List of 44,764 documented deaths of migrants
Documentation by UNITED as of 1 June 2021
Documentation total by UNITED as of 01 April 2019 was 36,570
Documentation total by UNITED as of 11 June 2020 was 40,555
found dead | number | name, gender, age | region of origin | cause of death | source |
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23/05/2021 | 1 | Musa Balde (man, 23) | Guinea | hanged himself in solitary confinement in detention center in Turin (IT), did not get medical treatment | InfoMigrant |
22/05/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | drowned while trying to swim to Hendaye in France, body found in border river Bidassoa in Irun (ES) | MediaBask/NAIZ/IOM/Cope/Angulaberria |
22/05/2021 | 3 | N.N. (baby, 6 m; toddler, 3; child) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies discovered on a beach in Zuwara (Libya), have been on Europe-bound boat | VK/InfoMigrants/Guardian |
20/05/2021 | 1 | Saber Azouz (man, 20) | Morocco | body found with blood traces probably caused by Spanish Civil Guard, was on way to enclave of Ceuta | NewArab/Reuters/Aljazeera |
18/05/2021 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Morocco | drowned, was 1 of rush of migrants who tried to swim from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Ceuta | Reuters/Aljazeera |
17/05/2021 | 57 | N.N. | Bangladesh, unknown | drowned when boat capsized off coast of Sfax (TN); 33 rescued by workers from oil platform | Aljazeera/InfoMigrants/IOMTunesia/Prens |
13/05/2021 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, inflatable boat sunk off coast of Zarzis (TN) when engine broke; 2 women rescued | WPost/APNews/Reuters/ABCNews/IOML |
10/05/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man, 51) | Iran | died of unknown cause, had health issues, found dead in tent in Vial refugee camp on Chios (GR) | KTG |
10/05/2021 | 24 | N.N. | unknown | drowned on way from Libya to Italy, 1 body recovered by Libyan Coast Guard; 23 missing, 42 rescued | UNHCR Libya/IOMLibya/WPost |
10/05/2021 | 5 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 1 woman) | unknown | drowned when boat capsized off Libya on way to Italy; 40 rescued by fishermen | WPost/InfoMigrants |
09/05/2021 | 22 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 2 women; 1 m) | unknown | drowned in shipwreck near Castelverde (LY), bodies washed ashore next day; 22 missing, 40 rescued | IOMLibya |
07/05/2021 | 1 | N.N. (young man, 20-25) | unknown | drowned, decomposed body found at Evros river near Mandra (GR), tried to cross from Turkey to GR | EvrosNews/IOM |
03/05/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man, 28) | Somalia | died of unknown cause, found dead surrounded by rats in his tent in Vial refugee camp on Chios (GR) | Guardian/Atexnos/KTG |
03/05/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, decomposed body found in Evros river near Petalos Feron (TR) at Turkish-Geek border | EvrosNews/IOM |
02/05/2021 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, inflatable boat wrecked off the western Libyan city of Zawya; 12 rescued | SwissCH/IOMLibya/Euronews/InfoMigran |
in May 21 | 1 | Moussa (man, 46) | Eritrea | died of starvation, political refugee forced into street life in Bari (IT) without a real help network | GazzettaMezzo/BariToday/GazzettaMezz |
26/04/2021 | 54 | N.N. (incl 2 minors; 24 men) | Mali, Sub-Saharan Africa | died of thirst and hunger, 24 bodies found in boat near El Hierro (ES) after 22 days on sea; 3 rescued | Spiegel/IOMSpain/EFE/Can7/Publico |
22/04/2021 | 129 | N.N. (7 women; 122 men) | unknown | drowned, boat off Libya begged for help for 2 days but authorities knowingly left them to die at sea | Guardian/Jornada/IPSAN/AlarmPhone/Va |
22/04/2021 | 1 | Mubarak Jaber (man, 23) | Sudan | drowned, boat off Libya begged for help for 2 days but authorities knowingly left them to die at sea | Guardian/Jornada/IPSAN/Swiss.ch/Vatica |
21/04/2021 | 2 | N.N. (1 child; 1 woman) | unknown | suffocated onboard over full boat left waiting for help for 1 day off Libya on way to Italy; 104 rescued | Euromed/AlarmPhone/IOMLibya/SafaMse |
21/04/2021 | 40 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, fate of boat in distress at sea is unknown, search was without success | Guardian/Euromed |
20/04/2021 | 9 | N.N. (incl 1 baby; 1 woman) | unknown | drowned after shipwreck off coasts of Mostaganem (DZ) on way to Spain; 5 missing, 3 rescued | Heroes/IOM |
19/04/2021 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Eritrea | suicide, hanged himself near river Bidassoa in Irun (ES) on Spanish-French border | MediaBask |
19/04/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, found frozen at Schiphol Airport (NL) in wheel bay of plane from Lagos (Nigeria) | AD/IOM/Sputnik |
16/04/2021 | 41 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 12 women) | Tunesia, Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned on way from Sfax (Tunisia) to Lampedusa (IT); 20 missing; 3 rescued | RefDagblad/Euromed/IOM/Reuters/Swiss |
15/04/2021 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, Evros/Meriç river, Edirne, Turkey | IOMTurkey |
11/04/2021 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on boat on way to Canary Islands (ES) from Mauritania; 19 rescued in bad conditions | HelenaMaleno/Euromed/InfoMigrants/IOM |
11/04/2021 | 29 | N.N. | unknown | missing, died of hunger/thirst during 18 days trip to Canary Islands (ES) from Mauritania; 19 rescued | HelenaMaleno/Euromed/InfoMigrants/IOM |
11/04/2021 | 4 | N.N. (2 women; 2 men) | unknown | presumed drowned, remains recovered on Plage d'Aghir, Djerba (Tunisia) | IOM/Shems |
11/04/2021 | 2 | N.N. (incl 1 women) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies recovered off the coast of Zarzis, Medenine (Tunisia) | IOM/Shems |
09/04/2021 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, tried to cross Evros River (GR-TR border) being blocked on island by border guards | ECRE |
08/04/2021 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | shot by guards during tensions in overcrowded Al-Mabani Collection & Return Centre in Tripoli (LY) | MSF/InfoMigrants |
07/04/2021 | 1 | M. S. (boy, 18) | Morocco | drowned trying to get on ferry to Spain, body found in mouth of Río de Oro in Spanish enclaveof Melilla | Publico/Jairo |
06/04/2021 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found in the Evros river near Edirne (TR) on Turkish-Greece border | IOMTurkey |
05/04/2021 | 1 | Akram Bathiesh (man) | Syria | heart attack after decision of Danish authorities to withdraw his residence permit and asylum status | Hassoun |
05/04/2021 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | presumed drowned, body wearing a life jacket found floating in the sea near Fuerteventura (ES) | Euromed/EFE |
05/04/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | severely beaten body found near Evros river in Serem Village near Turkish-Greek border | IOMTurkey |
01/04/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, found dead on truck on parking lot in Rouvignies (FR) near Belgian border; 2 survived | VoixDuNord/IOM |
in Apr 21 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found drifting in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya | IOMLibya |
in Apr 21 | 3 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, trying to swim the risky 100 meters from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Melilla | Medium/Publico |
30/03/2021 | 5 | N.N. (3 children; 2 women) | unknown | drowned, fell overboard of partly deflated rubber boat off coast of Libya; 80 rescued | Euromed/AlarmPhone |
29/03/2021 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | presumed drowned, body wearing a life jacket found floating in the sea in waters near Fuerteventura | AlarmPhone/EFE |
28/03/2021 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 2 bodies found, boat on way from Algeria wrecked off coast of Murcia (ES); 3 rescued | Verdad/Euromed/AlarmPhone/EP |
26/03/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Turkey | Kurd, suicide in protest of uncertain situation after 16 months in detention Centre in Corinth (GR) | KTG/Euromed/InfoMigrants |
26/03/2021 | 3 | N.N. (2 women; 1 man) | unknown | drowned, dinghy capsized just before rescue boat arrived off the coast of Tenerife (ES); 41 rescued | EWN/EFE |
25/03/2021 | 1 | Tali Hocudua (man, 30) | Nigeria | found dead between alcohol bottles in Caravelle reception center in Riotorto (IT), got expulsion order | Telegrafo |
25/03/2021 | 50 | N.N. (4 children; 10 women) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat left from Laayoune (Western Sahara) heading for Canary Islands is missing | AlarmPhone |
24/03/2021 | 1 | Macky Diabate (man, 44) | Guinea | died of appendix inflammation in detention camp on Kos (GR) being refused medical help for 3 days | KTG/InfoMigrants/Euromed/EFSYN/Depo |
22/03/2021 | 4 | N.N. (men) | Syria | truck accident, on motorway near Okucani junction, Slavonia (HR) near Bosnian Border; 20 survived | BalkanInsight/Euromed/IOMCroatia/Welc |
22/03/2021 | 1 | Nekri Mohamed Lamine (man) | Algeria | presumed drowned, boat went missing on way from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | Euromed/FaroCeuta |
22/03/2021 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, boat went missing on way from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | Euromed/FaroCeuta |
21/03/2021 | 1 | Nabody (girl, 2) | Mali | died of cardiac arrest in hospital on Lanzarote (ES) after being 5 d. in boat on way from Dhakhla (EH) | ABCNews/ArabNews//Aljazeera |
18/03/2021 | 65 | N.N. (children; women; men) | Sudan, Senegal, unknown | 60 presumed drowned, 5 drowned, when wooden boat caught fire near Zuwara (LY); 45 rescued | InfoMigrants/Euromed/IOMLibya |
17/03/2021 | 1 | Alpha Oumar Bah (man, 27) | Guinea | suicide in refugee housing in Berlin (DE) in fear of deportation, however he had a residence permit | ND/Tagesspiegel/Oxion |
17/03/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man, adult) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of unknown cause on way from Africa to Canary Islands (ES), body thrown overboard; 36 rescued | Euromed/EFE |
16/03/2021 | 9 | N.N. (incl 1 toddler; 3 minors) | unknown | died, bodies thrown in ocean during 5 day crossing from Dhakhla (EH) to Lanzarote (ES); 52 rescued | ABCNews/ArabNews/Aljazeera/EFE/ElPa |
16/03/2021 | 38 | N.N. (incl 1 baby) | unknown | drowned after their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia on way to Italy; 17 missing, 3 rescued | AI-M |
13/03/2021 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Morocco | drowned, tried to swim to Cadiz (ES) from detention ship in Spanish enclave of Ceuta; 1 rescued | CeutaActualidad/AlarmPhone |
11/03/2021 | 1 | Salah Tayar (man, 35) | Chad | suicide in Eberswalde (DE) fell in a depression in fear of rejection of asylum application after 8 years | Tagesspiegel/Oxion |
11/03/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned trying to cross from Bulgaria to Serbia, body found in Nisava River near Pirot (RS) | IOMSerbia |
09/03/2021 | 39 | N.N. (incl 4 children; 9 woman) | Ivory Coast, Sub-Saharan Af | drowned, 2 overloaded makeshift crafts capsized off Tunesia on way to Lampedusa (IT); 165 rescued | InfoMigrants/ABCNews/Aljazeera/USNew |
08/03/2021 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | died, during crossing from Mauritania to Canary Islands (ES) bodies thrown overboard; 48 rescued | Ansamed/Euromed/AlarmPhone/EFE |
08/03/2021 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | died, during crossing from Mauritania to Canary Islands (ES) body found aboard boat; 48 rescued | Ansamed/Euromed/AlarmPhone/EFE |
04/0321 | 1 | N.N. | Pakistan | blown up by mine while crossing a mine suspected area in forest near Saborsko (HR); 2 survived | IndexHR/IOM/PoliceKarlovac |
04/03/2021 | 1 | Nuref?an Teke (girl, 9) | Turkey | drowned, was swept away by Meriç River trying to get on a boat to cross into Greece, near Edirne (TR) | EuronewsTR/IOM |
02/03/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, trying to swim the risky 100 meters from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Melilla | InfoMigrant/Euromed/Publico/Medium |
02/03/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died of unknown cause in his sleep, was living on the streets of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES) | El Diario/Provincia |
02/03/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | electrocuted between two train wagons coming from Sarajevo, body found at Bradina station (Bosnia) | BLPortal/IOM |
02/03/2021 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, boat capsized at port of Calais (FR) on way to England; 3 rescued & transported to hospital | VoixDuNord/Care4Calais/IOM/Ya.UK |
in Mar 21 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, trying to swim risky 100m from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Melilla, body washed ashore | InfoMigrant/Euromed/Publico/Medium |
in Mar 21 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, trying to swim risky 100m from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Melilla, body washed ashore | InfoMigrant/Euromed/Publico/Medium |
in Mar 21 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, trying to swim risky 100m from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Melilla, body washed ashore | InfoMigrant/Euromed/Publico/Medium |
in Mar 21 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Algeria | died of smoke inhalation due to fire in abandoned building where they lived in Thessaloniki (GR) | APNews/ABCNews/DailySabah |
28/02/2021 | 15 | N.N. (15 men) | West Africa | drowned when their rubber boat capsized off the coast of Libya on way to Italy; 95 rescued | InfoMigrants/AlarmPhone/Euromed/IOMLi |
25/02/2021 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | died of exhaustion/hypothermia after being rescued near island of Kerkenah (LY); 24 rescued | ElCom |
23/02/2021 | 1 | Zhwan (boy, 6) | Iran | died in fire in refugee camp in Thiva (Greece), mother rescued his 4 siblings from container they live in | KTG/Euromed/PrensaLat/EFSYN |
20/02/2021 | 33 | N.N. (3 children; 4 women; 26 m) | unknown | drowned, during rescue operation by merchant vessel off coast of Libya on way to Italy; 77 rescued | Globalist/Gossip/WatchTheMed/IOMItaly/I |
20/02/2021 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, fell in sea when rubber dinghy was taking on water on way from Libya to Italy; 77 rescued | Globalist/Gossip/WatchTheMed/IOMItaly/I |
20/02/2021 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, tried to swim to boat in distance when dinghy on way to Italy was taking water; 77 rescued | Globalist/Gossip/WatchTheMed/IOMItaly/I |
19/02/2021 | 17 | N.N. | Morocco, Algeria | drowned, boat capsized off the coast of Oran (Algeria) on way to Spain; 2 rescued | AlarmPhone |
16/02/2021 | 1 | Nabi A. H. (man, 43) | Afghanistan | suicide in Potsdam (DE) after fighting for family reunification during nine years without success | Tagesspiegel/Oxion |
14/02/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Turkey | drowned, body found at river Glina in northwestern Bosnia near Bosnian-Croatian border; 7 survived | TotHRNews/IOM/N1 |
13/02/2021 | 23 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, boat sank in Mediterranean sea off the Italian island of Lampedusa; 22 missing, 25 rescued | Euromed/AlArabia/IOM/Migazin/AlarmPho |
07/02/2021 | 1 | Mohamed El Jebbari (man, 25) | Morocco | presumed drowned, went missing while trying to swim from Fnideq (MA) to Ceuta; he wore a wetsuit | ElForoCeuta/AlarmPhone |
06/02/2021 | 1 | Jawad Al-Muhammad (man, 25) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing since boat on way from Nador (MA) to Spain sank near Gibraltar (GB) | ElForoCeuta/AlarmPhone/GBC |
06/02/2021 | 1 | Hamid Al-Hassani (man, 29) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing since boat on way from Nador (MA) to Spain sank near Gibraltar (GB) | ElForoCeuta/AlarmPhone/GBC |
06/02/2021 | 2 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing since boat on way from Nador (MA) to Spain sank near Gibraltar (GB) | ElForoCeuta/AlarmPhone/GBC |
30/01/2021 | 1 | Ayoub Fakhari (boy, 18) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing, tried to go from Castillejos (MA) to Spanish enclave of Ceuta by kayak | AlarmPhone/ElForoCeuta |
30/01/2021 | 1 | Dahani Bilal (young man) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing, tried to go from Castillejos (MA) to Spanish enclave of Ceuta by kayak | AlarmPhone/ElForoCeuta |
30/01/2021 | 2 | N.N. (men) | unknown | frozen to death, bodies found laying in the snow in forest near Ye?ilce at Turkish-Bulgarian border | EdirneMedya/IOM |
29/01/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found in river Evros near Edirne (Turkey) at Turkish-Greek border | IOMTurkey |
29/01/2021 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | car accident, overloaded vehicle overturned after ignoring police signal near Voio (GR); 10 survived | TheHuffGreece/IOM |
26/01/2021 | 1 | Bader al-Mutawakl (man, 21) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing while trying to swim from Fnideq (MA) to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta | AlarmPhone/Menara |
24/01/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man, 27) | Afghanistan | died in a fire in an building of asylum seeker center in Billstedt a suburb of Hamburg (Germany) | InfoMigrants/Welt/Hamburger Abendblatt/ |
22/01/2021 | 17 | N.N. (incl 2 children; 5 women) | unknown | drowned, in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast on way to Europe; 82 rescued | Euromed/IOMLibya |
22/01/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man, 26) | Afghanistan | hit by car while walking on road at night in Auchy-au-Bois near Calais (France); 1 survived but injured | VoixDuNord |
20/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia at hospital of island of El Hierro (ES) after arrival by boat from Africa; 50 rescued | El Diario/Euromed/AlarmPhone/EFE |
20/01/2021 | 12 | N.N. (incl 3 child; 1 woman; 1 m) | Morocco | presumed drowned, on way from Dakhla (EH) to Canary Islands (ES), 4 bodies washed ashore; 14 resc | DakhlaNews/IOM/Al Yaoum |
19/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia in harbour of island of El Hierro (ES) after arrival by boat from Africa; 50 rescued | El Diario/Euromed/AlarmPhone/EFE |
19/01/2021 | 42 | N.N. (42 men) | West Africa | drowned, boat capsized after engine failed off Libyan coast on way from Zawiya to Italy; 10 rescued | Guardian/Euromed/InfoMigrants/IOMLiby |
19/01/2021 | 1 | Souleymane (boy, 18) | Guinea | drowned, boat capsized after engine failed off Libyan coast on way from Zawiya to Italy; 10 rescued | Guardian/Euromed/InfoMigrants/IOMLiby |
18/01/2021 | 1 | Jamal Talhat (young man) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing, tried to sail from Morocco to Spain in a 3,5m long inflatable boat | AlarmPhone/FaroCeauta |
18/01/2021 | 1 | Samad Talhat (young man) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing, tried to sail from Morocco to Spain in a 3,5m long inflatable boat | AlarmPhone/FaroCeauta |
18/01/2021 | 1 | Salim Boulouad (young man) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing, tried to sail from Morocco to Spain in a 3,5m long inflatable boat | AlarmPhone/FaroCeauta |
18/01/2021 | 1 | Jawad Boulouad (young man) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing, tried to sail from Morocco to Spain in a 3,5m long inflatable boat | AlarmPhone/FaroCeauta |
18/01/2021 | 1 | Momoun (young man) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing, tried to sail from Morocco to Spain in a 3,5m long inflatable boat | AlarmPhone/FaroCeauta |
18/01/2021 | 1 | Karim (young man) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing, tried to sail from Morocco to Spain in a 3,5m long inflatable boat | AlarmPhone/FaroCeauta |
18/01/2021 | 2 | N.N. (young man) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing, tried to sail from Morocco to Spain in a 3,5 meter long inflatable boat | AlarmPhone/FaroCeauta |
18/01/2021 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 2 men) | unknown | drowned, boat capsized near the beach of El Cantal de Mojácar, Almería (Spain); 9 swam ashore | InfoMigrants/LV |
15/01/2021 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, washed overboard by waves in rough sea near Rhodos (GR), on way from Turkey; 6 rescued | AlarmPhone |
15/01/2021 | 1 | Yaseen S. A. Al-Obaidi (man, 32) | Iraq | drowned, washed overboard by waves in rough sea near Rhodos (GR), on way from Turkey; 6 rescued | AlarmPhone |
15/01/2021 | 1 | Muhammad T. A. Suleiman (man) | Palestine | drowned, washed overboard by waves in rough sea near Rhodos (GR), on way from Turkey; 5 rescued | AlarmPhone |
15/01/2021 | 1 | A. (man) | unknown | drowned, washed overboard by waves in rough sea near Rhodos (GR), on way from Turkey; 5 rescued | AlarmPhone |
15/01/2021 | 1 | N.N. (elderly man) | unknown | drowned, washed overboard by waves in rough sea near Rhodos (GR), on way from Turkey; 5 rescued | AlarmPhone |
15/01/2021 | 1 | Y. (man) | unknown | drowned, washed overboard by waves in rough sea near Rhodos (GR), on way from Turkey; 5 rescued | AlarmPhone |
10/01/2021 | 1 | Alhassane (boy, 9) | Guinea | died of dehydration, twin sister watched him die & threw body into sea just before boat was rescued | 20ME/Euromed/InfoMigrant/ElPais |
10/01/2021 | 1 | N.N. (adult man) | unknown | died of unknown cause, onboard boat on way from Africa to Canary Islands (ES); 89 rescued | Eldiario/Euromed/AlarmPhone/EFE |
10/01/2021 | 1 | Mohamed Oulmid (man, 23) | Morocco | drowned, tried to swim from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Ceuta, body in wet suit washed a shore | FaroCeuta/AlarmPhone |
10/01/2021 | 37 | N.N. (incl infant; 5 woman) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat went missing on way from Bouyafar Morocco) to Motril (ES) | AlarmPhone |
08/01/2021 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies washed a shore in Arekmane near Nador (MA) where on way to Spain | AMDHNador |
08/01/2021 | 2 | N.N. (baby; woman) | unknown | found dead onboard boat on way to Spain, which got in problems off coast of Nador (MA); 19 rescued | AlarmPhone/EurPress |
08/01/2021 | 1 | Naji Muhammad Hamida (man) | Egypt | drowned, body found on the beach of Abu Shika area in al-Malahha (LY), was on way to Italy | WatNews/Sotmasr |
07/01/2021 | 1 | Doumbia Mabana (young woman) | Ivory Coast | drowned on way from Nador MA) to Spain; 3 missing, 7 bodies recovered from sea; 21 rescued | AlarmPhone/AMDHNador |
07/01/2021 | 10 | N.N. (1 child; 2 women; 1 man) | unknown | drowned on way from Nador (MA) to Spain; 3 missing, 7 bodies recovered from sea; 21 rescued | AlarmPhone/IOM/AMDHNador |
06/01/2021 | 1 | Soufiane Afilal (man, 27) | Algeria | presumed drowned, missing in Strait of Gibraltar, boat disappeared between Beliones (MA) and Spain | FaroCeuta/AlarmPhone |
06/01/2021 | 2 | N.N. (young men) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing in Strait of Gibraltar, boat disappeared between Beliones (MA) and Spain | FaroCeuta/AlarmPhone |
06/01/2021 | 2 | N.N. (babies) | unknown | died of swallowing sea water in boat on way to Spain; 20 rescued off the coast of Arkman (MA) | AlarmPhone/NadorCity |
05/01/2021 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of cardiorespiratory arrest after arriving by boat from Africa at Canary Islands (ES); 43 rescued | El Diario/Euromed/InfoMigrants/AlarmPho |
05/01/2021 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on way from Africa to Canary Islands (ES), boat arrived with dead bodies on board; 43 rescued | El Diario/Euromed/InfoMigrants/AlarmPho |
03/01/2020 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, missing when 79 migrants were intercepted and repatriated to Libya | Mediterranea |
02/01/2021 | 7 | N.N. (4 women; 3 men) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies washed ashore in advanced state of decomposition on an Algerian beach | AlarmPhone/MEE |
02/01/2021 | 1 | Redwan Rigat (man, 53) | Egypt | found dead in cold underpass near railway station Garibaldi, Milano (IT), he was homeless | Necropolis/Canal13/Ansa |
in Jan 21 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 5) | Afghanistan | run over by heavy duty truck while playing in Malakasa refugee camp north of Athens (GR) | InfoMigrants |
in Jan 21 | 1 | Saeed Abdel Hamid (man) | Egypt | drowned, body recovered off the coast of Sabratha (LY), boat shipwrecked on way to Italy | WatNews |
in Jan 21 | 1 | N.N. | Egypt | drowned, body recovered off the coast of Sabratha (LY), boat shipwrecked on way to Italy | WatNews |
in 2021 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | presumed missing or have died in context of illegal pushbacks in Aegean Sea in 1st quarter of 2021 | ECRE |
28/12/2020 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body in advanced state of decay found floating in port of Calais (FR) | NordLittoral/IOM |
26/12/2020 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Guinea | died in hospital in Laayoune (EH) after being rescued from shipwreck, was on way to Spain | HelenaMaleno/Euromed/AlarmPhone/Wat |
25/12/2020 | 13 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 1 woman) | Bangladesh, Pakistan, Niger | presumed drowned, missing, left on December 24 from Sabratha (LY) never arrived at Lampedusa (IT) | ILM/Euromed/AlarmPhone/Mediterranea |
24/12/2020 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | died of unknown causes, bodies found on inflatable boat off El Aaiún (Morocco); 43 rescued | Provincia/Euromed |
24/12/2020 | 18 | N.N. (incl 1 child) | unknown | drowned in shipwreck off Laayoune (EH) on way to Canary Islands (ES); 17 missing, 44 rescued | HelenaMaleno/Euromed/AlarmPhone/Wat |
24/12/2020 | 40 | N.N. (incl 19 women, 4 pregnant) | Sub-Saharan Africa, Tunisia | drowned, boat sank near Sfax (TN) on way to lItaly; 20 missing, 20 bodies recovered; 5 rescued | Euromed/IOM/Reuters |
23/12/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed suicide, despite mental problems denied access to asylum camp in Boudry (CH) in cold night | Migsol |
22/12/2020 | 6 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | presumed drowned, bodies washed ashore on coast off a Taruma beach near El Aaiún (EH) | Provincia/Euromed |
18/12/2020 | 7 | N.N. (incl 3 minors; 4 women) | unknown | drowned, when trafficker wrecked boat off the coast of Almeria (Spain); 18 managed to reach land | EPress/AlarmPhone |
18/12/2020 | 1 | Rafi al-Sayyid Ahmad (man, 19) | Egypt | drowned, remains washed ashore or recovered off coast of Salloum (EG) on way from Libya to Italy | Youm/Shorouk/IOM/WatNews |
18/12/2020 | 1 | Hassan Hamdy Hassan (boy, 17) | Egypt | drowned, remains washed ashore or recovered off coast of Salloum (EG) on way from Libya to Italy | Youm/Shorouk/IOM/WatNews |
18/12/2020 | 1 | Jamal Omar Mahmoud (man, 23) | Egypt | drowned, remains washed ashore or recovered off coast of Salloum (EG) on way from Libya to Italy | Youm/Shorouk/IOM/WatNews |
18/12/2020 | 1 | Hassan Mahmoud Bakhit (boy,14) | Egypt | drowned, remains washed ashore or recovered off coast of Salloum (EG) on way from Libya to Italy | Youm/Shorouk/IOM/WatNews |
18/12/2020 | 1 | Shaaban Muhammad Sadiq (m,55) | Egypt | drowned, remains washed ashore or recovered off coast of Salloum (EG) on way from Libya to Italy | Youm/Shorouk/IOM/WatNews |
18/12/2020 | 1 | Ibrahim Saeed Muhammad (b,16) | Egypt | drowned, remains washed ashore or recovered off coast of Salloum (EG) on way from Libya to Italy | Youm/Shorouk/IOM/WatNews |
18/12/2020 | 1 | Ahmed Abdel Salam Saad (m, 59) | Egypt | drowned, remains washed ashore or recovered off coast of Salloum (EG) on way from Libya to Italy | Youm/Shorouk/IOM/WatNews |
18/12/2020 | 1 | Abd al-Rahman Faraj Salih (m, 23) | Egypt | drowned, remains washed ashore or recovered off coast of Salloum (EG) on way from Libya to Italy | Youm/Shorouk/IOM/WatNews |
18/12/2020 | 1 | Saber Jaber Abdel Salam (m, 33) | Egypt | drowned, remains washed ashore or recovered off coast of Salloum (EG) on way from Libya to Italy | Youm/Shorouk/IOM/WatNews |
18/12/2020 | 1 | Hammouda Faraj Abdel Hadi (28) | Egypt | drowned, remains washed ashore or recovered off coast of Salloum (EG) on way from Libya to Italy | Youm/Shorouk/IOM/WatNews |
18/12/2020 | 1 | Assem Farhat Abd al-Salam (19) | Egypt | drowned, remains washed ashore or recovered off coast of Salloum (EG) on way from Libya to Italy | Youm/Shorouk/IOM/WatNews |
18/12/2020 | 1 | N.N. | Egypt | drowned, remains washed ashore or recovered off coast of Salloum (EG) on way from Libya to Italy | Youm/Shorouk/IOM/WatNews |
17/12/2020 | 23 | N.N. | North Africa | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on Balearic route on way from Béjaïa (DZ) to Spain or Italy | Algerie Eco/IOM/AlarmPhone |
16/12/2020 | 4 | N.N. (4 children) | Egypt | drowned, bodies retrieved off the coast of Al-Zawiya (LY); victims of pushback by Libyan coast guards | Euromed/IOMLibya/SafaMsehli |
10/12/2020 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | found dead in abandoned building were refugees seek shelter in Edirne (TR), near Greek border | EdirneMedya/IOMTurkey |
06/12/2020 | 11 | N.N. (incl 1 baby; 1 woman) | unknown | 2 bodies in remains of rubber boat washed a shore near Akhfennir (MA); 3 missing; 2 survived | WatchTheMed/Euromed/IOM/AlarmPhon |
02/12/2020 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | Somalia | drowned after inflatable boat sank nearby Mantamados, Lesbos (GR); 1 missing; 32 rescued | Izzy/Euromed/Macau |
01/12/2020 | 16 | N.N. (incl 12 young men) | unknown | died of hunger/thirst during eight-day journey from Safi (MA) to Canary Islands; 4 missing, 11 rescued | Plus24/IOM/AlamPress |
in Dec 20 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, body washed up on Libyan shore | IOMLibya/Euromed |
in Dec 20 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found on beach off Al Marsa near El Aaiún (Morocco) | Provincia |
in Dec 20 | 1 | Hussein Mubarak (boy, 17) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing, tried to swim from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Ceuta; 1 survived | ElForoCeuta/AlarmPhone |
in Dec 20 | 1 | Muhammad Taniber (boy, 18) | Morocco | presumed drowned, missing, tried to swim from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Ceuta; 1 survived | ElForoCeuta/AlarmPhone |
in Dec 20 | 30 | N.N. (incl 4 children 5-10; 1 man) | Egypt | drowned, bodies recovered off the coast of Libya after sinking of the boat carrying them to Italy | WatNews |
27/11/2020 | 4 | N.N. (2 mothers with babies) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of unclear causes on boat on way to Spain, bodies brought to hospital in Nador (MA) | AMDHNador |
25/11/2020 | 27 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 8 woman) | unknown | presumed drowned, missing, boat left from Dakhla (EH) and went missing in the North Atlantic Ocean | AlarmPhone |
24/11/2020 | 9 | N.N. (9 young men) | Maghreb | drowned, boat capsized only a few meters from the shore of the island of Lanzarote (ES); 28 rescued | InfoMigrants/El Diario/WSWS/AlarmPhon |
24/11/2020 | 8 | N.N. (3 children; 5 women) | Maghreb | presumed drowned, boat capsized only few meters from shore of island of Lanzarote (ES); 28 rescued | InfoMigrants/El Diario/WSWS |
24/11/2020 | 11 | N.N. | Algeria, Sub-Saharan Africa | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on Balearic route on way from Zeralda (DZ) to Spain or Italy | Heroes/IOM |
23/11/2020 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, rubber dinghy on way from Boumerdes (DZ) to Spain shipwrecked in Algerian waters | Heroes/AlarmPhone/IOM |
19/11/2020 | 1 | Mohamed Khamisse Zacharia (20) | Sudan | stowaway, hit by car trying to escape police tear gas aimed at him from back of a lorry in North France | CMS/HelpR |
16/11/2020 | 104 | N.N. (children; women; men) | Senegal | drowned/dehydrated, after being adrift for 10 days engine exploded on way to Canary Islands (ES) | EP/Independent/Euromed |
16/11/2020 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Senegal | died from effort swimming to shore to get help after being adrift for 10 days on way to Canary Islands | EP/Independent/Euromed |
13/11/2020 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck off Sorman (LY) on way to Europe, only 3 woman survived, rescued by fisherman | Aljazeera/OpenMigration |
13/11/2020 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | accident, driver lost control, overcrowded minibus overturned near Van (TR); 29 survived but injured | DailySabah/IOM |
12/11/2020 | 74 | N.N. (incl 1 baby) | unknown | drowned in shipwreck on way to Europe, dozens of corpses washed up along Libyan shores; 47rescued | Aljazeera/OpenMigration/DW |
12/11/2020 | 11 | N.N. (young men) | Algeria | presumed drowned, boat from Oran (DZ) disappeared, 4 bodies washed ashore in Algeria; 7 missing | El Watan/IOM/Heroes |
11/11/2020 | 13 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 3 women) | unknown | drowned after boat capsized off the coast of Libya on way to Italy; 11 rescued by the coast guard | SafaMsehli/IOM/InfoMigrants |
11/11/2020 | 1 | Yusuf Alì Kanneh (boy, 6 months) | Guinea | got lost in sea during rescue, was found alive but died on rescue ship a few hours later; 104 rescued | Aljazeera/InfoMigrants/Infobae/OpenMigr |
11/11/2020 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned on way to Italy, when dinghy with broken engine collapsed during rescue; 104 rescued | Aljazeera/InfoMigrant/Infobae/OpenMigrat |
10/11/2020 | 13 | N.N. (incl 1 child) | unknown | drowned, boat capsized off the Libyan coast | Aljazeera |
08/11/2020 | 6 | N.N. (incl 2 children; 2 pregn. w) | unknown | drowned, while crossing the Aegean Sea in a makeshift boat from Turkey to Greece; 17 rescued | infomigrants/IOMGreece/Euromed/KTG |
08/11/2020 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 6) | Afghanistan | drowned in Aegean Sea (GR); father accused of endangering life of others faces 10 years prison | infomigrants/IOMGreece/KTG/Seen |
07/11/2020 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died of unknown cause, body found on boat after arrival on Canary Islands (ES); 158 rescued | Provincia/Euromed/EFE |
05/11/2020 | 14 | N.N. (2 children; 4 woman; 8 m.) | unknown | drowned, disappeared in the Alboran Sea on their way from North Africa to Spain | HelenaMaleno/Caminando/IOM |
04/11/2020 | 4 | N.N. (1 man; all between 20-30) | Morocco | drowned in sewage canal in Beni Ensar (Morocco) on way to Spanish enclave of Melilla | InfoMigrants/MorWN/IOM/AMDHNador |
03/11/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body found on bank of Drina river in Zvornik (BA) at Bosnian-Serbian border | RTVBN/IOM Bosnia |
03/11/2020 | 92 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, boat capsized on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (ES); 27 rescued | HelenaMaleno/AlarmPhone |
01/11/2020 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died of unknown cause, in boat on the way or upon arrival in the Canary Islands (ES) | El Diario |
in Nov 20 | 2 | N.N. (boy) | Senegal | presumed drowned on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (ES) | RBD |
in Nov 20 | 3 | N.N. (young men) | Senegal | drowned on way from Saint Louis (Senegal) to Gran Canaria (Spain) | InfoMigrant |
in Nov 20 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies recovered from sea by different boats & brought to hospitals in Dakar (SN) | PressAfrik/IOM |
31/10/2020 | 9 | N.N. (9 men) | unknown | drowned, boat capsized in Mediterranean Sea, 6 bodies washed ashore at Bani Jawed (LY); 3 missing | IOMLibya |
30/10/2020 | 150 | N.N. | Africa | drowned/missing in shipwreck off the coast of St Louis north of Dakar (Senegal); 150 rescued | AlarmPhone/Emergency |
29/10/2020 | 50 | N.N. | unknown | drowned/missing, boat from Senegal sank after 2 weeks at sea; 27 rescued off north Mauretania | AlarmPhone/Emergency |
27/10/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, missing after boat capsized and sank in English Channel on way to Great Britain; 14 rescued | DailyMail/BBC/Parisien/Euronews/IOM/G |
27/10/2020 | 1 | Rasoul Iran-Nejad (man, 35) | Iran | drowned, Kurdish father, mother & 3 children died when boat capsized in English Channel; 14 rescued | DailyMail/BBC/Parisien/Euronews/IOM/G |
27/10/2020 | 1 | Shiva Mohammad Panahi (w, 35) | Iran | drowned, Kurdish father, mother & 3 children died when boat capsized in English Channel; 14 rescued | DailyMail/BBC/Parisien/Euronews/IOM/G |
27/10/2020 | 1 | Anita (girl, 9) | Iran | drowned, Kurdish father, mother & 3 children died when boat capsized in English Channel; 14 rescued | DailyMail/BBC/Parisien/Euronews/IOM/G |
27/10/2020 | 1 | Armin (boy, 6) | Iran | drowned, Kurdish father, mother & 3 children died when boat capsized in English Channel; 14 rescued | DailyMail/BBC/Parisien/Euronews/IOM/G |
27/10/2020 | 1 | Artin (boy,15 months) | Iran | drowned, Kurdish father, mother & 3 children died when boat capsized in English Channel; 14 rescued | DailyMail/BBC/Parisien/Euronews/IOM/G |
27/10/2020 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | unknown | died after being pulled from water when boat sank in Channel on way to Great Britain; 15 rescued | DailyMail/BBC/Parisien/Euronews/IOM/G |
27/10/2020 | 41 | N.N. | unknown | droned, boat collided with patrol vessel on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (ES); 39 rescued | AlarmPhone/Emergency |
26/10/2020 | 41 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, boat on way to Canary Islands overturned after collision with patrol boat; 39 rescued | AlarmPhone/El Diario |
26/10/2020 | 12 | N.N. (incl 2 little girls) | North-West Africa | drowned, boat shipwrecked in Moroccan waters on way to the Canary Islands (ES) | Heroes/IOM/AlarmPhone |
25/10/2020 | 14 | N.N. (1 woman; 13 men) | unknown | drowned, boat capsized off the coast of Libya on way to Italy; 11 missing, 10 rescued by fisherman | SafaMsehli/IOM |
25/10/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | died of hypothermia, body found in a kayak in the Strait of Gibraltar near Algeciras (ES); 3 rescued | EurPress/ElForoCeuta/IOM |
25/10/2020 | 11 | N.N. (incl pregnant woman) | unknown | drowned, when boat capsized off the coast of Libya trying to reach Europe; 10 rescued by fisherman | InfoMigrant |
24/10/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died of unknown cause, body found with head trauma at Evros River between Turkey and Greece | IOMTurkey |
24/10/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, tried to swim in wetsuit to Spanish enclave of Ceuta, body found near Sarchal Beach (ES) | ForoCeuta/IOM |
24/10/2020 | 100 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, shipwreck on way from Senegal to Canary Islands; 56 rescued by Spanish Army patrol boat | AlarmPhone/Euromed/Emergency |
24/10/2020 | 4 | N.N. (men, 30-34) | Morocco | drowned on way to Portugal, bodies found on beach in front of luxurious golf clubs in El Jadida (MA) | CMJornal |
24/10/2020 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died of heart failure in camp at Grand-Synthe (France), exact circumstances are not known | IRR/IOM |
23/10/2020 | 138 | N.N. (children; women; men) | Senegal, unknown | presumed drowned, missing after boat exploded that left Senegal for Canary Islands (ES); 51rescued | Provincia/RFI/IOM/AlarmPhone/UN/Emer |
23/10/2020 | 2 | N.N. (brothers, 21 & 27) | Senegal | presumed drowned, boat exploded that left Senegal for Canary Islands (ES); their father survived | Provincia/RFI/IOM/AlarmPhone/UN/Emer |
23/10/2020 | 1 | Zugar Hamza (young man) | Algeria | stowaway found in advanced state of decay in container in Paraguay, was on way from Serbia to Italy | Guardian/HLN |
23/10/2020 | 1 | Sidahmed Ouherher (young man) | Algeria | stowaway found in advanced state of decay in container in Paraguay, was on way from Serbia to Italy | Guardian/HLN |
23/10/2020 | 1 | Ahmed Belmiloudi (young man) | Morocco | stowaway found in advanced state of decay in container in Paraguay, was on way from Serbia to Italy | Guardian/HLN |
23/10/2020 | 1 | Said Rachir (young man) | Morocco | stowaway found in advanced state of decay in container in Paraguay, was on way from Serbia to Italy | Guardian/HLN |
23/10/2020 | 1 | Rachid Sanhaji (young man) | Morocco | stowaway found in advanced state of decay in container in Paraguay, was on way from Serbia to Italy | Guardian/HLN |
23/10/2020 | 1 | Mohamed Hadoun (young man) | Morocco | stowaway found in advanced state of decay in container in Paraguay, was on way from Serbia to Italy | Guardian/HLN |
23/10/2020 | 1 | Yessa Aymen (man, 19) | Egypt | stowaway found in advanced state of decay in container in Paraguay, was on way from Serbia to Italy | Guardian/HLN |
22/10/2020 | 5 | N.N. (2 little girls; 2 w; 1 w preg) | Lybia, Morocco | drowned, boat capsized near Lampedusa (IT); 15 rescued among whom a boy who lost mother & sister | SaraCreta/IOM/Euromed |
22/10/2020 | 1 | Assane (man, 26) | Senegal | drowned, boat caught fire and exploded on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (ES) | RBD |
21/10/2020 | 16 | N.N. (incl 7 men) | Morocco | died of dehydration, corpses thrown overboard, boat found with 9 survivors after 15 days adrift at sea | RTVC/IOM/ElDiario/Publico |
21/10/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, ± 20) | Morocco | drowned, tried to swim in wetsuit to Spanish enclave of Ceuta, body found at La Ribera Beach (ES) | Confidencial/IOM/FaroCeuta |
20/10/2020 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, boat capsized off coast of Libya on way to Italy; 5 survivors swam ashore to Sabratha (LY) | IOMLybia |
20/10/2020 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | missing after their boat capsized of the coast of Sabratha on way to Italy; 5 rescued by fisherman | SafaMsehli/IOMLibya/Euromed |
20/10/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, partly decomposed body found in Evros River near Alibeyköy (TR) at Greek border | HaberT/IOMTurkey |
20/10/2020 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, boat capsized off the Libyan coast near Sabratha; 5 rescued by local fisherman | InfoMigrant |
