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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0
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Indian
died on or around:
11/5/2020
5/11/2020
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
London
2020/05
20200511
The baby of a 28-year-old Indian asylum seeker died suddenly, six weeks after birth. The cause of death is not clear but notes from the Home Office's Central Incident Database indicate that officials planned a Local Practice Review and inquest, to take place in May 2020.
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Name unknown
Male
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51
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Somali
died on or around:
9/6/2020
6/9/2020
Cause of death:
Stroke-related/possible stroke-related
housing provider:
Mears
Location:
Northern Ireland
,
2020/06
20200609
This 51-year-old Somali man died in hospital after suffering a stroke, records suggest. He was being accommodated in Northern Ireland under temporary support for people whose asylum claims have been refused.
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Name unknown
Male
/
54
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Iraqi
died on or around:
25/2/2020
2/25/2020
Cause of death:
Cancer-related
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
2020/02
20200225
This 54-year-old Iraqi man died from cancer on 25 February 2020, according to the Home Office Incident Database. He was staying in initial accommodation run by Clearsprings Ready Homes.
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Name unknown
Male
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40
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Malawian
died on or around:
1/8/2020
8/1/2020
Cause of death:
Stroke-related/possible stroke-related
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
North West
,
2020/08
20200801
This Malawian man, 40, died from a stroke and internal bleeding on 1 August 2020 according to the Home Office Incident Database.
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Name unknown
Female
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52
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Iranian
died on or around:
10/6/2021
6/10/2021
Cause of death:
Medical
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
London
2021/06
20210610
This 52-year-old Iranian woman arrived in the UK on 14 January 2021. Less than five months later, she passed away in hospital due to an unspecified terminal illness, according to the Home Office's Incident Database.
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Name unknown
Female
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51
/
Iranian
died on or around:
10/6/2021
6/10/2021
Cause of death:
Cancer-related
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
London
2021/06
20210610
This 51-year-old Iranian woman arrived in the UK in June 2019. She was receiving end-of-life care for terminal cancer when she died, according to the Home Office's Incident Database.
The woman's age, sex, nationality, cause of death and date of death are similar to another death in the records, raising the possibility her death has been recorded twice by the Home Office. However, some pieces of information such as date of birth and arrival date differ.
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Name unknown
Male
/
31
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Sudanese
died on or around:
7/9/2020
9/7/2020
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
2020/09
20200907
This 31-year-old Sudanese person died in hospital after suffering chest pain. He had arrived in the UK less than three months earlier, according to the Home Office Incident Database. It states he died from "natural causes".
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Name unknown
Male
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32
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Iranian
died on or around:
20/8/2020
8/20/2020
Cause of death:
Possible/suspected suicide
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
North West
,
2020/08
20200820
This 32-year-old Iranian man was found dead in wasteland near a car park in Manchester. A Home Office record claims he'd taken a drug overdose.
His case is marked in internal records as involving "self-harm/suicide".
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Name unknown
Male
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39
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Sri Lankan
died on or around:
28/8/2020
8/28/2020
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Mears
Location:
Scotland
,
2020/08
20200828
This 39-year-old Sri Lankan died from unspecified natural causes. It appears his asylum claim had been refused and he'd exhausted his right to appeal, but was receiving temporary support for those who are destitute. No further details are provided in the Home Office's Incident Database.
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Name unknown
Male
/
36
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Chinese
died on or around:
17/10/2020
10/17/2020
Cause of death:
Cancer-related
housing provider:
Serco
Location:
Midlands and East of England
,
2020/10
20201017
This 36-year-old man from China died in hospital from liver cancer, according to the Home Office Incident Database. His asylum application had been refused but he was receiving temporary accommodation support.
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Name unknown
Male
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37
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Nigerian
died on or around:
17/11/2020
11/17/2020
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
Clearsprings Ready Homes
Location:
South
,
2020/11
20201117
This 37-year-old Nigerian man, who had been granted asylum, died suddenly in his accommodation according to Home Office notes. He was found by his housemates. He was known to be a cancer patient, but it's not clear from the records if this was his cause of death.
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Name unknown
Male
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49
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Pakistani
died on or around:
21/9/2020
9/21/2020
Cause of death:
Not known
housing provider:
None
Location:
North East, Yorkshire and the Humber
,
2020/09
20200921
This Pakistani man, 49, is said in Home Office documents to have died "peacefully" in a care home. He was no longer in Home Office asylum seeker housing; it's possible he had recently been moved, which would explain his inclusion on the Home Office Incident Database.
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