http://www.romev.de
Romandie Romandie News, online news service (F) http://www.romandie.com/news/
Romnews The Romnews Society, Network Online (D) http://www.romnews.com
Rosa Antifa Rosa Antifa Wien, NGO (A) http://www.raw.at
RoterP Roter Pressespiegel (A)
RoundTown Round Town News, online Spanish news (GB) http://www.roundtownnews.co.uk
RP Res Publica, Newspaper (D) http://www.respublica-muenchen.de - http://www.Ausreisezentren.de
RTA Refugee Tent Action, Protest Movement http://www.refugeetentaction.net
RTE Radio One World - RTE Multi-Cultural Radio Service, Media (IRL) http://www.rte.ie/radio
RTLNieuws RTL Nieuws, news television service (Netherlands) www.rtlnieuws.nl
RTVOost RTV Oost, regional Dutch broadcaster www.rtvoost.nl
Rue89 Rue89, online news (F) http://www.rue89.com/
Sachsisches Staatm Justiz
Sachsisches Staatministerium für Justiz, Government (D) http://www.justiz.sachsen.de
SachsZeit Sächsische Zeitung (D) http://www.sz-online.de/
SAGA Südbadisches Aktionsbündnis gegen Abschiebungen, NGO (D) http://www.iz3w.org
Salam Association Salam http://www.associationsalam.org
Salzburger Nachrichten
Salzburger Nachrichten, Newspaper (A) http://www.salzburg.com
Samora Samora, Magazine (N) http://www.samora.no
SFNM Santa Fe New Mexican, daily newspaper (Santa Fe, New Mexico) www.santafenewmexican.com
SAP Sindacato Autonomo di Polizia, independent police trade union website (I) http://www.sap-bologna.it
SBS Six Billion Stories, Newspaper (AU) http://www.sbs.com.au/
SC The Scotsman, Newspaper (GB) http://thescotsman.scotsman.com
SCOT Scotland Today, Broadcasting (GB) http://www.stv.tv
ScrollToday Scroll Today, news website www.scrolltoday.com
SD SüdDeutsche Zeitung, Newspaper (D) http://www.sueddeutsche.de
Searchlight Searchlight - Education Trust/Publishing Services, Magazine (GB) http://www.searchlightmagazine.com
SeaWatch Sea-watch.org, migrant rescue organisation (D) http://www.sea-watch.org
Seneweb Seneweb News, online news (Senegal) http://www.seneweb.com/
Servir Servir, Magazine (I) http://www.centroastalli.it
SetDirecta Setmanari Directa, Newspaper (E) http://www.setmanaridirecta.info
SFH Schweizerische Fluchtlingshilfe, NGO (CH) www.osar.ch
SH Sociedad Hispavista, Media (E) http://sociedad.hispavista.com
ShieldsG Shields Gazette, Newspaper (GB) http://www.shieldsgazette.com
Skai Skai, Newspaper (GR) http://www.skai.gr/
Sky Sky News, news company (UK) www.news.sky.com
slovensko.com Slovensko, Guide to Slovakia (SK) http://www.slovensko.com
SM SundayMail, Media (GB) http://www.sundaymail.co.uk
SmartG Smart Groups, Service For Group Comunication, dissolved http://www.smartgroups.com
Socialist Worker Socialists Worker, Newspaper (GB) http://www.socialistworker.co.uk
SofiaGlobe Sofia Globe, media (Bulgaria) www.sofiaglobe.com
SofiaNewsAgency Sofia News Agency (BG) http://www.novinite.com/
SoirInfo Soir Info, online news (Ivory Coast) http://www.soirinfo.com/
Solidaire Solidaire, Media (B) http://www.ptb.be
Son Dakika Son Dakika, online news (TR) http://www.sondakika.com/
SOS SOS Racismo - Madrid, NGO (E) http://www.sosracisme.org
SOS-Menschenrechte
SOS Menschenrechte, NGO (A) http://www.sos.at
SP Der Spiegel, Newspaper (D) http://www.spiegel.de
Spanish Authorities Spanish Authorities, Government (E) http://www.sosf.ch
Sparta Spartacist League/U.S. http://www.icl-fi.org
Spits Spits, Newspaper (NL) http://www.spitsnet.nl
Sputnik Sputnik News, Media (RUS) https://sputniknews.com/
SSF Solidarite Sans Frontieres
ST Statewatch http://www.statewatch.org
STAMPA La Stampa, Newspaper (I) http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/default.asp
Star The Star, online news (GB) http://www.thestar.co.uk
Stern Stern, Magazine (D) http://www.stern.de
StGallerTagblatt St. Galler Tagblatt, Newspaper (CH) http://www.tagblatt.ch
STR Stranieri in Italia, Magazine (I) www.stranieriinitalia.it
Streatham StreathamGuardian, Newspaper (GB) http://www.streathamguardian.co.uk
StreetJ Street Journalist, online news (Iran) http://www.astreetjournalist.com
Stuff Stuff, Newspaper (NEW Zeland) http://www.stuff.co.nz/
SudQ Sud Quotidien http://www.sudonline.sn/
Sun The Sun, tabloid newspaper (UK/Ireland) www.thesun.co.uk
SunaT Sunatimes,
SUR Diario Sur, Media (E) http://www.diariosur.es