19/10/2020 | 6 | N.N. (5 men) | unknown | died of thirst/hunger while drifting for week in boat on Mediterranean Sea, on way to Italy; 6 rescued | ItCoastG/IOM/MedCronaca/Euromed/Alar |
18/10/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, between 20-40) | Iran | drowned, body wearing life jacket washed up on beach of Sangatte (FR), attempting to reach Britain | Guardian/IRR/IOM/Sky/Euromed |
18/10/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died of unknown cause in mountains near Ventimiglia (IT) on way to France; 2 survived | Riviera24/IOM |
17/10/2020 | 1 | Abdoul Mariga (man, 30) | Guinea | died of lack of medical care in Guinea after being deported from Switzerland where he lived 10 years | Vivre/DroitRester/Courrier |
16/10/2020 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, went missing during 10 day odyssey at sea on way from Africa to Europe; 5 rescued | EHAR/IOM/AlarmPhone |
11/10/2020 | 22 | N.N. (incl 3 children; 8 woman) | Africa | drowned, boat caught fire refugees jumped in the sea off coast of Sfax (TN); 11 missing, 7 rescued | AlarmPhone/Reuters/IOMTunisia |
11/10/2020 | 30 | N.N. (3 children; 8 woman) | Africa | drowned, boat sank on way from Sfax (TN) to Lampedusa (IT); 19 missing, 11 bodies recovered | Euromed/Reuters |
09/10/2020 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Laayoune (EH) to Canary Islands (ES) | AlarmPhone/IOM |
08/10/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | car accident, on highway between Kavala and Thessalonik (Greece); 9 survived | IOMGreece |
07/10/2020 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Libya, unknown | hit by passenger train in Poljavnice (BA), near the Bosnian-Croatian border | N1/Faktor/IOM |
05/10/2020 | 4 | N.N. (incl 1 man) | unknown | blown up in minefield, after interference of border guards at Syrian-Turkish border near Kiziltepe (TR) | Mezo/IOM |
05/10/2020 | 1 | Abou Dakite (boy, 15) | Ivory Coast | lack of healthcare, died in hospital in Palermo (IT), kept on Covid-19 quarantine ship despite being ill | AGI/LR/IOM/BorderlineSic |
04/10/2020 | 2 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaways, suffocated inside overcrowded 16 person minivan in Olvan, Van Province (TR); 70 survived | TRTHaber/IOM |
02/10/2020 | 53 | N.N. (incl 6 children; 23 women) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat went missing at sea on way from Dakhla (Morocco) to Canary islands (Spain) | LV/AlarmPhone/WatchTheMed |
in Oct 20 | 1 | Doudou (boy, 15) | Senegal | died of illness on way to Spain; father who arranged his travel was arrested in Senegal over sons death | InfoMigrants/BBC |
in Oct 20 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Senegal | presumed drowned on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (ES) | RBD |
in Oct 20 | 1 | Talla (man, 28) | Senegal | died of hunger and thirst on boat that went missing at sea on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (ES) | NewHum |
in Oct 20 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Senegal | died of hunger and thirst on boat that went missing at sea on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (ES) | NewHum |
30/09/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, 19) | Maghreb | presumed hypothermia, body carrying a tire used as floating device was found at sea near Cadiz (ES) | ElDiario/AndaluciaInfo/IOM |
30/09/2020 | 2 | N.N. | Pakistan | killed during clashes between rival groups of refugees near a makeshift camp in egar, Biha? (BA) | Klix/ANSA/IOMBA/InfoMigrants |
28/09/2020 | 5 | N.N. (5 men) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies washed ashore near beach of Equestrian Club, Zuwara (Libya) | IOMLibya |
27/09/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, 61) | Afghanistan | died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Athens (GR), he is the first Covid death living in a Greek migrant camp | InfoMigrants/Euromed |
25/09/2020 | 16 | N.N. (incl 2 children; 5 w; 8 m) | Syria, unknown | drowned, boat on way to Italy drifted 2 days at sea before being rescued; 13 missing, 22 rescued | IOMLibya/DailySabah |
25/09/2020 | 15 | N.N. (incl 11 men) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat found off the coast of Al Khums (Libya) on way to Italy; 120 rescued | IOMLibya |
24/09/2020 | 10 | N.N. (incl 1 boy, 7) | Comoros | drowned, boat capsized due to heavy waves near Mayotte (France) on way from Comoros; 14 rescued | DW/Le Monde/Ipreunion/IOM/La1ere |
24/09/2020 | 59 | N.N. (2 children; 10 women) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Laayoune (EH) to Canary Islands (ES); 59 missing | LV/IOM |
24/09/2020 | 1 | Bryar Bakhtiar (man, 34) | Iraq | Kurd, stowaway, died of unknown cause traveling hidden under truck near Italian-French border; 1 surv | NRT/IOM/Rudaw |
23/09/2020 | 31 | N.N. (1 child; 4 women) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Dakhla (EH) to Canary Islands (ES) | LV |
23/09/2020 | 70 | N.N. (70 men) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (ES) | LV |
16/09/2020 | 12 | N.N. (12 men) | North-West Africa, Sub-Saha | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Tarfaya (MA) to Canary Islands (ES) | LV/IOM |
15/09/2020 | 1 | Abdallah Said (boy, 17) | Somalia | died of tuberculosis, in hospital on Sicilia (IT) after emergency transfer from Covid-19 quarantine ship | BorderlineSic/ILM/MSF/20ME |
14/09/2020 | 24 | N.N. (24 men) | unknown | drowned, bodies found on unspecified location north of Alzzawiya (Libya); 22 missing, 45 rescued | IOMLibya |
14/09/2020 | 4 | N.N. (incl 2 children; 1 woman) | unknown | drowned, boat sank in the Aegean Sea off the southern Greek island of Crete (GR); 56 rescued | APNews/IOMGreece |
14/09/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, 40) | Pakistan | found dead, under blanket on improvised stretcher, by roadside near Cazin (BA) near HR border | SarajevoT |
08/09/2020 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died during dangerous journey, body found on boat near the island of Tenerife (ES); 57 rescued | Infobae |
07/09/2020 | 1 | Sufian (boy, 2,5) | Lebanon | died of hypothermia after being adrift several days on way from Lebanon to Cyprus; parents survived | APnews/NewArab/IOM |
07/09/2020 | 11 | N.N. (incl 4 men; 1 child) | Lebanon, India, Syria | died of unclear reasons, bodies found during rescue on boat on way from Lebanon to Cyprus; 37rescued | UNIFIL/APnews/NewArab/IOM |
07/09/2020 | 1 | Mohammed Mohammed (man, 27) | Lebanon | presumed drowned, jumped of boat to get help after being a drift for days between Lebanon & Cyprus | UNIFIL/APnews/NewArab/IOM |
06/09/2020 | 1 | S. J. (man, 24) | Afghanistan | died of asphyxiation, body found inside garage of ferry coming from Greece in Port of Ancona (IT) | InfoMigrants |
04/09/2020 | 1 | Anwar Sied (man, 20) | Eritrea | hit by car, trying to escape from reception centre in Siculiana, Sicily (IT) due to Covid-19 quarantine | PrensaLat/ANSA/Agrigento/BorderlineSic |
03/09/2020 | 1 | Fallou Ndiaye (man, 20+) | Senegal | died on way from Mauritania to Canary Islands during ten day trip due to bad weather (ES); 46 rescued | Seneweb/Dakaractu/IOM |
03/09/2020 | 1 | Ablaye Thioune (man, 20+) | Senegal | died on way from Mauritania to Canary Islands during ten day trip due to bad weather (ES); 46 rescued | Seneweb/Dakaractu/IOM |
03/09/2020 | 1 | Gora Thioune (man, 32) | Senegal | died on way from Mauritania to Canary Islands during ten day trip due to bad weather (ES); 46 rescued | Seneweb/Dakaractu/IOM |
03/09/2020 | 11 | N.N. | Senegal | died on way from Mauritania to Canary Islands during ten day trip due to bad weather (ES); 46 rescued | Seneweb/Dakaractu/IOM |
30/08/2020 | 4 | N.N. (incl 1 woman; 2 men) | unknown | drowned, boat exploded during rescue operation off the coast of Crotone (IT); 1 missing, 16 rescued | LR/Aljazeera/IOM/InfoMigrants |
29/08/2020 | 4 | N.N. (incl 1 woman) | unknown | died of unknow reasons off the coast of Libya on a ship on its way to Italy; 219 rescued | DailySabah/Reuters/NIUS |
27/08/2020 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | unknown | drowned, tried to swim to a ferry boat from Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) to the peninsula | EPress |
24/08/2020 | 8 | N.N. (incl 5 children; 1 woman) | Comoros | drowned, amongst others a mother and her 3 children died when boat wrecked near Mayotte (FR) | GazetteComores/AlWatwan/IOMMadagas |
23/08/2020 | 22 | N.N. (20 men) | unknown | drowned, bodies washed ashore near Abukamash (Libya) | IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
23/08/2020 | 2 | N.N. (incl 1 man) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found in Tisza River at the Serbian-Hungarian border | IOMSerbia |
23/08/2020 | 1 | Abdamaged Badawe (man, 42) | Algeria | suicide, undocumented hanged himself with t.shirt at police station in Milano (IT), directly after arrest | Necropolis/MilanoToDay/LR |
22/08/2020 | 11 | N.N. (incl 2 children, 10, 14; 1 w) | Algeria | drowned, speedboat on way from Algeria sank off the coast of Cabo de Gata (ES); 4 rescued | VozAlm/HelenaMaleno/SalvaM/IOM |
22/08/2020 | 1 | Masoud Ghadiri (man, 31) | Iran | Kurd, suicide, throw himself against train at Ziegelbrücke station (CH) after asylum application rejected | Migsol/ANFDE |
22/08/2020 | 1 | Mercy Baguma (woman, 34) | Uganda | found dead in flat in Glasgow (GB) beside her starving baby, due to inhumane UK asylum system | Ya.UK/ScotSun/BBC |
21/08/2020 | 1 | Ayoub Mohamed (man, 24) | Sudan | drowned, while crossing the Mediterranean on his way to Europe | SaraCreta |
20/08/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | fell to death, tried to jump border fence between Morocco and Spanish enclave of Melilla; 300 survived | Olive/InfoMigrants/El Diario |
20/08/2020 | 1 | Mounder Farara | unknown | drowned, was on way to Europe in the Mediterranean Sea in boat with 29 refugees, all are missing | SaraCreta |
20/08/2020 | 29 | N.N. | unknown | drowned on their way to Europe in a boat with 30 refugees; 29 missing | SaraCreta |
19/08/2020 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | lifeless bodies found on drifting boat, 81 miles south-west of Canary Islands (Spain) | EFE/ElPaís/EurPress/IOM |
19/08/2020 | 1 | Hamballah Abdufatah (man, 28) | Sudan | drowned, inflatable dinghy, with shovels for oars, capsized on way from Calais (FR) to England; 1 resc | Necropolis/BBC/Independent/IRR/IOM/Gu |
18/08/2020 | 30 | N.N. (children; women; men) | Nigeria, Ghana, Eritrea, unk | drowned, rubber boat burst on way to Italy, coast guard refused to help; 65 rescued by fisherman | AlarmPhone |
18/08/2020 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, engine stopped working close to Tunisia on way to Italy; 15 rescued by fishermen | AlarmPhone |
17/08/2020 | 44 | N.N. (incl 5 children) | Senegal, Mali, Chad, Ghana | drowned, engine exploded off the coast of Zuwara (Libya); 33 missing, 37 rescued | VAM/IOMLybia/AlarmPhone/VK/Markous |
17/08/2020 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | drowned, bodies found in Drina River at the Serbian-Bosnian border | IOMSerbia |
17/08/2020 | 1 | Abdel Wahab Latinos (man) | Sudan | drowned, engine exploded off coast of Zuwara (Libya), Abdel was known poet; 33 missing, 37 rescued | VAM/IOMLybia/AlarmPhone/VK/Markous |
16/08/2020 | 2 | N.N. (incl 1 man) | unknown | accident, passenger car with 12 migrants drove into stop truck in North Macedonia; 10 survived | MinistryMK/IOM |
15/08/2020 | 39 | N.N. (children; women; men) | Tunisia, Egypt, Gambia, Gui | drowned, wooden boat in poor condition sank off Libyan coast; 33 missing, 1 rescued by fisherman | AlarmPhone |
09/08/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found in Tisa River were it crosses the Hungarian and Serbian border | IOMSerbia |
06/08/2020 | 39 | N.N. | Guinea, Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration, bodies found in broken boat drifting at sea, on way to Spain; 12 missing, 1 resc. | UNHCR/IOMMauritania/AlarmPhone |
05/08/2020 | 10 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, when boat sank off coast of Dakhla (Western Sahara) on way to Canary islands; 10 rescued | Publico/IOM |
05/08/2020 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | car accident, car overturned and crashed into bars at road work near Alexandroupoli (GR); 5 survived | IOMGreece |
03/08/2020 | 20 | N.N. (5 woman; 2 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, bodies found on coast of Tarfaya (MA) on way to Canary Islands (ES); 13 missing, 40rescued | Caminando/h24info/IOM |
02/08/2020 | 8 | N.N. (incl 7 men) | unknown | drowned, boat sank near Almería (ES) while engine stopped and water entered; 7 missing, 3 rescued | Caminando/HelenaMaleno/EurPress/Voz |
01/08/2020 | 10 | N.N. (incl 9 men) | unknown | presumed drowned, disappeared off the coast of Libya on way to Italy; 79 rescued | IOMLibya |
01/08/2020 | 13 | N.N. (1 child; 1 woman) | unknown | presumed drowned on way to Spain or Italy, bodies found off the coast of Oran (Algeria) | IOM |
31/07/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Cameroon | died after violent intervention by the state police in the forests around Tangier (DZ) | Ceutaldia |
29/07/2020 | 9 | N.N. (incl 1 men) | unknown | drowned at unspecified location off the coast of Libya; 6 rescued | IOMLibya |
28/07/2020 | 1 | Ali Ghezawi (boy, 14) | Syria | suicide, in refugee center in Gilze-Rijen (NL) after request for asylum was rejected for 3th time | DutchN/NOS/Trouw/InfoMigrants |
27/07/2020 | 3 | N.N. (3 boys, between 15-18) | Sudan | shot at disembarkation site in Khoms (LY), trying to flee arbitrary detention after being taken at sea | InfoMigrants/Welcome/Le360/IOM/UNHC |
26/07/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, 21) | Afghanistan | stabbed to death, attacked near Moria refugee camp, Lesbos (GR) by young man also living in Moria | InfoMigrants |
22/07/2020 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the strait of Gibraltar on way from Tangiers (Morocco) to Cádiz (Spain); 8 rescued | Caminando/HelenaMaleno/IOM |
22/07/2020 | 49 | N.N. (49 men) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Naudibú (Mauritania) to Canary Islands (ES) | LV |
21/07/2020 | 2 | N.N. | Senegal | drowned, boat capsized in Strait of Gibraltar during rescue by Moroccan navy, on their way to Spain | InfoMigrants/HelenaMaleno |
20/07/2020 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Eritrea | died of malnutrition in UNHCR centre in Tripoly (LY) after been held in a trafficking centre | UNHCR |
18/07/2020 | 63 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 20 women) | unknown | missing, inflatable boat disappeared between Tarfaya (Morocco) and Canary Islands (Spain) | AlarmPhone/HelenaMaleno/Can7/NYtime |
13/07/2020 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found in boat adrift for 15 days on way to Italy, despite several calls from NGOs to rescue him | Noticias |
12/07/2020 | 1 | M.L. (woman, 22) | Pakistan | found dead by Red Cross patrol under unclear circumstances in Kumanovo in North Macedonia | Sloboden/IOMNorthMacedonia |
10/07/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | drowned, thrown over board by crew, trying to board ferry to Italy at port of Durrës (AL); 2 survived | Shqiptarja/IOM |
10/07/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sudan | drowned, found in Saint-Denis canal near Paris, not far from camp where he lived with 100s others | LDHF |
08/07/2020 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found on unspecified location off the coast of Libya; 18 rescued | IOM |
06/07/2020 | 1 | N.N. | Ivory Coast | died in hospital near Moria refugee Camp, Lesbos (GR) after clashes broke out between migrants | LeCourrierdesBalkans |
05/07/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, 19) | Ivory Coast | stabbed to death by migrant at Moria camp Lesbos (GR) where they live in horrific conditions | InfoMigrants/KI |
02/07/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Afghanistan | shot dead, under unclear circumstances in Kulen Vakuf (BA) near border with Croatia | Fena/IOM/LeCourrierdesBalkans |
in Jul 20 | 27 | N.N. | unknown | dehydration, stranded off coast of Mauritania when boat engines failed, on way to Canary Islands (ES) | GlobePost |
29/06/2020 | 4 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 1 woman) | unknown | drowned, rubber boat cut by Greek Coast Guard and pushed back to Turkish waters near Ayvalik (TR) | TurkCoastG/IOM |
27/06/2020 | 77 | N.N. (2 children, 6 women) | Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran | drowned in shipwreck in Lake Van (Turkey) trying to cross from Iran; 16 missing, 1 survivor | AA/NYTimes/InfoMigrants/Reuters |
27/06/2020 | 1 | Servet Akbas (man) | Iran | missing in shipwreck in Lake Van (Turkey) trying to cross from Iran; 1 survivor | NYTimes |
27/06/2020 | 1 | Mehdi Mosin (boy, 17) | Pakistan | missing in shipwreck in Lake Van (Turkey) trying to cross from Iran; 1 survivor | RTL |
26/06/2020 | 8 | N.N. (8 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, swept overboard near Khums (LY) trying to cross to Europe; 94 rescued | AlJazeera/IOMLibya |
26/06/2020 | 1 | Badreddin Abedlla Adam (28) | Sudan | shot by officers during knife attack in Glasgow (GB) his application for voluntary return was postponed | Guardian |
25/06/2020 | 2 | N.N. (young men) | unknown | presumed drowned, police pulled bodies from Mrenica River in Ogulin (HR) near Slovenian border | Seen/Jutarnji |
19/06/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Pakistan | accident, car chased by police crashed on highway near Kavala (GR) on way from Turkey; 6 survived | APNews/Xinhua/IOM |
14/06/2020 | 1 | Eugene Moses (man, 35) | Nigeria | stabbed by fellow asylum seeker in self-defense during fight at reception centre of Orte, Viterbo (IT) | Viterbo |
13/06/2020 | 12 | N.N. (2 children, 1 women, 9 m) | Sub-Saharan Africa, Egypt | drowned in a migrant shipwreck off coast of Zawiyah (LY); 20 rescued | InfoMigrants/SeaWatch/IOMLybia |
03/06/2020 | 2 | N.N. (men) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found by passersby in Mrenica River in Svoji? (HR) near Slovakian border | Seen/Jutarnji |
12/06/2020 | 4 | N.N. (4 men) | unknown | drowned on way from Tunisia to Italy boat drifted and capsized near Crete (GR); 4 missing, 1 rescued | IOMGreece |
11/06/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | hit by train on railway from Veles to Gradsko near Zgropolci (MK) died on way to hospital | MinistryMK/IOM |
09/06/2020 | 2 | N.N. | Egypt, unknown | presumed drowned, decomposed bodies found in Mrenica River in Svoji? (HR) near Slovenian border | Vijesti/IOM/Jutarnji |
06/06/2020 | 61 | N.N. (4 children, 29 w (1 preg.)) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in a migrant shipwreck off Kerkennah island near Sfax (TN) on the way to Italy | Reuters/Guardian/EurPress/SeaWatch/Sw |
06/06/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found in Kolpa River near Sinji Vrh in Slovenia, at the border with Croatia | IOMSlovenia |
in Jun 20 | 1 | Hadla (woman, 59) | Syria | died of cardiac arrest after being threatened with eviction from accommodation by Greek government | MSF/Guardian |
31/05/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found at the bank of the Drina River in Donji epak at the Bosnian-Serbian border | Banjaluka/IOM |
28/05/2020 | 3 | N.N. (incl 2 men) | unknown | died of stab wounds, after fight between migrants in Crnaja settlements (BA) near border with Croatia | 24sata/ SarajevoTimes/IOM/LeCourrierde |
27/05/2020 | 30 | N.N. | unknown | shot to death by a trafficker in a migrant smuggling warehouse in Mezda (Libya) | IOM |
25/05/2020 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found on boat flooded with water on way to Europe; 55 rescued & returned to Tripoli (LY) | IOMLibya/AlarmPhone/UNHCR |
25/05/2020 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body, in advanced state of decay, found floating in the waters close to the harbour of Calais (France) | CMS/IRR |
24/05/2020 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned during a Mediterranean pushback operation of migrants to Libya | InfoMigrants |
23/05/2020 | 7 | N.N. | Tunisia | drowned, boat capsized off the coast of Sfax (Tunisia) on way to Italy; 6 missing, 13 rescued | Presse.tn/InfoMigrants/APnews/IOM |
23/05/2020 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 23) | Afghanistan | stabbed to death by another woman in fight at overcrowded Moria refugee camp on Lesbos (Greece) | GreekReporter |
20/05/2020 | 7 | N.N. | Ivory Coast | drowned, engine broke down near Tarfaya (MA) on way to Canary Islands (ES); 4 missing, 70 rescued | AMDHNador/IOM |
20/05/2020 | 1 | Bilal Ben Messaud (man, 22) | Tunisia | drowned, jumped off Covid-19 quarantine ship in Port Empedocle, Sicily (IT) after days prolonged stay | ANSA/MedCronaca/IOM/BorderlineSic |
05/05/2020 | 1 | Adnan Olbeh (man, 30) | Syria | presumed suicide, in hotel used to house asylum seekers in Glasgow (GB), was refused mental help | Guardian/NationalScot/InfoMigrants/NoEv |
03/05/2020 | 1 | Ahmed Mahmoud Omar (man, 53) | Kurdistan-Iraq | Kurd, died after fight at Usivak migrant centre, Sarajevo (Bosnia); a security guard was involved | InfoMigrants/Rudaw/N1/Auweraert/IOM |
in May 20 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 23) | unknown | died in fight at notorious Moria refugee camp, Lesbos (GR); corona lockdown increased tensions | Guardian |
in May 20 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | unknown | disappeared after he contacted his mother from Island in Evros river (TR-GR), unaccompanied minor | Josoor |
18/04/2020 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 47) | Iraq | died of unclear causes without medical help at overcrowded Vial refugee camp on Chios (Greece) | Guardian/InfoMigrants/EFSYN/RFI/20MF |
17/04/2020 | 9 | N.N. (men) | Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Palestine | drowned, after boat capsized in Danube river trying to cross from Romania into Serbia; 8 missing | DW/Zeit/IOMRomania |
15/04/2020 | 1 | Mohamed Youssef (man) | Egypt | drowned during attempt to return to Melilla, body recovered on beach near Melilla-Nador border (MA) | AMDHNador/IOM |
14/04/2020 | 1 | Nohom Mehari (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on a migrant boat when Malta and Italy failed to properly rescue, survivors pushed back to Libya | AlarmPhone/ILM/SeaWatch/AVV/MornSta |
14/04/2020 | 1 | Kidus Yohannes (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on a migrant boat when Malta and Italy failed to properly rescue, survivors pushed back to Libya | AlarmPhone/ILM/SeaWatch/AVV/MornSta |
14/04/2020 | 1 | Filmon Habtu (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on a migrant boat when Malta and Italy failed to properly rescue, survivors pushed back to Libya | AlarmPhone/ILM/SeaWatch/AVV/MornSta |
14/04/2020 | 1 | Filmon Desale (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on a migrant boat when Malta and Italy failed to properly rescue, survivors pushed back to Libya | AlarmPhone/ILM/SeaWatch/AVV/MornSta |
14/04/2020 | 1 | Debesay Rusom (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on a migrant boat when Malta and Italy failed to properly rescue, survivors pushed back to Libya | AlarmPhone/ILM/SeaWatch/AVV/MornSta |
14/04/2020 | 1 | Filmon Mengstab (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned jumping from boat when MT/IT failed to properly rescue, survivors pushed back to Libya | AlarmPhone/ILM/SeaWatch/AVV/MornSta |
14/04/2020 | 1 | Mogos Tesfamichael (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned jumping from boat when MT/IT failed to properly rescue, survivors pushed back to Libya | AlarmPhone/ILM/SeaWatch/AVV/MornSta |
14/04/2020 | 1 | Hdru Yemane (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on a migrant boat when Malta and Italy failed to properly rescue, survivors pushed back to Libya | AlarmPhone/ILM/SeaWatch/AVV/MornSta |
14/04/2020 | 1 | Huruy Yohannes (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on a migrant boat when Malta and Italy failed to properly rescue, survivors pushed back to Libya | AlarmPhone/ILM/SeaWatch/AVV/MornSta |
14/04/2020 | 1 | Omer Seid (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on a migrant boat when Malta and Italy failed to properly rescue, survivors pushed back to Libya | AlarmPhone/ILM/SeaWatch/AVV/MornSta |
14/04/2020 | 1 | Teklay Kinfe (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on a migrant boat when Malta and Italy failed to properly rescue, survivors pushed back to Libya | AlarmPhone/ILM/SeaWatch/AVV/MornSta |
14/04/2020 | 1 | Kidus Yohannes (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on a migrant boat when Malta and Italy failed to properly rescue, survivors pushed back to Libya | AlarmPhone/ILM/SeaWatch/AVV/MornSta |
08/04/2020 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | Afghanistan | died after being stabbed in a fight at the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on Lesbos (Greece) | InfoMigrants/Stonisi |
06/04/2020 | 1 | Amadou (man) | Mali | died after fight in migrant slum of Taurianova (Italy), where irregular migrants live in terrible conditions | QuotSud |
03/04/2020 | 40 | N.N. (incl 2 women) | Guinea, Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in migrant shipwreck off Tan-Tan (MA) on way to Canary Islands; 38 missing, 21 rescued | LeMonde/ElDiario/Caminando/Le12/Alarm |
03/04/2020 | 1 | Alseny Kouta (young man) | Guinea | missing in migrant shipwreck off Tan-Tan (Morocco) on the way to Canary Islands; 21 rescued | LeMonde/ElDiario/Caminando/Le12/IOM |
01/04/2020 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, body found on Al Maya Shore, Zawiyah (Libya) | IOMLibya |
in Apr 20 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Mediterranean, according to survivors, when >20 ships left from Libya the same week | AlarmPhone |
30/03/2020 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in migrant shipwreck off Sidi Mejdoub beach, near Mostaganem (Algeria); 13 people rescued | Ref/Oran/LibAlgerie/IOM |
26/03/2020 | 22 | N.N. (incl woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in migrant shipwreck between Dakhla (Morocco) and Canary Islands; 21 missing, 4 rescued | 2MA/IOM/Assabah |
16/03/2020 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 6) | unknown | died in fire in container at overcrowded Moria migrant camp in Lesbos (Greece) | AlJazeera/KTG/Guardian |
12/03/2020 | 8 | N.N. (incl small child) | unknown | drowned in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Larache (Morocco); 5 missing, 39 people rescued | Caminando/IOM/HelenaMalo |
12/03/2020 | 1 | Ihor Homenyuk (man, 40) | Ukraine | beaten to death by immigration officers in detention centre at Lisbon (PT) airport;tried to enter illegal | Reuters/NYTimes/Euronews/Macau |
10/03/2020 | 18 | N.N. | Algeria | drowned in migrant shipwreck off coast of El Haouaria, Nabeul (Tunisia) on way to Italy; 15 missing | EsSalam/IOM |
09/03/2020 | 1 | Baqer Muslem Al-Haddad (boy,15) | Iraq | hit by train near Metz (FR), trying to reach UK; had been unaccompanied minor in Dunkirk camps (FR) | CMS/IOM/IRR |
08/03/2020 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | decomposed body found on banks of the Evros river near Feres (GR) at Turkish-Greek border | KI/IOM |
04/03/2020 | 1 | Muhammad Gulzar (man, 43) | Pakistan | shot by Greek border guard while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border at Kastanies/Pazarkule crossing | BBC/AusBC/Fatto/SverigesT/AI/IOM/NatH |
03/03/2020 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Syria | shot by Greek border guard while trying to cross Evros River from Turkey at the Ipsala crossing point | BBC |
02/03/2020 | 1 | Muhammad al-Arab (man, 22) | Syria | shot by Greek border guard while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border at Ipsala/Kipi border crossing | Indigo/Agenzianova/Telegraph/DailyBeast |
02/03/2020 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 4) | Syria | drowned, migrant boat from Turkey capsized off Lesbos (GR) in unclear circumstances; 47 rescued | Indigo/Telegraph/NYTimes/VanMX/InfoMi |
02/03/2020 | 3 | N.N. (2 children, 1 woman) | unknown | drowned off Sivrice Beach near Ayvacik (Turkey) on the way to Lesbos (Greece); 49 people rescued | IOMTurkey |
01/03/2020 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat sank between Anjouan (Comoros) and Mayotte (France); 9 missing, 15 rescued | Ouest-France/IOM |
29/02/2020 | 1 | Fatma (woman) | Syria | shot by Greek borderguard crossing Evros River to Greece near Edirne (TR), husband & 6 kids survived | AI/IOM/France24 |
28/02/2020 | 3 | N.N. (men) | unknown | suffocated during trafficking, bodies found abandoned on rural road near Volvi, Thessaloniki (Greece) | Ethnos |
27/02/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, 19) | Morocco | suicide, hung himself at Bayonne prison (FR) after escaping from detention centre at FR/ES border | Cimade/ActuFR |
27/02/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | body found in boat that arrived at a beach near Castillo del Romeral, Gran Canaria (Spain), 34 survived | SigloXXI/IOM |
27/02/2020 | 1 | N.N. (child) | unknown | died in hospital, after being pulled from sea when boat capsized off Greek island of Lesbos; 46 rescued | France24 |
22/02/2020 | 2 | N.N. | Syria | car accident, driver lost control and careened off a cliff near Gramsh (Albania), 7 survived | NYtimes/IOM/LesCourierdesBalkans |
22/02/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Algeria | presumed drowned, body in state of decomposition found by fishermen off isle Palma de Mallorca (ES) | Hora/IOM |
19/02/2020 | 53 | N.N. | unknown | missing at sea on 2 migrant boats between Dakhla (Western Sahara) and the Canary Islands (Spain) | AlJazeera |
18/02/2020 | 14 | N.N. (incl 2 children) | Guinea, Ivory Coast | drowned off Morocco when migrant boat sank on the way to the Canary Islands (Spain); 14 survivors | AlJazeera/Provincia/AlarmPhone/Camina |
17/02/2020 | 1 | Mustafa Ramadan (man, 33) | Syria | frozen, trying to cross in winter Sar Mountains (North Macedonian - Kosovo border) near Tetovo (MK) | VOA/IOM |
15/02/2020 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, body found in advanced state of decomposition in waters of Menorca (ES) | Hora |
14/02/2020 | 18 | N.N. (incl 3 young men) | Algeria | drowned, boat leaving from Annaba (Algeria) disappeared; 4 bodies washed up in Tunisia; 14 missing | InfoMigrants/ElW/IOM |
14/02/2020 | 1 | M.I.D. (man, 20) | Algeria | drowned, body found floating off coast of Collo (Algeria) was on way to Spain, parents identified body | ElW/IOM |
10/02/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | body found in advanced state of decay in Evros river near Thouri (Greece) on border with Turkey | AthMag/IOM |
09/02/2020 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | West Africa | died in hospital after rescue from boat from Western Sahara drifting south of Canary Islands (Spain) | EP/Caminando/EFE/ElDiario/IOM |
09/02/2020 | 27 | N.N. | Sudan, Niger, Mali, Iran | presumed drowned, rubber boat disappeared on way from al-Qarbouli (Libya) to Italy; 2 bodies found | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone/Med |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mohamed Idris (man, 27) | Sudan | presumed drowned, black rubber boat disappeared on the way from al-Qarbouli (Libya) to Italy | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body in state of decay found in fishing net near Benabdelmalek Ramdane (DZ) | Réf/IOM |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Abdul Basit Adam Juma (boy) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Abdalaziz Hassan Ibrahim (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Aboubacar Abdallah Ahmed (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Adnan Saleh Zakariya (youngman) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Ahmed Abaker Rijal (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Alfadhel Aloomda Moussa Bakr | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Alhaj Abdulrahman Jomaa Wadi | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Alseed Hasballah Eyas (young m) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Ayman Alhabshi (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Gazzafi Edris Hamad (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Hamd Hamid Adam Omer Shaw | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Ibrahim Abdelrahim Abdullah (m) | Sudan | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Ibrahim Adam (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Khaled Youssef Khafir Aka (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Muzamil Abdallah Khadir Osman | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mudathar Ali Alzein Estik (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mohamed Abood Bahraldin Wadi | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mohamed Abdelkarim A. Bakhat | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mohamed Haroon Hassan Khatr | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Hamad Dafallah Jomaa (young m) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mohammed Tamr (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Montassir Issa Adam Ahmed (m) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mustafa Tanqis (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Nasrladin Adin Yahya (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Osman Babiker Osman Alshibly | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Rasheed Musa Jomaa Wadi (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Sameer Aldoma Adam Ibrahim(m) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Wiz Yassin Aboo (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Yaqoub Ali Abdel-Qader (y man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Yasin Abaker Abdulr. Mostafa (m) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Ahmed Gamal Abdallah Bedi (m) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Abu Baker Ibrahim (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mohedine Salah Adam (young m) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mubarak Haroon Mussa Yaakoob | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Adnan Salah (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Ahmad Bakar Rijal (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Abacar Ibrahim Abacar (young m) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mohammad Haroon (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mahjoub Aboud Omar Musa (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Osman Yusife Jaro (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Ammar (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Alnel Ahmed (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Ismael Idrees Adam Abaker (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mohamed Suliman Yagoub S. Nour | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Maathin Mahdi Moussa (young m) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Badradin Eissa Mohamed Hamid | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Amir Abdulrahman Ahmad Omar | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mustafa Karbino (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Omrane Jabralla (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mohammed Abaker (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Ibrahime Hissean (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Abdallah Sharif Hagar Jogle (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Abdulrahman Mustafa (young m) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Othman Abkar Othman (young m) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mobark Salim Abdallah Gaid Bahar | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Said Hasb Allah (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Karma Ebdallhamid (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Mobark Haroun Musa Yagoub (m) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Hamad Dafaallah Jomaa (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Ahmadah Difallah Djuma (y man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Ralid Yussif Khrif (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Abubakr Ibrahim Abdllah (y man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
09/02/2020 | 1 | Jamal Babiker Doda (young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, boat disappeared on way from Libya to Italy, relatives collected names of missing | AlJazeera/AP/IOMLibya/AlarmPhone |
08/02/2020 | 10 | N.N. | Afghanistan, Pakistan | died in snowstorm in mountains of Sarcimen, Van region (Turkey) after crossing border from Iran | RedHaber/EurPress/Hurriyet/CNNTurk/IO |
08/02/2020 | 1 | Sheikh Abdulrahman Abdo (man) | Syria | died in snowstorm in mountains of Sarcimen, Van region (Turkey) after crossing border from Iran | RedHaber/EurPress/Hurriyet/CNNTurk/IO |
08/02/2020 | 1 | Hendreen Ibish (man) | Syria | died in snowstorm in mountains of Sarcimen, Van region (Turkey) after crossing border from Iran | RedHaber/EurPress/Hurriyet/CNNTurk/IO |
08/02/2020 | 1 | Azad Hemze (man) | Syria | died in snowstorm in mountains of Sarcimen, Van region (Turkey) after crossing border from Iran | RedHaber/EurPress/Hurriyet/CNNTurk/IO |
07/02/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | West Africa | died on migrant boat from Western Sahara found drifting south of El Hierro (Canary Islands, Spain) | EP/Caminando/EFE/ElDiario/IOM |
07/02/2020 | 7 | N.N. (1 woman, 6 men) | West Africa | 5 jumped into water out of despair, 2 died during journey on boat drifting south of Canary Islands (ES) | Caminando/EFE/ElDiario/IOM |
02/02/2020 | 2 | N.N. (women 15-25) | unknown | bodies found in river Evros near Gemistoi (Greece) near border with Turkey | AthMag |
02/02/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Bangladesh | died of hypothermia, found in a barn near Hacibey river in Derecik (TR) on Iraqi border, 3 survived | Milliyet/HaberT/IOM |
01/02/2020 | 5 | N.N. (young adults) | Algeria | 1 found in state of advanced decomposition, 4 missing off Mostaganem (Algeria), tried to reach Spain | ElW/Oran/IOM |
01/02/2020 | 1 | Fayçal (man) | Algeria | body found in advanced state of decomposition off Mostaganem (Algeria), he tried to reach Spain | ElW/Oran/IOM |
in Feb 20 | 1 | N.N. (young man, 20-25) | unknown | frozen to death, body found in forest in Evros in north-eastern part of Greece near border with Turkey | AthMag |
in Feb 20 | 1 | N.N. | Algeria | body recovered on the coast of Kerkera, less than 10 km east of Collo (Algeria), was on way to Spain | ElW |
25/01/2020 | 5 | N.N. | Syria, unknown | drowned off the coast of Mersin (Turkey); 2 missing, 1 rescued | TurkCoastG/IOM |
23/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | car accident, vehicle overturned between Kavala and Amigdaleonas (GR), 8 survivors | Kavala Web News/IOMGreece |
21/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, 28) | Somalia | found dead inside his tent in clandestine migrant camp in Paris (FR); he was seeking asylum | InfoMigrants |
18/01/2020 | 1 | Vakhtang Enukidze (man, 38) | Georgia | died in Gradisca (Italy) after fight at detention centre; not clear if police beating or painkiller overdose | ILP/TriestePrima/Giornale/UmanitaNova/A |
18/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Syria | stowaway, run over by train after falling off one near Thessaloniki Bridge (GR) on way to CentralEurope | Karfitsa/IOM |
16/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Yemen | stabbed to death during an altercation at the overcrowded Moria refugee camp on Lesbos (Greece) | KI |
15/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Congo | died in hospital 15 days after being stabbed in fight at overcrowded Moria refugee camp, Lesbos (GR) | KI/InfoMigrants |
12/01/2020 | 1 | Aymed (man, 34) | Tunisia | died of unknown causes at migrant centre of Pian del Lago in Caltanissetta (Italy); no adequate care | SkyIT/MP |
12/01/2020 | 1 | Adal Debretsion (boy, 16) | Eritrea | died at Sabaa detention centre (Tripoli, LY) due to untreated illness; previously tried to cross to EU | Guardian |
12/01/2020 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | missing off the coast of Sabratha (Libya) | IOMLibya |
11/01/2020 | 29 | N.N. (incl 2 women) | unknown | drowned when migrant boat sunk in Ionian Sea near Paxos island (Greece); 17 missing, 21 rescued | AP/HelCoastG/IOM |
11/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | shot by Libyan authorities after migrants were forcibly returned to Libya and refused to disembark | AlarmPhone/IOM |
11/01/2020 | 11 | N.N. (1 baby, 7 children, 3 w) | Syria | drowned when migrant boat sunk off the coast of Cesme (Turkey) on the way to Chios island (Greece) | Evrensel/IOM |
10/01/2020 | 252 | N.N. (incl 1 child, 2 women) | unknown | missing from 3 migrant boats between Libya and Italy; sent distress calls but fate remains unclear | Watchthemed |
09/01/2020 | 13 | N.N. (incl 4 children, 5 women) | unknown | missing at sea between Libya and Italy; after their distress call their boat was found empty | Watchthemed |
09/01/2020 | 1 | M. (man, 56) | Sudan | found dead in lake of former Jungle of Calais (FR), was disabled after stowaway accident 10 y before | CMS/IRR |
08/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 14) | West Africa | stowaway, found dead at Paris Roissy airport (FR) in landing gear of plane from Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Anafe/JapanTimes/IOM/Anafe |
08/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. (newborn baby) | Sub-Saharan Africa | born and died on boat with migrants from Africa found floating off Lanzarote, Canary islands (Spain) | France24/LeMatinCH/Cabildo/IOM |
07/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | went missing during rescue operation of migrant boat rowing from Tangier (Morocco) to Tarifa (Spain) | Watchthemed |
06/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man, 31) | Iran | hung himself at detention centre in Moria (Greece); held in isolation, no medical/psychosocial services | LesvosLegal/VIR |
