Unwanted, Unnoticed: an audit of 160 asylum and immigration-related deaths in Europe
liver problems at the Mater Misericordiae
University Hospital in Dublin. Mahmood
lived with his wife and four children in
Clondalkin Towers direct provision centre,
and his illnesses meant he had difficulties
walking and found it extremely hard to get
to the hospital. His requests for a transfer
to a more centrally located accommodation
centre, and for a hospital social worker,
were refused, and he was not given the diet
indicated by his liver problems. A drug prescribed by the hospital for constipation gave
him nausea, stomach cramps, skin reaction,
runny nose, swollen face and ankles, thirst
and itching, listed as potentially dangerous
in the instructions. As Mahmood could not
read these he did not contact the doctor, and
died soon after his return to the hospital.80
• Unidentified man, 2014
The death of this unidentified man from
unknown causes in a direct provision centre
was revealed in the same Department of
Justice and Equality report.81
• Mohamed Sleyum Ali, 06/04/2014
Refused asylum seeker Sleyum died at the
hands of the Tanzanian authorities days
after he was deported from Ireland. Sleyum
came to Ireland on a Tanzanian passport,
but claimed to be Somali – a claim which
was rejected, along with his asylum application. When he was ordered to report to the
authorities for deportation he absconded to
Dublin, where later, gardai stopped the car
in which he was a passenger, for a random
check. When the deportation order was
discovered, Sleyum was taken to Cloverhill
Prison, Clondalkin, and was deported at
the beginning of April. After his return to
Tanzania, he was beaten and tortured for
several days by the authorities, and then
thrown out on the street. He later died in
hospital.82
ITALY
SNAPSHOT: The reception centre at
Lampedusa, Italy, became notorious in
2014 when video footage showed guards
hosing down naked asylum seekers in
scenes reminiscent of concentration
camps. Italy’s detention centres for
undocumented migrants have been the
subject of many protests, hunger strikes
and riots because of their appalling conditions, which have caused very high rates
of self-harm.83
• Mohammed Al Abbouby (25),
15/01/2010
A north African migrant, Abbouby committed suicide in his cell in the San Vittore
prison, Milan. He was one of fourteen men
convicted of arson following major disturbances at the Via Corelli Identification and
Expulsion Centre (CIE) in 2009. The prison
authorities claim that he was a drug addict
who died of an overdose.84
• Fares Chebchoub, 03/12/2011
Chebchoub, an Algerian asylum seeker, was
found hanged in his room in the Cagliari
reception centre. His family are demanding
an investigation into his death.85
• Moustapha Anaki (31), 10/08/2013
A Moroccan undocumented migrant, Anaki
died of suspected heart problems in the
Crotone reception centre in Calabria. He had
been in the country for seven years before
he was arrested and detained as undocumented. The management of the centre
stated that he had been suffering from heart
problems.86
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