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

He began to feel unwell at his dispersal (long-term) accommodation in May 2022 and was taken to hospital where he died 19 days later.   

His precise cause of death is not mentioned in the database but is recorded as “explained”.  

This means the department concluded it was not the result of suicide, nor suspicious or criminal in nature.

He had been staying in dispersal (long-term) asylum accommodation in the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber region.

He had arrived in the UK three months earlier and was housed in initial (short-term) accommodation in the south of England at the time of his death. 

He was having treatment for cancer before he arrived in the UK and had further treatment in hospital upon arrival, the record added. His prognosis was poor and he was under palliative care. 

The woman had applied for asylum back in 2018 and been granted discretionary leave to remain one month before her death.

He had been living in overflow dispersal accommodation, although it was not known when he arrived in the UK.

An incident report filed by his housing provider states that the man was found dead in his room after staff noticed his absence then realised his key fob had not been used for several days.

An incident report sent to the Home Office by her housing provider indicates she had started new radiotherapy treatment a few days before, but her health rapidly declined. The report says she died with her son and friends by her side.

Home Office records indicate the cause of death was“unknown but not suspicious” and the department considered the incident “explained”. It has previously said it categorises deaths in this way when it has determined the cause and concluded it is neither suicide nor suspicious or criminal in nature.

His death is recorded as “explained”, meaning the Home Office concluded it was neither suicide nor suspicious or criminal in nature.

The record says: “Service user called an Ambulance as he was not feeling well, however he was found to be deceased when the Ambulance Service arrived.” His cause of death is not specified and there are few other details.

A heavily redacted High Profile Notification form relating to his death, disclosed under information laws, states he was reported missing on an unspecified date prior to his death.

There appear to have been concerns about the man’s wellbeing; he was flagged to Home Office’s safeguarding team for reasons that are redacted in the documents seen by reporters. A note on the form says: “<redacted> is known to Asylum Safeguarding for his history of <redacted>.”

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