06/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on a beach in Sirte (Libya), unknown in which shipwreck they died | LR |
06/01/2020 | 10 | N.N. (young adults) | Algeria | missing from migrant boat on way from Cap Djinet, Boumerdes (Algeria) to the Balearic Islands (Spain) | Ibiza/IOM |
06/01/2020 | 1 | Addul Malik (young man) | Algeria | missing from migrant boat on way from Cap Djinet, Boumerdes (Algeria) to the Balearic Islands (Spain) | Ibiza/IOM |
06/01/2020 | 1 | Omar (young man) | Algeria | missing from migrant boat on way from Cap Djinet, Boumerdes (Algeria) to the Balearic Islands (Spain) | Ibiza/IOM |
06/01/2020 | 1 | Sufyan (young man) | Algeria | missing from migrant boat on way from Cap Djinet, Boumerdes (Algeria) to the Balearic Islands (Spain) | Ibiza/IOM |
06/01/2020 | 1 | Ganador (young man) | Algeria | missing from migrant boat on way from Cap Djinet, Boumerdes (Algeria) to the Balearic Islands (Spain) | Ibiza/IOM |
06/01/2020 | 1 | Jacob (young man) | Algeria | missing from migrant boat on way from Cap Djinet, Boumerdes (Algeria) to the Balearic Islands (Spain) | Ibiza/IOM |
06/01/2020 | 1 | Bel Kaid (young man) | Algeria | missing from migrant boat on way from Cap Djinet, Boumerdes (Algeria) to the Balearic Islands (Spain) | Ibiza/IOM |
06/01/2020 | 1 | Malek Mouzaid (young man) | Algeria | missing from migrant boat on way from Cap Djinet, Boumerdes (Algeria) to the Balearic Islands (Spain) | Ibiza/IOM |
05/01/2020 | 5 | N.N. (1 boy, 4 men) | unknown | drowned when migrant boat on way to Lesbos (Greece) collided with coastguard off Bademli (Turkey) | ABR/DailySabah/IOMTurkey |
05/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on a migrant boat sailing from Africa to Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) | EP/EFE/CadSER/IOM |
05/01/2020 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | body recovered in a state of advaned decay on Sidi Hssain beach in Tazaghine (Morocco) | AMDH/Ariffino/IOM |
04/01/2020 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Algeria | 1 found dead, 1 jumped into water and went missing during rescue near Cartagena coast (Spain) | ElDiario/Cope/IOM |
03/01/2020 | 1 | Youland Hamdan | unknown | drowned, after migrant boat sank off Fethiye (Turkey) trying to reach Rhodes (Greece) | LUISS/Watchthemed/KI/DefenceWeb/IOM |
03/01/2020 | 14 | N.N. (3 women; 11 men) | Syria, unknown | drowned, after migrant boat sank off Fethiye (Turkey) trying to reach Rhodes (Greece); 7 missing | LUISS/Watchthemed/KI/DefenceWeb/IOM |
01/01/2020 | 1 | Sid Ahmed Bendisari (man, 29) | Algeria | fell into a ravine of Monte Carso near Socerb Castle (Slovenia) trying to cross border to Trieste (Italy) | LR/RAI/AlpMol/IOM |
in Jan 20 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when migrant boat sunk in the Aegean Sea between Izmir/Mugla (Turkey) and a Greek island | Evrensel |
31/12/2019 | 45 | N.N. | unknown | missing, fisherman saw migrant boat in distress departed from Khoms (Libya), but it was never found | Watchthemed/AlarmPhone/Xinhua/IOM |
30/12/2019 | 40 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 10 w (1 preg.)) | unknown | disappeared from boat in distress between Dakhla (Western Sahara) and Canary Islands (Spain) | Watchthemed/AlarmPhone/Caminando/IO |
30/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man between 25-37) | North Africa | died of hypothermia, foud dead in boat off the coast of Algeria; 11 (incl. his brother) rescued | ElW/IOM |
30/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man 25-30) | Morocco or Algeria | drowned, body with floats made of bottles around waist found on Calamorcarro Beach, enclave Ceuta | ElForoCeuta/El Pueblo de Ceuta/IOM |
30/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, body found floating at unspecified location off the coast of Libya | IOMLibya |
30/12/2019 | 1 | Saleh Tambushi (man, 36) | Algeria | suicide, hanged himself in his cell in Blässlergut Deportation Prison Basel (CH), was mentally ill | Necropolis/WOZ |
28/12/2019 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Evros River, trying to cross from Turkey to Greece | EFSYN/IOM |
26/12/2019 | 7 | N.N. | Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afgha | drowned in Lake Van (Turkey) attempting to cross it after entering Turkey from Iran; 64 rescued | BBC/ElDiarioBol/IOM |
26/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 29) | Iraq | hung himself in hallway of his hotel in Mouries, Kilkis (Greece) that hosts hundreds of refugees | GreekForum/InfoMigrant |
25/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 32) | Afghanistan | hung himself on a bridge near his hotel in Mouries, Kilkis (Greece) that hosts hundreds of refugees | GreekForum/InfoMigrant |
24/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body found floating in Strait of Gibraltar near El Sarchal, Ceuta (Spain) | ElForoCeuta/IOM |
23/12/2019 | 6 | N.N. (2 children, at least 2 w) | unknown | drowned after boat capsized in Danube river while trying to cross from Serbia into Croatia; 4 missing | Watchthemed/IOM |
20/12/2019 | 1 | Ermiyas Ungessa (man, 28) | Ethiopia | died on highway near Tournai (BE) trying to get to the UK; had wife & 4-year-old daughter in Ethiopia | AdnK/IRR |
20/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | body found in advanced state of decay on road between Alexandroupolis/Kirkis (GR) near TR border | Ieidiseis/IOM |
18/12/2019 | 1 | Atif (man, 32) | Pakistan | drowned in Isonzo river between Gradisca and Sagrado (Italy) while crossing the border from Slovenia | LR/AlpMol/IOM |
18/12/2019 | 4 | N.N. (3 women; young man) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found on beach in Driouch region (Morocco) | NadorCity/IOM |
17/12/2019 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Alboran Sea off the coast of Motril, Granada (Spain); 5 missing, 40 people rescued | Republica/IOM |
16/12/2019 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in migrant shipwreck in the Alboran Sea off the coast of Morocco; 84 people rescued | ElDiario/Watchthemed/IOM |
16/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died in a migrant boat travelling from Morocco to Alboran Island (Spain); 72 other passengers rescued | ElDiario/IOM |
16/12/2019 | 56 | N.N. (incl 9 women) | unknown | disappeared on a migrant boat in distress in the Alboran Sea, between Morocco and Spain | Caminando/IOM |
16/12/2019 | 15 | N.N. | Algeria | drowned, trying to reach Spain from Bou Sfer beach near Oran (Algeria); 14 missing | ElW/Ref/Oran/IOM |
16/12/2019 | 1 | Zakaria Ouilem (man, 28) | Algeria | drowned trying to reach Spain from Bou Sfer beach, Oran (Algeria); found off Sidi Fredj near Alger | ElW/Ref/Oran/IOM |
16/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 41) | Algeria | drowned trying to reach Spain from Bou Sfer beach, Oran (Algeria); found on Manara beach in Jijel | ElW/Ref/Oran/IOM |
16/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Algeria | missing, tried to reach Spain from Bou Sfer beach, Oran (Algeria), his mother also died in the shipwreck | ElW/Oran/IOM |
16/12/2019 | 1 | Ouilem (man) | Algeria | missing, tried to reach Spain from Bou Sfer beach, Oran (Algeria), his brother also died in the sinking | ElW/Oran/IOM |
11/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Palestine | electrocuted while trying to climb train to Croatia after leaving Sid Reception Center (RS) father of 3 | Kitchen/IOMSerbia |
10/12/2019 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Maghdia, Tlemcen (Algeria); 6 missing, 3 rescued | Bilad |
05/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 27) | Afghanistan | died in fire in her unsafe container at Karatepe camp, Lesbos (GR); leaves behind husband & 3 children | InfoMigrants/KI |
04/12/2019 | 100 | N.N. (incl children and women) | Gambia, Senegal | drowned when boat from Gambia capsized off Mauritania on way to Canary Islands (ES); 37 missing | AlJazeera/DailyMail/AP/Dinheiro |
04/12/2019 | 1 | Tida Gomez (woman, 29) | Gambia | drowned with her child when boat from Gambia capsized off Mauritania on way to Canary Islands (ES) | Aljazeera/AP |
04/12/2019 | 1 | Gomez (child, 2) | Gambia | drowned with mother when boat from Gambia capsized off Mauritania on way to Canary Islands (ES) | Aljazeera/AP |
04/12/2019 | 1 | Amie Dubio (woman, 21) | Gambia | drowned when boat from Barra (Gambia) capsized off Mauritania on way to Canary Islands (Spain) | Aljazeera |
04/12/2019 | 1 | Jatta Mbye (boy, 17) | Gambia | drowned when boat from Barra (Gambia) capsized off Mauritania on way to Canary Islands (Spain) | Aljazeera |
04/12/2019 | 1 | Sofiatou Barry (woman, 18) | Gambia | drowned when migrant boat from Gambia capsized off Mauritania on way to Canary Islands (ES) | Aljazeera/AP |
04/12/2019 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | body found in Bouyafar area (Morocco) not far from the sea | AMDHNador/IOM |
in Dec 19 | 6 | N.N. (2 women, 4 men) | Africa, unknown | died of hypothermia in Evros region while trying to cross Greek/Turkish border, between 5-8 Dec. 19 | LeFigaro/ViceGR |
in Dec 19 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | fell, bodies found in Una-Sana canton (Bosnia and Herzegovina) near Croatian border | IOM |
in Dec 19 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | car accident in Una-Sana Canton (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | IOM |
in Dec 19 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found in Una-Sana Canton (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | IOM |
29/11/2019 | 70 | N.N. (incl 10 children, 4 preg. w.) | unknown | disappeared from migrant boat in distress between Libya and Italy; fate of boat unclear | Watchthemed/AlarmPhone/IOM |
28/11/2019 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Syria | car accident, died being locked in trunk of the car near Vrhnika (SI) on way to Italy, 5 survived | TotSloveniaNews/Avenir/Orient/IOMSlove |
28/11/2019 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | missing at sea off the coast of Libya, as reported by survivors disembarked at Al Hamidya (Libya) | IOMLibya |
26/11/2019 | 73 | N.N. (incl 3 children, 20 women) | unknown | drowned when migrant boat sunk in Alboran Sea on way from Al Hoceima (MA) to Spain; 70 missing | Watchthemed/Caminando/EurPress/IOM |
26/11/2019 | 23 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in migrant shipwreck off the coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla; 19 missing, 58 rescued | Caminando/IOM |
23/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man 30-35) | unknown | lifeless naked body found by passer-by in forest near Kotronias Soufli (Greece) near Turkish border | EEvros.gr/IOM |
23/11/2019 | 26 | N.N. (15 women, 11 men) | Eritrea, Morocco, Algeria, Ni | drowned, boat from Zuwara (LY) sank off Isola dei Conigli, Lampedusa (IT); 19 missing, 149 rescued | ItCoastG/RaRa/CourrierInt/IOMItaly/Necro |
23/11/2019 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | missing in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Zuwara (Libya); 47 rescued | IOMLibya |
22/11/2019 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | bodies washed ashore on Qasr Al Akhyar, east of Tripoli (Libya) | IOMLibya |
21/11/2019 | 94 | N.N. (incl children, 13w (3 preg.)) | unknown | disappeared on a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy | Watchthemed/AlarmPhone |
20/11/2019 | 70 | N.N. (incl 15 children, 5 women) | unknown | drowned in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Libya; 30 people rescued by fishermen; 63 missing | Watchthemed/AlarmPhone/IOM |
16/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. (baby girl, 9 months) | Congo | died of fever and severe dehydration at Moria refugee camp on Lesbos (Greece) | MSF/InfoMigrants/Euronews/MRAP/AA |
16/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | hit by train while walking on the rail tracks near Soufli (Greece) close to Turkish border | KI/IOM |
13/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. (young boy) | unknown | decomposed body found on the shore of Grand Lighthouse beach, outside of Jijel (Algeria) | LibAlgérie/IOM |
13/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | decomposed body found on the shore of Oued Z'hor inear Jijel in the commune of El-Milia (Algeria) | LibAlgérie/IOM |
11/11/2019 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat capsized, trying to cross Danube river to Croatia near Apatin (Serbia), 6 survived | ANSA/EFE/IOM |
08/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Syria | died getting lost in woods in Iliza Bistrica (Sl) near Trieste (IT) trying to cross border avoiding police | Internazionale/Trieste/IOM |
08/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 19) | Tunisia | found dead in bed at detention centre of Vincennes, Paris (FR), had been taking medication and drugs | InfoMigrants |
08/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | unknown | stowaway, fell from roof of cargo truck which entered a ferry to Europe in Port of Melilla (Spain) | GranadaHoy/IOM |
08/11/2019 | 2 | N.N. (men, between 18-30) | unknown | died of hypothermia, bodies found outside Korymbos, Evros region (Greece) | VICE/KI/SolSPace/IOM |
08/11/2019 | 2 | N.N. (men, between 18-30) | unknown | died of hypothermia, bodies found in wild terrain in Evros region (Greece) | VICE/KI/SolSPace/IOM |
08/11/2019 | 2 | N.N. (women, between 18-30) | Africa | died of hypothermia, bodies found near river Evros outside of Gemisti (Greece), near Turkish border | VICE/KI/SolSPace/IOM |
07/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Morocco | found floating in sea attached to kayak between Al Hoceim & Chefchaouen (MA), was on way to Spain | AMDHNador/IOM |
06/11/2019 | 11 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned on way from Agadir (Morocco) to Lanzarote (Canary Islands, Spain); 2 missing, 4 rescued | LV/ElDia/CEAR/IOM |
06/11/2019 | 1 | L.T. (man, 29) | Morocco | drowned with 11 others on the way from Agadir (Morocco) to Lanzarote (Canary Islands, Spain) | CEAR |
03/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Ghana | missing when migrants jumped off their rescue ship when Libyan vessel approached and fired in the air | Flavio/IOM |
03/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | car accident on Egnatia-Odos highway near Thessaloniki (Greece), 5 survived | IOMGreece |
01/11/2019 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | found dead in Tyrrhenian Sea off Tertenia, Sardinia (IT) on small boat that had been drifting for days | Repubblica/VoxNews/SardiniaP/IOM |
01/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Nigeria | died of smoke inhalation after lighting fire in tent of maskeshift camp in Calais (France) | SocialistWorker/CMS/ChooseLove |
01/11/2019 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, body found floating off the coast of Tobruk (Libya) | IOMLibya |
31/10/2019 | 2 | N.N. (men) | unknown | drowned near Vukovci (Slovenia) while trying to cross Kolpa river to reach Croatia | ABC/STA/IOM |
29/10/2019 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 4 bodies found, fell from boat heading from Morocco to Canary Islands (ES); 29 survived | EurPress/EFE/IOM |
26/10/2019 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 13) | Morocco | stowaway, crushed by truck attempting to cling to the undercarriage in Nador (MA) on way to Spain | AMDHumainsNador/FaroCeuta/Ariffino/IO |
26/10/2019 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | missing from a migrant boat rescued by NGO off the Libyan coast; 91 people rescued | Watchthemed |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Huy Phong (man, 35) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Pham Thi Tra My (woman, 26) | Vietnam | found dead with 38 others in refrigerated lorry in Purfleet (GB) that travelled from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Guardian |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Dinh Luong (man, 20) | Vietnam | found dead with 38 others in refrigerated lorry in Purfleet (GB) that travelled from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Guardian |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Dinh Tu (man, 26) | Vietnam | found dead with 38 others in refrigerated lorry in Purfleet (GB) that travelled from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Xinhua/Guardian |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Le Van Ha (man, 30) | Vietnam | found dead with 38 others in refrigerated lorry in Purfleet (GB) that travelled from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Guardian |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Bui Thi Nhung (woman, 19) | Vietnam | found dead with 38 others in refrigerated lorry in Purfleet (GB) that travelled from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/TheJournal/Guardian |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Tran Thi Tho (woman, 21) | Vietnam | found dead with 38 others in refrigerated lorry in Purfleet (GB) that travelled from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Guardian |
23/10/2019 | 3 | N.N. (1 child, 3; 2 men) | unknown | drowned when migrant boat from Turkey collided with Greek coastguard near Kos island; 2 missing | Telegraaf |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Vo Nhan Du (man, 19) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Tran Manh Hung (man, 37) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Tran Khanh Tho (woman, 18) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Vo Van Linh (woman, 25) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Van Nhan (man, 33) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Bui Phan Thang (man, 37) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Huy Hung (boy, 15) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Vo Ngoc Nam (man, 28) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Tran Thi Ngoc (man, 19) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Van Hung (man, 33) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Hoang Van Tiep (man, 18) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Cao Tien Dung (man, 37) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Cao Huy Thanh (man, 33) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Tran Thi Mai Nhung (man, 18) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Minh Quang (man, 20) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Le Trong Thanh (man, 44) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Pham Thi Ngoc Oanh(woman, 28) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Hoang Van Hoi (man, 24) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Tho Tuan (man, 25) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Dang Huu Tuyen (woman, 22) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Trong Thai (man, 26) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Van Hiep (man, 24) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Thi Van (man, 35) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Tran Hai Loc (man, 35) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Duong Minh Tuan (man, 27) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Ngoc Ha (woman, 32) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Tien Dung (man, 33) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Phan Thi Thanh (man, 41) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Nguyen Ba Vu Hung (man, 34) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Dinh Dinh Thai Quyen (man, 18) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Dinh Dinh Binh (boy, 15) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Tran Ngoc Hieu (boy, 17) | Vietnam | found dead in refrigerated lorry trailer in Purfleet (GB) that had arrived by sea from Zeebrugge (BE) | BBC/Breitbart/DailyMail/VK/BlitzBG/LV/Gu |
23/10/2019 | 1 | Jude Nikshan Agusteen (man, 34) | Sri Lanka | committed suicide at the open centre of Lanaken (Belgium) | Necropolis/CMS/DansPensees |
19/10/2019 | 57 | N.N. (incl 10 men) | unknown | missing off the coast of Tripoli (Libya) | IOM |
15/10/2019 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned trying to reach Italy from Zuwara (Libya); 89 others were rescued off the coast of Tunisia | Safa/IOMTunisia |
14/10/2019 | 1 | N.N. (young man, 22) | Iraq | drowned, body found on beach near Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais (FR), was on way to England | Francetvinfo/Le Monde/IOM |
14/10/2019 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17 ) | Kurdistan-Iraq | drowned, body found on beach near Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais (FR), was on way to England | Francetvinfo/Le Monde/IOM |
14/10/2019 | 2 | N.N. (1 baby; 1 child) | unknown | drowned when boat sank off the coast of Alt?nova (TR) on way to Greece; 1 missing, 33 survived | IOMTurkey/TurkCoastG/AA/Watchthemed |
14/10/2019 | 80 | N.N. | unknown | disappeared on a migrant boat in distress that left from Sabratha (Libya) | Watchthemed |
12/10/2019 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | unknown | stowaway, found electrocuted near railway station in Gevgelija (MK), died 11 days later in hospital | IOMMacedonia |
09/10/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found dead in abandoned camp trailer used by migrants in Osmanagici (Bosnia, near Croatian border) | Pogled/Medium/Dnevni avaz/IOM |
09/10/2019 | 1 | Mahdi Sallak (boy, 17) | Morocco | hit by truck, near Béni Ensar (MA) on the way to Melilla (ES), driver did not stop and fled | AMDHNador/IOM |
09/10/2019 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | car accident, traffickers' car on way from Turkey to Greece crashed and fell off a cliff near Areti (GR) | KI/IOM Greece |
07/10/2019 | 30 | N.N. (incl 8 ch.; 13 w.(incl pregn)) | Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Burkina | drowned when migrant boat from Tunisia sank near Lampedusa (Italy); 17 missing, 22 rescued | VOA/DW/AVV/TheJournal/IOMItaly |
05/10/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | shot by accident in a panic after shepherd discovered ten migrants in farmhouse in Todorici (Bosnia) | NoviList/Medium/Klix/IOM |
04/10/2019 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 6) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia during medical evacuation after being rescued in Alboran Sea (ES); 65 survived | HelenaMaleno/EFE/EurPress/IOM |
03/10/2019 | 1 | Omar (man, 35) | Chad | died of illness in improvised migrant camp in the Jeanne-Bernard school in Saint-Herblain (France) | OuestFrance |
01/10/2019 | 2 | N.N. (men) | unknown | drowned in Sot Lake, Sid, Vojvodina (Serbian/Croatian border), were registered at reception centre | Telegraf/IOM |
in Oct 19 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | found dead in river along the Croatian-Bosnian border, signs of violence on body | Medium |
30/09/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Pakistan | drowned trying to swim across the Korana river from Bosnia to Croatia, found in village Crnaja (Bosnia) | Klix/Medium/IOM |
29/09/2019 | 7 | N.N. (incl 1 newborn, 2 chn, 1 w) | Afghanistan, unknown | died in fire at Moria reception centre in Lesbos (GR), incl newborn and mother who had just given birth | DW/InfoMigrants/KTG/Topontiki/MigSol/V |
28/09/2019 | 50 | N.N. (incl 1 woman, 6 man) | Morocco | drowned when migrant boat sunk in Atlantic Ocean between Casablanca (MA) & Spain; 38 missing | InfoMigrants/Reuters/IOM/Caminando |
27/09/2019 | 1 | Meltem Zenbil (woman, 40) | Turkey | drowned with son and mother fleeing Erdogans purge, near Oinousses island (Greece); 12 rescued | Reuters/Xinhua/TurkeyPurge |
27/09/2019 | 1 | Mustafa Kara (boy, 6) | Turkey | drowned with his sister while fleeing Erdogans purge, his teacher parents and baby brother survived | Reuters/Xinhua/TurkeyPurge |
27/09/2019 | 1 | Gulsum Kara (girl, 8) | Turkey | drowned with her brother while fleeing Erdogans purge, her teacher parents and baby brother survived | Reuters/Xinhua/TurkeyPurge |
27/09/2019 | 1 | Mustafa Said Zenbil (boy, 12) | Turkey | drowned with mother and grandmother fleeing Erdogans purge, near Oinousses island (Greece) | TurkeyPurge |
27/09/2019 | 1 | Kevser Sezer (woman, 58) | Turkey | drowned with daughter and grandson fleeing Erdogans purge, near Oinousses island (Greece) | TurkeyPurge |
27/09/2019 | 1 | Mahir Isik (baby, 4 months) | Turkey | drowned with brother near Oinousses island (Greece), parents were judges fleeing Erdogans purge | TurkeyPurge |
27/09/2019 | 1 | Ibrahim Isik (boy, 3) | Turkey | drowned with baby brother near Oinousses island (GR), parents were judges fleeing Erdogans purge | TurkeyPurge/IOMGreece |
26/09/2019 | 7 | N.N. (men) | Algeria | missing from an overturned migrant boat off the coast of Alicante (Spain); 3 people rescued | DiarioInfo/IOM |
25/09/2019 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Algeria | committed suicide at the asylum reception centre of Perreux, Boudry (Switzerland) | ArcInfo/MigSol |
24/09/2019 | 4 | N.N. | Syria | vehicle accident, military truck carrying Syrians to be deported fell out of control near Reyhanl? (TR) | HurriyetDN/CNNTurk/IOM |
24/09/2019 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 5) | Afghanistan | died run over by truck while playing in cardboard box around Moria refugee camp (Lesbos, Greece) | MRAP/VK |
19/09/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sudan | shot by stray bullet of Libyan Coast Guard when migrants returned to shore in Tripoli (LY) tried to flee | IOM/InfoMigrants |
19/09/2019 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stabbed to death during a fight in Vu?jak migrant camp near Biha? (Bosnia, near Croatian border) | AP |
19/09/2019 | 1 | A. I. (man, 23) | Pakistan | hit by train while walking on rail tracks near Gradsko (North Macedonia) on way to Serbia | GulfNews/IOM |
18/09/2019 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | missing after a migrant boat sank near Djerba (Tunisia); 6 people rescued | AlarmPhone/IOMTunisia |
18/09/2019 | 10 | N.N. (10 young men) | Algeria | drowned, 6 bodies found, boat sunk near Boumerdès (Algeria) on way to Spain; 4 missing, 5 survived | ElW/Kabylie/Caminando/IOM |
18/09/2019 | 1 | M. Rahal (young man) | Algeria | drowned, body found by fisherman, boat sunk near Boumerdès (Algeria) on way to Spain; 5 survived | ElW/Kabylie/Caminando/IOM |
18/09/2019 | 1 | S. Daim (young man) | Algeria | drowned, body found by fisherman, boat sunk near Boumerdès (Algeria) on way to Spain; 5 survived | ElW/Kabylie/Caminando/IOM |
18/09/2019 | 1 | A. Sid Ali (young man) | Algeria | drowned, body found by fisherman, boat sunk near Boumerdès (Algeria) on way to Spain; 5 survived | ElW/Kabylie/Caminando/IOM |
18/09/2019 | 1 | Helal Ali Mohammed Alhajj (m,24) | Yemen | drowned travelling by boat from Morocco to Spanish enclave of Melilla, was Kung Fu Olympic athlete | Publico/Uprising |
17/09/2019 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | missing after a migrant boat sank near Sfax (Tunisia); 9 people rescued | AlarmPhone/IOMTunesia |
17/09/2019 | 5 | N.N. | Morocco | presumed drowned, boat capsized north of Cap Falcon (Algeria) on the way to Spain; 8 survived | AMDH/ElW/IOM |
17/09/2019 | 1 | Labiad Mohammed (young man) | Morocco | drowned, boat capsized north of Cap Falcon (Algeria) on the way to Spain; 8 survived | AMDH/ElW/IOM |
17/09/2019 | 1 | Saada Abdelwahed (young man) | Morocco | presumed drowned, boat capsized north of Cap Falcon (Algeria) on the way to Spain; 8 survived | AMDH/ElW/IOM |
17/09/2019 | 1 | Azzi Abdessalam (young man) | Morocco | presumed drowned, boat capsized north of Cap Falcon (Algeria) on the way to Spain; 8 survived | AMDH/ElW/IOM |
13/09/2019 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, jumped in sea trying to reach Sicily (IT) after boat engine broke; 1 rescued | ANSA/IOMItaly |
12/09/2019 | 1 | Oscar Okwurime (man, 34) | Nigeria | died at Harmondsworth detention centre (GB), health issues worsened due to stress and were ignored | Independent/AlJazeera/Guardian |
12/09/2019 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | unknown | car accident, car crashed into vehicle which was boarding migrants near Komotini (Greece); 8 survived | KI/Voria/IOMGreece |
11/09/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | died upon arrival in Manilva (Spain) after sustaining severe injuries during boat journey from Morocco | Independiente |
11/09/2019 | 1 | Mohamed Ataif (man, 24) | Sudan | suicide in Mammagialla prison (Viterbo, IT); bureaucracy made contact from friends & family impossible | Fanpage |
07/09/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | died of head injury, body found on bank of river Dora in Bardonecchia (IT) near French border | LRT/CDS/LR/IOM |
07/09/2019 | 1 | Ansou Keïta (young man) | Guinea | died of injuries resulting from violence during a military raid in Bolingo forest near Nador (MA) | AMDH/Caminando/IOM |
06/09/2019 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 65) | unknown | died during crossing from Turkey, found in boat during rescue near Kokkari, Samos (GR); 13 rescued | KI/IOMGreece |
05/09/2019 | 1 | Morad Zahmari (man, 27) | Morocco | missing in Alboran Sea after leaving for Spain with 3 friends on a jet-ski from Bouyafar (Morocco) | FaroCeuta/LV/DeadMA |
05/09/2019 | 1 | Abdelouahab Allali (man, 24) | Morocco | missing in Alboran Sea after leaving for Spain with 3 friends on a jet-ski from Bouyafar (Morocco) | FaroCeuta/LV/DeadMA |
05/09/2019 | 1 | Noureddine Allali (man, 31) | Morocco | missing in Alboran Sea after leaving for Spain with 3 friends on a jet-ski from Bouyafar (Morocco) | FaroCeuta/LV/DeadMA |
05/09/2019 | 1 | Salih Zahaf (man, 30) | Morocco | missing in Alboran Sea after leaving for Spain with 3 friends on a jet-ski from Bouyafar (Morocco) | FaroCeuta/LV/DeadMA |
03/09/2019 | 15 | N.N. (15 young people) | Algeria | drowned, Algerian small boat capsized after 5 days drifting at sea near Cabo de Gata (ES); 2 rescued | Rodrigo/VozAlm/ElW/IOM/El Diario |
01/09/2019 | 1 | Mohamed (Chauni) M. (boy, 17) | Morocco | died of Cardiac arrest in hospital, found unconscious by friends in Port of Ceuta (ES) on way to Europe | FaroCeuta/IOM |
in Sep 19 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | unknown | died as he tried to hang on to a bus heading to the Spanish enclave of Melilla (Spain) from Morocco | FaroCeuta |
31/08/2019 | 23 | N.N. | unknown | missing on a migrant boat that left the African coast to reach the Canary Islands (Spain) | WatchTheMed |
29/08/2019 | 24 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa, Morocc | missing, boat shipwrecked near Entrifit (MA) on way to the Canary Islands; 9 people rescued | WatchTheMed/Al Yaoum/AlarmPhone/IO |
29/08/2019 | 1 | Tusar Al-Amin (man) | Bangladesh | drowned, boat shipwrecked near Dakhla (EH) on way to the Canary Islands | Caminando |
27/08/2019 | 40 | N.N. (incl child, woman, 3 men) | Sudan, Somalia, Morocco, E | 5 drowned, 35 missing when migrant ship sank off Al-Khums (Libya) on way to Italy; 65 rescued | DemNow/EUObserver/NewDailyAU/InfoM |
26/08/2019 | 6 | N.N. (men) | Pakistan, Egypt | died in car crash when traffickers tried to avoid police in northeastern Greece near Turkish border | Spiegel/KI/IOMGreece |
25/08/2019 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Afghanistan | died after trafficker panicked in police chase & drove van into Kupa River (Croatia) on way to Slovenia | InfoMigrants/IOM/Vijesti |
25/08/2019 | 1 | Reza Ebrahimi (boy, 15) | Afghanistan | died from knife wounds in fight at overcrowded Moria reception centre, Lesbos (GR); 2 others injured | Sting/MRAP/InfoMigrant/Mediapart |
23/08/2019 | 1 | Massoud (man, 48) | Iraq | drowned, tried to swim from FR to GB, failed to get asylum in DE; found floating near Zeebrugge (BE) | Spiegel/Tijd/NOS/Parool/CMS/Ouest-Fran |
23/08/2019 | 1 | N.N. (20, man) | Bangladesh | vehicle accident, van coming from Greece collided then caught fire near Demir Kapija (MK); 12 survived | IndependentBD/IOMMacedonia |
22/08/2019 | 4 | N.N. (incl 1 man) | Maghreb | 1 drowned, 3 missing in migrant shipwreck off Linea de la Concepcion, Cadiz (Spain); 7 people rescued | CanalSur/ElForoCeuta/ABC/VozSur |
20/08/2019 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Drina river near Banja Kovilja?a (Serbia) while trying to cross from Serbia into Bosnia | Watchthemed |
19/08/2019 | 5 | N.N. (1 child; 1 woman; 3 men) | unknown | vehicle accident on unspecified road in Ac?göl, Nevsehir (Turkey); 11 survived | IOMTurkey |
18/08/2019 | 100 | N.N. | unknown | missing in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Tripoli (Libya); 3 people rescued | WatchTheMed/InfoMigrants |
12/08/2019 | 13 | N.N. (incl pregnant woman) | Ghana, Ethiopia, Somalia | missing, died of hunger & thirst as boat from Libya was ignored drifting at sea for 11 days; 1 survivor | TimesM/Ya.I/IOMMalta |
12/08/2019 | 1 | Ismail (man, 20) | Somalia | died of hunger and thirst, found on dinghy from Libya after it was ignored drifting for 11 days | TimesM/Ya.I/IOMMalta |
09/08/2019 | 1 | Mitra Mehrad (woman, 31) | Iran | drowned while trying to save a baby from her dinghy, crossing the Channel from France to the UK | KM/InfoMigrants/HLN/VK/CMS/IsleofThan |
05/08/2019 | 1 | Hisham Mustafa (young man) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Azmarin (SY), attempted to return after being deported from TR | NewArab/SyrOb/IOM |
05/08/2019 | 2 | N.N. (1 baby, 5 mo.; 1 man, 30) | unknown | drowned, fell from boat during 2 day journey between Libya and Lampedusa (IT); 49 rescued | ANSA/IOMItaly |
in Aug 19 | 4 | N.N. (3 children, 1 woman) | unknown | mother & 2 kids drowned, 1 kid missing in the Evros River near Tychero (Greece, near Turkish border) | SydHerald |
31/07/2019 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | unknown | hit by train as he was sleeping on the tracks near Bihac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | AP/ANSA/IOM |
25/07/2019 | 177 | N.N. | Eritrea, Sub-Saharan Africa, | 62 drowned, 115 missing when ship capsized off Al-Khums (LY) on way to Italy; 145 people rescued | Reuters/Telegraph/NYTimes/BBC/InfoMig |
23/07/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | North Africa | found floating in the sea off coast of Tarajal, Spanish enclave of Ceuta; tried to swim from Morocco | MUGAK/LV |
23/07/2019 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Iraq | missing when migrant boat tried to reach Kos island (Greece) from Bodrum (Turkey); 8 people rescued | MUGAK/LV |
22/07/2019 | 1 | Saber (young man) | Algeria | presumed drowned, disappeared while swimming around border fence between Morocco/Ceuta (Spain) | FaroCeuta/IOM |
20/07/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | hit by train near Xanthi (Greece) while walking along Thessaloniki-Alexandroupolis railway, 2 survived | RSA/EFSYN/IOM |
18/07/2019 | 16 | N.N. (5 children; 6 women; 6 m) | unknown | van accident, 16-person minibus appeared to ride 67 people, driver lost control in Eastern Turkey | DailySabah/Orient/IOM |
15/07/2019 | 1 | Marouane Abouobaida (man, 23) | Morocco | suicide in isolation cell of detention centre in Valencia (ES); had medical issues due to aggression | LevanteEMV |
08/07/2019 | 1 | Geri (man, 25) | Eritrea | died when jumping off a truck on the highway near Brugge (Belgium) in fear when the police arrived | CMS/VoiceOut |
06/07/2019 | 1 | Géri (man, ±25) | Eritrea | died falling/jumping from smuggling truck at police check, on highway near Rotterdam (NL), 7 survived | NOS/VoiceOut/IOM |
06/07/2019 | 1 | Kouadio (man, 21) | Ivory Coast | drowned off the port of Grande-Synthe (France), probably tried to swim or fell off a boat to the UK | CMS |
03/07/2019 | 81 | N.N. (incl 1 child, 4 woman, 9 m) | unknown | 1 died in hospital, 80 missing after a migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea near Zarzis (Tunisia) | AlarmPhone/IOMTunesia |
03/07/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died in Central Mediterranean, rescuers recovered his life jacket at sea and gave it as gift to the Pope | Riformista |
03/07/2019 | 53 | N.N. (incl 6 children) | Africa, unknown | killed in a mis-targeted airstrike on Tajoura detention center near Tripoli (Libya) | InfoMigrants/IOM |
02/07/2019 | 60 | N.N. (incl small children & 20 w) | unknown | missing from migrant boat off Zawiya (Libya) in distress shortly after departure; fate never established | Watchthemed |
01/07/2019 | 1 | Ilias Tahiri (man, 18) | Morocco | suffocated when restrained for being violent in juvenile detention centre of Tierra de Oria, Almeria (ES) | MUGAK/EP/LV/Publico |
in July 19 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iraq | died hit by car on the highway to Grande-Synthe (France), probably wanted to clandestinely reach UK | CMS |
in July 19 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 5-6) | unknown | presumed drowned on way to France, body found on a Mayotte (FR) beach after probable shipwreck | DW |
30/06/2019 | 1 | Mario Mokake (man, 30) | Cameroon | drowned near Fribourg (Switzerland) after leaving the migrant centre of Biella (Italy) to look for work | EcoBiella/LRT |
30/06/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, fell frozen from landing gear of Kenya Airways flight to Heathrow Airport London (GB) | BBC/NYTimes/IOM |
27/06/2019 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Guinea | found dead after night of alcohol & drugs in hotel in Orleans (FR), was under charge of the state | FranceBleu |
27/06/2019 | 6 | N.N. incl 1 child; 2 women) | unknown | drowned, boat capsized after bad maneuver near Sidi Ifni (MA) on way to Canary Islands; 36 rescued | Le360/ElDía/TheHuffMaghreb/IOM |
26/06/2019 | 10 | N.N. | Pakistan | car accident, driver fled police lost control and hit a wall in Edirne (TR) near Greek border; 30 rescued | DailySabah/Hürriyet/IOM |
23/06/2019 | 24 | N.N. (incl 3 girls) | Sub-Saharan Africa, Morocc | 3 drowned, 21 missing off the coast of Dakhla (EH), on way to the Canary Islands (ES); 13 rescued | ElDía/LV/Público/IOM |
23/06/2019 | 1 | Said Lili Flitox (boy) | Western Sahara | drowned off the coast of Dakhla, on way to the Canary Islands; was locally known rapper and activist | ElDia/Publico/LV |
21/06/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | hit by train, near Greek border in Demir Kapija (North Macedonia) at the trainline Gevgelija-Skopje | IOMMacedonia |
20/06/2019 | 1 | E.T. (man, 25) | Tunisia | hit by pick up truck while sleeping at side of the road in Eskikoy (Turkey) on way to Greece, 2 survived | HurGaz/IOM |
18/06/2019 | 22 | N.N. (boys, men) | Gambia, Senegal, Guinea, Iv | drowned in migrant shipwreck in Alboran Sea near Morocco on way to Spain, nobody came to rescue | MUGAK/LV/ElDiario/EP/HelenaMaleno/A |
17/06/2019 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after migrant boat sank between Bodrum (Turkey) and Kos (Greece); 31 people rescued | Reuters |
17/06/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | body found by border guards in the Kupa river near Breg (Slovenia) near Croatian border | 24ur/IOMSlovenia |
14/06/2019 | 1 | Sajid Hussain (man) | Pakistan | suicide by drowning in Isonzo River (Italian/Slovenian border), he was waiting for voluntary repatriation | AlpMol |
12/06/2019 | 7 | N.N. (incl 5 men) | unknown | 3 died, 4 missing from boat from Morocco adrift in raging Alboran Sea south of Motril, Granada (Spain) | ElDiario/SUR/AndaluciaInfo/IOM |
11/06/2019 | 7 | N.N. (incl 2 children, 1 man) | unknown | drowned after migrant boat sank on the way from Turkey to Lesbos (Greece); 57 people rescued | KI/IOMGreece |
09/06/2019 | 1 | Al Hassane Bah (man) | Guinea | died of lack of access to medical help in Afrah Camp near Nador (Morocco) | AMDH/IOM |
07/06/2019 | 1 | Aminullah W. (man, 18) | Afghanistan | suicide, threw himself in front of train; being left to himself after turning 18 added to existing traumas | WOZ |
07/06/2019 | 1 | Iftikar Y. (young man) | Afghanistan | died run over by freight train when he ran after his friend to prevent him from committing suicide | WOZ |
07/06/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | body recovered in state of decomposition on El Kef Lasfar beach, Sidi Lakhdar, Mostaganem (Algeria) | Oran/Ref/ElW/LibAlgerie |
07/06/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30s) | unknown | body recovered in state of decomposition on Chaabet Nacira beach, Mazaghran, Mostaganem (Algeria) | Oran/Ref/ElW/LibAlgerie |
07/06/2019 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 20s) | unknown | body recovered in state of decomposition on Petit-Port beach, Sidi Lakhdar, Mostaganem (Algeria) | Oran/Ref/ElW/LibAlgerie |
02/06/2019 | 22 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 1 woman) | unknown | 2 drowned, 20 missing, boat capsized off the coast of Garaboli, Libya on way to Italy; 73 rescued | IOMLibya |
29/05/2019 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 5) | unknown | died on a boat in distress in the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy; 90-100 people rescued late | Watchthemed |
29/05/2019 | 2 | N.N. (men, ±20) | Guinea, Senegal | drowned, near Cap Spartel (MA) trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar in small toy boat; 5 rescued | Caminando/HelenaMaleno/IOM |
25/05/2019 | 1 | Habib Soroush (man, 20s) | Afghanistan | hung himself in makeshift camp in Strasbourg (F) after desperately seeking help for his basic needs | Necropolis/DNAfr/Reporterre |
23/05/2019 | 5 | N.N. (men) | unknown | missing in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Libya | IOMLibya |
22/05/2019 | 3 | N.N. (3 women, 1 pregnant) | unknown | drowned, in Strait of Gibraltar near Larache (MO) on way to Cadiz (ES), bodies not found; 69 rescued | El Diario/HelenaMaleno/Caminando/IOM |
22/05/2019 | 2 | N.N. (men 20-30) | Afghanistan | suffocated, found unconsious inside tank-truck in Futog, Novi Sad (Serbia), died in hospital | IOM Serbia/Novosti/Blic |
21/05/2019 | 1 | N.N. | Cameroon | died on boat in distress off the coast of Cap Spartel (Morocco) trying to reach Spain; 8 people rescued | Watchthemed |
21/05/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | stowaway, truck smashed his head while he tried to climb under it in the port of Tangier (Morocco) | Maghress/IOM |
