Unwanted, Unnoticed: an audit of 160 asylum and immigration-related deaths in Europe dead in early May in an asylum centre in Torgauer Straße, Leipzig. Yasbek died of a heroin overdose, and his body was not discovered for several weeks. Conditions in the asylum centre were said to be inhuman, and there were discussions ongoing over closing the hostel and providing asylum seekers with individual flats.53 • Djamaa Isu (21), 28/05/2013 An asylum seeker from Chad, Isu was found dead in the Brandenburg asylum camp in Eisenhüttenstadt. Isu, who had been refused asylum and had not received necessary medical care, according to other inmates, hanged himself in the camp where he was being held awaiting deportation. The camp, run by a private company BOSS, is said to be dirty and overcrowded, and there are frequent protests.54 • Adams Bagna, 30/05/2013 A Nigerian asylum seeker, Bagna died after suffering an acute asthma attack in an accommodation camp in Bernburg. Bagna was a chronic asthma sufferer, and it is claimed that poor conditions and inadequate medical care in the camp contributed to his death. The German NGO Anti-Racist Initiative reports that many camp residents suffer from respiratory problems from the mould and the use of insecticides nearby.55 • Unidentified man, 16/06/2013 An asylum seeker who was not identified committed suicide in the accommodation camp of Raesfeld in Hamburg. He died in hospital after setting himself on fire in May.56 • Unidentified man, 08/2013 An Indian asylum seeker committed suicide in a refugee centre in Harbke.57 • Kallo Al-Hassan (43), 06/12/2013 A Ghanaian asylum seeker, Hassan died in a refugee centre through the authorities’ severely delayed response to a medical crisis.58 A vigil held for Djamaa Isu (21), an asylum seeker from Chad, who committed suicide in the Brandenburg asylum camp in Germany. • Ahmed J. (43), 14/02/2014 A Libyan asylum seeker died of a pulmonary embolism in an accommodation camp in Plauen. Ahmed and his family had fled to Germany in 2013. A few days before his death, he was examined at a hospital for acute pain, but was sent back to the camp without treatment. Witnesses, fellow asylum seekers and refugees, claim that security staff on duty saw Ahmed writhing around in pain prior to his death. According to Ahmed’s roommate, it took over two hours for the guard on duty to call an ambulance. By the time it arrived, Ahmed was dead. An investigation is taking place to establish whether the guards are in some way culpable, and the NGO ProAsyl has called for an investigation into the medical professionals who sent him back from the hospital.59 IRR | European Research Progamme Briefing No. 10 15