Unwanted, Unnoticed: an audit of 160 asylum and immigration-related deaths in Europe • Unidentified man (52), 07/2014 An unidentified man died at the Agia Olga Hospital after complaining about severe pain and health problems at the Amygdaleza immigration detention centre.70 • Unidentified person, 2011 The death of this unidentified male asylum seeker from unknown causes in a direct provision centre was revealed in the same Department of Justice and Equality report. 75 • Unidentified man (26), 17/11/2014 A Pakistani undocumented migrant died in hospital in Athens. He had been complaining of respiratory problems for several months in the Amygdaleza detention centre, and was refused medical help until he was taken to hospital too late. He had allegedly been beaten by the police in the Corinth detention centre, where he had previously been detained. 71 • Five unidentified people, 2012 The deaths of five unidentified asylum seekers, two female and three male, from unknown causes in direct provision centres were revealed in the same Department of Justice and Equality report. 76 IRELAND SNAPSHOT: In August 2013 a court in Northern Ireland refused to return a Sudanese Darfuri family to the Republic of Ireland because the system of direct provision was inimical to children’s best interests. The court cited the inability of the parents to work, the family’s being forced to live communally in asylum hostels, their resulting inability to develop a sense of belonging, and the risks to their physical and mental health.72 • Five unidentified people, 2010 A report from the Department of Justice and Equality revealed that five unidentified asylum seekers of unknown origin – two female and three male – had died in direct provision centres in 2010. The Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) has stated that it cannot confirm causes of death, since it does not have access to death certificates. MPs’ attempts to find out more have been unsuccessful.73 • Unidentified man (28), 08/2010 A Congolese man died of unknown causes in the direct provision centre Glenvera Hostel in Cork. The man had first claimed asylum in Ireland in 2008.74 • Emmanuel Marcel Landa (62), 21/09/2012 Landa, a Congolese asylum seeker, died of suspected heart failure, in the Mosney direct provision centre in County Meath. He had been in the asylum process for seven years, and had suffered several heart attacks during and after failed deportation attempts the previous year. His death galvanised a campaign against the system of direct provision.77 • Unidentified person, 2013 The death of this unidentified female asylum seeker from unknown causes in a direct provision centre was revealed in the same Department of Justice and Equality report.78 • Henryk Piotrowski (43), 23/08/2013 A Polish migrant, Piotrowski died in Dublin crushed in a recycling bin. He had been given notice to leave the Frederick Hall hostel for homeless eastern EU migrants, which was to be turned into a one-night facility. Consequently, he started sleeping in bins for shelter, and was crushed when the recycling bin he was sleeping in was emptied one night. The death has raised concerns over conditions in Ireland for homeless migrants, who are not entitled to social welfare payments and are reliant on emergency homeless shelters.79 • Tahir Mahmood (48), 16/09/2013 Mahmood, a Pakistani asylum seeker, died from complications of hepatitis and IRR | European Research Progamme Briefing No. 10 17