20/05/2019 | 1 | Mulue (man) | Eritrea | died after jumping off truck on highway between Calais & Dunkirk (FR), probably wanted to reach UK | VoixDuNord/CMS/IOM |
16/05/2019 | 60 | N.N. | unknown | missing from migrant boat in distress on the way from Zawiyah (Libya), fate of boat never established | Watchthemed |
16/05/2019 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | died when a truck full of migrants overturned on the Van-Ercis highway in Turkey, near Iranian border | Haberler/Urdu/IOM |
15/05/2019 | 2 | N.N. (woman; man) | unknown | 1 drowned, 1 missing from boat that arrived in Arguineguin, Canary Islands (ES) from Morocco | MUGAK/ElDia/IOM/ElEsp |
15/05/2019 | 1 | Sahé Sephora (girl, 13 months) | Ivory Coast | drowned, slipped off mothers back while she tried to rescue a drowning friend near Canary Islands (ES) | MUGAK/ElDia/IOM/ElEsp |
13/05/2019 | 5 | N.N. | Syria | missing in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Chekka (Lebanon) on the way to Cyprus; 3 survivors | AP/DailyStarLB |
11/05/2019 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 31) | Nigeria | died in refugee centre in Regensburg (DE), riot broke out when authorities came to collect the body | NTV |
10/05/2019 | 70 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 drowned, 67 missing when ship from Zuwara (LY) to Italy sank near Kerkennah (TN); 16 rescued | Reuters/CNN/Guardian/SeaWatch/IOMTu |
08/05/2019 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on the Tinajo coast of Lanzarote, tried to reach the Canary Islands (ES) from Morocco | MUGAK |
03/05/2019 | 12 | N.N. (incl 4 women; 5 children) | unknown | drowned, 3 missing, boat sunk near uninhabited island of Ciplak (TR) on way to Greece; 5 rescued | Ansamed/IOMTurkey |
02/05/2019 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, boat missing for several days near El Estrecho (ES) in the Strait of Gibraltar; 8 rescued | El Diario/IOM |
01/05/2019 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant woman) | Senegal | drowned, during rescue operation near Cape Espartel (MA) trying to cross to Spain; 4 rescued | El Diario/HelenaMaleno/IOM/Watchtheme |
01/05/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found in River Kupa near akanje (Croatia) | PoliceKarlovac/Dnevno/IOM |
01/05/2019 | 8 | N.N. (1 woman; 7 men) | Senegal | drowned in Strait of Gibraltar near Tangiers (MA) on way to Spain, came from same village; 3 rescued | AlarmPhone/APnews/IOM/Watchthemed |
in May 19 | 2 | N.N. (incl 1-year-old baby) | unknown | found dead on the coast of Mogan in Gran Canaria, tried to reach the Canary Islands form Morocco | MUGAK |
in May 19 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | died when candle caused fire in abandoned building where they sheltered on Bosnian-Croatian border | InfoMigrants |
in May 19 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died when he fell from the top floor of a building he was sheltering in on the Bosnian-Croatian border | InfoMigrants |
in May 19 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | suicide, set himself on fire in desperation on the Bosnian-Croatian border | InfoMigrants |
in May 19 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found on beach of Mayotte (FR) after shipwreck | DW |
29/04/2019 | 1 | Soufian Chaikh (man, 24) | Morocco | stabbed to death by refugee who wanted to rob him in the Port of Ceuta while trying to cross to Spain | FaroCeuta/EurPress/IOM |
27/04/2019 | 2 | N.N. (incl man, 25) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died with 19 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Rwess (28) | Ivory Coast | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Abdoul Aziz Cisse (man, 23) | Ivory Coast | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Issa Kaha (man, 24) | Ivory Coast | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Kamara Siaka (man, 23) | Ivory Coast | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Fofana Vagaba (girl, 15) | Ivory Coast | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Diamande Amara (woman, 45) | Ivory Coast | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Ahmed Traouri (man, 24) | Ivory Coast | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Aleksiss (man, 20) | Ivory Coast | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Dessir Mamadi (man, 25) | Ivory Coast | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Dessire Trabe (woman, 22) | Ivory Coast | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Inza (man, 24) | Ivory Coast | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Nina Fofana (woman, 25) | Ivory Coast | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Galil Sungo (man, 23) | Mali | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Traouri Benjabo (woman, 41) | Mali | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Ibrahim Ngolo Khalil Koloba (man) | Mali | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Sekou (man, 21) | Senegal | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
27/04/2019 | 1 | Mamadou Ba (man) | Guinea | died with 20 others when traffickers vehicle fell in canal in Laatamna, Berkane, on way to Nador (MA) | LeFigaro/AMDH |
22/04/2019 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, after the wreck of a boat in the Strait of Gibraltar near Fnideq (MA); 9 people rescued | El Diario/HelenaMaleno/IOM |
19/04/2019 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | unknown | died of hypothermia, tried to cross Iranian-Turkish border in heavy snow, found near Ba?kale (TR) | DailySabah/IOM |
17/04/2019 | 1 | Amaneal (man, 33) | Ethiopia | found dead on a railway at Silly (Belgium), probably tried to reach the UK clandestinely | CMS |
12/04/2019 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | died of hypothermia, tried to cross Iranian-Turkish border in heavy snow, found near Ba?kale (TR) | CNNTurk/Haber7/Takvim/IOM |
12/04/2019 | 4 | N.N. (4 men, 20-25) | unknown | found floating in Sultançay?r river near Ba?kale (TR), tried to cross Iranian-Turkish border in winter | CNNTurk/Haber7/Takvim/IOM |
10/04/2019 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | missing, fell from migrant boat in distress off the coast of Libya/Tunisia; 28 survivors taken to Libya | Watchthemed |
07/04/2019 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 8) | Syria | body found on boat off the coast of Dikili (Turkey) on way to Lesbos (GR); 41 people rescued | IOMTurkey |
07/04/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body washed ashore on Afantou beach on the Island of Rhodes (GR) | KI/HelCoastG/IOMGreece |
07/04/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body washed ashore on Faliraki beach on the Island of Rhodes (GR) | KI/HelCoastG/IOMGreece |
06/04/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body washed ashore on Afantou beach on the Island of Rhodes (GR) | KI/HelCoastG/IOMGreece |
05/04/2019 | 1 | Hala Muhsin Sawan (girl, 9) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Bab al-Hawa (Syria); mother and 2 siblings survived | NewArab/SOHR/IOM |
02/04/2019 | 1 | N.N. (aged woman) | unknown | found dead near tent in unofficial migrant camp area, in between two highway arms in Paris (France) | SMWilson |
01/04/2019 | 50 | N.N. (children; women; men) | unknown | presumed drowned, rubber boat disappeared off coast of Zuwara (LY), coastguard refused action | AlarmPhone/Sea-Eye/Avenire/IOM/Watch |
01/04/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia, in Port of Tarifa (ES) after boat being rescued in Strait of Gibraltar; 12 survived | EuropaSur/ABC/IOM |
31/03/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | fell from vehicle driving on Udovo-Demir Kapija road near North Macedonian-Greek border, 14 survived | IOM |
31/03/2019 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Algeria | fell into 70 meter deep karst cave in forest near Javornik (Croatia) comming from Bosnia-Herzegovina | NoviList/GSS/Lika/PoliceLika |
29/03/2019 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Evros River near Feres (GR), trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | IOM |
28/03/2019 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | drowned, bodies recovered off the coast of Chios (GR); 36 people rescued | HelCoastG/IOM |
27/03/2019 | 1 | Ali Reza (man, 18) | Afghanistan | suicide in shelter for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Geneva (CH), bad housing conditions | Vivre/RTS/Courrier/TribuneGeneve |
26/03/2019 | 4 | N.N. (1 baby; 3 women) | Afghanistan, Iran | drowned when migrant ship sank on the way from Ayvacik (TR) to Lesbos (GR); 11 rescued | Reuters/DailySabah/HurriyetDN/ArabNew |
26/03/2019 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, found floating in advanced state of decomposition in sea in Tarajal area of Ceuta (E) | FaroCeuta/Ceutaaldia/El Pueblo de Ceuta |
26/03/2019 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, found dead on a beach in Azla (Morocco), probably tried to reach Spain | FaroCeuta |
26/03/2019 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition on beach near Tetouan, Strait of Gibraltar (MA) | El Pueblo de Ceuta/IOM |
24/03/2019 | 1 | Mahir Mete Kul (man, 22) | Turkey | drowned trying to flee Turkey via Evros River, student fleeing terrorism charges of Erdogans purge | TurkeyPurge/IOM/EEvros |
23/03/2019 | 5 | N.N. (5 young men) | Tunisia | missing after migrant boat sank on the way from Mahdia (TN) to Italy | TNnum/Kapitalis/IOM/Shems |
23/03/2019 | 1 | Ons Zaouali (woman, 26) | Tunisia | drowned in shipwreck on way from Mahdia (TN) to Italy; 3 other dead, 5 missing incl. her brother | TNnum/Kapitalis/IOM/Shems |
23/03/2019 | 1 | Hanen Saidi (woman, 26) | Tunisia | drowned in shipwreck on way from Mahdia (TN) to Italy | TNnum/Kapitalis/IOM |
23/03/2019 | 1 | Ftima (woman, 26) | Tunisia | drowned in shipwreck on way from Mahdia (TN) to Italy | Kapitalis/IOM |
23/03/2019 | 1 | Hamza Ben Nasr (man, 26) | Tunisia | drowned in shipwreck on way from Mahdia (TN) to Italy | TNnum/Kapitalis/IOM |
23/03/2019 | 41 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, no rescue operation after boat sent message of help of coast of Sabratha (Libya) | IOMItaly/TPInews/Flavio/Mediterranea Re |
21/03/2019 | 1 | Sylla Noumo (man, 32) | Senegal | died in fire at new government-built migrant tent camp of San Ferdinando (IT) | InfoMigrants |
19/03/2019 | 8 | N.N. (incl 1 baby; 1 pregnant w.) | unknown | 2 drowned, 6 missing when migrant ship capsized very soon upon leaving coast of Sabratha (LY) | Ansamed/Libyan Express |
18/03/2019 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on boat in distress in Alboran Sea off coast of Nador (Morocco); 53 people rescued | HuffPostMaghreb/HelenaMaleno/IOM |
17/03/2019 | 19 | N.N. | Morocco | missing in migrant shipwreck off coast of Sidi Warzeg (Morocco), were trying to reach Canary Islands | Hams/Zoubeidi/IOM |
14/03/2019 | 45 | N.N. (incl girl, 14; 6 w.(incl preg)) | Comoros, Congo, Mali, Maur | 1 died, 44 missing in shipwreck off coast of Bouyafar (Morocco) on way to Spain; 22 people rescued | AP/DailyMail/EurPress/ElDiario/WatchThe |
12/03/2019 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 2 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in Zintan detention centre (LY) due to lack of food and medical treatment | InfoMigrants |
10/03/2019 | 1 | N.N. (girl 4-6) | unknown | drowned, headless body found on Vatera beach, Lesbos (GR) | HelCoastG/IOMGreece |
10/03/2019 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned, body found in rocky shore area near Agios Theodoros, Akra Korakas, Lesbos (GR) | HelCoastG/IOMGreece |
08/03/2019 | 1 | Adam Usman Kiyar (man, 19) | Ethiopia | crushed between pallets in trailer of truck, probably during displacement at port of Calais (FR) | Necropolis/VoixDuNord/IOM/Parisien/Oue |
08/03/2019 | 1 | K. A. (man, 30) | Algeria | stowaway, electrocuted while trying to board a train in Sid (Serbia) for Croatia | APCSerbia/IOMSerbia |
08/03/2019 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found on unspecified location off the coast of Libya | IOMLibya |
06/03/2019 | 3 | N.N. (1 man; 2 boys, 4) | unknown | drowned, two small boys as well as their father died when their boat sank near Samos (GR) | AlarmPhone/AP/IOMGreece |
03/03/2019 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, body washed ashore at coast of Ceuta (Spain) in the Strait of Gibraltar | AlarmPhone |
03/03/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found dead in waters of the Strait of Gibraltar off the Spanish enclave of Ceuta | EurPress/FaroCeuta/IOM |
28/02/2019 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, missing after rubber boat capsized close to Tangier (Morocco) | AlarmPhone/IOM |
28/02/2019 | 5 | N.N. (1 woman) | Guinea | drowned, 4 missing, rubber boat capsized close to Tangier (MA); body of 1 woman washed ashore | AlarmPhone/IOM |
28/02/2019 | 1 | Mboma Alefta (man, 25) | Cameroon | drowned, rubber boat capsized close to Tangier (MA); body washed ashore days later | AlarmPhone/IOM |
24/02/2019 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Middle East | 1 drowned, 1 missing; lost their way and tried to swim across Mreznica River (Croatia, near Bosnia) | Ansamed/IOM/Xinhu/Vijesti |
21/02/2019 | 3 | N.N. (3 women) | unknown | presumed drowned in Afrin River near Davutpa?a district, Reyhanli/Hatay, Turkey | IOMTurkey |
21/02/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead in an inflatable boat on the shore of Punta del Guadalmesi, Tarifa (Spain) | EuropaSur/IOMSpain |
18/02/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25-30) | unknown | frozen to death, body found in shed in Ipsala Pa?aköy village near Evros/Meriç river at GR-TR border | CNNTurk/DailySabah/IOM |
18/02/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30-35) | unknown | frozen to death, body found near Evros/Meriç river in Ipsala Pa?aköy village near GR-TR border | CNNTurk/DailySabah/IOM |
18/02/2019 | 1 | Mulubrhane M. Kfleyosus (m, 19) | Eritrea | committed suicide in Milton Keynes (GB) as the 4th of his group of young Eritrean refugee friends | Guardian |
16/02/2019 | 1 | Moussa Ba Aldo (man, 29) | Senegal | died in fire at migrant ghetto tent camp in San Ferdinando (IT), fire spread from makeshift campfire | RAI/CDS/LR/InfoMigrants/LocalIT |
15/02/2019 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, 25) | unknown | bodies found at Evros/Meriç river in Killi (TR) near Greece-Turkey border | CNNTurk/HurriyetDN/IOM |
15/02/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30-35) | unknown | body found at Evros/Meriç river near a road, between ?psala and Meriç (TR) at Greece-Turkey border | CNNTurk/HurriyetDN/IOM |
14/02/2019 | 1 | Ilias E.O. (boy, 15) | Morocco | stowaway, crushed by truck at port of Ceuta while trying to embark to mainland Spain | AlarmPhone/Ceutaldia/20ME/Antena3/Es |
13/02/2019 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 9) | Afghanistan | missing after boat crashed into rocks off coast of Tsonia, Lesvos island (GR); 51 survivors | HelCoastG/IOM/ABR/Ekathimerini |
11/02/2019 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, rubber boat capsized close to Moroccan shore near Ashakkar; 9 rescued | AlarmPhone/IOM |
09/02/2019 | 4 | N.N. (incl 2 men, 30s) | Middle East, Maghreb, Yeme | 1 drowned, 3 missing in migrant shipwreck off coast of Kristel, Oran region (DZ); 13 rescued | Algerie360/ElW/TheHuffMaghreb/IOM/AIP |
09/02/2019 | 1 | Mohammed Al-Ahdal (man, 24) | Yemen | drowned in migrant shipwreck off coast of Kristel, Oran region (DZ); he was a sports journalist | Algerie360/ElW/TheHuffMaghreb/IOM/AIP |
08/02/2019 | 1 | Ebuca Mama Subek (man, 34) | Nigeria | died after police beat him up in escalated identity check, at Omonia police statoin, Athens (GR) | KI/Migreurop/ExpressUK/EFSYN |
07/02/2019 | 1 | Derman Tamimou (man, 29) | Togo | died of hypothermia in the Alps after crossing Italian/French border via dangerous mountain route | LocalFR/ANSA/Guardian/LRT/Dauphine/ |
06/02/2019 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | 1 drowned, 2 missing in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Tangiers (Morocco); 43 people rescued | HelenaMaleno/El Diario/IOM |
06/02/2019 | 1 | N.N. (child, 3) | unknown | found in advanced state of decomposition on El Djebel beach near El Kala (DZ) | ElW/Algerie360/IntLignes/IOM |
05/02/2019 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | froze to death, got lost in inaccessible forest area of Vodni Dol (Croatian/Slovenian border) | IndexHR/NoviList/IOM/Vijesti/Tvistra/NetH |
05/02/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died in fire in abandoned house in Sarajevo (BA) where he lived while waiting to enter EU, 1 survived | EurPress/IOM |
04/02/2019 | 1 | H.S. | Afghanistan | committed suicide at Gaziantep Removal Centre (Turkey) | Birgun/aida |
03/02/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 34) | Algeria | hit by car in Velika Kladusa (BH/HR), medical help late due to systemic overload of small border town | El Diario/Federalna/IOM |
22/01/2019 | 1 | Yousef (man) | Algeria | drowned after escaping from migrant centre of Ceuta and trying to reach mainland Spain in a kayak | FaroCeuta/20ME/Alg24/IOM |
22/01/2019 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 30s) | unknown | body found in advanced state of decomposition at Bahara beach, Ouled Boughalem (DZ) | ElW/IOM |
21/01/2019 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 15) | unknown | died in hospital in Al Khums (LY), 106 people were rescued from ship and brought back to Libya | MSF/IOMLibya/Watchthemed |
21/01/2019 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned near Al Khums (LY), 106 survived and brought to detention centre in Libya | MSF/IOMLibya/Watchthemed |
21/01/2019 | 1 | Adel Mebrek (man) | Algeria | drowned after escaping from migrant centre of Ceuta and trying to reach mainland Spain in a kayak | Ref/FaroCeuta/20ME/IOM |
20/01/2019 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | died after spending 24h on migrant boat off Libya; 140 survivors sent to Libyan detention centre | Reuters/IOM |
18/01/2019 | 117 | N.N. (incl 2 baby; 10 w.(1 pregn)) | Sudan, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, | died in migrant shipwreck off coast of Garabulli (LY), rescue came very late, only 3 survivors | BBC/UNHCR/Reuters/LR/IOM/CNN/WPo |
18/01/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned after falling overboard migrant boat on the way from Turkey to Farmakonisi island (GR) | Watchthemed/IOM |
17/01/2019 | 53 | N.N. (incl 3 women) | Mauritania | missing in migrant shipwreck in Alboran Sea (Morocco/Spain), only 1 person rescued by fishing boat | LR/BBC/Reuters/UNHCR/IOM/CNN/Sun/ |
15/01/2019 | 1 | Zainab Fadel (girl, 4) | Iraq | died when Greek coastguard towed migrant boat on way to Samos (GR) back to Kusadasi (TR) | AA/HurriyetDN/DailySabah/Ansamed/KI/C |
15/01/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Maghreb | stowaway, died run over by truck he hid in to get on boat from enclave of Melilla to mainland Spain | FaroMelilla/COPE/IOM |
15/01/2019 | 1 | Aman Ullah Khan (man, 19) | Afghanistan | found dead in Paris (FR), lived 2 years in Norway fled to Paris after asylum application was rejected | NRK |
14/01/2019 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered off the shore of Sirte (LY) | IOMLibya/RCLibya |
13/01/2019 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered off the shore of Sirte (LY) | IOMLibya/Xinhua |
11/01/2019 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died when migrant boat caught fire off coast of Beni Ensar (Morocco, near Melilla, Spain); 6 injured | Zoubeidi/AMDHNador/Arififino |
11/01/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 26) | unknown | died hit by car on highway connecting Caen and Ouistreham (France) where ferries leave for the UK | TendanceOuest/StBrieuc/IOM |
08/01/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Cameroon | found dead in Moria camp, Lesbos (GR) during cold snap. Lived in overcrowded heated container | KI/GreekReporter |
08/01/2019 | 1 | Gjmile Shala (woman, 80) | Serbia | found dead in tent in Reims (FR), got no emergency housing despite old age and recent hospital stay | Necropolis/Francetvinfo/CNews |
07/01/2019 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered off the shore of Sirte (LY); probably tried to reach Italy | IOM/AVV |
05/01/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found dead in the Cabo de Sabinar area of Almerimar, a seaside town in Almeria (Spain) | El Diario/IOM |
04/01/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found dead on the beach of Luna de Calahonda, Mijas, Malaga (Spain) wearing a lifejacket | LV/SUR/IOM |
03/01/2019 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found washed up on the shores of Sirte (LY), probably tried to reach Italy | Zaidy/RCLibya/IOM |
02/01/2019 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on a boat rescued between Morocco and Spain; 67 survivors | HelenaMaleno/IOM |
02/01/2019 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30s) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead in the sea off Cape Trafalgar (Spain), probably tried to cross from Morocco | EurPress/CanalSur/IOM |
Jan/Feb 19 | 1 | N.N. | Iran | commited suicide near Hof (Oberfranken, Germany) after his asylum application was rejected | Karawane |
Jan/Feb 19 | 1 | N.N. | Iran | commited suicide near Nurnberg (Mittelfranken, Germany) after his asylum application was rejected | Karawane |
in Jan 19 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered during first weeks of 2019 in Gulf of Sirte (LY); probably tried to reach Italy | AVV/LR |
in 2019 | 7 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died from Oct. 2018 to Mar. 2019 in Zintan detention centre (LY) from starvation & tuberculosis | InfoMigrants |
in 2019 | 50 | N.N. | unknown | died of cold throughout 2019 between Ozalp, Saray & Caldiran (Van province, TR) crossing from Iran | Evrensel |
in 2019 | 50 | N.N. | Middle East | died throughout 2019 in traffic accidents around Van (Turkey) after crossing border from Iran | Evrensel |
in 2019 | 16 | N.N. | Middle East | died of hypothermia throughout 2019 trying to cross Iranian-Turkish border, found near Ba?kale (TR) | Evrensel |
in 2019 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Morocco | went missing when he tried to cross from Serbia into Bosnia through the Drina river; no news of him | BalkanInsight |
28/12/2018 | 7 | N.N. | Syria | drowned in rough seas between Lebanon and Cyprus; ship ran out of fuel after GPS broke, 1 survivor | CypMail/AlarmPhone/IOM |
25/12/2018 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Afghanistan | stowaway, strapped under lorry from Greece, was crushed when it disembarked at port of Ancona (IT) | Zancan/CDS/IOM |
24/12/2018 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on a migrant boat rescued off the coast of Morocco; 52 people rescued | HelenaMaleno/IOM |
23/12/2018 | 12 | N.N. (1 woman, 11 men) | unknown | missing, from rubber boat between Tangiers (MA) and Spain, no rescue despite repeated alarm calls | AlarmPhone/IOM |
23/12/2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 baby, 12 m.; 1 girl, 4) | unknown | disappeared in a shipwreck in the Alboran Sea; 69 people rescued | ElDiario/RCSpain/IOM/ELM |
21/12/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20s) | Algeria | found dead on Calamacarro beach, Benzú (Spanish enclave of Ceuta), probably tried to enter by sea | Ceutaldia/FaroCeuta/IOM |
20/12/2018 | 24 | N.N. (incl 1 w.; 1 pregn. w.; 10 m) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 12 died, 12 missing when migrant boat from Morocco to Spain capsized in Alboran Sea; 33 rescued | Repubblica/UNHCR/EP/RCAlmeria/IOM |
20/12/2018 | 20 | N.N. (incl 2 baby; 1 girl; 2 w; 2 m) | Algeria | 8 drowned, 12 missing, after leaking migrant boat caught fire off Algerian coast; 9 people rescued | AlgeriePresse/Réf/Algérie360/IOM/TheHu |
20/12/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died when a migrant boat from Morocco to Spain capsized in Alboran Sea; 56 people rescued | UNHCR/SalvaM/IOM |
19/12/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Tunisia | stowaway, electrocuted on train at railway station in Sid (Serbia) | Srbija Danas/IOMSerbia |
18/12/2018 | 8 | N.N. | Algeria | found dead off the coasts of Tabarka and Banzart (TN), tried to reach Spain from Algeria | Alg24/IOM |
18/12/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found dead on a migrant boat rescued in the Alboran Sea; 58 people rescued | SUR/Caminando/IOM |
13/12/2018 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | unknown | car accident, vehicle caught fire on highway near Kavala (GR), driver lost control in fear of police | KI/IOMGreece |
12/12/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead, struck with a sharp object, near Moria refugee camp (Lesbos island, Greece) | KI |
11/12/2018 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on a migrant boat rescued in the Alboran Sea; 53 people rescued | Caminando/HelenaMaleno/IOM |
06/12/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, body found in advanced state of decomposition 28 miles off Ceuta (Spain) | CeutaActualidad/IOM |
05/12/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | froze to death near Edirne after Greek border guards forced him to walk back to Turkey | DailySabah/Ansamed/IOM |
04/12/2018 | 15 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa, North A | died of hunger and thirst on a boat drifting for 12 days off the coast of Libya; 10 people rescued | AP/IOM/Reuters/InfoMigrants/LibOb |
04/12/2018 | 1 | N.N. | Afghanistan | froze to death after Greek authorities forced him to cross Evros River back to Turkey in freezing cold | HurriyetDN/AP/Sky/DailySabah/BFMTV/I |
04/12/2018 | 1 | N.N. | Middle East | froze to death after Greek authorities forced him to cross Evros River back to Turkey in freezing cold | HurriyetDN/AP/Sky/DailySabah/BFMTV/I |
04/12/2018 | 1 | N.N. | Middle East | froze to death after Greek authorities forced him to cross Evros River back to Turkey in freezing cold | HurriyetDN/AP/Sky/DailySabah/BFMTV/I |
04/12/2018 | 4 | N.N. | Algeria | 1 died, 3 missing when a boat departed near Tigzirt (DZ) sunk on the way to Spain; 5 rescued | ElW/Alg24/LibAlergie/IOM |
04/12/2018 | 1 | Midour Mohamed (man, 29) | Algeria | drowned when boat departed near Tigzirt (DZ) sunk on way to Spain | ElW/Alg24/LibAlergie/IOM |
04/12/2018 | 1 | Zaoui Karim (man, 24) | Algeria | drowned when boat departed near Tigzirt (DZ) sunk on way to Spain | ElW/Alg24/LibAlergie/IOM |
02/12/2018 | 1 | Souaro Jaiteh (man, 18) | Gambia | died in fire at migrant ghetto tent camp in San Ferdinando (IT), spread from makeshift campfire | LocalIT/Fatto/OxfamIT/Soumahoro/Open |
02/12/2018 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Algeria | drowned when two rubber boats sunk off Arzew (DZ) on the way to Spain; 32 people rescued | Oran/AlgeriePresse/IOM |
30/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Algeria | found as skeleton near Oued el Agueb beach Seraidi (DZ), tried to reach Europe 2 months before | EIW/IOM |
30/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in Dobra river between Lipa and Protulipa southwest of Karlovac (Croatia), 3 survivors | HRT/IOMCroatia |
29/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | found dead on a migrant boat rescued in the Alboran Sea; 56 survivors | EurPress/SalvaM/HelenaMaleno/IOM |
28/11/2018 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa, Maghre | died on migrant boats found drifting around Alboran Island (Morocco/Spain); 90 people rescued | LV/SalvaM/IOM |
27/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | killed when a smuggling car crashed on a highway near Kavala (northern Greece); 6 others injured | KI/Ethnos/IOM |
27/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, while crossing Reka river, Ilirska Bistrica district Slovenia, 5 survivors | STA/IOM |
26/11/2018 | 4 | N.N. (2 women, 2 men; 30s) | unknown | hit by a train as they were sleeping on the tracks near Fylakas (Greece, near Turkish border) | KI/BFMTV/AFP/IOMGreece |
24/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | missing from migrant boat in the Alboran Sea (Morocco/Spain) adrift for 4 days; 13 people rescued | SalvaM/RCAlmeria/IOM |
24/11/2018 | 29 | N.N. | Cameroon, Guinea, Morocco | 20 died, 9 missing in shipwreck off Morocco; Spanish & Moroccan authorities had delayed rescue | EP/WatchTheMed/France24/AMDHNador |
23/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (child, 5) | Syria | died when bus carrying Syrian migrant workers crashed in Antalya (TR), 26 injured | HurriyetDN |
22/11/2018 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | missing in shipwreck off the coast of Almeria (Spain); 42 people rescued | EP/ChurchTimes/SalvaM/HelenaMaleno/ |
22/11/2018 | 1 | Fatoumata (pregnant woman) | unknown | died after rescue in shipwreck off the coast of Almeria (Spain); 42 people rescued | EP/ChurchTimes/SalvaM/HelenaMaleno/ |
22/11/2018 | 1 | L. Slimane (man, 27) | Algeria | found dead after boat from Oued el Agueb beach (DZ) sunk on way to Europe | EIW/IOM |
22/11/2018 | 6 | N.N. (6 men, 18-34) | Algeria | missing after boat departed from Oued el Agueb beach, Seraidi (DZ) sunk on the way to Europe | EIW/IOM |
20/11/2018 | 9 | N.N. (incl 1 w., 30s; 1 young m.) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2 dead, 7 missing when boat from Tangiers (MA) sank near Vejer de la Frontera (Spain); 1 survivor | EurPress/ChurchTimes/AndaluciaInfo/Voz |
19/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | died in migrant shipwreck between Bodrum (TR) and the Greek island of Kos; 10 people rescued | HurriyetDN |
18/11/2018 | 22 | N.N. | Morocco | missing after boat sunk in storm near Tiznit (MA) on way to Canary Islands (ES); 3 survivors | HuffMaghreb/AGI/IOM/EFE/2M/Medias/O |
18/11/2018 | 1 | Mahammat A. Moussa (man, 25) | Chad | body found trapped underneath bus at Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone, Kent (GB) | Hurriyet/IOM/KM/CMS |
18/11/2018 | 1 | Mohammadyar Hossaini (man, 22) | Afghanistan | suicide of temporarily admitted refuge in Buochs (CH), because of inhumane migration policy | Necropolis/LuzernerZ/Watson |
15/11/2018 | 9 | N.N. | Algeria | 1 drowned, 8 missing when migrant boat from Annaba (DZ) sank near Islet of Toro, Sardinia (IT) | ANSA/Stampa/IOM/ArmedForcesIt/Stamp |
15/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Algeria | drowned after a migrant boat from Annaba (DZ) sank near the Islet of Toro, Sardinia (IT) | ANSA/Stampa |
14/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Syria | died in hospital in Belgrade from injuries sustained during journey to Serbia, due to lack of medicines | UNHCR/IOM |
13/11/2018 | 9 | N.N. (incl children; women) | unknown | disappeared on sea between West Algeria and Murcia (Spain), boat ran out of fuel, all contact lost | Watchthemed |
12/11/2018 | 10 | N.N. (incl 3 children) | Afghanistan | 6 drowned, 4 missing after migrant ship sank between Dikili (TR) & Lesbos (GR); 5 survivors | DailySabah/HurriyetDN/KI/Azertac/ActuN |
12/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | car overturned at Egnatia Odos motorway outside Thessaloniki (GR), 9 survivors | IOMGreece |
11/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iran | drowned, body found on border of Drina river near Ro?evi? (BA), near Serbian border | UNHCR/IOMSerbia |
10/11/2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 boy, 1 man) | Morocco | found dead on a rubber boat which reached a beach near Malaga (Spain) from Morocco; 13 survivors | AP/SUR/EP/CadSER/IOM |
10/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20s) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found washed up in Ceuta (Spain), most probably a former resident of Ceutas detention centre | FaroCeuta/ABC/CeutaActualidad/IOM |
10/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned when boat from Libya sunk near Lampedusa (IT), couldnt hold onto rescue nets; 40 rescued | ANSA/NuovoSud/IOM |
09/11/2018 | 8 | N.N. (8 young men) | Algeria | disappeared on the way from Annaba (DZ) to Sardinia (IT); all trace of their boat is lost | ANSA/Stampa/ElW/IOM |
09/11/2018 | 1 | Mohamed Sami Kebaili (y. man) | Algeria | disappeared with 12 others on way from Annaba (DZ) to Sardinia (IT); all trace of boat is lost | ANSA/Stampa/ElW/IOM |
09/11/2018 | 1 | Bouacha Sofiane (young man) | Algeria | disappeared on way from Annaba (DZ) to Sardinia (IT); all trace of boat is lost | ANSA/Stampa/ElW/IOM |
09/11/2018 | 1 | Djouamaa Ahlem (young w) | Algeria | disappeared on way from Annaba (DZ) to Sardinia (IT); all trace of boat is lost | ANSA/Stampa/ElW/IOM |
09/11/2018 | 1 | Djamel LAlgerois (young man) | Algeria | disappeared on way from Annaba (DZ) to Sardinia (IT); all trace of boat is lost | ANSA/Stampa/ElW/IOM |
09/11/2018 | 1 | Zerrouri Yacine (young man) | Algeria | disappeared on way from Annaba (DZ) to Sardinia (IT); all trace of boat is lost | ANSA/Stampa/ElW/IOM |
09/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 4) | unknown | van carrying migrants collided frontal with truck on highway near Thessaloniki (GR), 27 injured | EFSYN/Newsbomb/IOMGreece |
06/11/2018 | 21 | N.N. (20-30 years old) | Morocco, Algeria | died when a migrant boat from Morocco crashed into rocks at Canos de Meca (Spain); 22 survivors | InfoMigrants/AFP/EP/DailyMail/Ansamed/ |
06/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | North Africa | died when a migrant boat from Morocco crashed into rocks at Canos de Meca (Spain); 22 survivors | EP/InfoMigrants/AFP/DailyMail/Ansamed/ |
06/11/2018 | 1 | Ayoub Mabrouk (man, 21) | Morocco | died in migrant shipwreck at Canos de Meca (ES); Moroccan kick-boxing champion with great ambition | TheHuffPostMaghreb/EP/InfoMigrants/AF |
06/11/2018 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | minibus with migrants fell along shoulder of a road near Saray (TR), 16 injured | Anadolu Agency/Sabah/IOM |
06/11/2018 | 1 | Bakary Secka (man, 34) | Gambia | died in fire at Borgo Mezzanone, a migrant slum near an asylum centre in Manfredonia/Foggia (IT) | CDM/InfoMigrants |
05/11/2018 | 31 | N.N. (31 men) | Morocco, Algeria | died when two boats capsized near Alboran Island (Spain); 80 rescued | EP/AFP/DailyMail/LeMonde/El Diario/ElE |
05/11/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 29) | Iraq | hit by car while walking on Egnatia Motorway in Igoumenitsa (GR), driver abandoned him | pressPub/IOMGreece |
29/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Tunisia | found dead near Nador (Morocco) after he tried to reach Spanish enclave of Melilla through the sea | Ariffino/IOM |
28/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. (baby) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in shipwreck in the Alboran Sea (Morocco/Spain) despite efforts to reanimate; 55 rescued | AP/ELM/IOM |
27/10/2018 | 17 | N.N. (17 young men) | Morocco | missing after shipwreck of boat departed from Charrana Beach (Morocco) to reach Spain; 2 survivors | LocalES/HuffMaghreb/AMDHNador/Rifdia |
27/10/2018 | 55 | N.N. | unknown | disappeared on stormy sea on the way from Morocco to Spain, despite NGOs alerting authorities | AlarmPhone/Caminando/IOM |
27/10/2018 | 1 | Mouch Navw (31, pregnan w.) | Iraq | died in a migrant shipwreck between Bodrum (TR) and Kos island (GR); 12 people rescued | Watchthemed/IOM/AA |
25/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | Hit and dragged by train near Lutros, Alexandroupolis (GR) | IOM Greece/Evros 24 |
25/10/2018 | 3 | N.N. (1 women; 2 ch, 3 & 12) | Iraq | went missing when boat capsized while trying to cross Evros River near Orestiada (GR) | KI/IOMGreece |
25/10/2018 | 6 | N.N. (6 men, from same family) | Syria | family got swept away by floodwaters near K?z?lçat (TR) trying to cross to Turkey from Latakia (SY) | APnews/HaberT/CNNTurk/IOM |
25/10/2018 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, ±30) | unknown | Bodies recovered near Plage de Trougout, Nador, Morocco | AMDHNador/Ariffino/IOM/Parisien |
24/10/2018 | 1 | Abdulaziz (man, 28) | Somalia | suicide, set himself on fire at Triq al Sikka detention centre (LY) after Italy had returned him there | IrishTimes/AlJazeera |
22/10/2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 girl, 7; 1 child) | Palestina, Somalia | died in hospital after migrant boat sank just minutes after leaving Bodrum (TR) to go to Kos (GR) | Reuters/DailySabah/AA/IOM |
21/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of cardiac arrest trying to climb fence between Morocco and Melilla (Spain) with 300 others | AP/EP/CGTNAfrica/PedroSanchez/Helen |
20/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 22) | Eritrea | died in Zintan detention centre (LY) due to lack of food and medical treatment | NationalAE |
20/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | found dead at Amejaou beach, west of Nador (Morocco), probably tried to reach Spain | AMDHNador/IOM |
15/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 30s) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found in advanced state of decomposition on rocky beach near La Madrague, Ain el Turck (DZ) | ElW/Ref/Oran/IOM |
15/10/2018 | 1 | Amadou Jawo (man, 22) | Gambia | suicide in refugee centre of Castellaneta Marina, Taranto (IT), hopeless about his future prospects | NuovaBQ/Flucht |
15/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | found dead of hypothermia, off coast of Tangier (MA); 38 survivors | HuffPostMaghreb |
14/10/2018 | 22 | N.N. (incl 2 baby; 2 ch; 1 preg. w) | unknown | died when their smuggling lorry had accident near Izmir (TR) on way to Samos island (GR); 13 hurt | DevDiscourse/Rappler/AFP/IOM/DailySab |
14/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 35) | unknown | found in advanced state of decomposition in the sea off the coast of Arzew (DZ) | Oran/Ref/IOM |
13/10/2018 | 11 | N.N. (incl 3 children) | unknown | died when their smuggling car collided head-on with lorry near Kavala on way to Thessaloniki (GR) | BBC/Gulf/Iefimerida/IOM |
12/10/2018 | 4 | N.N. (1 man, 26; 3 young men) | Algeria | 2 dead, 2 missing; boat headed for Spain sunk shortly after leaving Mostaganem (DZ), 13 survivors | ElW/Ref/LibAlgerie |
12/10/2018 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | 3 dead, 17 missing in a migrant shipwreck in the Alboran Sea; 35 people rescued | SalvaM/IOM |
12/10/2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 child, 3; 1 woman, 30s) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead in the sea off Cape Falcon, Ain El Turck (DZ) | Algerie360/Oran/IOM |
11/10/2018 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died after rubber boat capsized near Sloukia beach, Tangier (Morocco) on way to Spain; 9 survivors | 2M |
11/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30s) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead in the sea off Cape Falcon, Ain El Turck (DZ) wearing lifejacket | ElW/Ref/Oran/IOM |
11/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found in advanced state of decomposition and headless, in the sea off Marsat el Hadjadj (DZ) | ElW/Ref/Oran/IOM |
10/10/2018 | 34 | N.N. (incl 11 children, 1 woman) | Iraq, Afghanistan | 9 drowned, 25 missing after migrant ship sunk off Turkey on the way to Chios (GR); 1 survivor | Reuters/HurriyetDN/KI/Rudaw/IOM |
10/10/2018 | 3 | N.N. (2 girls, 15, 17; 1 w., 35) | Asia | found tied up with their throats cut near Evros River (TR/GR), believed to be mother and daughters | BBC/Guardian/KI/Sputnik/Parisien/IOM |
10/10/2018 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, 30s) | unknown | found in advanced state of decomposition off Cape Falcon, Ain El Turck (DZ) wearing lifejackets | ElW/Ref/Oran/IOM |
10/10/2018 | 3 | N.N. (2 women; 1 girl) | North Africa, Middle East, As | found dead with throats slashed near Evros river in Didymoteicho (GR) at border with Turkey | Guardian |
09/10/2018 | 1 | Gebre Mariam (young man) | Eritrea | committed suicide in detention centre, Vottem (BE); depressed & just been transferred to room alone | Cire/CMS |
07/10/2018 | 1 | Walid Boukhalda (man, 23) | Tunisia | drowned when migrant boat from Tunisia to Italy capsized near Djerba island (TN); 9 survivors | ArabNews/Kapitalis/Mosaique/IOM |
02/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Pakistan | died in hospital, found in a state of exhaustion near a forest at the Greek/Bulgarian border | BordermonBG/Xinhua/IOM |
01/10/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, body spotted floating northeast of Zuwarah, Libya | Sea-Watch/IOM/PilotesVol |
01/10/2018 | 34 | N.N. (incl 1 baby; 1 child) | unknown | 15 drowned, 19 missing, boat sank after 24h asking for help between Morocco & Spain, 26 rescued | Caminando/IOM/HelenaMaleno/LV |
in Oct 18 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | died in Sept/Oct in Zintan detention centre (LY) due to lack of food and medical treatment | NationalAE |
in Oct 18 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20s) | unknown | died in Triq al Sikka detention centre (LY) of lack of medical treatment and harsh living conditions | NationalAE |
30/09/2018 | 7 | N.N. (4 woman; 3 men) | Syria | drowned, 2 missing, bodies found off the coast of Enez, Edirne province in Turkey, 3 rescued | IOM/TurkCoastG |
29/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 31) | Syria | killed in a riot between Afgan and Syrian refugees at a camp in Malakasa (GR); 8 others injured | KI |
29/09/2018 | 1 | Amad A. (man, 26) | Syria | died after fire broke out in his prison cell in Bochum (DE); blatantly mistaken identity led to his arrest | Flucht |
28/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned, body found in advanced state of decomposition on Peña Parda beach in La Herradura (ES) | GranadaHoy/EFE/IOM |
25/09/2018 | 1 | Hayat Belkacem (woman, 19) | Morocco | shot by Moroccan navy as they intercepted a migrant boat leaving for Spain; 3 others injured | Ansamed/Aljazeera/DailyMail/NYTimes/In |
25/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | presumed drowned, body found on the shore of Alboran Island, between Morocco and Spain | LV/IOM |
