The Home Office does not publish data on the deaths of asylum seekers in its housing...
... despite calls from experts and campaigners to do so. We set out to gather as much information as possible about each of them. Here, we tell their stories.
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Name unknown
Female
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30
/
Zimbabwean
died on or around:
12/8/2021
8/12/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
Wales
,
2021/08
20210812
This 30-year-old woman from Zimbabwe arrived in the UK in August 2018 and her asylum claim had been refused, according to the Home Office's Incident Database. Police received a call from residents at the woman's accommodation saying they had not seen her for a week.
Police attended and found the woman dead in her bedroom. A coroner was due to assess the death but the Home Office's Incident Database holds no further details and her case was marked as 'open'.
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Name unknown
Female
/
55
/
Zimbabwean
died on or around:
6/8/2021
8/6/2021
Cause of death:
Covid-19/possible Covid-19
housing provider:
Mears
Location:
Scotland
,
2021/08
20210806
This 55-year-old Zimbabwean woman spent an extended time in hospital after contracting Covid-19, according to the Home Office's Incident Database. Her life support machine was switched off early on 6 August 2021.
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Name unknown
Male
/
29
/
Guinean
died on or around:
22/11/2021
11/22/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
2021/11
20211122
This Guinean man arrived in the UK when he was 18 in 2010, according to the Home Office's Incident Database, and his asylum claim was subsequently refused. He died in November 2021 while being supported in Home Office accommodation, but it is not known how.
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Name unknown
Male
/
58
/
Sri Lankan
died on or around:
13/1/2022
1/13/2022
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
Midlands and East of England
,
2022/01
20220113
This 58-year-old Sri Lankan arrived in the UK in 2002 and applied for asylum but was later refused, according to the Home Office's Incident Database.
Housing officers entered his accommodation after becoming concerned for his welfare, notes suggest. They found his body in the bathtub. It's not clear how he died.
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Name unknown
Male
/
27
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Moroccan
died on or around:
14/10/2018
10/14/2018
Cause of death:
Possible/suspected suicide
housing provider:
G4S
Location:
Midlands and East of England
,
Coventry
2018/10
20181014
This Moroccan asylum seeker died after jumping from London Bridge into the River Thames, according to an internal Home Office document.
The report adds that the reasons for the man’s actions were “unknown” but acknowledges it’s possible he intended to take his own life.
An official who updated the document wrote: “In light of recent BBC News reporting about suicides amongst young asylum seekers I am also raising this for further oversight and to ensure all necessary actions in regards to <REDACTED> can be identified and taken by UKVI.”
The man came to the UK in 2017. He had been living in Home Office asylum accommodation in Coventry at the time of this death.
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Name unknown
Male
/
55
/
Bissau Guinean
died on or around:
5/1/2021
1/5/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
Midlands and East of England
,
Coventry
2021/01
20210105
Police found the body of this 55-year-old man, from Guinea-Bissau, at his accommodation on 5 January 2021, records state. He had not been seen since 21 December 2020. He was suffering cancer at the time, but it is not clear from notes whether this caused his death.
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Name unknown
Male
/
0
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Zimbabwean
died on or around:
26/12/2020
12/26/2020
Cause of death:
Cardiac/suspected cardiac
housing provider:
Mears
Location:
Scotland
,
Glasgow
2020/12
20201226
This twin baby boy, born to a Zimbabwean woman who was being supported by the Home Office, died from a cardiac abnormality less than three weeks after his birth, internal records suggest.
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Name unknown
Male
/
0
/
Yemeni
died on or around:
29/12/2021
12/29/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Mears
Location:
Northern Ireland
,
2021/12
20211229
A 30-year-old Yemeni woman gave birth to a baby boy who died. The Home Office's Incident Database does not state the cause, nor whether the death took place in hospital or in the woman's accommodation.
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Name unknown
Male
/
65
/
Pakistani
died on or around:
11/1/2022
1/11/2022
Cause of death:
Died after operation
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
North West
,
2022/01
20220111
This Pakistani man arrived in the UK and made a claim for asylum in 2012, records suggest. He died in hospital following a heart operation. According to the Home Office's Incident Database, his asylum claim was outstanding at the time.
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Name unknown
Male
/
69
/
Ugandan
died on or around:
31/12/2020
12/31/2020
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
London
2020/12
20201231
This 69-year-old Ugandan man, who arrived in the UK in August 2016 seeking asylum, was said to have been receiving dialysis. However, his cause of death was not confirmed as of February 2022, when Liberty Investigates received the Home Office's Incident Database.
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Name unknown
Male
/
74
/
Albanian
died on or around:
1/1/2020
1/1/2020
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
North West
,
2020/01
20200101
The Home Office Incident Database suggests this 74-year-old Albanian man arrived in the UK in 2016 and made a claim for asylum the following year, which was refused. He passed away in 2020 but the Home Office was not notified until August 2021. It is not clear how he died.
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Name unknown
Male
/
23
/
Eritrean
died on or around:
19/12/2021
12/19/2021
Cause of death:
Possible/suspected suicide
housing provider:
Mears
Location:
North East, Yorkshire and the Humber
,
2021/12
20211219
This young man arrived in the UK and claimed asylum in May 2021, Home Office files state. On Sunday 19 December, Cleveland Police reported he had died. The Home Office Incident Database states the cause was said to be suicide, but this was not confirmed.
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