SurprisingE Surprising Europe, project http://surprisingeurope.com
Svenska Dagbladet athens http://www.svd.se
Sveriges Sveriges Radio, Radio (S) http://sverigesradio.de
Swiss.ch Swiss Info, News Online (CH) http://www.swissinfo.ch
SydHerald The Sydney Morning Herald (AU) http://www.smh.com.au/
SOHR Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
SZ Süddeutsche Zeitung, Newspaper (D) http://www.sueddeutsche.de
TA (CH)
Ta Nea Ta NeaThe News, Media (GR) http://ta-nea.dolnet.gr
Tagesanzeiger Tagesanzeiger, Newspaper (CH) http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch
Tagesschau Aktuelle Nachrichten, Media (D) http://www.tagesschau.de
Tagesspiegel Der Tagesspiegel, Newspaper (D) http://www.tagesspiegel.de
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Tampere Digest Nettime-Tampere Digest, International Mailing List http://www.nettime.org
taz Die Tageszeitung, Newspaper (D) http://www.taz.de
TDN Turkish Daily News, Newspaper (TR) http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr
Telegraaf De Telegraaf, Newspaper (NL) http://www.telegraaf.nl
Telegraph Telegraph, Newspaper (GB) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Tempo Il tempo, Online News (I) http://iltempo.ilsole24ore.com
Terra
Terra, Newspaper (E)
http://www.terra.es
Terred'errance Terre D'Errance, blog (F) http://terreerrance.wordpress.com/
TF1 TF1 News, Online News (F) http://lci.tf1.fr/
Tgcom Tgcom, Multimedia (I) http://www.tgcom.mediaset.it/
TheCourier The Courier (GB) https://www.thecourier.co.uk/
The News International The News, Media ( Pakistan) http://www.thenews.com.pk
The Standard The Standard, Newspaper (GB) http://www.eastandard.net
TheEntertainerOnline
The Entertainer Online, Media (E) http://www.theentertaineronline.com
TheGlobe The Globe and Mail, Newspaper (Canada) http:www.theglobeandmail.com
TheHerald The Herald, Newspaper (GB) http://www.theherald.co.uk
TheHuff The Huffington Post (GB) http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
TheNews The News http://www.portsmouth.co.uk
Thestar The Star, Newspaper (South Africa) http://www.thestar.co.za
ThisIsKent This is Kent, online news (GB) http://www.thisiskent.co.uk
ThisIsNott This Is Nottingham (GB) http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk
TI The Indipendent , Newspaper (GB) http://news.indipendent.co.uk
Times The Times, Newspaper (GB) http://www.timesonline.co.uk
TimesM The Times of Malta, Newspaper (M) http://www.timesofmalta.com
TimesofIsrael The Times of Israel (IL) http://www.timesofisrael.com
Tiroler Tageszeitung Tiroler Tageszeitung, Newspaper (A) http://www.tirol.com
Tisc Tiscali Notizie (I) http://www.tiscali.it
TK Thrakinea, Newspaper (GR) http://www.thrakinea.gr/
TL
Terrelibere, Media (I)
www.terrelibere.org
TN TeleNoticies, Media (E) http://www.telenoticies.cat
TNE The Northern Echo (UK) http://thenorthernecho.co.uk
TNnum Tunisie Numerique, News Online (TN) http://www.tunisienumerique.com
TodZam Today's Zaman, Newspaper (TR) http://todayszaman.com
Top News Top News, News Online (India) http://www.topnews.in/
ToV To Vima, Newspaper (GR) http://www.tovima.gr
TownCrier The Town-Crier, Newspaper (GB) http://www.thecrier.com
TP Turkish Press, Media (TR) http://www.turkishpress.com
Tribuna Nueva Tribuna, News Online (E) http://nuevatribuna.es
TribuneGeneve Tribune de Geneve, Newspaper (CH) http://www.tdg.ch
Trierer Volksfreund Volksfreund, Newspaper (D) http://www.volksfreund.de
TS Think Spain, Newspaper (E) http://www.thinkspain.com
TSA Tout Sur l'Algerie, News Online (DZ) http://www.tsa-algerie.com
TunisieSoir Tunisia Soir, online news (TN) http://www.tunisiesoir.com
TVXS TVXS, Newsonline (GR) http://tvxs.gr/
TW Turkish Weekly, Newspaper (TR) http://www.turkishweekly.net/
TweeVandaag Twee Vandaag, Opinionpanel, Television Program (NL) http://opiniepanel.tweevandaag.nl
TySp Typically Spanish, News Online (E) http://www.typicallyspanish.com
U4IB United 4 Iran - Bayern, NGO (D) http://united4iran-bayern.de/
Ua Uaedigest
UCGlasgow Unity Centre Glasgow, NGO (UK) www.unitycentreglasgow.org
Uckermark-Kurier Uckermark Kurier, Newspaper (D) http://www.nordkurier.de/index.php?objekt=nk.nachrichten.uckermark
UE Universal Embassy, Forum Ambassade Universelle, NGO (B) http://www.universal-embassy.be