23/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned, when boat capsized off the coast of Bodrum (TR) on way to Kos (GR), 16 rescued | HurriyetDN/DailySabah/IOM/KUNA |
23/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, body of pregnant woman found with missing head and hand at Cabo Negro beach (MA) | Al-Sharq/Zoubeidi/IOM |
23/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, fell into water trying to board Britain-bound ferry or dinghy at Port of Calais (FR), 2 rescued | Ouest-France/NordLittoral/IOM/ExpressU |
22/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 5) | Palestine | drowned, after boat capsized off the coast of Lebanon on way to Cyprus, 38 rescued | Reuters/Guardian/IOM/Ya.UK |
21/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 31) | Tunisia | suicide at detention centre of Toulouse-Blagnac airport (FR) after his detention time was extended | FranceBleu/20MFR/KozPost |
21/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, body found by fisherman floating in sea 1.5 miles off Punta Almina, Ceuta (ES) | CeutaActualidad/IOM |
20/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found in advanced state of decomposition on La Rábita Beach, Albuñol (ES) | LV/El Diario/IOM |
20/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found in advanced state of decomposition at La Rabita beach, Albunol (ES) | ElDiario/LV/IOM |
20/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | Iran | found dead by hiker at Staupslia in Levanger (Norway) by a hiker, his asylum application was rejected | aftenposten/NRK/Adressa/tv2NO/Avisa |
19/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in sinking boat during rescue operations near Alboran Island (ES), 57 rescued | SalvaM/IOM/Caminando |
18/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found in advanced state of decomposition 50 miles south of Port of Motril (ES) | EP/GranadaHoy/IOM |
17/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned, found floating in Herradura Bay, Almuñécar (ES) | EP/GranadaHoy/IOM |
17/09/2018 | 1 | Arazu Tariq (woman) | Kurdistan | Kurd, drowned when boat sunk in Ba?lar Bay near Bodrum (TR), also her sister drowned, 18 rescued | Rudaw/IOM/HurriyetDN |
17/09/2018 | 1 | Hawnaz Tariq (woman) | Kurdistan | Kurd, drowned when boat sunk in Ba?lar Bay near Bodrum (TR), also her sister drowned, 18 rescued | Rudaw/IOM/HurriyetDN |
17/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Kurdistan | Kurd, drowned when boat sunk in Ba?lar Bay near Bodrum (TR), 18 rescued | Rudaw/IOM/HurriyetDN |
16/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | presumed drowned, was on boat with engine problem in Alboran Sea, 55 rescued | El Diario/IOM |
15/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found on Playa Castell de Ferro in Gualchos (ES) | EP/GranadaHoy/IOM |
13/09/2018 | 1 | Zenettin Hafez (man) | Syria | died in hospital after accident with police bus transfering refugees in Aksaray (TR) 21 survivors | Hurriyet/IOM |
13/09/2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, fisherman located bodies in state of decomposition near Beni Ensar (MA), near Melilla (ES) | MelillaHoy/IOM/Zoubeidi |
13/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found on plage de Boucana near Beni Ensar (MA), near Melilla (ES) | Zoubeidi/IOM |
13/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, fisherman found corpse hooked in fishing nets near El Sarchal, Ceuta (ES) | CeutaActualidad/IOM |
12/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Eritrea | died of stab wounds after fight between migrants in transit on parking at E40 highway, Wetteren (BE) | Avenir/IOM |
11/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | found on Las Salinas beach near Roquetas de Mar, Almería (ES) in advanced state of decomposition | Ideal/IOM |
10/09/2018 | 6 | N.N. (1 child, 2 women, 3 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on a beach near Driouch/Nador (Morocco), had probably tried to reach Spain | AMDH/AlYaoum |
09/09/2018 | 1 | Emeranullah Niazi (man, 25) | Afghanistan | hit by car, while trying to cross E40 highway near Mannekesvere (BE) on his way to Calais | Necropolis/RTLbe/IOM/Nieuwsblad |
05/09/2018 | 4 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on Saidia beach (Morocco, near Algerian border), probably wanted to reach Spain | Oran/IOM |
05/09/2018 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | missing after migrant boat travelling from Nador (MA) to Spain sank in the Alboran Sea; 52 rescued | Caminando/IOM |
05/09/2018 | 6 | N.N. (1 woman, 5 men) | unknown | drowned after migrant boat travelling from Nador (MA) to Spain sank in the Alboran Sea; 53 rescued | SalvaM/Ideal/Watchthemed/IOM/Caminan |
04/09/2018 | 8 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead near Bider beach, Marsa Ben Mhidi (DZ), probably from ship of 50 that capsized | Oran/LibAlgerie/IOM |
04/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead off coast of Ghazaouet (DZ), probably from ship of 50 that capsized on way to Spain | Oran/LibAlgerie |
04/09/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 42) | Albania | suicide, jumps from bridge in Iserlohn (DE) instead of picking up flight tickets for family expulsion | IKZ |
03/09/2018 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, disappeared in wreck of boat in the Alboran Sea, between Morocco and Spain, 30 rescued | Eldiario/IOM |
03/09/2018 | 61 | N.N. | unknown | missing after a migrant shipwreck in the Alboran Sea, between Morocco and Spain | Caminando/GlobePost |
01/09/2018 | 130 | N.N. (incl 2 babies, 20 children) | Sudan, Mali, Niger, Cameroo | 2 drowned, 128 missing after a boat deflated off the Libyan coast; 55 survivors | BBC/InfoMigrants/NationPK/IOM/TeleSur/ |
in Sep 18 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | died of starvation or thirst while trapped by militia in building in Tripoli (LY) amid fighting | IrishTimes |
in Sep 18 | 3 | N.N. (incl 1 woman) | Syria, Iraq | died in a car crash while driving through Northern Greece; 7 survivors incl. dead womans 2 children | IRIN |
in Sep 18 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Africa | suicide, hanged himself in his room a windowless basement in Cyprus, due to social support system | UNHCR |
in Sep 18 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found in advanced state of decomposition, some wearing life vests, in Granada region (ES) | ElDiario/LV/IOM |
30/08/2018 | 52 | N.N. (incl 5 women; 1 pregn. w.) | unknown | missing after a migrant shipwreck in the Alboran Sea, between Morocco and Spain | Caminando/GlobePost/Watchthemed |
27/08/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in the Evros River, natural border between Turkey and Greece | Watchthemed |
24/08/2018 | 2 | N.N. (incl 1 man, < 30) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1 drowned, body found in advanced state of decomposition off coast of Alboran Island (ES), 1 missing | El Diario/IOM/El Plural |
22/08/2018 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on boat in danger of sinking south of Malta, a patrol vessel rescued 100 persons | ArmedForces/IOM/JosephMuscat |
20/08/2018 | 9 | N.N. (young men) | Tunisia | 7 drowned, 2 missing, boat broke down off the coast of Ajim (TN), 1 rescued | Kapitalis/IOMTunisia/Mosaique/TNnum |
20/08/2018 | 1 | Ahmed Traouit (man, 26) | Tunisia | drowned with 9 others, boat broke down off the coast of Ajim (TN), 1 rescued | Kapitalis/IOMTunisia |
18/08/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 19) | Vietnam | hit by car in Jabbeke (BE) probably wanted to cross to England by climbing truck at nearby parking | Standaard/Sudinfo/IOM/7sur7 |
17/08/2018 | 8 | N.N. (8 men) | Ivory Coast, Congo | drowned when maritime guard intercepted boat off the coast of Jebiniana (TN), 14 survivors | VOAafrique/IOMTunisia/Mosaique |
16/08/2018 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Mali | died of police brutality after he was arrested in Tangiers (MA) and taken away to southern Morocco | El Diario/InfoMigrants/IOM/h24info/Watch |
15/08/2018 | 1 | Moumine Traoré (boy, 16) | Mali | died of police brutality after he was arrested in Tangiers (MA) and taken away to southern Morocco | El Diario/InfoMigrants/HelenaMaleno/IOM |
14/08/2018 | 14 | N.N. (2 women, 12 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Aline Mayamba Sita (woman, 42) | Congo | disappeared in Alboran Sea on way from Morocco to Spain, wanted to join her sister in France | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Getou Mbala (woman, 28) | Congo | disappeared in Alboran Sea between Morocco &Spain with her daughter, on way to sister in France | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Gemina Mbala (girl, 1) | Congo | disappeared in Alboran Sea between Morocco &Spain, with mother who wanted to join sister in France | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Adja Cisse (woman, 30) | Ivory Coast | disappeared in Alboran Sea with daughter, fleeing threats from military, on way to join husband in FR | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Mariane Diabate (girl, 3) | Ivory Coast | disappeared in Alboran Sea with mother, fleeing threats from military, on way to join father in France | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Bah Ousmane (man, 28) | Guinea | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Morocco to Spain, had a cousin in France | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Moussa Doukanassi (man, 30) | Mali | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Morocco to Spain, husband and father of two | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Mustafa Kaba (man, 25) | Guinea | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Soukouna Fusseny (man, 30) | Mali | disappeared in the Alboran Sea, he was a farmer who fled the drought that made survival impossible | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Mamadou Traore (man, 28) | Mali | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Mamadou Bente (man) | Guinea | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Anna Sylla (woman) | West Africa | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Aicha Ivoirienne (woman) | Ivory Coast | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Ismaila Fofana (man) | West Africa | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Ibrahima Diallo (man) | West Africa | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Boubacar Diallo (man) | West Africa | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Mamadou Bente (man) | West Africa | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Mamadou Diallo (man) | West Africa | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Ousmane Toure (man) | West Africa | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Ibrahima Pastore (man) | West Africa | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Famany Toure | West Africa | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Sadio Sarr (woman) | West Africa | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
14/08/2018 | 1 | Fredy (man) | West Africa | disappeared in the Alboran Sea on the way from Beni Boughafer (Morocco) to Spain | Ara |
12/08/2018 | 2 | N.N. (2 young men) | Syria | died in landslide while sleeping in forest near Dreznica (Croatia) after illegal EU entry through Bosnia | DW/Balkaneu/IrishTimes/AP/IOMCroatia |
10/08/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on board of rescued boat off the coast of Cabo de Gata (ES), 65 rescued | SalvamentoM/IOM |
10/08/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, fallen of boat off the coast of Cabo de Gata (ES), 65 rescued | SalvamentoM/IOM |
08/08/2018 | 5 | N.N. (4 children, 1 woman) | Iraq | drowned on way from Turkey to Samos (GR); shipwreck due to panic caused by traffickers behaviour | DailySabah/Ansamed |
08/08/2018 | 4 | Rahad (3 children; 1 woman) | Iraq | drowned on way from Turkey to Samos (GR); shipwreck due to panic caused by traffickers behaviour | DailySabah/Ansamed |
07/08/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 20-30) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, body found by fishing vessel off the coast of Cape Trafalgar near Cádiz (ES) | El Diarion/SalvaM/IOM |
07/08/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found off the coast of Demre (TR) | IOM/TurkishCoastG |
05/08/2018 | 1 | Desmond Richard (man, 27) | Benin | drowned in Lake Lugano near Maroggia (CH) got mental ill after refusal of right to stay | RSI/Seen |
in Aug 18 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | tortured to death by guards after he protested his living conditions in detention centre in Libya | NationalAE |
30/07/2018 | 1 | Sena Aksoy (woman) | Turkey | drowned in the Aegean Sea near Lesbos (Greece), was fleeing Turkish post-coup purge | InfoMigrants/TurkeyPurge/KI/LV/IOM |
30/07/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, off the coast of Achakkar (MA), 2 rescued | Tanja7/IOM |
30/07/2018 | 1 | Sumeyye Avci (woman) | Turkey | drowned in the Aegean Sea near Lesbos (Greece), was fleeing Turkish post-coup purge | InfoMigrants/TurkeyPurge/KI/LV/IOM |
30/07/2018 | 1 | Yusuf Baha Aksoy (baby) | Turkey | drowned in the Aegean Sea near Lesbos (Greece), was fleeing Turkish post-coup purge | InfoMigrants/TurkeyPurgeKI/LV/IOM |
30/07/2018 | 1 | Burhan Yeni (baby) | Turkey | drowned in the Aegean Sea near Lesbos (Greece), was fleeing Turkish post-coup purge | InfoMigrants/TurkeyPurge/KI/LV/IOM |
30/07/2018 | 1 | Nurbanu Yeni (baby) | Turkey | drowned in the Aegean Sea near Lesbos (Greece), was fleeing Turkish post-coup purge | InfoMigrants/TurkeyPurge/KI/LV/IOM |
30/07/2018 | 1 | Gokhan Yeni | Turkey | drowned in the Aegean Sea near Lesbos (Greece), was fleeing Turkish post-coup purge | InfoMigrants/TurkeyPurge/KI/LV/IOM |
30/07/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Turkey | drowned in Aegean Sea near Lesbos (GR), had co-organized the trip for those fleeing post-coup purge | InfoMigrants/TurkeyPurge/KI/LV/IOM |
29/07/2018 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 14) | unknown | body found in advanced state of decomposition in Evros river, Greece-Turkey border | KI/IOM |
25/07/2018 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies recovered in Tajoura, Libya | IOMLibya |
24/07/2018 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, fell from raft after several days at sea off the coast of Al-Hoceima (MA), 32 rescued | Caminando/IOM/APDHA |
24/07/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Egypt | shot by security official when truck carrying migrants crashed into checkpoint in Al Baydan (LY) | EFE/LibOb/IOM |
23/07/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 29) | Pakistan | stabbed after being robbed by other migrants near Greek-North Macedonian border, on his way to GR | LahoreDaily/IOM |
22/07/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Syria | suicide, found hanged at a migrant camp in Oinofyta, north of Athens (GR) | KI |
22/07/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 45) | unknown | died in a shipwreck on the Mediterranean Sea, was fleeing militia at home, father of three | TimesM |
22/07/2018 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant girl, 16) | unknown | died in the Mediterranean Sea, after she could not be used as sex slave anymore due to pregnancy | TimesM |
20/07/2018 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | hit by train near Antheia (GR), train track runs parallel to Greek-Turkish border | APnews/KI/IOMGreece |
20/07/2018 | 3 | N.N. (18-30y) | Algeria | presumed drowned, were aboard a fishing boat that capsized off coast of Cherchell (DZ), 10 rescued | ElW/AlgériePresse/IOM |
19/07/2018 | 1 | Hatice Akcabay (woman, 36) | Turkey | drowned with her 3 sons after crossing Evros river (TR/GR); the family was fleeing post-coup purge | InfoMigrants/PatrasT/Euronews/IOMTurke |
19/07/2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman, 1 man) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found in Tajoura and Garabulli (LY) | IOMLibya |
19/07/2018 | 1 | Ahmet Esat Akcabay (boy, 7) | Turkey | drowned with brothers and mother crossing Evros river (TR/GR); family was fleeing post-coup purge | InfoMigrants/PatrasT/Euronews/IOMTurke |
19/07/2018 | 1 | Mesut Akcabay (boy, 5) | Turkey | drowned with brothers and mother crossing Evros river (TR/GR); family was fleeing post-coup purge | InfoMigrants/PatrasT/Euronews/IOMTurke |
19/07/2018 | 1 | Bekir Aras Akcabay (baby, 1 y.) | Turkey | drowned with brothers and mother crossing Evros river (TR/GR); family was fleeing post-coup purge | InfoMigrants/PatrasT/Euronews/IOMTurke |
18/07/2018 | 49 | N.N. (children, w. (1 preg.), men) | Syria | 19 drowned, 30 missing in a migrant shipwreck between Turkey and Cyprus; 103 people rescued | Reuters/AA/NationalAE/StarTribune/Spok |
18/07/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died of sickness before he could attempt to get from Nador (MA) to Melilla (ES) | AMDH/IOM |
16/07/2018 | 8 | N.N. (6 children, 1 woman, 1 m) | Sub-Saharan Africa, Pakista | found suffocated in a refrigerated truck container near Zuwarah (LY); 90 others taken to hospital | Aljazeera/Carbonated/Reuters/Zuwara/IO |
16/07/2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 boy, 4; 1 woman) | unknown | died after they were abandoned at sea because they refused to board Libyan Coast Guards ship | Reuters/ANSA/BBC/Guardian/Independe |
16/07/2018 | 1 | N.N. (baby girl) | unknown | died on drifting migrant boat in Mediterranean; 165 rescued, 2 others were abandoned and died later | BBC/LibyanNavy/IOM |
15/07/2018 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | drowned at unspecified location off the coast of Sabratha (LY), 18 rescued | IOMLibya |
13/07/2018 | 4 | N.N. (boy, 17; 3 adults) | Somalia | drowned when they jumped into the Mediterranean to reach a rescue ship, near Linosa island (IT) | ANSA/IOMItaly/StarTribune/Flavio |
09/07/2018 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found at different locations on the Libyan coast | IOMLibya |
08/07/2018 | 45 | N.N. (incl 7 women) | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies found off Larache (Morocco), had attempted to cross to Spain via Atlantic Ocean; 33 rescued | MEM/MorWN |
05/07/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 22) | Pakistan | drowned by temperature shock while bathing in River Uni in Biha? (BA near Croation border | N1/Klix/GlasSrpske/IOM |
04/07/2018 | 1 | Yemane (man, 20) | Eritrea | committed suicide in a park in Geneva (Switzerland), had been refused asylum a year before | Vivre |
04/07/2018 | 1 | Jamal Nasser Mahmoudi (m, 23) | Iran | suicide, hung himself in Hotel Spinsar, Kabul (Afghanistan) after Germany deported him there | Gandhara/Flucht/AZ/Spiegel |
03/07/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 19) | Senegal | died on boat in distress which left Morocco to Spain, fellow travelers want to send his body home | WatchTheMed/IOM |
03/07/2018 | 7 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, passengers of sinking rubber boat were floating around it off coast of Libya, 125 rescued | LibyanNavy/Guardian/IOM |
01/07/2018 | 114 | N.N. (3 children, 20 w, 91 m) | unknown | missing after a migrant boat capsized off Libya; 16 people rescued | IOMLibya/UN/ABC17/UNHCR/Guardian/S |
01/07/2018 | 63 | N.N. | unknown | died after a small rubber boat capsized off Al Khums (LY); 41 people rescued | SeaWatch/IOM/UN |
in July 18 | 1 | Walid (man) | Lebanon | committed suicide in Amsterdam (NL) after getting papers and housing; had fled due to being gay | Noelhuis |
30/06/2018 | 1 | Mustafa Dawood (man, 23) | Sudan | fell through roof while trying to escape surprise immigration raid at his workplace in Newport (GB) | Independent |
29/06/2018 | 103 | N.N. (3 babies, 30 w., 70 men) | unknown | 3 drowned, 100 missing after migrant boat sank in Mediterranean Sea near Tripoli (LY); 16 rescued | IOM/UN/GreekReporter/UNHCR/ABC17/I |
27/06/2018 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 2 men) | unknown | car accident, Italian vehicle veered off course on highway near Alexandropoulis (GR), 7 injured | KI/IOM |
25/06/2018 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Bangladesh, Sri Lanka | van carrying migrants hit bridge between Radovish and Shtip (MK), 17 injured, driver escaped | Xinhua/IOMMacedonia |
24/06/2018 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered in Al Maya and Sayiad (LY) | IOMLibya |
22/06/2018 | 5 | N.N. | Sudan, Nigeria, Chad, Egypt | drowned after a migrant dinghy sank near Garabulli (LY); 94 people rescued | DailyMail/IOMLibya |
21/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in Evros river (GR) which forms border between Greece-Turkey, body found after 3 weeks | UNHCR/IOM |
21/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±35) | Africa | drowned, body found floating in front of beach in Ventimiglia (IT) near border with France | LR/Giornale/IOM |
21/06/2018 | 26 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered at various locations on the coast of Libya | IOMLibya |
20/06/2018 | 50 | N.N. | unknown | missing in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Garabulli (LY) | UNHCR/IOM/BBC/USAToday |
20/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead during a rescue off the coast of Al Hamidiyah, Tajoura (LY); 82 people rescued | LibCoastG/IOM |
19/06/2018 | 70 | N.N. | unknown | missing in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Dela (LY); 60 people rescued | USAToday/BBC/IOM/UNHCR |
19/06/2018 | 1 | Amadou Ourez (man, 20) | Guinea | stowaway, hid under tourist bus to England got crushed under axle in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe (BE) | RTLbe/RTBF/IOM/Nieuwsblad |
19/06/2018 | 95 | N.N. | unknown | missing in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Mayia (LY); 5 people rescued | UNHCR/IOM/BBC/USAToday |
19/06/2018 | 6 | N.N. (incl children) | unknown | drowned when a rubber dinghy capsized off the coast of Al Maya (LY); 50 people rescued | IOMLibya |
18/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 4) | Iraq | died after falling into a deep sewer drain at a refugee camp in Thiva, Greece | Ansamed |
18/06/2018 | 5 | N.N. (2 little boys, 3 women) | unknown | drowned trying to climb onto Libyan coastguard boat in panic during a shipwreck; 115 rescued | Ya.N/LibyanNavy/IOMLibya/AFP |
17/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died on board a commercial ship after having been rescued off the coast of Libya | IlTempo/IOM |
17/06/2018 | 43 | N.N. (incl 1 baby; 2 women; 5 m.) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5 drowned, 38 missing in shipwreck in the Alboran Sea between Morocco and Spain; only 4 survivors | Ideal/ElPais/SalvaM/EurPress/Watchthem |
16/06/2018 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwrecks between Morocco and Spain; 986 people rescued that day | Spectator |
16/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards west of Idlib (SY), trying to cross Syrian/Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
14/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead during rescue operation in the Strait of Gibraltar, between Spain and Morocco, 11 survivors | SalvaM/IOM |
14/06/2018 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | missing after migrant boat from Tangiers (MA) capsized shortly after departure; 4 survivors | Watchthemed |
12/06/2018 | 76 | N.N. (incl 1 child, 15 women) | unknown | 12 drowned, 64 missing after a dinghy sank off the Libyan coast; 41 people rescued | DailyMail/SeaWatch/IOMItaly/USNaval |
12/06/2018 | 1 | Louis (man, 19) | Ghana | suicide, hanged himself in reception centre Croisilles (FR) was to meet psychologist prior to his act | VoixDuNord/france3/KozPost/CMS |
11/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | unknown | hit by unidentified vehicle on A16 motorway near Calais (FR) on his way to Great-Britain | NordLittoral/IOM/LePhare/Radio6/CMS |
10/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 18) | unknown | stowaway, fell from truck on highway near Falconara Marittima (IT), died of injuries in hospital | ChronAncona/IOM/CorAdriatico |
10/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 21) | unknown | got crushed between two trucks in Port of Patras (GR) on his way to Italy | HelCoastG/IOM |
09/06/2018 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned off the coast of Libya; 937 migrants from the same boat were rescued | CNN/IOMItaly |
09/06/2018 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | found dead during rescue operations between Morocco & Spain; 49 people saved from same boat | NOS/EP/DailyStarLB/KSL |
09/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Iskenderun (TR), trying to cross Syrian/Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
09/06/2018 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Sudan, Nigeria | missing during critical rescue off the coast of Libya, as reported by relatives; 229 people rescued | SOSMed/MSF/IOM |
08/06/2018 | 6 | N.N. (incl 3 children 5, 9, 12) | Iraq, Syria | car accident, minivan crashed into wall at Egnatia Odos highway, near Kavala (GR), 11 survivors | KI/CypMail/IOMGreece |
08/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | fell off a migrant boat off the coast of Libya, before the other 119 passengers were rescued | SeaWatch/IOM |
06/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, ± 35) | unknown | stowaway, died of asphyxiation, found on A57 highway near Venice in van traveling from Greece (IT) | LaNVenezia/IOM/ANSA |
06/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Iskenderun (TR), while trying to reach Turkey with his family | SOHR/IOM |
04/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 42) | Georgia | suicide, hanged himself in deportation center in Büren (DE), was diagnosed with mental illness | InfoMigrants/NW/LZ |
04/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 41) | Georgia | suicide, hanged himself in detention center Büren (DE) despite mental illness not send to hospital | NW |
03/06/2018 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 2 men) | Syria | drowned, 1 missing, speedboat capsized off the coast of Kekova Geyikova island (TR), 5 rescued | TurkishCoastG/DailySabah/IOM/Ansamed |
03/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found in state of advanced decomposition on Plage Sidi Rihane east of Algiers (DZ) | La Dépêche de Kabylie/IOM |
03/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | unknown | drowned, body found in Kupa river near Gornje Prili?e (HR) on border with Slovenia | KAPortal/24 sata/Radio Mreznica/Tportal/ |
03/06/2018 | 1 | Darin Rashid (boy, 13) | Syria | drowned, with 4 siblings, speedboat sank off coast of Kekova Geyikova island (TR), parents rescued | TurkishCoastG/DailySabah/IOM/Ansamed |
03/06/2018 | 1 | Dildar Rashid (boy, 10) | Syria | drowned, with 4 siblings, speedboat sank off coast of Kekova Geyikova island (TR), parents rescued | TurkishCoastG/DailySabah/IOM/Ansamed |
03/06/2018 | 1 | Shiar Rashid (twin, 8) | Syria | drowned, with 4 siblings, speedboat sank off coast of Kekova Geyikova island (TR), parents rescued | TurkishCoastG/DailySabah/IOM/Ansamed |
03/06/2018 | 1 | Dijwar Rashid (boy, twin, 8) | Syria | drowned, with 4 siblings, speedboat sank off coast of Kekova Geyikova island (TR), parents rescued | TurkishCoastG/DailySabah/IOM/Ansamed |
03/06/2018 | 1 | Amina Rashid (girl, 3) | Syria | drowned, with 4 siblings, speedboat sank off coast of Kekova Geyikova island (TR), parents rescued | TurkishCoastG/DailySabah/IOM/Ansamed |
03/06/2018 | 1 | Mohammed Bilal (boy, 14) | Syria | drowned, 1 missing, speedboat capsized off the coast of Kekova Geyikova island (TR), 5 rescued | TurkishCoastG/DailySabah/IOM/Ansamed |
03/06/2018 | 1 | Zahra Bilal (girl, 10) | Syria | drowned, 1 missing, speedboat capsized off the coast of Kekova Geyikova island (TR), 6 rescued | TurkishCoastG/DailySabah/IOM/Ansamed |
02/06/2018 | 108 | N.N. (incl 6 women) | Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Sub | 80 drowned, 28 missing when boat to Italy sank off coast of Kerkennah island (TN); 68 rescued | CNN/BBC/Reuters/VK/DailyMail/DailySab |
02/06/2018 | 1 | Riadh Khalifa (boy) | Tunisia | drowned with 111 others when boat to Italy sank off coast of Kerkennah island (TN); 68 rescued | MEOnline |
02/06/2018 | 1 | Zoubeir (boy, 17) | Tunisia | drowned with 111 others when boat to Italy sank off coast of Kerkennah island (TN); 68 rescued | MEOnline |
02/06/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when migrant boat sank in Mediterranean Sea between North Africa and Spain; 41 rescued | StarTribune/Ansamed/Firstpost/Gulf |
02/06/2018 | 1 | Tarek (boy) | Tunisia | drowned with 111 others when boat to Italy sank off coast of Kerkennah island (TN); 68 rescued | WorldCrunch |
02/06/2018 | 1 | Ammar (boy) | Tunisia | drowned with 111 others when boat to Italy sank off coast of Kerkennah island (TN); 68 rescued | WorldCrunch |
02/06/2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman, 1 man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, bodies found on beach in Tanger (MA) | APDHA/IOM |
02/06/2018 | 8 | N.N. (1 woman, 7 men) | unknown | 7 died, 1 missing in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Morocco; 1 survivor | Watchthemed |
in June 18 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | stabbed to death at Velika Kladua refugee camp (Bosnia/Croatia border) | IrishTimes |
29/05/2018 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | 1 disappeared , 1 found dead on wrecked ship in Strait of Gibraltar near Tarifa (ES), 3 rescued | SalvaM/Caminando/IOM |
28/05/2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 girl) | unknown | drowned, wanted to cross Evros/Meriç river near Gemici (TR) to Bulgaria | Kronos Haber/IOMTurkey |
27/05/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Idlib Governorate (SY), trying to cross Syrian/Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
26/05/2018 | 1 | Mamadou ba Camara (young m.) | Guinea | found dead in his tent by other migrants, in forest near the Melilla border fence, Nador (MA) | APSM/AMDH/IOM |
26/05/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards near Idlib Governorate (SY), trying to cross Syrian/Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
26/05/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Eritrea | died of illness & starvation on migrant boat travelling from Libya to Italy; other 720 people rescued | UNHCR/IOM |
25/05/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | drowned, taken by the current trying to cross Evros/Meriç river, near Uzunköprü (TR) | HurriyetDN/IOMTurkey |
25/05/2018 | 1 | Mohamed Fofana (man, 28) | Guinea | died of hypothermia at Col de l'Échelle mountain pass (IT), had been rejected at FR border, had polio | Necropolis/Quotidiano/LR/Le Monde/Econ |
25/05/2018 | 5 | N.N. (incl 2 boys, 2 men) | unknown | missing, after panic broke out at sight of Libyan Coast Guard arriving to a rescue in Mediterranean | SeaWatch |
24/05/2018 | 18 | N.N. (incl 2 women, 2 men) | Morocco | 4 drowned, 14 missing in a migrant shipwreck off Ben Mansour beach (Morocco); 12 people rescued | ELM/Hespress |
22/05/2018 | 1 | N.N. | Afghanistan | vehicle accident, box truck with migrants overturned near Bayramli, Van region (TR) 70 injured | AA/IOM |
21/05/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, trying to cross Kolpa/Kupa river, Slovenian-Crotian border, near Rosalnice (SI), 2 survivors | Delo/IOMSlovenia |
20/05/2018 | 1 | Ihsan Udin (man, 21) | Afghanistan | drowned near Cazin (BA) in Korana river that runs between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia | Nezavisne/InfoMigrants/AFP/IOM |
18/05/2018 | 1 | Mamadi Conde (man, 43) | Guinea | died of exhaustion on mountain path in Les Alberts, Montgenèvre (FR) near Italian border | 20MFR/InfoMigrants/DICI/IOM/Anafe/LeM |
17/05/2018 | 1 | Mawda Shawri (girl, 2) | Iraq | Kurd, killed by runaway police bullet near Mons (BE) in wild pursuit of migrant vehicle headed for UK | AD/RTBF/RTLbe/DH/Sputnik/IOMZambia |
14/05/2018 | 7 | N.N. (incl 3 children) | Afghanistan | drowned, small boat from Ayvalik (TR) capsized on way to Lesbos (GR); 13 rescued | DailySabah/TurkCoastG/IOMTurkey |
13/05/2018 | 9 | N.N. (incl 2 men, 25 to 30) | Syria | drowned, bodies found washed up on the shores of Karpaz region, Northern Cyprus | Kibrik/Reuters/IOMTurkey |
13/05/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Darkoush (SY), trying to cross Syrian/Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
12/05/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found dead in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Al Khums (LY) | LibCoastG/IOM Libya |
10/05/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | body recovered in well in Beni Chiker (MA) near Melilla border fence | AMDH/IOM |
10/05/2018 | 1 | Osman Ahmed Nur (man, 19) | Eritrea | committed suicide in London hostel (GB) due to heavy stress of protracted asylum decision process | Guardian/DailyMail/CMS |
08/05/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20-25) | Afghanistan | drowned after he jumped drunk into canal in Paris (FR), had been living in nearby migrant camp | Parisien/LeFigaro/FranceBleu/NouvelObs |
08/05/2018 | 2 | N.N. (incl 1 man) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Idlib Governorate (SY), trying to cross Syrian/Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
07/05/2018 | 1 | Blessing Matthew Obie (w., 21) | Nigeria | drowned in Durance river near Briançon (Alps, French/Italian border) while fleeing the police | Vivre/CDS/Francetvinfo/20MFR/IOM/DICI |
07/05/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died attempting to cross the Evros River from Turkey to Greece near Didymoteicho (GR) | Watchthemed |
06/05/2018 | 4 | N.N. (incl 1 man) | Africa | 1 died off coast of Tripoli (LY) after Libyan coast guard banned ships from approaching; 3 missing | AFP/IOM Libya/BangkokPost |
06/05/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found dead in a canal near the Millenaire migrant camp in Paris (FR) | NouvelObs/FranceBleu/Ya.N |
05/05/2018 | 13 | N.N. (incl 1 woman) | Comoros, Madagascar | 1 drowned, 12 missing when a boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (FR) from the Comoros Islands | ComoresInfo |
01/05/2018 | 1 | Faraidun Salam Aziz (man, 38) | Iraq | jumped out window of refugee centre, Apolda (DE); guards locked him up for being too loud on phone | VRF/FR/Flucht |
in May 18 | 9 | N.N. | Syria | drowned when their migrant boat capsized between Turkey and Cyprus | Spokesman |
in May 18 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Afghanistan | drowned trying to cross from Bosnia to Croatia via the Korana river | IrishTimes |
30/04/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Algeria | drowned trying to swim across the Kolpa River on Croatian-Slovenian border; 7 intercepted by police | IOMSlovenia/TotSloveniaNews |
30/04/2018 | 6 | N.N. (1 baby; 5 men) | unknown | bodies recovered in Zuwara (LY) | IOM Libya |
30/04/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | body recovered on Tajoura beach (LY) | IOM Libya |
30/04/2018 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | bodies recovered in Gasr Garabulli (aka Castelverde) (LY) | IOM Libya |
29/04/2018 | 19 | N.N. (incl 1 man) | Africa | 16 drowned in shipwreck off Cap Falcon, Oran (DZ) on way to Spain; 3 missing, 19 rescued | ObsAlgerie/Caminando/EFE/Réf/Oran/IO |
25/04/2018 | 17 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4 drowned, 1 died after rescue, 12 missing when boat sank near Alboran Island on the way to Spain | ElDiario/Caminando/SalvaM/EuroPress/D |
24/04/2018 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | died in a shipwreck in the Aegean Sea, trying to cross from Turkey to Greece; 3 people rescued | GreekReporter |
22/04/2018 | 11 | N.N. (1 boy; 10 men) | unknown | drowned when rubber dinghy overturned in the Mediterranean Sea near Sabratha (LY); 83 rescued | MEE/Reuters/IOM Libya/JapanTimes |
20/04/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | unknown | stowaway, electrocuted when he climbed on roof of freight train in depot outside Thessaloniki (GR) | AP/NYTimes/DailyMail/StarTribune |
20/04/2018 | 1 | Snaid Tadese (woman, 19) | Eritrea | suicide, strangled her baby and hanged herself out of despair in Eckolstädt asylum centre (DE) | Berliner Ztg/FR-th/OTZ/Flucht |
20/04/2018 | 1 | Nahom Tadese (6 months, boy) | Eritrea | strangled by desperate mother who hanged herself afterwards in Eckolstädt asylum centre (DE) | Berliner Ztg/FR-th/OTZ/Flucht |
19/04/2018 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | died in accident in Horasan (TR) when trafficker driving their truck saw control point and panicked | HurriyetDN/PrensaLat |
14/04/2018 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of cardiac arrest, body found near border fence in Anyera in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | FaroeCeuta/APDHA/Ceuta TV/IOM |
13/04/2018 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of cardiac arrest, body found near border fence in Anyera in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | FaroCeuta/APDHA/IOM/Ceuta TV |
10/04/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in the Kolpa River near ?rnomelj (SI) on border with Croatia | IOMSlovenia/AFP |
09/04/2018 | 36 | N.N. | unknown | 6 presumed drowned, 30 missing, off coast of Houara 20 km south of Tangiers (MA); 10 survived | EFE/Caminando/El Diario/IOM |
09/04/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in the Kolpa River near ?rnomelj (SI) on border with Croatia | DELO/IOMSlovenia |
06/04/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned, found on Jabonera beach in Tarifa, Cádiz (ES) | Diario de Cádiz/IOM/EurPress/EFE |
06/04/2018 | 1 | Omar Susi (boy, 16) | Maghreb | deliberately crushed by truck near Port of Ceuta (ES) after driver chased after refugees | El Faro de Ceuta/Ceuta Actualidad/IOM |
04/04/2018 | 1 | Ahmed Fadhil (boy, 4) | Iraq | missing after falling in Evros River (GR/TR), aunt and uncle tried to cross with him in dinghy | UNHCR |
02/04/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body found 6 nautical miles north-w. of Port of Bouzedjar in Ain Témouchent (DZ) | Liberté/Ouest Tribune/IOM |
01/04/2018 | 11 | N.N. (incl 1 man) | unknown | 4 drowned after boat capsized between Tangier (MA) and Tarifa (ES); 7 missing, 1 rescued | WatchTheMed/IOMSpain/SalvaM/ELM/Hi |
01/04/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body found off coast of Al Hoceima (MA) | EFE/IOM/YYABI |
01/04/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body found near Habibas Islands off coast of Ain Témouchent (DZ) | Réf/DK/OuestT/IOM |
in Apr 18 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body of migrant found in the Alps on the French/Italian border after the snow had melted | CNN |
31/03/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, body found west of Sbiaat beach, ommune de M'Said, Ain Témouchent (DZ) | Réf/DK/OuestT/IOM |
31/03/2018 | 1 | Dexter Bristol (man, 57) | Great Britain | died of heart attack in London; stress of having to prove GB citizenship & fear of visiting racist GP | DailyMail/Telegraph/Independent |
30/03/2018 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | died in vehicle accident in province of Igdir province (TR) near border with Armenia; 33 survivors | Reu./LV/IOM |
29/03/2018 | 7 | N.N. (7 men) | unknown | presumed drowned, unspecified location in the Strait of Gibraltar between Morocco and Spain | Caminando/IOM |
28/03/2018 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | Eritrea | died in hospital in Lille after jumping from truck on motorway near Port of Calais (FR) | CMS/Parisien/VoixDuNord/IOM |
24/03/2018 | 1 | Beauty S. (woman, 31) | Nigeria | died in hospital in Turin (IT) after being turned away on IT-FR border, had lymphoma and was pregnant | CDS/FrSoir/IOM/ANSA/LeMonde |
22/03/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 22) | Algeria | stowaway, got stuck between 2 vehicles at Zeebrugge port (BE) while trying to get to Great Britain | CMS |
20/03/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body found on shore of Tripoli (LY) | IOMLibya |
18/03/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body recovered on beach in Rota, Cádiz (ES) | GuardiaCivil/EurPress/IOM |
17/03/2018 | 11 | N.N. (inc baby, 4 children: 3,5,13) | Afghanistan, Iraq | 8 drowned, 3 missing after migrant boat capsized off coast of Agathonisi (GR); 3 rescued | HellCoastG/IOM Greece/Reuters/AP/ProA |
17/03/2018 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | died in vehicle acccident on highway near Xanthi (GR) near Bulgarian border; 7 survivors | Reu./AP/IOM/ChNewsAsia |
17/03/2018 | 1 | Ejaz Khan (man, 25) | Afghanistan | killed by knife in Calais (FR) near the hospital where food distribution had been creating conflicts | LeMonde/PassH/CMS |
17/03/2018 | 4 | Malek (4 children) | Afghanistan | drowned with 15 others when migrant boat capsized off coast of Agathonisi (GR), 3 rescued | ProAsyl/HellCoastG/IOM Greece/Reuters |
17/03/2018 | 1 | Freshta Darvish (woman, 25) | Afghanistan | drowned with 18 others when migrant boat capsized off coast of Agathonisi (GR), 3 rescued | ProAsyl/HellCoastG/IOM Greece/Reuters |
17/03/2018 | 3 | Darvish (2 young adults; man,51) | Afghanistan | father with adult children, drowned with 16 others when boat capsized off Agathonisi (GR), 3 rescued | ProAsyl/HellCoastG/IOM Greece/Reuters |
16/03/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body found on Playa de la Madera beach in Tinajo, Lanzarote, Canary Islands (ES) | EFE/La Provincia/IOM/VozDeL |
15/03/2018 | 1 | Mame Mbaye Ndiaye (man, 35) | Senegal | died of heart attack after police chased street vendor through Madrid (ES) until he collapsed | LocalES/AfricaNews/TeleSur/Novinite |
14/03/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | went missing during rescue operation in the sea near Tangiers (MA); 9 rescued | Watch TheMed |
13/03/2018 | 1 | Tesfalidet Segen Tesfon (man, 22) | Eritrea | died of tuberculosis and malnutrition after being rescued from boat; was trapped 18 months in Libya | Proactiva/IOM/ANSA/Reuters/LocalIT/HR |
12/03/2018 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on sinking boat in the Alboran Sea between Morocco and Spain; 22 rescued | Caminando/IOM |
