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 IRR | European Research Progamme Briefing No. 10 18