UN United Nations News Centre htpp://www.un.org
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, GO http://www.unhcr.org
Unità Unità, Newspaper (I) http://www.unita.it
Universal El Universal - Cartagena, Media (Col) htpp://www.eluniversal.com.co
Universo El Universo, newspaper http://www.eluniverso.com/
UNMIK UNMIK Division of Public Information, News Online (XZ) http://www.unmikonline.org/index.html
UnSarda L'Unione Sarda, Newspaper (I) http://unionesarda.ilsole24ore.com/
UPP Uppmana, Anti Racism Magazine Online http://www.uppmana.nu/
USAToday USA Today, Newspaper (USA) http://www.usatoday.com
USNews US News & World Report, media company (USA) www.usnews.com
UxbGaz Uxbridge Gazette, Newspaper (GB) http://www.uxbridgegazette.co.uk
Vatan Vatan Gazetesi, Newspaper (TR) http://www.gazetevatan.com
VDG La Voz de Galicia, Newspaper (E) http://lavozdegalicia.com
Verdad La Verdad, News Online (E) http://www.laverdad.es
Vers l'Avenir Vers l'Avenir, Editorial (B) http://www.votrejournal.be
VG Verdens Gang, newspaper (Norway) www.vg.no
Vice Vice News (int.) htttp://www.vicenews.com
Vielfaltletter Vielfalt Newsletter, Magazine (A) www.vielfalt.at
Vita Vita, Magazine (I) http://www.vita.it
Vivre Vivre Ensemble, NGO (CH) http://www.asile.ch/vivre-ensemble
VK De Volkskrant, Newspaper (NL) http://www.volkskrant.nl
Vluchteling Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen, NGO (B) http://www.vluchteling.be
VOA VOA News, News Online (USA) http://www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm
VoixDuNord La Voix Du Nord, Newspaper (F) http://www.lavoixdunord.fr
Voorvlucht Voor Vluchtelingen, Yahoo Group List (NL) voorvluchtelingen@yahoogroups.com
VPRO VPRO, broadcasting organisation (Netherlands) http://vpro.nl
VRF The Voice Refugee Forum / Africa Forum, NGO (D) http://www.thevoiceforum.org
Vrijheid Vrijheidvanbeweging, List of visctims of immigration policy http://www.vrijheidvanbeweging.nl/dood_door_beleid/index.html
VSF Voix Sans Frontieres International Broadcast Campaign http://rvsf.amarc.org
Was geht ab? Was geht ab?, NGO (D) http://www.was-geht-ab.com
watchthemed Watch The Med, website from Boats4People campaign (int.) http://watchthemed.crowdmap.com
waz
Wolfsburger Allgemeine, Newspaper (D)
http://www.waz-online.de/
WB Westfalenblatt, Newspaper (D) http://www.westfalenblatt.de
Welt Die Welt online, newspaper (D) http://www.welt.de/
WIB AK http://www.landesgruppe.cdu-niedersachsen.de/wib/index.html
WIK Internet Enciclopedia http:en.wikipedia.org
WIKO Wiener Integrationskonferenz, network and helpdesk for NGOs (migration) http://www.wik-vernetzungsbuero.at/
WOL
Web of lstafford, Blog
http://lstafford.tecsltd.com
WorldBul The World Bulletin www.theworldbulletin.com
WorldRadio World Radio, English-language radio station (Switzerland) www.worldradio.ch
WP Waging Peace, NGO (GB) http://www.wagingpeace.info/
Wpost Washington Post (USA) https://www.washingtonpost.com/
WSLS10 WSLS10, Media (USA) http://www2.wsls.com/
WSWS World Socialist Web Site, Internet Center of International Committee of the Fourth International http://www.wsws.org
WZ Wiener Zeitung http://www.wienerzeitung.at/
Xinhua Xinhua News Agency (PRC) http://www.xinhuanet.com/english2010/
XXI XXI, publication of narrative journalism (France) www.revue21.fr
Ya Basta! Associazione Ya Basta!, NGO (I) http://www.yabasta.it
Ya.I Yahoo Italia, Notizie (I) http://it.notizie.yahoo.com
Ya.N Yahoo News, Media (USA) http://news.yahoo.com
YABI Yabiladi, Media (Morocco) http://www.yabiladi.com
YatchingWorld Yatching & Boating World, Magazine (GB) http://www.ybw.com
YT YorkshireToday, Newspaper (GB) http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk
ZAG Zeitschrift Antirassistischer Gruppen - Antirassistische Initiative Berlin (D) http://www.ari-berlin.org - http://www.zag-berlin.de
ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Media (D) http://www.zdf.de
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ZDFvideotxt Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen Videotext, Media (D) http://www.zdf.de
ZEIT DIE ZEIT, weekly national newspaper (D) http://www.zeit.de/
Zelf Zelfmoord, Blog (NL) http://www.zelfmoord.nl/
ZimEye ZimEye, online news (Zimbabwe) http://www.zimeye.org/