12/03/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | Africa or Asia | found dead in delta of the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border | AP/MENAFN/IOM |
10/03/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 32) | Algeria | died after fall during conflict with personnel of his extra supervised asylum centre in Hoogeveen (NL) | VK/GovNL |
08/03/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body recovered on beach in Rota, Cádiz, (ES) | Guardia Civil/EurPress/IOM |
06/03/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in the Evros River near Edirne (TR) near Greek border | IOMTurkey/HurriyetDN |
03/03/2018 | 3 | N.N. (2 women; 1 man) | unknown | drowned, bodies found off coast of Benzú in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta; 2 survivors | UNHCRSpain/Caminando/IOM/El Periódi |
03/03/2018 | 23 | N.N. (2 babies; 4 w.; 17 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2 found dead on boat, presumed drowned off coast of Libya; 21 missing, 30 survivors | SOSMed/IOM/Reuters/Novinite |
01/03/2018 | 1 | Lamine Condeh (man, 20) | Sierra Leone | died due to lack of medical care in Passau (DE), was previously deported to Italy despite severe illness | matteo/Flucht |
28/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found dead by coast guard near Bouzedjar beach in Ain Témouchent (DZ) | RadioAlg/IOM |
28/02/2018 | 1 | Mike Ben Peter (man) | unknown | died of head injury after fainting when police immobilized him during check near Lausanne station (CH) | Renverse/Necropolis/StopRacialProfiling/ |
27/02/2018 | 6 | N.N. (4 children; 1 w.; 1 man) | unknown | died of hypothermia near the Mergasur River (IQ) close to Turkish border; 4 survivors | Kurdistan24/DailySabah/IOM/Rudaw |
26/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died of cardiac arrest, body found in Tarifa, Cádiz (ES) | EurPress/IOM/JuntaAndalucía |
25/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body found at Levante beach in Cádiz (ES) | EurPress/AndalucíaInfo/IOM/CostaCádiz |
21/02/2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found 25 nautical miles north of Béni-Saf in Ain Témouchent (DZ) | SoirAlgerie/Algérie360/IOM/Réf |
18/02/2018 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found 8 nautical miles north of Bouzedjar beach in Ain Témouchent DZ) | Réflexion/IOM Algeria |
17/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found 10 km off coast of Benabdelmalek Ramdane in Mostaganem (DZ) | IOM Algeria/TheHuff |
16/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, body found on Madagh beach, Aïn El Kerma, west of Oran (DZ) | ElW/Réf/IOM |
16/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, body retrieved in Tripoli (LY) | IOM Libya |
16/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, body retrieved in Zawiyah (LY) | IOM Libya |
15/02/2018 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies retrieved in Zuwara (LY) | IOM Libya |
15/02/2018 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found on Andalouses beach, Bousfer, west of Oran (DZ) | ElW/Réf/IOM |
15/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body found on Bouzedjar beach in Ain Témouchent (DZ) | AlgériePresse/Oran/Réf/IOM |
14/02/2018 | 25 | N.N. (4 children; 1 women; 14 m.) | Somalia, Eritrea | died in vehicle accident 60 km southeast of Bani Walid (LY); 159 survivors | DTM/NationalAE/Reuters/MENAFN/IOML |
14/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body found on Sassel beach near Ouled Boudjemaa, Ain Témouchent (DZ) | RadioAlg/Oran/Réf/IOM |
14/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | presumed drowned, body found on Sbiaat beach in El Messaid, Ain Témouchent (DZ) | RadioAlg/Oran/Réf/IOM |
14/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Pakistan | drowned in Seine river, Paris (FR); under state protection but not enough care given, psych. problems | Le Monde |
13/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found at Sidi Mejdoub beach, west of Mostaganem (DZ) | Alg24/IOMAlgeria |
13/02/2018 | 1 | Ayse Abdulrezzak (woman, 37) | Turkey | drowned when boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; teacher fleeing crackdown in Turkey | Reu./TDEMD/IOMTurkey/TurkeyPurge/TR |
13/02/2018 | 1 | Enes Abdulrezzak (boy, 11) | Turkey | drowned when boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; son of teacher fleeing crackdown | Reu./TDEMD/IOM Turkey/TurkeyPurge/T |
13/02/2018 | 1 | Halil Munir Abdulrezzak (boy, 3) | Turkey | drowned when boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; son of teacher fleeing crackdown | Reu./TDEMD/IOM Turkey/TurkeyPurge/T |
13/02/2018 | 1 | Ugur Abdulrezzak (man, 39) | Turkey | missing after boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; was fleeing post-coup crackdown | Reu./TDEMD/IOM Turkey/TurkeyPurge/T |
13/02/2018 | 1 | Fahrettin Dogan (man, 29) | Turkey | missing after boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; was fleeing post-coup crackdown | Reuters/TDEMD/IOMTurkey/CDS/Turkey |
13/02/2018 | 1 | Asl? Dogan (woman, 27) | Turkey | missing after boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; was fleeing post-coup crackdown | Reu./TDEMD/IOM Turkey/TurkeyPurge/T |
13/02/2018 | 1 | Ibrahim Selim Dogan (boy, 3) | Turkey | missing after boat sunk in the Evros River on TR-GR border; was fleeing post-coup crackdown in Turkey | Reuters/TDEMD/IOMTurkey/CDS/Turkey |
12/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. (girl) | unknown | presumed drowned, unspecified location in the Strait of Gibraltar between Morocco and Spain | Caminando/IOM |
12/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found near Port of Cabopino in Málaga (ES) | Hoy/LV/Onda/IOM |
11/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found off Bahara beach, Ouled Boughalem, 90 km east of Mostaganem (DZ) | ElW/AlgériePresse/IOM |
11/02/2018 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found 22 miles off Cape of Three Forks in Nador (MA); 29 survivors | Caminando/EurPress/IOM |
10/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found at Zeralda beach, near Algiers (DZ) | Alg24/IOMAlgeria |
09/02/2018 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies retrieved in Zuwara (LY) | IOM Libya |
09/02/2018 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | unknown | died of hypothermia, near Alboran Island in Alboran Sea between Morocco and Spain; 32 survivors | SalvaM/Caminando/IOM |
08/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found off Kaf Lasfer beach, 36 km east of Mostaganem (DZ) | ElW/Réf/IOM |
08/02/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Sudan | died of cold and lack of health care in front of a migrant reception centre in Paris (FR) | Le Monde |
04/02/2018 | 9 | N.N. (incl 1 pregnant woman) | Guinea, CoteDIvoire, Came | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Mamadou Laly Barry (man, 30) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Tidiane Jalloh "TJ" Bah (boy, 17) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Tahirou Barry (man, 22) | Guinea | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Mohammed Diallo (man, 21) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Abdul Karim Barry (boy, 17) | Guinea | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Houseine Traoré (man, twin, 28) | Ivory Coast | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Hassane Traoré (man, twin, 28) | Ivory Coast | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Alpha Moron Diallo (man, 28) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Alhassane Barry (man, 21) | Guinea | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Amoudoubailo Diallo (man, 20) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Bouboucar Bah (man, 32) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Ben Ali Bah (man, 24) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Alpha "Bambino" Bah (boy, 14) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Mamadou Billo Diallo (man, 25) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Amoudou Taibou Diallo (boy, 16) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Mamadou Aliou Diallo (man, 34) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Oury Diallo (man, 18) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Mamadou Saliou Bah (man, 19) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Jalloh "JJ" Thierno Bah (man, 26) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Mamadou Saliou Bah (man, 23) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Ali Keita (man, 27) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | "Junior" (29, man) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Tidjane Bah (man, 19) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Oumou "Belle" Bah (girl, 16) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Youssouf Diallo (woman, 18) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Marlyatou "Marly" Diallo (w, 26) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Aminatou Diallo (woman, 25) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Binta "Bobo" Baldé (woman, 21) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Djenabou Bah (woman, 19) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Safourata "Sofia" Sow (woman, 28) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Kaissa Camara (woman, 20) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Amadou Bah (man, 22) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Aladji Abdoulaye Diallo (man, 27) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Mamadou Aliou Bah (man, 28) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Thierno Bah (man, 21) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Amadou Bailo Diallo (man, 19) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Mamadou Dian Diallo (man, 21) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
04/02/2018 | 1 | Alpha Oumar Diallo (man, 19) | unknown | drowned when small wooden boat capsized off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 1 survivor | PRI/PrivateSource/BBC/El Diario/Camina |
01/02/2018 | 100 | N.N. (incl 1 child, 5; 1 woman) | Pakistan, Libya, unknown | 14 drowned after migrant boat to Italy capsized near Zuwara (LY); 86 missing, 3 survived | Telegraph/CNN/Guardian/NYTimes/Reute |
29/01/2018 | 1 | Mohamed Ahmed (man, 40) | Ethiopia | hit by vehicle when he ran across motorway to avoid police check near Jabbeke (BE) | Necropolis/France3/7sur7be/SudInfo/Nieu |
28/01/2018 | 40 | N.N. (incl 3 women) | unknown | 3 died after ship from Zuwara (LY) sank on way to Italy; 37 missing, 106 rescued | SOSMed/IOMItaly |
28/01/2018 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | North Africa | suicide in reception center in Joutseno in eastern Finland, in fear of deportation | Xinhua |
27/01/2018 | 1 | Becky Moses (woman, 26) | Nigeria | died in a fire at a migrant camp in Rosarno (IT); had been denied asylum | LocalIT |
22/01/2018 | 3 | N.N. (3 children) | unknown | 2 drowned after boat from Comoros Islands to Mayotte (FR) capsized; 1 missing, 11 rescued | IOM |
20/01/2018 | 1 | Mohammed Kouji (man, 30) | Morocco | hit by train near Balerna station (Switzerland) as he and another man tried to enter the country | Necropolis/CDT/ComoFrontiere |
19/01/2018 | 1 | Hakim Jamili (man, 23) | Afghanistan | suicide, jumped in front of train in Maintal-Dörnigheim (DE) fearing deportation | FR/ND |
18/01/2018 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 3 months) | unknown | died of malnutrition and fever on board NGO ship that had rescued them between Libya and Italy | IOM/Reuters |
16/01/2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 baby; 1 young man) | unknown | found dead on overloaded wooden boat during rescue operation off coast of Libya | IOM |
16/01/2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | Algeria | drowned in shipwreck north of Cap Falcon (DZ); 17 people rescued | IOM |
15/01/2018 | 7 | N.N. | North Africa | 5 bodies found in boat off Costa Teguise, Lanzarote (ES), 2 died after they arrived; 20 survived | VanguardNGR/IOM/BBC |
14/01/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 28) | Gambia | stowaway, electrocuted on roof of train travelling from Ventimiglia (IT) to Menton (FR) | Parisien/MidiLibre/TV5/IOM/IlMess/20MF |
13/01/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Morocco | hit by train near city of Bolzano, South Tirol (IT) near Italian-Austrian border | ANSA/Secolo/IOM |
13/01/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on Zemmouri El Bahri beach near Boumerdès in Algeria | IOM |
12/01/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Algeria | found dead by fishermen near Mostaganem, Algeria; went missing after trying to cross to Spain | IOM |
11/01/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 26) | Afghanistan | hit by vehicle on A14 motorway near Castel San Pietro (IT) | GazzettaS/BolognaT/IOM |
10/01/2018 | 100 | N.N. | Libya | missing after boat sank off coast of Libya; 17 rescued | Eagle/NAN/DailyStar/SunNewsOnline/IO |
10/01/2018 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | jumped drunk from a bridge into a canal in Paris (FR), was an asylum seeker, not clear if suicide | Parisien |
09/01/2018 | 1 | S. (young man) | Eritrea | stowaway, hit by vehicle on A16 highway near Marck, between Calais and Dunkirk (FR) | CMS/Guardian/VoixDuNord/Parisien/Fran |
09/01/2018 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | 3 drowned after boat sank on way from Morocco to Spain; 8 missing, 43 survivors | Caminando |
07/01/2018 | 12 | N.N. (incl 2 women) | Africa | 2 found dead on boat rescued off coast of Libya; 10 missing, 270 rescued | IOMLibya/Ansamed/USNews |
06/01/2018 | 64 | N.N. (incl 5 children; 8 women) | Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leo | 8 drowned after overcrowded dinghy sank north of Garabulli (LY); 56 missing, 86 rescued | Guardian/SOSMed/DW/TimesOfIsrael/Tel |
05/01/2018 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on sinking boat near Tangiers cargo port (MA); 4 rescued | IOM |
05/01/2018 | 1 | Ali (29, man) | Tunisia | committed suicide after failing to flee from the refugee camp of Lampedusa (IT) | CLUE/BorderlineEU/BorderlineSic |
04/01/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead off coast of Sanlucar de Barrameda, near Cádiz (ES) | IOM |
02/01/2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Somalia | found frozen to death, went missing from travel companions near Ravadinovo (BG) | Novinite |
02/01/2018 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned in the Kolpa River in Crnomelj (SI); 1 survivor | z24.si/IOM Slovenia |
01/01/2018 | 1 | Taher Rezai (man, 22) | Afghanistan | suicide, jumped out of window of refugee accommodation in Abensbergen (DE) fearing deportation | SDZ/Thruttig/Pressenza |
in Jan 18 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | died of illness, working in Great Britain without papers and too afraid of deportation to see a doctor | TheHuff |
in Jan 18 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead at land border between Turkey and Greece, probably died trying to cross the Evros River | IOM |
in Jan 18 | 1 | N.N. (young woman) | N.N. | found dead off the coast of Ben Abdelmalek Ramdane (DZ), probably tried to reach Spain | Ref |
in 2018 | 1 | Kamara (baby boy) | Liberia | deadborn on the Algeria/Niger border after Algeria expelled his mother with no food or water | PortPressHerald/CBS/WSWS |
in 2018 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead in Algerian government bus expelling migrants back to Niger; she had 2 sick children | CBS |
in 2018 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | found washed up by the sea and buried in Zarzis (TN) between January and September 2018 | TorontoStar |
in 2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman, 1 child) | unknown | found washed up together by the sea and buried in Zarzis (TN) in 2018, maybe mother and child | TorontoStar |
in 2018 | 6 | N.N. (incl 1 woman) | Eritrea, Somalia | died in Triq al Sikka detention centre (LY) of starvation and lack of medical treatment | NationalAE |
in 2018 | 2 | N.N. (2 young men) | Sudan | died in the hands of traffickers in Tripoli (LY) as reported by their brother/friend | ST |
in 2018 | 1 | N.N. (man, 41) | unknown | found dead in room by roommate in Irish Reception Centre, cause of death recorded as unknown | IRR/TheJournal |
in 2018 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman, 1 man) | unknown | wife and husband found dead on the Evros River near Tychero (Greece, near Turkish border) | SydHerald |
31/12/2017 | 64 | N.N. (incl 8 women) | Libya | feared dead after they went missing from dinghy with 150 aboard; 8 bodies found, 86 rescued | USNews/AP/FoxNews |
29/12/2017 | 1 | Jabar (man, 31) | Afghanistan | stowaway, crushed by content of truck when it crashed near Calais (FR), trying to join his family in GB | LocalFR/Guardian/Torondel/CMS/IOM |
29/12/2017 | 1 | Mohamed Bouderbal (man, 36) | Algeria | suicide in Archidona prison (ES) used as temporary migrant centre, was put in isolation for rioting | EWN/Olive/ArabNews/LocalES/OtraAnda |
28/12/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20-25) | Africa | died trying to swim across the Evros River from Turkey to Greece | GreekReporter/NewArab/IOM |
27/12/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Africa | fell from shack he had been sleeping in above A8 motorway between Ventimiglia (IT) and Nice (FR) | LocalFR/RivRadio/FranceBleu |
25/12/2017 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 2) | Syria | died crushed on overcrowded dinghy between Turkey and Mytilini, Lesbos (GR); 76 rescued | WatchTheMed/LesvoSol |
25/12/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20s) | unknown | stowaway, electrocuted on a train travelling from Italy to Austria, found at Brennero station (Italy) | Larena/MSF |
22/12/2017 | 1 | Abdullah Dilsouz (boy, 15) | Afghanistan | run over by refrigeration truck while walking along motorway near Calais (FR) on way to Great Britain | GuardianUn./CMS |
20/12/2017 | 7 | N.N. (incl 2 children) | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards near Diriyah (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | HRW/IOM |
21/12/2017 | 1 | Kantra Doucoure (man, 18) | Mali | suicide, threw himself under train in Paris (FR) after he turned 18, no help anymore, feared deportation | Mediapart/Abamako |
20/12/2017 | 1 | M.G. (man, 18) | Pakistan | died of hypothermia after border guards sent him back from Greece to Turkey through cold river | DailySabah/SonHaberler/IOM/Milliyet |
16/12/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | fell into water when he tried to climb a cliff after boat was stranded in Tangiers harbour (MA) | Watch TheMed |
15/12/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 12) | Eritrea | hit by train as he walked along tracks near St-Triphon station (Switzerland), had escaped from a home | Swiss.ch |
13/12/2017 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | went missing in the Alboran Sea between Spain and Morocco; 32 rescued | Watch TheMed/IOM |
13/12/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in boat near Alboran Island between Spain and Morocco; 68 rescued | IOM |
08/12/2017 | 8 | N.N. (incl 3 men) | unknown | 3 drowned, bodies found off Messida beach in El Kala (DZ); 5 missing, 4 survivors | Oran/IOM |
04/12/2017 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 2 men) | unknown | drowned when boat overturned in waters close to Larache (MA); 40 rescued | LV/AsiaPacific/IOM/AfricaNews |
04/12/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead off coast of Nerja (ES), had probably attempted to cross from Morocco | IOM |
03/12/2017 | 10 | N.N. (incl 6 children) | unknown | died in vehicle accident in Altinozu district of Hatay (TR); 8 survivors | DailySabah/AsiaPacific/IOM/NewArab |
in Dec 17 | 1 | Ali (man) | Iraq | shot in Baghdad (Iraq) just weeks after deportation, asylum denied by Finnish immigration service | Euronews |
in Dec 17 | 1 | Alexander Tekle (man, 18) | Eritrea | committed suicide, found dead in London (UK), lost hope in fear of rejection by Home Office | Guardian/DailyMail/CMS |
in Dec 17 | 1 | Sharif (man, 40s) | Kurdistan-Iraq | suicide, jumped out window of asylum centre in Yverdon (CH), wanted back to Iraq but was stateless | 20MCh |
30/11/2017 | 28 | N.N. (1 boy; 4 women; 23 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing after boat capsized in the Strait of Gibraltar between Asilah (MA) and Spain; 6 rescued | Caminando/ElPaís/IOM |
29/11/2017 | 4 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3 found dead during rescue operation 5 miles south of Tarifa (ES); 1 reported missing, 2 rescued | SalvaM/EFE/IOM/El Diario |
28/11/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead off coast of Cape Trafalgar near Barbate (ES) | IOM |
28/11/2017 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | died after trafficker drove car off cliff near Kavala (GR); 4 survived | AP/PakToday/IOM |
27/11/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, died in container on ferry going from port of enclave of Melilla (ES) to mainland Spain | IOM |
26/11/2017 | 1 | N.N. (young woman) | unknown | found dead in boat drifting in the sea; NGO had to wait hours for rescue permission from Italy | SOSMed |
25/11/2017 | 1 | N.N. (10, boy) | Afghanistan | trampled to death on boat to Lesbos (GR), panic broke out at sight of Frontex patrol boat | Aljazeera/RTBF/GulfToday/IOM/Euronew |
25/11/2017 | 31 | N.N. (incl 3 children; 18 women) | unknown | drowned after boat capsized off Garabulli (LY); unknown number missing, 60 rescued | Reuters/BBC/IOM/AFP/LibCoastG |
25/11/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead near Tarifa (ES); had probably attempted to cross from Morocco | IOM |
25/11/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead near Barbate (ES); had probably attempted to cross from Morocco | IOM |
25/11/2017 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered over weekend of 25 to 26 November from shores of Morocco | IOM/Caminando |
23/11/2017 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea | IOM/MSF/Proactiva/UNHCR |
23/11/2017 | 1 | Lula (woman, 28) | Eritrea | died of illness in Libya before leaving to Italy; had been pregnant from rape and aborted at late stage | IOM/MSF/Proactiva/UNHCR/CBC/RTBF |
22/11/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 34) | Algeria | died in hospital after police beat him at Kastrup airport (DK) because he refused deportation | TheHuff/Vivre/ObsAlgerie/TheHuffMaghre |
22/11/2017 | 6 | N.N. (incl 1 man) | unknown | missing in shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy; 107 rescued | Proactiva |
21/11/2017 | 1 | Madina Hussini (girl, 6) | Afghanistan | hit by train after Croatian border police forced her family back to Serbia in unsafe conditions | USNews/IOM/AP/FoxNews/TotalHRNews |
21/11/2017 | 3 | N.N. | Syria | died trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | IOM |
21/11/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20-30) | Africa or Asia | found dead in abandoned building outside mountain village in Evros border region (GR) | Fox/IOM |
19/11/2017 | 1 | Arim Bakar (man, 27) | Iraq | suicide, at Morton Hall detention centre (GB); he was on suicide watch | IRR/No-Deportations |
19/11/2017 | 4 | N.N. (1 child; 3 men) | unknown | 3 drowned, bodies found near Santa Catalina in Ceuta (ES); 1 missing | FaroCeuta/Caminando/IOM |
19/11/2017 | 1 | Vitalis Ekene Unadike (young m) | Nigeria | died from yellow fever shortly after deportation to Nigeria, Swiss authorities didnt vaccinate him | Necropolis/Watson |
17/11/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Syria | tortured by Turkish border guards near Iskenderun (TR) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
15/11/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died in a fire in the asylum centre of Bamberg, (Germany); 14 other people got gas poisoning | SP |
13/11/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 11) | Afghanistan | suicide, in refugee centre in Baden (AT); his confused 23 y. old brother looked after him & 5 siblings | ORF/Heute/DerStandard/LocalAT/ElPerio |
11/11/2017 | 1 | Huseyin Maden (man, 40) | Turkey | drowned near Lesbos (GR) with wife and children; he was a teacher fleeing persecution in Turkey | GulfToday/RTBF/TurkeyPurge |
11/11/2017 | 1 | Nur Maden (woman, 36) | Turkey | drowned near Lesbos (GR) with husband & children; was teacher fleeing the post-coup purge in Turkey | GulfToday/RTBF/TurkeyPurge/IOM/HelCo |
11/11/2017 | 1 | Nadire Maden (girl, 13) | Turkey | drowned near Lesbos (GR) with siblings & parents (teachers) fleeing post-coup purge in Turkey | GulfToday/RTBF/TurkeyPurge/IOM/HelCo |
11/11/2017 | 1 | Bahar Maden (girl, 10) | Turkey | drowned near Lesbos (GR) with siblings & parents (teachers) fleeing post-coup purge in Turkey | GulfToday/RTBF/TurkeyPurge/IOM/HelCo |
11/11/2017 | 1 | Feridun Maden (boy, 7) | Turkey | drowned near Lesbos (GR) with siblings & parents (teachers) fleeing post-coup purge in Turkey | GulfToday/RTBF/TurkeyPurge/IOM/HelCo |
10/11/2017 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Iskenderun (TR) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
09/11/2017 | 1 | Mostafa (man, 20) | Afghanistan | fell into ravine in Valzeina (Switzerland), possibly suicide, was depressed, maybe feared deportation | Facebook/VMV/Necropolis/KantonGr |
06/11/2017 | 55 | N.N. (incl 2 children) | unknown | 5 drowned when rescue operation turned into panic in the Mediterranean Sea; 50 missing, 106 rescued | SeaWatch/Breitbart/IOMItaly/IOMLibya/Gi |
04/11/2017 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | died from severe fuel burns in hospital in Tangiers (MA) after being rescued from sinking boat | IOM |
03/11/2017 | 74 | N.N. (incl 21 girls-women, 14-18) | Nigeria, Niger, unknown | 1 died of ruptured liver, 20 drowned in shipwreck off coast of Libya; 53 missing, 64 rescued | Guardian/Trouw/VK/Xinhua/IOM/CNN/Ne |
03/11/2017 | 14 | N.N. (incl 3 girls-women, 14-18) | Nigeria, Niger, unknown | 3 drowned in shipwreck off coast of Libya; 11 missing, 125 rescued | CNN/TheHuff/NYtimes/CTV/IOM/Xinhua/ |
03/11/2017 | 1 | Osato Osara (pregnant w., 20) | Nigeria | drowned in shipwreck off coast of Libya with 25 other young women | CNN/TheHuff/NYtimes/CTV/IOM/Xinhua/ |
03/11/2017 | 1 | Marian Shaka (pregnant w, 20) | Nigeria | drowned in shipwreck off coast of Libya with 25 other young women | CNN/TheHuff/NYtimes/CTV/IOM/Xinhua/ |
03/11/2017 | 10 | N.N. (incl 1 woman) | unknown | 4 drowned in shipwreck near Kalolimnos (GR) close to Turkey; 6 missing, 15 rescued | WatchTheMed/IOMTurkey/Reuters |
in Nov 17 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after falling from boat overnight off coast of Libya; 107 rescued | IOM |
in Nov 17 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | died due to lack of medical care, found with survivors on boat off coast of Libya | IOM |
in Nov 17 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on rubber dinghy with 150 people aboard, on way from Libya to Italy | IOM |
in Nov 17 | 13 | N.N. (incl 1 child, 3) | unknown | bodies found in the Mediterranean Sea | NYTimes |
in Nov 17 | 1 | Filmon Yemane (man, 18) | Eritrea | suicide in sheltered refugee accommodation in London (GB), was in a state of crisis, did not get help | Guardian/DailyMail/CMS |
30/10/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | unknown | body found along emergency lane of A23 motorway Palmanova-Tarvisio, near Pagnacco (IT) | ANSA/IOM |
29/10/2017 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | 2 died after boat capsized off coast of Tangiers (MA); 3 missing, 46 survived | Caminando/ElDiario/IOM/Publico |
26/10/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | stowaway, fell from truck as it boarded ferry in port of the Spanish enclave of Melilla to mainland (ES) | Público/IOM |
25/10/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | beaten to death by border guards at Ras al-Ayn (SY) near Syrian-Turkish border; 3 badly injured | SOHR/IOM |
24/10/2017 | 1 | Lamine Fatty (man, 23) | Gambia | died at La Blecherette prison in Lausanne (CH) after arrest due to mistaken identity; he had epilepsy | LeTemps/BZ/StopRacialProfiling/Necropo |
22/10/2017 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | found dead near Al Khums (LY), probably drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea | IOM Libya |
19/10/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in Al Maya (LY), probably drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea | IOM |
16/10/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 26) | Algeria | stowaway, hit by bumper of truck he was hidden in near La Jonquera (ES) on border with France | DiariGirona/IOM |
16/10/2017 | 1 | John Milton Nagel (man, 48) | USA | committed suicide in deportation centre (NL); had to return to the USA, suffered from schizophrenia | DVHN |
14/10/2017 | 2 | N.N. (2 young men) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Dorriyeh (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
13/10/2017 | 28 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found in the sea off coast of Al Khums (LY) | IOM Libya |
11/10/2017 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies recovered off coast of Sfax (TN) | IOM Tunisia |
10/10/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 29) | China | suicide, hanged himself in asylum transit zone of Frankfurt Airport (DE) | FR |
09/10/2017 | 52 | N.N. (incl 8 men) | Tunisia | 45 drowned when boat to Italy collided with Tunisian navy ship; 7 missing, 38 rescued | Reuters/Telegraph/Ansamed/DRS/News2 |
08/10/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | stowaway, died when he jumped off freight train outside in Bavaria (DE); 2 survivors | SDZ/MainPost/IOM |
07/10/2017 | 1 | Subramaniam H (man, 38) | Sri Lanka | killed by 3 shots during police interaction at the asylum accommodation in Brissago (CH) | Swiss.ch/Necropolis/Ajour |
03/10/2017 | 1 | Carrington Spencer (man, 38) | Jamaica | died due to lack of medical care after suffering a stroke on 28 September in detention centre (GB) | IRR/No-DFeportation/Symaag |
03/10/2017 | 68 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, found off coast of Tripoli (LY) | IOM Lybia |
01/10/2017 | 3 | N.N. (1 child; 2 men) | unknown | crushed to death at unspecified location between Sabratha (LY) and Italy | UNHCRItaly/IOM |
in Oct 17 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Kurdistan | died trying to cross the Black Sea from Turkey to Romania | Rudaw |
in Oct 17 | 5 | N.N. (5 boys) | Senegal | drowned after 1 month at sea in the Mediterranean Sea; boys were from village in Pakour (SN) | VK |
in Oct 17 | 1 | Abbas (man, 19) | Gambia | stowaway, hit by train at Bolzano station (Italy) as he was walking on the tracks | MSF |
30/09/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died on boat in distress near Tangiers (MA) while trying to reach Spain; 6 rescued | Watch TheMed |
30/09/2017 | 6 | N.N. (2 children; 4 men) | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards near Diriyah (ST) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | Human Rights Watch/IOM |
28/09/2017 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 9) | unknown | died in hospital after boat capsized between Turkey and Greek island of Kastellorizo; 6 rescued | IOMGreece |
27/09/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Libya | stowaway, clung to axles of truck, then fell off and was run over on A28 motorway near Abbeville (FR) | Le Figaro/IOM |
26/09/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iran | died of hypoglycemia at Romanian-Serbian border, Jimbolia (RO), border guards refused medical help | Jurnalul/PressAlert/IOM |
24/09/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | gassed by security forces when trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) via sewer system | Caminando/FaroMelilla/IOM |
24/09/2017 | 1 | Cheik (man, 25) | unknown | gassed by security forces when trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) via sewer system | Caminando/FaroMelilla/IOM/IsabellaAN |
23/09/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 28) | Ukraine | bled to death when resident of his refugee shelter castrated him as vengeance for being raped (DE) | Wochenblatt |
22/09/2017 | 37 | N.N. | Iraq | drowned when boat from Kocaeli (TR) to Romania sank in the Black Sea; 40 rescued | DailySabah/HurriyetDN/ABCNews/IOM Tu |
22/09/2017 | 1 | Lawend Shamal (boy, 3) | Iraq | drowned with 37 others when boat from Kocaeli (TR) to Romania sank in the Black Sea | DailySabah/HurriyetDN/ABCNews/IOMTu |
20/09/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards in Al-Muhasan (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
19/09/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | China | died at Dungavel detention centre in Scotland (GB) | BBC/IRR/TFN/SDV/IndCat |
15/09/2017 | 97 | N.N. | Africa | 9 died when ship from Sabratha (LY) ran out of fuel and sank; 88 missing, 35 rescued | News24/VanguardNGR/USNews/IOM |
15/09/2017 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in dinghy during rescue operation at sea northwest of Tripoli (LY) | IOM |
15/09/2017 | 3 | N.N. (1 child, 3; 1 woman; 1 man) | Cameroon, unknown | found dead on rubber dinghy during rescue operation 44 km off coast of Tripoli (LY); 139 rescued | DefenceForcesIRL/IOM/RCItaly |
15/09/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 12) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards at unspecified location while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
14/09/2017 | 1 | Eyob Tefera (man, 27) | Ethiopia | suicide by drowning in Swansea marina (GB) asylum claim failed, dream of studying in UK was dashed | BBC |
13/09/2017 | 7 | N.N. | Algeria | 1 drowned after boat from Algeria capsized off coast of Almería (ES); 6 missing, 3 rescued | IOM/SalvaM |
12/09/2017 | 2 | N.N. | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Iskenderun (TR) at Syrian-Turkish border; 10 injured | SOHR/IOM |
07/09/2017 | 1 | Marcin Gwozdzinski (man, 28) | Poland | suicide, found at Harmondsworth detention centre (GB) and died in hospital 4 days later | Guardian/IRR |
07/09/2017 | 1 | Tashi Namgyal (man) | Tibet | suicide, lay down on railway track in Lucerne (CH), because 300 Tibetan refugees got rejected in CH | TibetEx |
05/09/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died in his room in refugee centre of Lausanne (Switzerland), was discovered only after a few days | Courrier/EVAM |
03/09/2017 | 1 | N.N. (girl) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Atmeh (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
02/09/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Hatay (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
31/08/2017 | 7 | N.N. (7 women) | Congo, Guinea | died when boat was intercepted by authorities near Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES); 13 survived | MEOnline/Caminando/IOM/Contexto |
31/08/2017 | 1 | N.N. | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
30/08/2017 | 120 | N.N. (25 women; 95 men) | Nigeria, unknown | missing in shipwreck off coast of Ben Gardane (TN) on way from Zuwara (LY) to Italy; 1 survivor | IOMTunisia/AA |
29/08/2017 | 1 | Mohamed Dahir (man, 18) | Somalia | suicide in flat in Larnaca (Cyprus), got depressed when after long waiting his asylum was rejected | CNR/KISA |
27/08/2017 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | hit by train while walking along tracks in Evros border region between Alexandroupoli and Dikaia (GR) | AP/IOMGreece/KI |
27/08/2017 | 5 | N.N. (5 men) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies retrieved in Al Khums (LY) | IOMLibya |
26/08/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, found electrocuted on train from Italy at Cannes-La Bocca station (FR) | Parisien/IOM |
24/08/2017 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards at unspecified location near Syrian-Turkish border; wife and child injured | SOHR/IOM |
24/08/2017 | 1 | Amini Najee Buuam (man, 34) | Afghanistan | hanged himself in Reception Center in Milano (IT), sent back from Austria under Dublin agreement | Necropolis/CDS |
22/08/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Jisr al-Shughur (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | EASO/IOM |
20/08/2017 | 9 | N.N. (3 children; 5 w.; 1 man) | Comoros | 1 drowned after boat sank on way from Anjouan (KM) to Mayotte (FR); 8 missing | HabComores |
20/08/2017 | 1 | Mohamed "Govea" Assoumani (m) | Comoros | missing after boat sank on way from Anjouan (KM) to Mayotte (FR) | HabComores |
20/08/2017 | 1 | Nassur Said Mhadji "DJ Silva" (m) | Comoros | missing after boat sank on way from Anjouan (KM) to Mayotte (FR) | HabComores |
17/08/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards at unspecified location while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR |
16/08/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 36) | Iraq | hit by train at entrance to the Peglia tunnel in Ventimiglia (IT) | ANSA/IOM |
11/08/2017 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Darkush (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
09/08/2017 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards at unspecified location while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
08/08/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | tortured by Turkish border guards near Al-Malikiyah (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
07/08/2017 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Darkush (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
06/08/2017 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in dinghy near Sabratha (LY) | IOM Libya |
03/08/2017 | 1 | Fisha (man, 22) | Eritrea | stowaway, jumped out of van and hit by several vehicles on A16 highway near Calais (FR) | VoixDuNord/Ya.N/CMS |
01/08/2017 | 8 | N.N. (3 men; 5 women) | unknown | died of asphyxiation on dinghy off coast of Libya; 500 survived | IOMItaly/Citizen |
in Aug 17 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found dead between 15 and 18 of August in Zawiyah (LY) | IOM |
in Aug 17 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in first days of August in the Strait of Gibraltar, south of Tarifa (ES) | IOM |
in Aug 17 | 1 | Tsegeweyni (man, 21) | Eritrea | died of starvation in the migrant camp of Bin Walid (LY) | Flucht |
in Aug 17 | 1 | Tekle (man, 18) | Eritrea | died of starvation and illness in the migrant camp of Bin Walid (LY) | Flucht |
31/07/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar, south of Isla de las Palomas, Tarifa (ES) | DiarioCadiz |
28/07/2017 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards near Darkush (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
27/07/2017 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards near Harem (TR) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
27/07/2017 | 8 | N.N. (incl 5 children; 2 women) | unknown | 7 drowned after boat capsized off coast of Cesme (TR); 1 missing, 9 rescued | IOMTurkey/AA |
25/07/2017 | 16 | N.N. (incl 6 women; 2 pregn. w.) | unknown | 10 found dead on crowded rubber boat off coast of Libya; 3 jumped into see (missing), 181 rescued | Reuters/TheHuff/PBS/Proactiva/UNHCR/ |
25/07/2017 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered in Tripoli (LY) | IOM Libya |
22/07/2017 | 1 | Omar (boy, 17) | Sudan | stowaway, run over by bus he tried to catch to Calais (FR), at Gare du Nord Brussels (BE) | BrusselsTimes/CMS |
16/07/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body retrieved near Mojácar, Almería (ES) | 20ME/IOM |
15/07/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found dead on Calahonda beach in Mijas, Malaga (ES) | Sur/IOM |
15/07/2017 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards near Iskenderun (TR) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
12/07/2017 | 3 | N.N. (incl 1 child) | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards in province of Idlib (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
12/07/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Gambia | hit by truck after being expelled from France at Strada Statale 1 near Ventimiglia (IT) | Stampa/IOM |
12/07/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found 33 miles southeast of Málaga (ES) | SalvaM/IOM |
11/07/2017 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned off coast of Al Hoceima (MA); 48 survivors | Caminando/Ell Diario/IOM |
10/07/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found dead in Al Maya (LY); probably drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea | IOM |
08/07/2017 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards near Ayn al-Bayda (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
08/07/2017 | 35 | N.N. | unknown | missing after rubber boat sank northwest of Garabulli (LY); 65 people rescued | Aljazeera |
06/07/2017 | 49 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing, after boat from Morocco to Spain capsized in the Alboran Sea; 3 survivors | SalvaM/EurPress/El Diario/IOM/VozAlm/M |
03/07/2017 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in Tajoura, east of Tripoli (LY); probably drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea | IOM Libya |
01/07/2017 | 9 | N.N. (6 women; 3 men) | unknown | drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy | CoastGuardS/IOM |
01/07/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead near Ventimiglia (IT) at Italian-French border | OpenMigration/IOM |
in July 17 | 4 | N.N. (incl 2 men) | Africa | found dead on coast of Tunisia, drowned at least 2 months earlier; buried in Zarzis (TN) | WorldCrunch |
30/06/2017 | 60 | N.N. | unknown | drowned at unspecified location between Libya and Italy; 80 survivors | IOM Italy |
30/06/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died of unknown causes in hospital in Lampedusa (IT) after being rescued off coast of Libya | Proactiva/IOM |
28/06/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died in shipwreck near Tajoura (LY) | BDNews24 |
