Unwanted, Unnoticed: an audit of 160 asylum and immigration-related deaths in Europe
Table 3: The geographic locations and number of migrants who have died immigration and asylum-related deaths
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Finland
23
Norway
2
Sweden
22
UK
18
Ireland
Netherlands
8
29
Germany
5
Belgium
13
France
8
2
Austria
Switzerland
3
8
Spain
Italy
11
Greece
2
Malta
Adapated from a graphic in the Observer by Pete Guest
there is no publicly accessible record of deaths,
how can states be held accountable?
Despite such handicaps, campaigns following
deaths have sought accountability. In Spain,
the death of Alpha Pam of untreated tuberculosis led to a national campaign to repeal the law
excluding undocumented migrants from nonemergency medical treatment, of which he was
the first casualty, and to defend the principle of
universal health care. In Germany, Mohammad
Rahsepar’s suicide in an asylum camp sparked
a movement of protest across the country,
against the system of compulsory residence
which denied him the possibility of living with
his sister, and for asylum seekers’ right to live
with dignity. Suicides in the Netherlands have
led to large campaigns demanding humane
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