The Home Office does not publish data on the deaths of asylum seekers in its housing...

The Home Office's Case Information Database notes conditions including diabetes and heart problems. But he also evidently had mental health problems. He appears to have arrived in the UK in 2006 and was battling deportation. In 2017, notes on the Case Information Database stated he could develop a fatal clot if deported on a charter flight; then, a year later, the database recorded that he was taking anxiety medication which, if missed, would leave him feeling suicidal.

The note goes on to say: "He has never raised the issue of suicide or self harm prior to the letter dated 20 June 2018. It has not been established that the suicide risk is causally linked to his planned removal from the United Kingdom to Sudan." This suggests he or his representatives raised his mental health problems with the Home Office in the past, but officials did not see these as a reason not to attempt to deport him.

Police and paramedics were called. A High Profile Notification form filed in the days following his suicide reveals the man suffered known mental health problems. Home Office officials chose not to pursue any further review or case conference into his death.

Notes state that on 9 May 2018, the woman’s baby was denied asylum but the Home Office conceded this was a mistake, and limited leave to remain was granted. 

It’s not clear from the database entry exactly when the woman died, and dates noted by officials appear to relate to the child’s case - so we have given these.

This death is missing from the Home Office’s Incident Database, disclosed to Liberty Investigates, which is supposed to be a record of all such deaths. It’s not known why.

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His exact date of his death was redacted from the document, which was disclosed under information laws.

An individual at the accommodation told police the man had complained of feeling unwell. The report states: “This information had not been disclosed to Mears staff.”

The exact date of his death is redacted, but the Home Office reference number assigned to the case suggests it took place in July 2021.

He was being supported under a section of the Asylum Act allowing for the support of destitute offenders who may have a pending human rights claim against being deported.

A housing officer found him on the floor during an inspection at his accommodation. Emergency services were called but he was already dead, according to the Home Office’s Incident Database. No cause of death is listed and the case is marked “open”.

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The exact date of her death was redacted but the reference number assigned to her case suggests she died between September and November 2021.