28/06/2017 | 29 | N.N. (2 women; 27 men) | unknown | drowned, bodies recovered near Tajoura (LY) | IOMLibya/BDNEWS24 |
28/06/2017 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered in Zawiyah (LY) | IOM Libya |
27/06/2017 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies retrieved in Tajoura, east of Tripoli (LY) | IOM Libya |
26/06/2017 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards in province of Idlib (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
26/06/2017 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards near Darkush (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
21/06/2017 | 18 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered near Garabulli (LY); 2 survivors | IOM Libya |
21/06/2017 | 5 | N.N. (5 men) | unknown | bodies recovered near Tajoura (LY) | IOMLibya |
20/06/2017 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found in advanced state of decomposition 20 miles north of Zuwara (LY) | JugendR/IOM/Proactiva |
19/06/2017 | 85 | N.N. (incl children) | North Africa, Syria | drowned when migrant boat broke in two and sank between Libya and Italy | Independent |
19/06/2017 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when migrant boat sank between Libya and Italy | Independent |
18/06/2017 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies recovered in Tajoura, east of Tripoli (LY) | IOM Libya |
18/06/2017 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies retrieved northwest of Zawiyah (LY) | IOM Libya |
17/06/2017 | 110 | N.N. | unknown | missing after boat sank off coast of Zuwara (LY); 25 rescued | IOM Libya |
17/06/2017 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned off coast of Sabratha (LY); 135 rescued | UNHCR |
16/06/2017 | 129 | N.N. | Sudan, Nigeria | missing after migrant boat from Libya had its motor stolen and sank; 4 rescued | Independent/DW/DerStandard/IOM Italy/F |
16/06/2017 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered in Al Mutred, west of Zawiyah (LY) | IOM Libya |
16/06/2017 | 5 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies found in advanced state of decomposition on boat adrift at sea, 70 miles off Cartagena (ES) | SalvaM |
15/06/2017 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies retrieved in Janzour, west of Tripoli (LY) | RCLibya/IOM Libya |
15/06/2017 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found decomposed on the beach in Zawiyah (LY) | RCLibya/IOM Libya |
14/06/2017 | 5 | N.N. (incl 1 child) | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards near Hassaniya Hattiya (SY) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
13/06/2017 | 1 | Alfatehe Ahmed Bachire(boy, 17) | Sudan | drowned while cleaning his shoes in the Roia river in Ventimiglia (IT), place where many refugees camp | Guardian/MSF/OpenMigration |
12/06/2017 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | drowned, bodies found in advanced state of decomposition floating off coast of Aguadú (ES) | APDHA/IOM |
10/06/2017 | 110 | N.N. (incl 6 women; 10 men) | Africa | 10 drowned in several incidents on way from Libya to Italy; 100 missing, 1650 rescued that day | Reuters/RT/NYTimes/Tagesschau/IOMIta |
09/06/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy, ±9) | unknown | body found floating in the sea near Isleta del Moro, Almería (ES) | EurPress/IOM |
08/06/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±20 | Africa | stowaway, fell from freight train travelling from Italy to Munich near Großkarolinenfeld (DE) | AZ/IOM |
04/06/2017 | 19 | N.N. (2 children; 9 women; 8 m.) | unknown | drowned, bodies washed up to Zarzis (TN) | IOMTunisia |
04/06/2017 | 9 | N.N. | Pakistan, Afghanistan | accident with minibus driven by 16-year-old near Pazardjik (BG), Turkish-Greek border; 7 survivors | DW/IOM |
03/06/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 5) | Russia | murdered by man residing at same refugee shelter; authorities knew the man was dangerous | SDZ/RT |
03/06/2017 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found on deflating boat in the Strait of Sicily near Italy; 1 baby lost her mother, 125 rescued | SC/IOM/Necropolis |
03/06/2017 | 1 | Blessing Eboigbe (woman, 26) | unknown | body found on deflating boat in the Strait of Sicily near Italy; 1 baby lost her mother; 125 rescued | SC/IOM/Necropolis |
01/06/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead with burn wounds, probably of electric shock, at Sorghum railway station in Dialogi (GR) | IOM Greece |
01/06/2017 | 44 | N.N. (inc babies, children, women) | Nigeria, Ghana | died of thirst after truck broke down in Sahara Desert in northern Niger on way to Libya; 6 survivors | BBC/IOM |
31/05/2017 | 1 | Kim Le | Vietnam | suicide, in hospital in Angres (FR) after living in migrant camp nearby | CMS |
31/05/2017 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found off coast of Tunisia | IOM Tunisia |
29/05/2017 | 30 | N.N. (incl 1 small child) | unknown | 2 drowned after boat sank off coast of Libya; 28 missing | VOA/USNews |
29/05/2017 | 20 | N.N. (incl 2 women; 8 men) | unknown | 10 drowned in shipwreck between Libya and Italy; 10 missing | IOMItaly |
27/05/2017 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | drowned during 24 hour rescue operation between Libya and Italy; 2200 rescued | DailySabah |
27/05/2017 | 1 | Rosa Maria (woman, ±20) | Nigeria | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, identified by survivors of her boat; buried in Zarzis (TN) | Guardian/LAT |
25/05/2017 | 1 | Mary Ipishbe (preg. woman, 27) | Nigeria | drowned off Tripoli (LY), pushed off boat when rescue boat appeared; buried in Palermo (IT) | Guardian |
24/05/2017 | 82 | N.N. | unknown | missing after rubber boat deflated in the Meditteranean Sea on way from Libya to Italy | USNews |
23/05/2017 | 34 | N.N. (incl 7 children; 13 women) | unknown | drowned after boat of 500 capsized off Libya, sending 200 into the sea | DailyStar/USNews/Xinhua |
23/05/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Senegal | stowaway, found electrocuted on train from Italy at Cannes-La Bocca station (FR) | GazzettaMezzo/IOM/MMP |
23/05/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | shot by Turkish border guards in province of Idlib (TR) while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/IOM |
22/05/2017 | 2 | N.N. | West Africa, unknown | 1 drowned in the Mediterranean Sea on way to Italy; 1 missing | IOM |
22/05/2017 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | found dead in Al Maya (LY) | IOM |
19/05/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Mali | stowaway, found electrocuted on train from Ventimiglia (IT) to Cannes (FR) | Parisien/Nice/DailyMail |
19/05/2017 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | 1 drowned during rescue operations between Libya and Italy; 1 missing | IOM |
19/05/2017 | 157 | N.N. (children; women; men) | unknown | 1 drowned when boat heading for Italy sank in the Mediterranean Sea; 156 missing; 4 survived | Australian |
19/05/2017 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing after boat sank near the enclave of Melilla (ES) when civil guard approached; 24 rescued | LV/El Diario |
17/05/2017 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in Tripoli (LY) | IOM |
16/05/2017 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | found dead in Sabratha (LY) | IOM |
16/05/2017 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | unknown | found dead in Zawiyah (LY) | IOM |
16/05/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in Tripoli (LY) | IOM |
16/05/2017 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | missing after boat attempting to cross the Strait of Gibraltar could not be found | LV/SUR |
15/05/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | missing, in the Strait of Gibraltar off coast of Tangiers (MA); 6 survived | PerCat/LV/SUR/IOM |
12/05/2017 | 20 | N.N. (incl 7 men) | unknown | 7 found dead during rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea; 13 missing, 484 rescued | RTLNieuws/Diario de Noticias/IOM Italy/R |
10/05/2017 | 1 | Farhad (man, 29) | Afghanistan | shot by the Taliban with his cousin after Germany deported him to Afghanistan | Asyl in Not |
07/05/2017 | 163 | N.N. (incl 1 baby; 9 ch.; 40 w.) | unknown | 11 drowned after ship sank off coast of Libya; 152 missing, 7 rescued | Independent/PBS/Trouw/VK/IOM Libya/R |
07/05/2017 | 11 | N.N. (incl 1 woman) | Comoros | 1 drowned after boat from Anjouan (KM) to Mayotte (FR) sank; 10 missing, 13 survivors | GazetteComores |
05/05/2017 | 82 | N.N. | unknown | missing after overcrowded leaking boat capsized between Libya and Italy; 50 survived | Independent/PBS/Trouw/VK |
04/05/2017 | 19 | N.N. | unknown | found dead by fishermen off coast of Libya coast near Subratah (LY) | IOM |
04/05/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died of gunshot, found during rescue operation of 2 boats between Libya and Italy | IOM |
02/05/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, electrocuted in Paris while climbing on roof of Eurostar train to London (GB) | Sun/Parisien/IOM/Independent/Francetvin |
in May 17 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | found dead during rescue operation between Libya and Italy | IOM |
in May 17 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | missing in the Mediterranean Sea for recorded period of one week | IOM |
26/04/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead off coast of Tobruk (LY) | IOM |
24/04/2017 | 28 | N.N. (incl 2 ch.; 6 women; 8 men) | Syria, Cameroon, Congo | 16 drowned when boat sank off Lesbos (GR); 12 missing, 2 rescued | Rel/News24/ChAfrica |
24/04/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | Iran | died after van coming from Turkish border crashed during police chase near Xanthi (GR); 13 survivors | AP/IOM/StandardHK |
21/04/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | lack of access to medication in hospital in Bari (IT); arrived with high fever after rescue at sea | Messogiorno/IOM |
18/04/2017 | 99 | N.N. | unknown | missing in several shipwrecks on same day in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy | IOM Italy |
18/04/2017 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | found crushed on migrant boat in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy | IOM Italy |
18/04/2017 | 28 | N.N. (incl 4 women) | unknown | died of dehydration and starvation after boat broke down off coast of Sabratha (LY) | Reuters |
16/04/2017 | 7 | N.N. (inc. 1 boy, 8; 1 pregnant w) | unknown | died during rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea travelling from Libya to Italy; 8,500 rescued | VK/FocusDE/IOM/Reuters |
16/04/2017 | 100 | N.N. | unknown | reported missing, 7 bodies found during rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea; 8500 saved | MEOnline |
16/04/2017 | 13 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 2 women; 4 m.) | unknown | died at sea on way from Libya to Italy during a weekend of rescue operations; 8,500 people rescued | IOMItaly/BBC |
15/04/2017 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found off coast of Garabulli (LY); 101 rescued | IOM Libya |
13/04/2017 | 97 | N.N. (5 children; 15 w.; 77 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing after boat sank off Tripoli (LY); 23 survivors | Metro/WorldBul/IOM Lybia/VOA |
12/04/2017 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar off coast of Spain; 6 survivors | APDHA/IOM/Caminando |
11/04/2017 | 3 | N.N. (1 child; 1 woman; 1 man) | unknown | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Alboran Island (ES); 32 rescued | AEspagnola/IOM/SUR |
10/04/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 29) | Syria | suicide, set himself on fire at refugee camp on Chios (GR), died of injuries 11 days later | Ansamed |
09/04/2017 | 1 | Branko Zdravkovic (man, 43) | unknown | suicide, hanged himself in toilet at Verne detention centre (GB), believed to be at risk of self-harm | BourEcho/IRR/DailyEcho |
05/04/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in train near Portogruaro (IT) | PrensaLat/IOM |
02/04/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body recovered near Panagiouda, Lesbos (GR) | HelCoastG/IOM |
01/04/2017 | 1 | Mohammed Hassan (boy, 17) | Iraq | crushed when truck he had been clinging to reversed over him in Banbury, Oxfordshire (GB) | BBC/IOM |
30/03/2017 | 1 | Faisal Imran (man, 28) | Pakistan | suicide, asylum seeker jumped from hotel roof in Leipzig (DE), died later in hospital | AlleBleiben/Geo |
29/03/2017 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 2 men) | unknown | drowned off coast of Sabratha (LY) | IOMLibya |
28/03/2017 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat sank off coast of Libya; 141 survived | Reu./Mic |
27/03/2017 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned in river on border between Iraqi-Kurdistan and Turkey | EASO/IOM |
26/03/2017 | 3 | N.N. (3 women) | unknown | drowned in the Mergasur River (IQ) near Iraqi-Turkish border; 2 survivors | Rudaw/IOM |
25/03/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Afghanistan | suicide in Haar, Bavaria (DE) in fear of deportation after receiving refusal of asylum application | AZ/Zhaghdablai |
23/03/2017 | 235 | N.N. | unknown | missing after 2 boats capsized near coast of Libya | BBC/CTV/Sun |
23/03/2017 | 11 | N.N. (incl 5 children) | Syria | drowned when boat sank off Kusadasi (TR) trying to reach Greece; 9 rescued | BBC/CTV |
23/03/2017 | 5 | N.N. (5 boys-men, 16-25) | Africa | drowned when 2 boats capsized near coast of Libya | BBC/CTV/Sun |
23/03/2017 | 1 | Suzan Hayider (woman) | Syria | drowned with her 2 children on the way to Greece; Germany didnt let her husband bring them over | BBC/CTV/Flucht |
23/03/2017 | 2 | Hayider (1 boy, 1; 1 girl, 3) | Syria | drowned with their mother on the way to Greece; Germany did not let their father bring them over | BBC/CTV/Flucht |
21/03/2017 | 66 | N.N. | unknown | missing, boat capsized between Libya and Italy; 54 rescued | CTV |
21/03/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Guinea | died on mountain trail between Menton (FR) and Grimaldi (IT), rescue team did not find him in time | AFP/IOM/OpenMigration/Anafe |
21/03/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Guinea | died on mountain trail between Menton (FR) and Grimaldi (IT), rescue team did not find him in time | AFP/IOM/OpenMigration/Anafe |
20/03/2017 | 10 | N.N. (1 woman; 9 men) | unknown | burned, bodies found at unspecified location off coast of Zawiyah (LY) | IOMLibya |
20/03/2017 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | missing, presumed drowned after bodies found at unspecified location in Strait of Sicily; 117 rescued | UNHCR |
19/03/2017 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found at unspecified location off coast of Zuwara (LY); 215 rescued | IOM Libya |
18/03/2017 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found at unspecified location between North Africa and Italy | IOM Italy |
15/03/2017 | 1 | Maslax Moxamed (man, 19) | Somalia | suicide, hung himself in park near asylum reception centre of Pomezia (Italy), sent back from Belgium | MSF |
11/03/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Afghanistan | stowaway, hit head when jumping out of truck heading wrong way on A16 near Dunkirk (FR) | LePhare/IOM |
09/03/2017 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies recovered on Tallil Seyahi beach near Sabratha (LY) | UNHCR Libya/IOM |
08/03/2017 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies recovered on coast of Al Khums (LY) | IOM Libya |
08/03/2017 | 1 | Mustafa Zumre (man) | Turkey | drowned after jumping in Evros River to avoid police at Umurca (TR); engineer fleeing post-coup purge | TurkeyPurge |
03/03/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, body found at Camposoto beach in San Fernando, Cádiz (ES) | APDHA/IOM/VozCádiz |
03/03/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | unknown | died on rescue boat in Mediterranean Sea near Catania, Sicily (IT) due to lack of access to medicines | Reuters/IOM |
03/03/2017 | 25 | N.N. (incl 6 women) | unknown | missing after boat sank 5 km off coast of Tajoura (LY); 115 rescued | IOMItaly |
02/03/2017 | 1 | Mamadou Konate (man, 33) | Mali | died in a fire at migrant camp in San Severo (IT); 100 huts destroyed | ExpressUK/LocalIT/Reuters/ANSA/Breitb |
02/03/2017 | 1 | Nouhou Doumbia (man, 36) | Mali | died in a fire at migrant camp in San Severo (IT); 100 huts destroyed | ExpressUK/LocalIT/Reuters/ANSA/Breitb |
27/02/2017 | 1 | Diakite Youssouf (man, 20) | Somalia | stowaway, electrocuted on roof of train from Como (IT) as electrical current changed in Switzerland | Necropolis/WorldRadio/IOM/Provincia/MS |
27/02/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards at unspecified location while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR |
23/02/2017 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea off coast of Zuwara (LY); 400 survivors | IOM Libya |
23/02/2017 | 1 | Lazragui Khalea (man, 27) | Algeria | drowned while trying to swim to boat, resident of temporary immigration centre in Ceuta (ES) | EFE |
22/02/2017 | 15 | N.N. (incl 2 children) | unknown | found dead in a shipping container near Al-Khums (LY), had been trapped inside for 4 days | Rel/IOM Libya/GlobalNewsCA |
22/02/2017 | 3 | N.N. | Pakistan | drowned, dinghy capsized on the Maritza River on the Turkish-Greek border; 5 survivors | HurriyetDN/IOM |
20/02/2017 | 101 | N.N. | unknown | 80 drowned in shipwreck near Zawiya (LY), bodies and boat washed ashore; 21 missing | VK |
19/02/2017 | 118 | N.N. | unknown | missing after shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea off coast of Al Khums (LY) | IOM Libya |
19/02/2017 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered near Zawiyah (LY) | IOM Libya |
18/02/2017 | 1 | Frederick Ofosu (man, 33) | Ghana | suicide, strangled with electric cable on building site in Qawra (MT), his last asylum claim was rejected | TimesM/ghanaweb |
17/02/2017 | 1 | Daouda Bah (boy, 17) | Africa | stowaway, found burnt on roof of train in Cannes (FR) coming from Ventimiglia (IT) | Parisien/IOM/OpenMigration/Necropolis |
17/02/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died of hypothermia, body found near the Euphrates River in eastern Turkey | Sozcu/IOM |
15/02/2017 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat sank in the Strait of Gibraltar; 2 rescued | IOM |
12/02/2017 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when small craft sank between Morocco and Tarifa (ES); 3 survivors | IOM |
12/02/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Pakistan | died of hypothermia after being abandoned by traffickers near Pirot (RS), Serbian-Bulgarian border | UNHCRSerbia/IOM |
06/02/2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 15) | Ethiopia | died of dehydration in hospital in Vibo Valentia (IT) after being rescued from ship with 600 people | Lametino/IOM/ANSA |
05/02/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | North Africa | killed by French regional train in Latte, Ventimiglia (IT) while trying to cross the border by foot | Laguria/IOM |
04/02/2017 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Ethiopia | drowned, boat sank because of faulty engine in Aegean Sea traveling from (TR) to (GR); 45 rescued | Rel |
03/02/2017 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Tisza River near Subotica (RS) near Hungarian-Serbian border | IOM Bulgaria |
30/01/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Pakistan | died of carbon monoxide poisoning from camp stove fumes at Moria refugee camp on Lesbos (GR) | Reuters/Newsweek/KI/Sputnik/Infomob/Le |
30/01/2017 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | missing after boat sank near Almería (ES); 11 rescued | IOM |
29/01/2017 | 1 | Mussie Hagu (man, 30) | Eritrea | suicide, jumped from window of reception center in Milan (IT) after waiting 12 months for asylum | Necropolis/Giornale/LR |
28/01/2017 | 1 | Mustafa Mustafa (man, 46) | Syria | died of carbon monoxide poisoning, had made makeshift stove at Moria refugee camp, Lesbos (GR) | Reuters/Newsweek/KI/Sputnik/Infomob/W |
28/01/2017 | 2 | N.N. (2 children) | unknown | bodies found on boat in distress off coast of Libya; 132 rescued | Independent |
28/01/2017 | 1 | Noursan (girl, 2 months) | Kurdistan | died of cystic fibrosis in ambulance from Ritsona camp (GR) to hospital in Athens, no medical care | Infomob/EFSYN |
12/01/2017 | 1 | Samuel Kabamba (6, boy) | Congo | drowned, with his mother Veronique and 5 others after boat sank between Morocco and Spain | BBC/Reuters/Cain/WatchTheMed/SofiaGl |
25/01/2017 | 1 | Benjo Massoud (man, 42) | Kurdistan | died of heart problems in camp on Samos Island (GR), due to lack of medical care, father of 3 children | Infomob/EFSYN |
24/01/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 22) | Egypt | died presumedly from inhaling camp stove fumes at Moria refugee camp, Lesbos (GR) | Reuters/Newsweek/KI/Sputnik/Infomob/M |
24/01/2017 | 10 | N.N. (1 child; 1 woman; 8 men) | unknown | bodies found in the sea off coast of Tripoli (LY); 135 rescued | Rel/IOMLibya |
22/01/2017 | 1 | Pateh Sabally (man, 22) | Gambia | suicide in Grand Canal of Venice (IT) after asylum denied; onlookers shouted insults while he drowned | Independent/Fatto/VeneziaToday |
21/01/2017 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | 5 bodies found in the sea off coast of Sabratha (LY), 1 body found off coast of Tripoli (LY) | Rel |
21/01/2017 | 1 | Sani Siraj Jemal (20, man) | Ethiopia | hit by lorry while crossing A16 motorway leading to Calais (FR), attempting to stowaway | Necropolis/Telegraph/Express/IOM/VoixD |
17/01/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found dead, covered under a metre of snow near Feres (GR) on Turkish-Greek border | SofiaGlobe/KI |
14/01/2017 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found floating in ocean near Algeciras (ES), tried to swim to Spanish enclave from Morocco | Independent |
14/01/2017 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Congo | drowned after boat sank off coast of Nador (MA) | SofiaGlobe |
14/01/2017 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 2 men) | unknown | missing in area of Nador (MA) | SofiaGlobe |
14/01/2017 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | died from hypothermia, in dinghy rescued between Libya and Italy | SofiaGlobe |
14/01/2017 | 176 | N.N. | Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia | 4 drowned when boat sank due to engine failure off coast of Libya; 172 missing, 4 rescued | Reu./SofiaGlobe/Newsaust/ScrollToday/In |
14/01/2017 | 1 | Rawa (woman, 31) | Eritrea | drowned with her 3 children when boat sank off the coast of Libya | Flucht/Reuters/SofiaGlobe/Newsaust/Scro |
14/01/2017 | 1 | Diamond (child, 8) | Eritrea | drowned with mother and 2 sisters when boat sank off the coast of Libya | Flucht/Reuters/SofiaGlobe/Newsaust/Scro |
14/01/2017 | 1 | Sidona (girl, 6) | Eritrea | drowned with mother and 2 siblings when boat sank off the coast of Libya | Flucht/Reuters/SofiaGlobe/Newsaust/Scro |
14/01/2017 | 1 | Kristina (girl, 3) | Eritrea | drowned with mother and 2 siblings when boat sank off the coast of Libya | Flucht/Reuters/SofiaGlobe/Newsaust/Scro |
13/01/2017 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | crushed to death in boat carrying 191 other passengers heading from Libya to Italy | Independent |
13/01/2017 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 2 men) | unknown | 1 died on board a boat in distress to Tarifa (ES), 2 drowned while trying to swim to shore; 7 rescued | SofiaGlobe/WatchTheMed/Independent |
12/01/2017 | 1 | Samir (boy, 17) | Sudan | heart attack at reception centre Ameugny (FR), problems went undetected while in Calais jungle | Independent |
11/01/2017 | 1 | Lukasz Debowski (man, 27) | Poland | suicide, at Morton Hall detention centre (UK), hed been refused bail to see birth of his child | OpenDem/SocialistWorker/IRR/No-Depor |
12/01/2017 | 1 | Veronique Kabamba (woman) | Congo | drowned, with her son Samuel and at least 5 others, boat sank between Morocco and Spain | BBC/Reuters/Cain/WatchTheMed/SofiaGl |
12/01/2017 | 10 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 1 w.; 7 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5 drowned, 5 missing, when their boat sank between Tangier (Morocco) and Tarifa (Spain) | BBC/Reuters/Cain/WatchTheMed/SofiaGl |
06/01/2017 | 1 | Talaat Abdulhamid (man, 36) | Iraq | died of hypothermia after walking for 2 days through mountains near Turkish-Bulgarian border | Independent |
06/01/2017 | 1 | Hardi Ghafour (man, 29) | Iraq | died of hypothermia after walking for 2 days through mountains near Turkish-Bulgarian border | Independent |
04/01/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | threw himself into path of truck near Red Cross reception centre, Roja Park, Ventimiglia (IT/FR border) | Guardian/OpenMigration |
03/01/2017 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Afghanistan | died of hypothermia after crossing the Evros River from Turkey to Greece | Independent/KI |
01/01/2017 | 2 | N.N. (young men) | Cameroon, Guinea | died trying to climb over the border fence between Morocco and Ceuta (Spain) | Diario16/APDHA/IOM |
in Jan 17 | 1 | N.N. (young woman) | Somalia | died of hypothermia in the mountains near Turkish-Bulgarian border | Independent |
in Jan 17 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 8) | unknown | found dead in the sea near Playa de Los Muertos, Almería (Spain) | MirrorNews/Sun |
in Jan 17 | 2 | N.N. (1 girl, 10; 1 w., mother) | unknown | trapped under capsized migrant boat, Alboran Island (ES); 1 drowned, 1 died on way to hospital | MirrorNews |
in Jan 17 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Pakistan | died of hypothermia while trying to cross the mountains of the Turkish-Bulgarian border | TimesM |
in 2017 | 1 | Basheer (man, 18) | unknown | died trying to swim across the Evros River from Turkey to Greece | ICRC |
in 2017 | 2 | N.N. (1 boy; 1 woman) | unknown | mother and son died of hypothermia after crossing the Evros River from Turkey to Greece | ICRC/Guardian |
in 2017 | 4 | N.N. | Ivory Coast, Congo, Nigeria | beaten to death while imprisoned in camp in Zawiyah (Libya) | WorldCrunch |
in 2017 | 12 | N.N. (12 teenagers) | unknown | unaccompanied refugee children and youths committed suicide in 2017 in asylum centres in Sweden | DFunk/EpochTimesDE/Liberation/LocalS |
in 2017 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Eritrea | suicide, unaccompanied minor migrant, details have not been made public by Home Office | Guardian/DailyMail |
in 2017 | 2 | N.N. (boy, man) | unknown | beaten to death around 2017 in Libyan prison camp by Nigerian human trafficker John Rambo Ogais | Legit |
in 2017 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | unknown | died of torture in a Libyan detention camp around 2017 | BDNEWS24 |
25/12/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Kurdistan | stowaway, fell off truck he was hiding in at port of Dunkirk (FR) while trying to reach Great Britain | TimesM/RT |
24/12/2016 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Congo | stowaway, fell off truck he was hiding in near Calais (FR) trying to reach Great Britain | VoixDuNord |
23/12/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Algeria | hit by train walking along the tracks in Ventimiglia (IT) trying to get to France | Parisien/OpenMigration |
21/12/2016 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | died after 3 rubber dinghies and wooden boat were attacked at sea while traveling to Italy | AFP/Ya.N |
20/12/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 35) | North Macedonia | died of choking in fight with civilians & police, after refusing arrest in shopping mall, Maastricht (NL) | RTLNieuws/MetroNieuws |
19/12/2016 | 5 | n.n. (4 children; 1 woman) | Afghanistan | drowned, small boat capsized off the coast of Ayvalik (Turkey), 8 survived | DailySabah/UNHCR/IOM |
16/12/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±40) | Mali | jumped out of migrant worker centre in Paris (FR) when a fire broke out | AP |
mid Dec 16 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Iraq | died of hypothermia while trying to cross the Bulgarian-Serbian border | UNHCR |
14/12/2016 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, on unspecified location in the Channel of Sicily between Tunesia and Italy | IOMItaly |
13/12/2016 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found at unspecified location off the coast of Libya | UNHCR/IOM |
13/12/2016 | 87 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies found off the coast of Zawiya (Libya); 27 survived | UNHCR/IOM |
11/12/2016 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | died during rescue operation at unspecified location in Central Mediterranean Sea; 165 survived | IndianExpress/IOMItaly |
11/12/2016 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies washed up near Tajoura (Libya) | IOMLibya |
10/12/2016 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies washed up near Tajoura (Libya) | IOMLibya |
09/12/2016 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | presumed drowned, body washed up near Zarzis (Tunisia) | IOMTunisia |
09/12/2016 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies washed up near El Ketef Port, Bengardane (Tunisia) | IOMTunisia |
08/12/2016 | 1 | Haji (man) | Somalia | found dead under bridge he was living under, homeless refugee in Malta | TimesM |
08/12/2016 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, bodies washed up near Tajoura (Libya) | IOMLibya |
07/12/2016 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | unknown | died of hypothermia on dinghy in spite of medical help at unspecified location in Central Mediterranean | CamConNews/IOM |
07/12/2016 | 7 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4 drowned, 3 missing in migrant shipwreck on way to Spain off coast of Cala Bonita, Al-Hoceima (MA) | EFE/Marea |
06/12/2016 | 1 | Bai Ahmed Kabia (man, 49) | Sierra Leone | died in hospital of untreated illness after being held in detention for 2 years in Morton Hall (GB) | GuardianUn. |
06/12/2016 | 5 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | presumed drowned, bodies washed up on the beach near Tajoura (Libya) | IOMLybia |
06/12/2016 | 1 | Paulo Morais Antonio (man, 28) | Angola | suicide, hanged himself at night in bathroom of reception center in Milano (Italy) | Necropolis/MilanoToDay |
05/12/2016 | 16 | N.N. | unknown | 11 drowned, 5 missing, rescuers recovered bodies 20km east of Tripoli (Libya) in Mediterranean Sea | AfricaNews/IOMLibya |
05/12/2016 | 4 | N.N. (incl woman) | Syria | shot dead by Turkish border guards on the border between northern Syria and Turkey | SOHR/IOM |
05/12/2016 | 3 | N.N. | Syria | shot by Turkish border guards as they tried to cross to Turkey from the Harem area of Idlib (Syria) | SOHR/IOM |
04/12/2016 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | unknown | died of hypothermia, after being rescued at unspecified location in the Central Mediterranean Sea | MSF/IOM |
04/12/2016 | 20 | N.N. (incl 3 children; 11 men) | unknown | 14 drowned, 6 missing, bodies found at unspecified location in Mediterranean Sea; 120 survived | IOMItaly/NHCR |
04/12/2016 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found at unspecified location in the Central Mediterranean Sea; 140 survived | UNHCR/IOM |
03/12/2016 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | unknown | stowaways, froze on freight train and got overrun by lorries at arrival in Wörgl station (AT); 1 survived | KN/jW/IOM/MSF |
02/12/2016 | 1 | Tarek Chowdhury (man, 64) | Bangladesh | died in hospital after assault by fellow detainees in Colnbrook removal centre (GB) | Independent/Ya.N/Independent/ExpressU |
in Dec 16 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Pakistan | froze to death along Turkish-Bulgarian border | TimesM |
in Dec 16 | 4 | Kourbai (3 children 3-9y, mother) | Guinea | drowned in a migrant shipwreck off Libyan coast | WorldCrunch |
26/11/2016 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | died of dehydration, bodies found on dinghy between Libya and Malta; 1 died in hospital, 1 survived | TimesM/IOM |
25/11/2016 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, body found floating in sea by fisherman near beach of Almadraba, off coast of Ceuta (Spain) | EFE/IOM |
24/11/2016 | 2 | N.N. (1 boy, 6; 1 woman, 66) | Turkey | killed at refugee detention centre in Lesbos (GR) in a fire started by cooking gas canister | Independent/Telegraph/MNS/KI |
23/11/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 18) | Afghanistan | froze to death/undernourished, found in abandoned industrial complex near Bulgarian-Serbian border | SofiaGlobe/IOM |
23/11/2016 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies recovered at shipwreck in Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy | MOAS/IOM |
23/11/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | suicide, body found in forest near Adaevci transit reception center in north-west Serbia | IOMBelgrade |
22/11/2016 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found on rubber boat by coast guard ship at unspecified location between Libya and Italy | IOMItaly/Reuters |
22/11/2016 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found on rubber boat by coast guard ship at unspecified location between Libya and Italy | IOMItaly/Reuters |
21/11/2016 | 1 | S.G. (man) | Afghanistan | stabbed to death in clash between migrants in centre of Belgrade (RS) | APNews/b92/Tanjug/IOM |
21/11/2016 | 1 | Abeil Temesgen (boy, 17) | Eritrea | hit by train, running between tracks to get on train from Bolzano (IT) to Germany to reach his brother | ExpressUK/IOM/MSF/OpenMigration |
21/11/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, swept away by current in the Roya River near Ventimiglia (IT) at the Italian-French border | OpenMigration/IOM/MSF |
21/11/2016 | 1 | Tony Okoro (man, 40) | Nigeria | died after years of psychological trauma, in fear of deportation in the Nördlingen Isolation Lager (DE) | Ref4Ref |
18/11/2016 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | died when boat shipwrecked near Didim (TR) while travelling to Agathonisi (GR), 4 survived | Watch TheMed/HurriyetDN/IOM |
18/11/2016 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | missing after boat shipwrecked near Didim (TR) while travelling to Agathonisi (GR), 4 survived | WatchTheMed/HurriyetDN/IOM |
17/11/2016 | 25 | N.N. | unknown | missing in a migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean on the way from Libya to Italy | UNHCR/IOM |
16/11/2016 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned on way from Libya to Italy; 580 rescued | NewArab |
16/11/2016 | 4 | N.N. (4 men, 20-40) | unknown | died of hypothermia in boat found near Thassos (GR); 15 rescued | NewArab/HelCoastG/IOM |
16/11/2016 | 7 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died when cargo boat carrying migrants drifted into the Strait of Sicily; 27 survived | TheHuff/ANSA/MSF/LR/STAMPA/Indepen |
16/11/2016 | 96 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing after cargo boat carrying migrants drifted into the Strait of Siciily; 27 rescued | TheHuff/ANSA/MSF/LR/STAMPA/Indepen |
16/11/2016 | 1 | Rawda Abdu (woman, 29) | Ethiopia | hit by train, while walking on tracks at night near Borghetto station (IT) on way to France | OpenMigration/IOM/MSF/Fatto |
15/11/2016 | 98 | N.N. (incl 9 women) | unknown | drowned, 9 bodies recovered, after dinghy capsized on the way from Libya, 23 rescued | Independent/Reu./UNHCR/SOSMed/AFP |
15/11/2016 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 15) | unknown | drowned, 9 bodies recovered, after dinghy capsized on the way from Libya, 23 rescued | Independent/Reu./UNHCR/SOSMed/AFP |
15/11/2016 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when dinghy sank off coast of Libya; 114 rescued | Independent/Reu./UNHCR/SOSMed/AFP |
15/11/2016 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | crushed, found on boat that sank off coast of Libya; 114 rescued | Independent/Reu./UNHCR/SOSMed/AFP |
14/11/2016 | 135 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly missing after dinghy to Italy sank in the Mediterranean Sea; 15 rescued | Independent/AFP/UNHCR/MOAS/IOM |
09/11/2016 | 26 | N.N. | unknown | 4 drowned, 22 missing, bodies found at unspecified location between Libya and Italy | IOMItaly |
06/11/2016 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned during shipwreck before they could be rescued, boat travelling to Italy | TheHuff/ANSA/Web Strait/Tgcom |
06/11/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died in rubber dinghy while travelling to Italy | TheHuff/ANSA/Tgcom |
06/11/2016 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead in rubber boat that broke down North West of Khoms (LY) carrying 116 migrants to Italy | TheHuff/LibOb/DailyMail/IOM |
06/11/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man) | West Africa | died of liver failure at Al Hamra detention centre in Gharyan (LY) | IOM/VOA |
06/11/2016 | 1 | Hervé Mandundu (man, 27) | Congo | shot dead by police when they intervened in an argument he had with a neighbour in Bex (Switzerland) | 24h/Necropolis/StopRacialProfiling/Le Te |
05/11/2016 | 12 | N.N. (incl 2 children) | unknown | died off coast of Libya in the Strait of Siciliy while trying to reach Italy | TheHuff/ANSA/LR/StampaIOM |
04/11/2016 | 1 | Ali Mbengu Mille Franc (m, 22) | Gambia | drowned in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean; he was a famous wrestling champion in Gambia | Flucht |
03/11/2016 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Mali | crushed while trying to protect her 2 children on boat sinking in the Strait of Sicily | TheHuff/ANSA |
02/11/2016 | 12 | N.N. (9 children; 18 w; 75 men) | unknown | drowned in shipwreck on way to Italy from Libya; 29 survived | IOM/RefDeeply/ANSA/TheHuff |
02/11/2016 | 128 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly missing after rubber dinghy capsized off Libya while travelling to Italy; 2 survived | IOM |
02/11/2016 | 111 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly missing after shipwreck on way to Italy, vessel contained 9 children and pregnant women | Reu./MSF/UNHCR/IOM |
in Nov 16 | 200 | N.N. | unknown | drowned over two days in the Mediterranean Sea on 4 migrant shipwrecks | VK |
30/10/2016 | 16 | N.N. | unknown | bodies decomposed beyond recognition, found washed up on shores of Zuwara (LY) | LibyanExpress/RedCrescentLibya |
27/10/2016 | 1 | Fatim Jawara (woman, 19) | Gambia | goalkeeper of Gambia's national women's football team died off coast Libya while trying to reach Italy | BBC/AFP/Flucht |
26/10/2016 | 29 | N.N. | unknown | suffocated or drowned on dinghy flooded with fuel and seawater off Libyan shore | AFP/Aljazeera |
26/10/2016 | 90 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat to Italy sank off coast of Libya | AP/NYtimes |
21/10/2016 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Somalia | pressured by neo-Nazis to jump to his death from tower in Schmölln, Thüringen (DE) | IBTimes/DailyMail/Independent/NWZ/Thü |
21/10/2016 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | died after rubber boat was attacked by Libyan coast guard | SeaWatch/Reu./GuardianUn. |
21/10/2016 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on rubber boat trying to reach Italy from Libya | Reu./SeaWatch |
21/10/2016 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | missing after struggling rubber boat was attacked by Libyan coast guard | Reu./RFI |
21/10/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died hit by a car walking in tunnel through border between Italy and Menton (FR) | MSF |
18/10/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, suffocated in back of truck travelling from Calais (FR) to Great Britain | Telegraph/DailyMail/BBC/KM |
17/10/2016 | 1 | Mohammad O. Eyman (man, 26) | Sudan | harassed and beaten to death by traffickers in camp near Norrent-Fortes in Calais (FR) | Passeurs dhospitalités/InfoMigrants |
16/10/2016 | 2 | N.N. (1 boy, 10; 1 woman, 35) | Syria | hit by car in Greece, Kurdish mother and son, died after police refused to help | AP/KI |
14/10/2016 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | hit by freight train near Calais (FR) while walking along railway tracks towards Great Britain | VoixDuNord/Passeurs dhospitalités |
09/10/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Eritrea | hit by car on A16 highway in Calais (FR) while trying to reach Great Britain | Reu./Ya.N/AFP/Le Monde/AFP/Europe1 |
07/10/2016 | 1 | Milet Tesfamariam (girl, 16) | Eritrea | hit by truck, walking in tunnel with relatives through border between Italy and Menton (FR) | LeMur/MSF/OpenMigration |
04/10/2016 | 29 | N.N. (19 women; 10 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | crushed to death in boat carrying over 1,000 passengers from Libya to Italy | NYTimes/BBC/DailySabah/IOM |
04/10/2016 | 11 | N.N. (2 children; 9 women) | unknown | drowned when small boat on way to Italy capsized off the shore of Garabulli (LY); 149 rescued | BusStan/IOM |
03/10/2016 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | died in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily (IT) and coast of Libya on the way to IT; 5650 rescued | Reu./DailySabah/IOM/VK |
03/10/2016 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | drowned trying to reach Italy by boat, bodies washed up on beach near Tripoli (LY) | Reu./DailySabah |
03/10/2016 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat to Italy capsized off coast of Libya near Sabratha (LY) | Reu./DailySabah |
03/10/2016 | 1 | N.N. (young woman, pregnant) | Africa | died from burns caused by spilled fuel during rescue of rubber dinghy on way from Libya to Italy | ManilaBul/IOM |
01/10/2016 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Eritrea | suicide, unaccompanied child hanged himself in refugee accommodation in Zürich (CH) | SchweizAmW |
in Oct 16 | 1 | Aboubacar Sow (boy, 15) | Guinea | drowned in the Mediterranean | Flucht |
in Oct 16 | 1 | Sidy Bah (man, 20) | Guinea | drowned in the Mediterranean | Flucht |
