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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42
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Iranian
died on or around:
10/11/2016
11/10/2016
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
North West
,
Salford
2016/11
20161110
The cause of death of this Iranian 42-year-old is not stated in the Home Office's Incident Database. Morphine and prescribed medication were said to have been found in his system.
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Name unknown
Male
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74
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Iranian
died on or around:
13/9/2020
9/13/2020
Cause of death:
Covid-19/possible Covid-19
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
2020/09
20200913
This 74-year-old Iranian, whose asylum claim had been granted, died in hospital on 13 September 2020 where he'd been admitted for respiratory issues. A note from a Home Office official in the Incident Database suggests officials were awaiting an update on whether he died from Covid-19.
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Name unknown
Female
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67
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Nigerian
died on or around:
20/6/2021
6/20/2021
Cause of death:
Cancer-related
housing provider:
Mears
Location:
North East, Yorkshire and the Humber
,
2021/06
20210620
This 67-year-old Nigerian died at a palliative care home on 20 June 2021. Two months earlier, she had been discharged from hospital into a hotel where she is said in Home Office notes to have struggled.
She was urgently relocated to self-contained accommodation where an emergency care plan and medical equipment were put in place, but in May she was admitted to hospital suffering chest pains and shortness of breath. Her son told Mears she'd been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and she was discharged to the hospice.
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Name unknown
Male
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43
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Indian
died on or around:
21/6/2021
6/21/2021
Cause of death:
Suspected alcohol-related causes
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
Midlands and East of England
,
2021/06
20210621
This 43-year-old Indian man died in hospital due to "alcohol-related issues" including suspected liver failure, according to an email sent by housing provider Serco to the Home Office. The email added he was "very lonely, however due to Covid a lot has been out of our hands".
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Name unknown
Male
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40
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Ghanaian
died on or around:
28/9/2016
9/28/2016
Cause of death:
End-stage kidney failure
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
Scotland
,
Glasgow
2016/09
20160928
This 40-year-old Ghanaian was being visited daily by healthcare professionals because he was suffering kidney failure, according to the Home Office's Incident Database. The healthcare workers discovered his body.
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Name unknown
Male
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27
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Ethiopian
died on or around:
28/12/2016
12/28/2016
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
Wales
,
Swansea
2016/12
20161228
Substance abuse was suspected in the death of this Ethiopian 27-year-old, according to the Home Office Incident Database, but this was not confirmed.
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Name unknown
Male
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29
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Afghan
died on or around:
29/4/2016
4/29/2016
Cause of death:
Suicide
housing provider:
G4S
Location:
Midlands and East of England
,
Birmingham
2016/04
20160429
This 29-year-old Afghan man died by suicide, Home Office files show. His body was released to a friend following an inquest in June 2016.
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Name unknown
Female
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67
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Iranian
died on or around:
29/6/2021
6/29/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
2021/06
20210629
This 67-year-old Iranian woman died on 29 June 2021, two days after she was admitted to hospital. The record adds that "no formal cause of death has been disclosed but [redacted] has known health conditions".
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Name unknown
Male
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88
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Afghan
died on or around:
14/6/2021
6/14/2021
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
North West
,
2021/06
20210614
The death of this Afghan man, aged 88, was logged in the Home Office's Incident Database on 14 June 2021. The exact date of death is not known, but he is said to have been unwell for the previous three months following surgery for a hip fracture and kidney problems.
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Name unknown
Female
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35
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Nigerian
died on or around:
24/4/2017
4/24/2017
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
North West
,
Rochdale
2017/04
20170424
This 35-year-old Nigerian woman died in April 2017, but the Home Office's Incident Database does not state how, and the case was marked "closed" soon afterwards.
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Name unknown
Male
/
71
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Nepalese
died on or around:
28/11/2017
11/28/2017
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
G4S
Location:
North East, Yorkshire and the Humber
,
Rotherham
2017/11
20171128
Notes in the Home Office's Incident Database about this Nepalese man's death appear to refer to two individuals - one with housing needs and another, a woman, who died. Both entries appear to have been made in December 2017. It is therefore difficult to establish the circumstances.
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Name unknown
Female
/
82
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Congolese (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
died on or around:
26/10/2017
10/26/2017
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
North West
,
Salford
2017/10
20171026
This 82-year-old woman from Democratic Republic of Congo died in October 2017, Home Office files show. It is not clear how.
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