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
Male
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81
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Salvadoran
died on or around:
11/1/2021
1/11/2021
Cause of death:
Cardiac/suspected cardiac
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
London
2021/01
20210111
This 81-year-old man arrived in the UK on 23 November 2020, Home Office files state. An entry in the Home Office's Incident Database said he's suspected to have had a heart attack, but noted the post-mortem was still pending. No further updates were added as of February 2022.
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Name unknown
Male
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35
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Libyan
died on or around:
16/3/2021
3/16/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
North West
,
Lancashire
2021/03
20210316
This 35-year-old Libyan arrived in the UK in 2000 and was refused asylum, records state, though it's not clear when that happened. His body was discovered in the room of his Serco-provided housing. There is no information in the Home Office's Incident Database as to the cause of death.
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Name unknown
Male
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30
/
Iranian
died on or around:
27/3/2021
3/27/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
North West
,
Salford
2021/03
20210327
This 30-year-old Iranian arrived in the UK on 17 November 2019. He died on 27 March 2021 and there was blood on the carpet of his room, according to Home Office files. They stated he had a known history of diabetic seizures, but no cause of death was confirmed in the Incident Database.
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Name unknown
Male
/
55
/
Indian
died on or around:
27/1/2021
1/27/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
Essex
2021/01
20210127
This 55-year-old Indian man arrived in the UK in 2002, records state. He was admitted to hospital on 17 January 2021 after he became unwell and unresponsive. No further details were entered into the Home Office's Incident Database about the cause of his death.
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Name unknown
Female
/
58
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Somali
died on or around:
14/5/2021
5/14/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
None
Location:
North East, Yorkshire and the Humber
,
Sheffield
2021/05
20210514
Records show this 58-year-old arrived in the UK on 29 February 2020. At some point her support package changed to subsistence-only and she moved into private housing in Sheffield - it's unclear when. She died in May 2021, but the Home Office's Incident Database holds no detail how.
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Name unknown
Female
/
42
/
Sudanese
died on or around:
6/4/2021
4/6/2021
Cause of death:
Medical
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
Bristol
2021/04
20210406
This 42-year-old Sudanese woman arrived in the UK in October 2019 and her asylum claim was outstanding at the time of her death in April 2021, documents suggest. In the Home Office's Incident Database, she is said to have been in "end of life" planning following an unspecified illness.
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Name unknown
Male
/
45
/
Kuwaiti
died on or around:
23/5/2021
5/23/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
Wales
,
Newport
2021/05
20210523
This 45-year-old Kuwaiti man arrived in the UK in July 2019, Home Office files show. His cousin informed Clearsprings Ready Homes that he'd passed away in May 2021. Official notes suggest the death was sudden, but no cause of death was recorded in the Incident Database.
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Name unknown
Male
/
74
/
Afghan
died on or around:
10/2/2021
2/10/2021
Cause of death:
Covid-19/possible Covid-19
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
Midlands and East of England
,
Coventry
2021/02
20210210
This 74-year-old Afghan man arrived in the UK on 24 September 2019 and, according to Home Office files, his asylum claim was still outstanding at the time of his death in hospital in February 2021 from Covid-19.
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Name unknown
Male
/
2
/
Pakistani
died on or around:
15/2/2021
2/15/2021
Cause of death:
Medical
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
Midlands and East of England
,
Nottingham
2021/02
20210215
The two-year-old son of an asylum applicant died due to serious but unspecified health issues he suffered since birth, according to a Home Office serious incident report form.
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Name unknown
Female
/
77
/
Afghan
died on or around:
13/2/2021
2/13/2021
Cause of death:
Cancer-related
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
2021/02
20210213
This 77-year-old Afghan, who'd arrived in the UK in July 2019, died in hospital after receiving palliative care for cancer according to internal records. She died on February 13 2021, but the safeguarding team at Clearsprings Ready Homes was not made aware until 29 April 2021.
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Name unknown
Male
/
56
/
Nigerian
died on or around:
24/3/2021
3/24/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Mears
Location:
Scotland
,
Glasgow
2021/03
20210324
This 56-year-old Nigerian, who arrived in the UK in January 2018, died while working in London, according to a tip-off to a Mears housing officer recorded in the Home Office Incident Database. No cause of death was recorded.
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Name unknown
Male
/
41
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Afghan
died on or around:
26/2/2021
2/26/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
Bristol
2021/02
20210226
This 41-year-old Afghan arrived in the UK on 5 December 2018 and his asylum application, which was dependent on his wife's claim, was outstanding at the time of his death in February 2021. He died after suffering a neurological illness, according to the Home Office's Incident Database.
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