in Oct 16 | 1 | Luwam (woman, 20) | Eritrea | drowned in the Mediterranean | Flucht |
29/09/2016 | 27 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 4 bodies recovered, off the coast of Bodrum (Turkey) on way to Kos (Greece); 4 rescued | DailyStarLB/VoxNews/IOMTurkey |
24/09/2016 | 1 | Abdallah El Gonie Abdallah (m,37) | Sudan | hit by freight train near Port of Calais (FR) trying to get to Great Britain | Necropolis/IRR/MNS |
21/09/2016 | 288 | N.N. | Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Soma | drowned, 84 missing, boat capsized near Rosetta in Nile Delta (EG), on way to Italy, 169 rescued | Reu./IOM/Aljazeera/Alahram |
16/09/2016 | 1 | Raheemullah Oryakhel (boy, 14) | Afghanistan | found dead near Port of Calais (FR), was travelling alone from Afghanistan to Great Britain | Guardian/VoixDuNord/MNS |
14/09/2016 | 2 | N.N. (1 boy; 1 man) | Iraq | drowned while trying to cross the Donau River (BG) on boat carrying 10 people to Romania | LeCourrierdesBalkans |
14/09/2016 | 4 | N.N. (2 children; 2 women) | Iraq | reportedly went missing while crossing the Donau River (BG) on boat to Romania | LeCourrierdesBalkans |
06/09/2016 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Africa | died falling off viaduct of highway on Death Pass (French/Italian border) trying to flee border police | MSF/OpenMigration |
05/09/2016 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | died in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe from Libya in overcrowded rubber boats | Reu./AFP/JIJI/Africa-News/ANSA |
in Sep 16 | 2 | N.N. (2 teens/young adults) | unknown | died in traffic accidents, walking on dangerous highway between Grimaldi (IT) and Menton (FR) | LeMur |
28/08/2016 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 36) | South Korea | suicide in Kinsale Rd Accommodation Centre in Cork (IE), request for pain medication was denied | Examiner |
23/08/2016 | 1 | Mohamed Abdallah Ali (man, 26) | Sudan | killed in fight between migrants near A16 highway in Marck, Pas-De-Calais (FR) | Necropolis/IRR/AFP/LaDepeche/NordLitto |
23/08/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Afghanistan | shot, possibly by a hunter near Pirot (RS), after crossing Bulgarian-Serbian border | SofiaNewsAgency/Novinite/AFP |
18/08/2016 | 5 | N.N. (2 girls, 8 m., 5; 2 w.; 1 m.) | Syria | died after small wooden boat carrying 27 people to Italy capsized off Libya | MOAS/AP |
18/08/2016 | 1 | N.N. | Syria | missing after small wooden boat carrying 27 people to Italy capsized off Libya | MOAS/AP |
31/07/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | migrant worker from Eastern Europe, died in a fire at farm in Scotland (GB) | BBC/TheCourier |
27/07/2016 | 1 | Ibrahim Mubarak (man, 34) | Sudan | hit by vehicle on A16 highway near Calais (FR) while trying to reach Great Britain | Necropolis/IRR/AFP/France3 |
26/07/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 37) | Ethiopia | stabbed to death in camp in Calais (FR) during fight between migrant groups | AFP/VoixDuNord/ExpressUK |
24/07/2016 | 46 | N.N. | unknown | drowned trying to reach Italy; 120 bodies found on Sabratha beach (LY) in July of which 46 today | Aljazeera/Picum |
23/07/2016 | 41 | N.N. | unknown | drowned trying to reach Italy, 120 bodies found on Sabratha beach (LY) in July, of which 41 today | Aljazeera |
21/07/2016 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on side of A16 highway near Calais (FR) trying to reach Great Britain | AFP/France3/MigrStrug |
21/07/2016 | 17 | N.N. (1 boy; 16 men) | unknown | died in overcrowded wooden boat trying to reach Italy from Libya | IBTimes/Reu. |
20/07/2016 | 22 | N.N. (21 women; 1 man) | Nig, Guin, Ghana, Ivory Coa | died in pool of water and fuel on the bottom of a vessel off the coast of Libya; 209 rescued | Aljazeera/Le Monde/IOM |
13/07/2016 | 15 | N.N. (incl 1 girl; 1 boy; 1 w.; 1 m) | unknown | died when dinghy capsized off Turkish coast near Lesbos (GR); 11 missing; 6 rescued | Aljazeera/AP/Independent/KTG |
12/07/2016 | 1 | Samrawit (woman, 19) | Eritrea | hit by truck on road near Port of Calais (FR) after being evicted from Steenvoorde camp (FR) | CMS/VoixDuNord/Ouest-France |
12/07/2016 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | suffocated below deck on overcrowded wooden boat trying to reach Italy from Libya; 400 survived | Reu./MOAS/HuffPost |
12/07/2016 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Italy from North Africa | Watch TheMed |
08/07/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Cameroon | died trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) from Morocco | ST/Faro |
04/07/2016 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | hit by vehicle while trying to reach Great Britain, found dead on roadside in Calais (FR) | VoixDuNord |
02/07/2016 | 1 | Chokri Labiadh (man) | Tunisia | drowned, boat with 28 Tunesians sank off coast near Sabratha (Libya) on way to Italy; 12 survived | BusinessNews/Kapitalis/MEOnline/IOMLi |
02/07/2016 | 1 | Khaled Labiadh (man) | Tunisia | drowned, boat with 28 Tunesians sank off coast near Sabratha (Libya) on way to Italy; 12 survived | BusinessNews/Kapitalis/MEOnline/IOMLi |
02/07/2016 | 1 | Salah Bessaoud (man) | Tunisia | drowned, boat with 28 Tunesians sank off coast near Sabratha (Libya) on way to Italy; 12 survived | BusinessNews/Kapitalis/MEOnline/IOMLi |
02/07/2016 | 1 | Badr Ferji (man) | Tunisia | drowned, boat with 28 Tunesians sank off coast near Sabratha (Libya) on way to Italy; 12 survived | BusinessNews/Kapitalis/MEOnline/IOMLi |
02/07/2016 | 1 | Radhouane Ragued (man) | Tunisia | drowned, boat with 28 Tunesians sank off coast near Sabratha (Libya) on way to Italy; 12 survived | BusinessNews/Kapitalis/MEOnline/IOMLi |
02/07/2016 | 1 | Mabrouk Zitouni (man) | Tunisia | drowned, boat with 28 Tunesians sank off coast near Sabratha (Libya) on way to Italy; 12 survived | BusinessNews/Kapitalis/MEOnline/IOMLi |
02/07/2016 | 10 | N.N. | Tunisia | missing, boat with 28 Tunesians sank off coast near Sabratha (Libya) on way to Italy; 12 survived | BusinessNews/Kapitalis/MEOnline/IOMLi |
in July 16 | 1 | Zarzai Mirwais (man) | Afghanistan | drowned in the Isonzo river, Gorizia (Italy, near Slovenian border) | AlpMol |
in July 16 | 17 | N.N. | Tunesia, Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned trying to reach Italy, 120 bodies in total found on Sabratha beach (LY) in July | Aljazeera/IOM |
30/06/2016 | 10 | N.N. (10 women) | unknown | drowned after inflatable dinghy carrying migrants to Italy sank in the Mediterranean Sea; 107 survived | AFP/Ya.N/IOM/GuardiaCosIT/Ansa |
26/06/2016 | 1 | Pape Ndiaye | Senegal | died of neglect by Moroccan navy after boat bound for Tarifa (ES) capsized near Tangier (MA) | WatchTheMed |
26/06/2016 | 1 | Cheik Ndiaye | Senegal | died of neglect by Moroccan navy after boat bound for Tarifa (ES) capsized near Tangier (MA) | WatchTheMed |
26/06/2016 | 1 | Saliou Fall | Senegal | died of neglect by Moroccan navy after boat bound for Tarifa (ES) capsized near Tangier (MA) | WatchTheMed |
23/06/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 32) | Egypt | killed in fight at Souda refugee camp in Chios (GR) | GreekReporter |
19/06/2016 | 11 | N.N. (incl 4 children) | Syria | shot dead by Turkish soldiers while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR/NYtimes/Libération |
17/06/2016 | 34 | N.N. (incl 20 children; 9 women) | Niger | died near Algerian-Nigerian border after traffickers left them in desert | EinNews/AfricanPO/AFP/France24/IOM |
08/06/2016 | 1 | Sekine Traore (man, 26) | Mali | shot by police after he stabbed officer in the eye who intervened in fight in San Ferdinando (IT) | EqTimes/Diritti |
07/06/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in Morocco trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) through sewer system | Le360 |
02/06/2016 | 117 | N.N. (6 children; 75 w.; 36 m.) | unknown | drowned trying to reach Italy by boat, bodies washed up near Zuwara (LY) | Guardian/IOM/Reu./AFP/RedCrescentLib |
01/06/2016 | 1 | Farhan al-Hwaish (man, 22) | Syria | died in Tisza River (HU) after being attacked by police while trying to enter Hungary from Serbia | Reu./LeCourrierdesBalkans/UNHCR |
29/05/2016 | 1 | Ibrahim Jabuti (man, 19) | Djibouti | drowned in the Mediterranean | Flucht |
29/05/2016 | 1 | Hasan UK (man, 23) | Somalia | drowned in the Mediterranean | Flucht |
29/05/2016 | 1 | Sharmake (18) | Ethiopia | drowned in the Mediterranean | Flucht |
29/05/2016 | 1 | Ahmed (man) | Ethiopia | drowned in the Mediterranean | Flucht |
29/05/2016 | 1 | Yusuf (man) | Somalia | drowned in the Mediterranean | Flucht |
29/05/2016 | 1 | Hodan Ali Ahmed (man) | Somaliland | drowned in the Mediterranean | Flucht |
29/05/2016 | 1 | Arab (man) | Somalia | drowned in the Mediterranean | Flucht |
29/05/2016 | 2 | N.N. (1 girl, 4 months; 1 woman) | Somaliland | drowned in the Mediterranean, mother and daughter | Flucht |
29/05/2016 | 1 | Mahamed Sheik A. Shide (m, 21) | Somalia | drowned in the Mediterranean | Flucht |
28/05/2016 | 1 | Ahmadzaï Zamat (man, 25) | Afghanistan | hit by truck bound for Great Britain on A16 highway near Calais (FR) | Necropolis/IRR/VoixDuNord/Parisien/MNS |
27/05/2016 | 360 | N.N. | unknown | 9 drowned after large boat carrying migrants sank near Crete (GR); 351 missing, 340 rescued | Guardian/AFP/DailySabah/FamagustaGa |
27/05/2016 | 75 | N.N. | Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan | missing after rubber boat carrying migrants to Italy sank; 135 rescued | Reu./MSF/UNHCR |
27/05/2016 | 45 | N.N. (incl 3 babies) | Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan | 45 bodies found after rubber boat carrying migrants to Italy from Libya sank; 135 people rescued | Reuters/MSF/UNHCR |
26/05/2016 | 550 | N.N. (incl 40 children; 1 woman) | Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan | drowned when fishing boat with 670 passengers sank off Libya; 15 bodies recovered, 114 rescued | Reu./IOM/UNHCR/GuardianUn./AFP |
25/05/2016 | 100 | N.N. | unknown | drowned or suffocated in hull when blue-decked vessel travelling to Italy capsized near Libya | NYtimes/Reu./IOM/UNHCR/Guardian/AF |
19/05/2016 | 45 | N.N. (incl 7 women) | unknown | presumed drowned, missing on unspecified location in Alboran Sea between Al-Hoceima (MA) & Spain | Confidencial/IOM |
14/05/2016 | 57 | N.N. | Ivory Coast, Guinea | presumed drowned, boat missing between Western Sahara and Canary Islands (Spain) | CadSER/IOM |
09/05/2016 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Syria | shot by Turkish security forces trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | SOHR |
09/05/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Pakistan | hit by vehicle bound for Great Britain on A16 highway near Port of Calais (FR) | VoixDuNord |
in May 16 | 1 | Awed (man, 26) | Eritrea | drowned in the Mediterranean | Flucht |
in May 16 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | drowned between Cabo Bojador (Western Sahara) and Canary Islands (Spain); 29 rescued | CadSER/IOM |
29/04/2016 | 15 | N.N. | Nigeria, Guinea, Mali, Ivory | reportedly missing after ship travelling to Italy wrecked off coast of Libya | AFP/Libération Maroc |
29/04/2016 | 84 | N.N. | West Africa | presumed drowned after inflatable dinghy was taking on water between Libya and Italy, 29 rescued | BBC/AFP/IOM/Libération Maroc |
27/04/2016 | 30 | N.N. | Egypt, Syria | shot dead by traffickers in Bani Walid (LY) after clash between migrants and traffickers | NewArab |
25/04/2016 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Mali | suicide, kept in solitary confinement in prison in Loiret (FR) | Humanité |
18/04/2016 | 400 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing after 4 boats from Egypt sank trying to cross the Strait of Sicily; 30 rescued | BBC/RAI |
17/04/2016 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | died on semi-submerged rubber dinghy carrying migrants to Italy; 108 rescued | RTE/BBC/UNHCR/SOS Med |
17/04/2016 | 1 | Maslah Mohamed (man, 22) | Somalia | drowned trying to reach Italy on overcrowded boat after leaving refugee camp in Kenya | RadioErgo |
16/04/2016 | 6 | N.N. | Cameroon, Gamb, Maurit, C | died trying to reach Spain from North Africa; 21 rescued | ElDiario |
13/04/2016 | 500 | N.N. (100 children; 400 adults) | Ethiopia, Egypt, Somalia, Sy | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after traffickers tried combining passengers of 2 boats from Egypt | NewsTrust/IOM/UNHCR/NYtimes/Guardia |
13/04/2016 | 1 | Bilal Milyare (man) | Somalia | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after traffickers tried combining passengers of 2 boats from Egypt | Reuters |
13/04/2016 | 1 | Ramadan Abdullah (man) | Ethiopia | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after traffickers tried combining passengers of 2 boats from Egypt | Reuters |
13/04/2016 | 2 | Abdullah (son & mother) | Ethiopia | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after traffickers tried combining passengers of 2 boats from Egypt | Reuters |
13/04/2016 | 2 | Mahmud (baby, 2m; mother, 20) | Ethiopia | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after traffickers tried combining passengers of 2 boats from Egypt | Reuters/NationalCA |
13/04/2016 | 1 | AbdiAziz Shiyo (man, 23) | Somaliland | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea during the chaotic loading of a migrant boat off Alexandria (Egypt) | Reuters |
13/04/2016 | 1 | Asad Elmi (pregnant woman, 20s) | unknown | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea during the chaotic loading of a migrant boat off Alexandria (Egypt) | Reuters |
13/04/2016 | 1 | N.N. (6-month-old baby) | unknown | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea during the chaotic loading of a migrant boat off Alexandria (Egypt) | Reuters |
13/04/2016 | 2 | Isman (baby and mother) | Somalia | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea during the chaotic loading of a migrant boat off Alexandria (Egypt) | Reuters/NationalCA |
11/04/2016 | 1 | Mustapha Jatta (man, 19) | Gambia | died from stomach disease at hospital in Naples (IT) while waiting on asylum decision | FreedomNews |
03/04/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 32) | unknown | stabbed to death in a fight between asylum seekers in asylum centre Muffendorf, Bonn (DE) | Welt |
02/04/2016 | 4 | N.N. | Africa | shot by Libyan guards while trying to escape detention centre in Zawiya (LY); 20 injured | MigrantReport |
01/04/2016 | 1 | Safi Siyap (girl, 1) | unknown | died during rescue operation on the Aegean Sea while trying to reach Lesbos (GR) | CNN |
01/04/2016 | 2 | N.N. (2 girls, 2, 7) | Iraq | died trying to reach Lesbos (GR), siblings buried together on the island | CNN |
01/04/2016 | 1 | Mohammed Hussain (man, 18) | Kurdistan | stowaway, crushed by truck after reaching Great Britain from Dunkirk (FR) | Guardian/Passeurs dhospitalites/BBC |
in Apr 16 | 3 | N.N. (incl child) | Syria | shot by Turkish border police while trying to cross from Syria to Turkey | PresseTV |
31/03/2016 | 1 | Ali Sarail (man, 22) | Afghanistan | hit by heavy vehicle on A16 highway in Marck, near Calais (FR) while trying to reach Great Britain | VoixDuNord |
25/03/2016 | 1 | Sergey Vladimirov | Russia | suicide, found under bridge in Luxembourg, fled Russia being gay opposition politician & sought asylum | QuotidienLU |
20/03/2016 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Syria | heart attack after arriving in Lesbos (GR), threatened with deportation to Turkey | MEOnline/WatchTheMed/DailyMail |
19/03/2016 | 2 | N.N. (child, 8; young man) | unknown | drowned, fell in water off Turkey, rescue teams not allowed near by Turkish coast guard | SeaWatch |
19/03/2016 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 4 months) | unknown | died when vessel carrying migrants from Turkey to Chios (GR) sank in the Aegean Sea | AA/HurriyetDN |
19/03/2016 | 2 | N.N. (2 girls, 1, 2) | unknown | drowned near Ro (GR) after leaving Turkey on boat carrying migrants to Greece | UNHCR/AFP/AA/HurriyetDN/KTG |
19/03/2016 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | bodies recovered from under the sand on a beach in Alqarbula area east of Tripol (Libya) | NST/IOM |
14/03/2016 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 preg w; 1 man) | Afghanistan | drowned in the Suva River (MK) while trying to reach North Macedonia from Greece | Aljazeera/WatchTheMed/NOS |
12/03/2016 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 15) | unknown | died in the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) while trying to sneak aboard ship bound for Málaga (ES) | ElDiario |
11/03/2016 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Egypt | jumped from moving train near Munich (DE) after police discovered his deportation order | MNS |
09/03/2016 | 5 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | killed during effort by Algerian authorities to round up and deport migrants; 30 injured | Le Monde/LADDH |
09/03/2016 | 5 | N.N. (incl 1 baby) | unknown | died after raft carrying Afghan and Iranian migrants to Lesbos (GR) sank off coast of Turkey | AFP/DHA |
09/03/2016 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | missing after raft carrying Afghan and Iranian migrants to Lesbos (GR) sank off coast of Turkey | AFP/DHA |
08/03/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 40) | unknown | committed suicide in asylum centre of Luttelgeest, Netherlands | Telegraaf/NOS/OmroepFlevo |
06/03/2016 | 25 | N.N. (incl 10 children) | unknown | drowned, boat bound for Greece capsized off coast of Didim (TR) with 10 children aboard, 15 rescued | HurriyetDN/AA/AP/Independent/IOM/BBC |
05/03/2016 | 2 | N.N. | Syria | shot by Turkish border police while trying to cross from Syria to Turkey | IBTimes |
04/03/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 19) | unknown | stabbed to death in fight in refugee hostel in Lindesberg (SE) | AFP/DailyStar |
04/03/2016 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | missing, presumed drowned in the Alboran See near Almería (Spain) | IOM |
02/03/2016 | 1 | Gamma Makeen (man, 53) | Sudan | found dead in his tent in Calais (FR), possibly due to heart attack | Necropolis/IRR/Passeurs d'hospitalités |
in Mar 16 | 2 | N.N. | Syria | drowned while trying to reach Greece, buried in Dogancay cemetery in Izmir (TR) | VK |
in Mar 16 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 5) | Syria | drowned while trying to reach Greece, buried in Dogancay cemetery in Izmir (TR) | VK |
in Mar 16 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 8 months) | Syria | drowned while trying to reach Greece, buried in Dogancay cemetery in Izmir (TR) | VK |
in Mar 16 | 3 | N.N. (3 children) | Syria | drowned while trying to reach Greece, buried in Dogancay cemetery in Izmir (TR) | VK |
in Mar 16 | 2 | N.N. (2 young men) | unknown | found dead along the Grimaldi (Italy)/Garavan (France) mountain pass, nicknamed Death Pass | MSF |
21/02/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Senegal | stabbed to death by roommate in asylum centre of Dorfen near Munich (DE) | SDZ |
17/02/2016 | 1 | Amir Siman-Tov (man, ±30) | Morocco | suicide, while in solitary confinement in Colnbrook removal centre (GB) | GuardianUn./Politics UK |
14/02/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±20) | Afghanistan | stabbed to death during fight between 2 migrant groups near asylum housing in Ljusne (SE) | DailyMail |
12/02/2016 | 28 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly went missing between Mauritania (MR) and Canary Islands (ES) | El Diario/IOM/LV |
12/02/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | unknown | stowaway, electrocuted after climbing onto freight train to Hungary near Subotica (RS) | Blic |
11/02/2016 | 1 | Mohamed (man, 36) | Afghanistan | found dead in Port of Calais (FR) several days after disappearing | VoixDuNord/NordLittoral |
10/02/2016 | 56 | N.N. | unknown | presumed drowned, boat missing on way from Dakhla (Mauritania) to Canary Islands (ES) | LV/IOM |
08/02/2016 | 2 | N.N. (1 girl, 14; 1 woman, 40) | Iraq | froze to death after crossing the Rezovo River on Turkish-Bulgarian Border; 11 child refugees rescued | BalkanInsight/DailyMail |
08/02/2016 | 36 | N.N. (incl 11 children) | unknown | drowned, 9 missing, when boat heading to Lesbos (GR) sank in the Bay of Edremit (TR), 4 rescued | BBC/Guardian/IOM |
07/02/2016 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | died during 5 day journey from Western Sahara to Gran Canaria (ES); bodies where thrown in the sea | 20ME |
07/02/2016 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died in hospital on Gran Canaria (ES) after 5 day journey from Western Sahara by boat | 20ME |
06/02/2016 | 2 | N.N. (1 child; 1 man) | Syria | shot by Turkish border police while trying to cross Syrian-Turkish border | IBTimes |
30/01/2016 | 3 | Kazem (1 baby; 1 boy, 4; 1 w.) | Syria | died after boat from Turkey to Lesbos (GR) slammed into rocks in the sea; mother with children | FR-BW/AP/NYtimes/WPost/AA/BBC/Inde |
30/01/2016 | 41 | N.N. (incl 4 babies; 6 children) | Syria, Afghanistan, Myanmar | died after boat from Turkey carrying migrants to Lesbos (GR) slammed into rocks in the Aegean Sea | AP/NYtimes/WPost/AA/BBC/Independent |
30/01/2016 | 70 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 64 missing, in the Channel of Sicily on the way to Italy, 50 survivors | IOMItaly |
28/01/2016 | 26 | N.N. (incl 10 children) | Kurdistan-Iraq | went missing after boat traveling from Turkey to Greece capsized off Samos (GR) | RTE/IOM/CNN/Reu. |
28/01/2016 | 9 | N.N. | Kurdistan-Iraq | went missing after boat traveling from Turkey to Greece capsized off Samos (GR) | Reu./RTE/IOM/CNN |
27/01/2016 | 7 | N.N. (1 girl; 1 boy; 2 w.; 3 m.) | unknown | found dead near Kos (GR) after boat travelling from Turkey to Greece capsized | BelT/Reu. |
23/01/2016 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead, possibly of hypothermia, after crossing mountains from Bulgaria to Serbia | UNHCR |
22/01/2016 | 8 | N.N. (6 children; 2 women) | unknown | died when wooden boat carrying 49 migrants from Turkey sank off Farmakonisi (GR); 41 survived | AP/NYtimes/IrishIndependent/Guardian |
22/01/2016 | 48 | N.N. (incl 11 children; 17 women) | Syria, Iraq | 38 drowned after boat from Turkey sank off Kalolimnos (GR); 10 missing, 32 rescued | AP/NYtimes/IrishIndependent/WatchTheM |
20/01/2016 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead, possibly of hypothermia, after crossing mountains from Bulgaria to Serbia | UNHCR |
20/01/2016 | 3 | N.N. (1 child, 5; 2 women) | unknown | died of hypothermia after arriving in Lesbos (GR) from Turkey | IFRC |
17/01/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 33) | India | found frozen to death in car near Alakurtti (RUS) after waiting 5 days to cross border to Finland | BarentsObs |
17/01/2016 | 1 | N.N. (man, 33) | India | found frozen to death in car near Alakurtti (RUS) after waiting 5 days to cross border to Finland | BarentsObs |
16/01/2016 | 1 | Hussein Ali Abdel Amer (man, 30) | Iraq | hanged himself in asylum centre in Alphen (NL) | AD |
12/01/2016 | 1 | N.N. | Syria | shot dead by Turkish border guards while trying to cross to Turkey from Hasakah (Syria) | SOHR |
11/01/2016 | 3 | N.N. (3 women) | Somalia | went missing after traffickers threw group of 40 migrants into the Adriatic Sea near Puglia (IT) | Xinhua/RAI/ANSA/LR |
11/01/2016 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Somalia | drowned after traffickers threw group of 40 migrants into the Adriatic Sea near Puglia (IT) | Xinhua/RAI/ANSA/LR |
09/01/2016 | 7 | N.N. | Syria | died when bus carrying migrants to boat to Lesbos (GR) overturned in Balikesir (TR) | AFP/AlArabia/AA |
08/01/2016 | 6 | N.N. | Syria, Afghanistan, Myanmar | died when bus carrying migrants to boat bound for Greece slammed into car in Canakkale (TR) | AFP/AlArabia/DHA |
06/01/2016 | 34 | N.N. (incl 7 children; 1 pregn. w.) | unknown | washed ashore in Ayvalik (TR) and Dikili (TR) after 3 Lesbos-bound boats capsized | WatchTheMed/Irish Times/DailyMail/IOM |
05/01/2016 | 1 | Faris Khidr Ali (boy, 4 months) | Syria | froze to death in tent near Batman (TR) due to lack of fuel, electricity, and shelter | CihanNews/NRT |
04/01/2016 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat bound for the enclave of Ceuta (ES) was driven away by Moroccan border guards | EFE/Publico/WatchTheMed |
03/01/2016 | 1 | Masud Naveed (boy, 15) | Afghanistan | died trying to reach sister in GB from Calais "Jungle", Home Office refused to hear asylum application | Guardian/Daily Mail |
02/01/2016 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 2) | unknown | died after boat carrying migrants from Turkey to Greece slammed into rocks near Agathonisi (GR) | AFP/AlArabia/RTE/WatchTheMed |
in Jan 16 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in dunes of Calais (FR), rumours that they were attacked by right-wing extremists | VK |
In Jan 16 | 66 | N.N. | unknown | 35 drowned, 31 missing in migrant shipwreck between Turkey and Greece, 24 people rescued | Reuters |
in 2016 | 10 | N.N. (10 teenagers) | unknown | unaccompanied refugee children and youths committed suicide in 2016 in asylum centres in Sweden | LocalSE |
in 2016 | 2 | N.N. (boys, 8 months, 2 y) | unknown | brothers, died on the way from Turkey to Greece, buried in Izmir (TR) | WorldCrunch |
in 2016 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | committed suicide in asylum seekers centre in the Netherlands | VK |
28/12/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | unknown | stowaway, hit head trying to reach Great Britain from Grande-Synthe (FR) | VoixDuNord/France3/Passeurs dhospitali |
25/12/2015 | 2 | N.N. | Cameroon | drowned trying to swim from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | FFM/Faro/Local.es/AFP/StraitTimes |
25/12/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, 41) | Guinea-Bissau | stabbed to death in the street in Roquetas de Mar, Almería (ES) | LocalES |
24/12/2015 | 20 | N.N.(incl 11 children, 1 pregn. w.) | unknown | drowned when wooden boat to Lesbos (GR) sank near Izmir (TR) | DailySabah/AA/AP/Irish Times |
23/12/2015 | 13 | N.N. (incl 7 children) | unknown | drowned near Farmakonisi (GR) after leaving Turkish coast; 12 rescued | SP/Reu./AFP/IrishIndependent |
23/12/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | missing near Farmakonisi (GR) after leaving Turkish coast; 12 rescued | SP/Reu./AFP |
22/12/2015 | 11 | N.N. (incl 3 children) | unknown | drowned when boat carrying migrants from Turkey to Greece capsized in the Aegean Sea | SP/AP |
19/12/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Eritrea | fell from 3rd floor of Italian hospital during escape attempt; wanted to seek asylum in another country | LocalIT |
19/12/2015 | 1 | Roger Kalemba (man, ±50) | Congo | suicide, in Vottem (BE), about to be repatriated after 15 years of seeking asylum | MNS/JRS |
18/12/2015 | 18 | N.N. | Iraq, Syria, Pakistan | drowned when boat to Greece sank off coast of Bodrum (TR); 14 rescued | KI/DHA/Reu. |
16/12/2015 | 54 | N.N. (incl 3 women) | unknown | found dead in fishing boat off coast of Libya; 3,000 rescued | ObserverGazette |
16/12/2015 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Lesbos (GR); 90 rescued | SeaWatch |
14/12/2015 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, crushed while holding onto bottom of truck travelling from Calais (FR) to Great Britain | VK |
09/12/2015 | 12 | N.N. (6 children; 2 women; 4 m) | unknown | died after wooden boat from Didim (TR) capsized near Farmakonisi (GR) | HurriyetDN/DHA/AFP/AP/IrishIndependen |
09/12/2015 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | missing after boat from Didim (TR) capsized near Farmakonisi (GR) | HurriyetDN/DHA/AFP/AP/INDie |
08/12/2015 | 6 | N.N. (1 baby; 5 children) | Afghanistan | drowned when rubber dinghy to Chios (GR) capsized near Cesme (TR); 8 rescued | BBC/HurriyetDN/DHA/AP/IrishIndependen |
08/12/2015 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 6 months) | unknown | found dead after boat carrying migrants to Farmakonisi (GR) capsized in the Aegean Sea | HurriyetDN/DHA |
08/12/2015 | 1 | N.N. (child) | unknown | died after vessel to Greece sank in the Aegean Sea near Turkey | HurriyetDN/DHA |
08/12/2015 | 1 | Zakaria Abdelbanat Fered, (m,20) | Sudan | stabbed to death in migrant camp in Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Calais (FR) | Necropolis/LocalFR/Passeurs dhospitalité |
07/12/2015 | 1 | Sajida Ali (girl, 5) | unknown | reportedly died in shipwreck while trying to reach Greece, body washed ashore in Cesme (TR) | HurriyetDN/DHA/Telegraph/AA/Research |
03/12/2015 | 1 | Youssuf (boy, 16) | Sudan | hit by truck on A16 highway in Calais (FR) while trying to reach Great Britain | Necropolis/Libération/AFP/VoixDuNord/D |
03/12/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | stowaway, electrocuted after climbing atop train at Greek-North Macedonian border | Mail Online/Reu./AFP/DW/Sky |
01/12/2015 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Syria | drowned in an accident at refugee centre in Vestby (NO) | Klassekampen |
01/12/2015 | 20 | N.N. (incl 6 children) | Middle East | drowned when a migrant boat capsized between Cesme (Turkey) and Chios island (Greece) | WSJ |
01/12/2015 | 1 | Lina Zinab (woman, 39) | Syria | drowned with her mother and 20 others when migrant boat sunk between Cesme (TR) and Chios (GR) | WSJ |
01/12/2015 | 1 | Mrs. Zinab (woman, 62) | Syria | drowned with her daughter & 20 others when migrant boat sunk between Cesme (TR) and Chios (GR) | WSJ |
in Dec 15 | 2 | N.N. (2 children) | Iraq | drowned after boat capsized between Cesme (TR) and Chios (GR); 72 rescued | Imkander |
in Dec 15 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | 10 suffocated, 1 drowned after boat sank between Turkey and Greece; 2 missing, 15 rescued | Imkander |
in Dec 15 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | 3 drowned after boat sank on way to Greece from Antalya (TR); 3 missing, 17 rescued | Imkander |
in Dec 15 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, when boat sank on way from Bodrum (TR) to Greece; 58 rescued | Imkander |
30/11/2015 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, 23, 24) | Cameroon | asphyxiated when police burned down migrant encampent in Fnideq (MA), near Ceuta (ES) | Obs.france24/EFE/YABI |
24/11/2015 | 18 | N.N. (incl 2 children) | Nigeria | died in a fire in camp for African migrants in Algeria | AFP/BBC |
20/11/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±20) | Iraq | hit by a car on A16 highway in Grande-Synthe near Calais (FR) | VoixDuNord |
19/11/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | unknown | drowned between Turkey and Lesbos (GR), buried in graveyard in Lesbos | Reuters |
19/11/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, 35) | unknown | drowned between Turkey and Lesbos (GR), buried in graveyard in Lesbos | Reuters |
19/11/2015 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 7) | unknown | drowned between Turkey and Lesbos (GR), buried in graveyard in Lesbos | Reuters |
19/11/2015 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 12) | unknown | drowned between Turkey and Lesbos (GR), buried in graveyard in Lesbos | Reuters |
19/11/2015 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 17) | Eritrea | stabbed to death by 18-year-old boy (possibly her lover) at Sunndal refugee centre (NO) | VG |
19/11/2015 | 1 | N.N. (woman, ±30) | unknown | found dead after boat capsized near Bodrum (TR) | HurriyetDN/DHA |
18/11/2015 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | missing after boat capsized near Bodrum (TR) | HurriyetDN/DHA |
17/11/2015 | 2 | N.N. (2 young men) | unknown | found dead at warehouse in Branston (Great-Britain) inside a crate which had been delivered from Italy | BBC |
14/11/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, 29) | Afghanistan | found dead after being hit by train in Cherbourg (FR) | AFP/Le Figaro |
11/11/2015 | 14 | N.N. (incl children) | unknown | drowned after wooden boat sank between Turkey and Lesbos (GR); 27 rescued | Reuters |
01/11/2015 | 12 | N.N. (4 babies; 3 children; 5 w.) | unknown | drowned when boat capsized near Samos (GR); 2 missing, 15 rescued | Guardian/VK |
01/11/2015 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank off coast of Farmakonisi (GR) | VK |
in Nov 15 | 8 | Asaho (7 children, 0-9; 1 woman) | Syria | drowned on way from Turkey to Greece; family fleeing IS | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | drowned between Libya and Italy; 633 rescued | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat sank in the Aegean Sea on way to Lesbos (GR); 25 rescued | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | unknown | 1 drowned when boat sank near Didim (TR); 1 missing, 11 rescued | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | missing, after dinghy sank near Bodrum (TR); 5 rescued | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 2 | N.N. (children) | unknown | drowned when 1 of 3 dinghies headed from Bodrum (TR) to Kos (GR) sank; 28 rescued | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat sank near Ayvacik (TR) on way to Lesbos (GR); 27 rescued | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 4 | N.N. (3 children; 1 woman) | Afghanistan | drowned when 3 boats from Ayvacik (TR) to Lesbos (GR) sank during storm; 135 rescued | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 2 | N.N. (incl 1 woman) | unknown | bodies found on shores of Gerence (TR), Göreme (TR), and Datca (TR) | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 8 months) | Syria | drowned, when dinghy sank off Lesbos (GR); 34 rescued | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 3 | N.N. (2 children; 1 woman) | unknown | missing after overcrowded boat to Lesbos (GR) sank near Ayvacik (TR) in rough sea; 21 rescued | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | body found on the Turkish coast around Ayvacik during rescue operations, 1300 rescued | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 5 | N.N. (1 woman; 4 men) | unknown | bodies found near Ayvacik (TR) | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | bodies found in harbour near village of Behramkale, Ayvacik (TR) | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 2 | N.N. (incl 1 woman) | unknown | bodies found on Acidere coast in village of Gulpinar, Ayvacik (TR) | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 4 | N.N. (1 girl; 3 boys) | unknown | drowned when dinghy to Lesbos (GR) sank near Ayvacik (TR) during storm; 51 rescued | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 5 | N.N. (5 boys, 6 m., newborns) | unknown | bodies found in Ahmetce Koyu village, Ayvacik (TR) | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when dinghies capsized near Kos (GR) | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 11 | N.N. | Syria | 9 drowned after dinghy capsized 1 km from Kos (GR); 2 missing, 7 survivors | Imkander |
in Nov 15 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 4) | Syria | hit by train while walking with family on railroad tracks near the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border | ICRC |
31/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 63) | Afghanistan | died in camp in Opatovac (HR), possibly on way to Germany | AP |
30/10/2015 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | died in shipwreck off Rhodes (GR) in the Mediterranean Sea; 6 rescued | IOM/NBC |
30/10/2015 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | missing after shipwreck off Rhodes (GR) in the Aegean Sea; 6 rescued | IOM/NBC/AP/KI |
29/10/2015 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | died when boat capsized between Kalymnos and Kalolimnos (GR) in the Aegean Sea; 138 rescued | IOM/UNHCR/Xinhua |
29/10/2015 | 39 | N.N. (incl 2 babies) | Cameroon, Nigeria, Mali | 4 died after boat capsized in Alboran Sea between Al Hoceima (MA) and Málaga (ES); 35 missing | EFE/ElPeriodico |
28/10/2015 | 4 | N.N. (3 children, 1 baby) | unknown | died when boat capsized near Agathonisi (GR); 372 survived | IOM/UNHCR |
28/10/2015 | 34 | N.N. | unknown | missing after wooden boat sank near Lesbos (GR); 242 rescued | IOM/Reu./UNHCR |
28/10/2015 | 8 | N.N. (incl 5 children; 1 woman ) | unknown | died when wooden boat sank near Lesbos (GR); 242 rescued | IOM/Reu./UNHCR |
28/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 5) | Syria | died in hospital, possibly due to hypothermia, after arriving in Samos (GR) | IOM/UNHCR |
28/10/2015 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | missing after boat sank near Samos (GR), 47 rescued | IOM/UNHCR |
28/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. (child) | unknown | died in hospital, possibly due to hypothermia, after arriving in Lesbos (GR) | IOM/UNHCR/CNN |
28/10/2015 | 3 | N.N. | Syria, Afghanistan | died when boat capsized near Samos (GR), 52 rescued | IOM/UNHCR |
28/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. (baby) | unknown | missing after boat capsized near Samos (GR), 52 rescued | IOM/UNHCR |
27/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. | Syria | hit by car on highway near Calais (FR) while trying to reach Great Britain; 3 injured | FranceSoir |
26/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly died from injuries sustained aboard vessel near Agathonisi (GR) | WatchTheMed |
25/10/2015 | 3 | N.N. (2 children; 1 woman) | unknown | died after boat sank near Lesbos (GR) | AFP/KI/WatchTheMed |
25/10/2015 | 10 | N.N. | Afghanistan | died after boat sank near Lesbos (GR) | AFP/KI/Watch TheMed |
24/10/2015 | 70 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 40 bodies found dead, washed ashore in Zliten, Tripoli and Khoms (LB); 30 missing | Imkander/SBS |
24/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 2) | Afghanistan | missing after falling into the sea while travelling to Greece | AFP/KI |
22/10/2015 | 1 | Ahmed Hassan (boy, 15) | Somalia | murdered in racist assault at school in Trollhattan (SE); another student from Syria injured | Mail Online |
16/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Afghanistan | hit by freight train near the Channel Tunnel in Calais (FR) while trying to reach Great Britain | Parisien/Lacote/MNS |
15/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Iraq | died on way from Turkey to Lesbos (GR); forced on boat after having heart attack | PRI |
15/10/2015 | 1 | Mohamed Januzi (boy, 4) | Bosnia | murdered after being kidnapped from migrant registration centre in Berlin (DE) | AFP/LocalDE/DailyMail/Bild |
15/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Afghanistan | shot dead by border police in Sredets (BG) near Turkish-Bulgarian border; 53 detained | Reu./Novinite/VOA/MNS |
15/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | hit by car on A16 highway near the Channel Tunnel in Calais (FR) while trying to reach Great Britain | AFP/Ya.N/MNS |
14/10/2015 | 1 | Mohammed Akram (man, 22) | Afghanistan | stowaway, hit by van and then car on M20 highway in Kent (GB) | Mail Online/KM |
14/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. (woman, ±30) | Syria | hit by car on A16 highway in Calais (FR) while trying to reach Great Britain | VoixDuNord/Passeurs dhospitalités |
10/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | Afghanistan | murdered by Taliban after he and brother were sent back to Afghanistan from Denmark | Vivre |
09/10/2015 | 1 | N.N. (baby boy, 1 y.) | Syria | died on sinking boat near Lesbos (GR) | AFP/AlArabia |
09/10/2015 | 1 | Olivier (man) | Cameroon | died when raft capsized near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) due to brutal navy intervention | CadSER/GADEM |
09/10/2015 | 1 | Giorgio (man) | Guinea | died when raft capsized near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) due to brutal navy intervention | CadSER/GADEM |
in Oct 15 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±20) | Eritrea | hit by truck near the Channel Tunnel trying to get from France to Great Britain | MNS |
in Oct 15 | 60 | N.N. | unknown | died when boat sank in the Aegean Sea between Turkey and Lesbos (GR) | PRIME |
in Oct 15 | 1 | N.N. (child) | unknown | died on way from Turkey to Lesbos (GR) | VK |
in Oct 15 | 13 | N.N. (incl 2 children) | unknown | 3 drowned when boat from Turkey to Greece hit rocks; 10 missing, 45 rescued | Imkander |
in Oct 15 | 1 | N.N. | Syria | drowned when boat from Cesme (TR) to Chios (GR) sank at Kara Mahmut Cape; 43 rescued | Imkander |
in Oct 15 | 2 | N.N. (incl 1 baby) | unknown | missing after boat from Tasburun Bay (TR) capsized near Didim (TR); 93 rescued | Imkander |
30/09/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±20) | Eritrea | found dead after being hit by shuttle train near the Channel Tunnel in Coquelles, Calais (FR) | 20 Mf/AFP/Passeurs dhospitalités/Mirror/ |
29/09/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Iraq | stowaway, crushed under pallets in back of truck heading for Great Britain near Port of Calais (FR) | Francetvinfo/France3/Passeurs dhospital |
27/09/2015 | 17 | N.N. (incl 5 children) | Syria | drowned when boat sank near Bodrum (TR) on way to Kos (GR); 20 rescued | HurriyetDN/DHA/Independent/BBC/Reu./ |
24/09/2015 | 1 | Adam J. A. Abderahmane (m, 22) | Sudan | hit by freight train near the Channel Tunnel in Calais (FR) while trying to reach Great Britain | Necropolis/IRR/VICE/Ouest-France/NordL |
20/09/2015 | 13 | N.N. (incl 4 children) | unknown | died after dinghy collided with ferry near port of Canakkale (TR) on way to Lesbos (GR) | BBC |
20/09/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | found dead near Port of Calais (FR) after trying to swim to ferry | VoixDuNord/Passeurs dhospitalités |
20/09/2015 | 1 | N.N. (7, girl) | unknown | died when boat to Greece sank in the Aegean Sea; 20 rescued | AFP/eNCA/BBC |
20/09/2015 | 24 | N.N. | unknown | missing after boat sank off Lesbos (GR); 20 survived | AFP |
19/09/2015 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | found dead on boat off coast of Libya; 4500 rescued | MNS |
19/09/2015 | 1 | N.N. (5, girl) | Syria | died when boat to Greece sank in the Aegean Sea; 12 survived | AFP/Irish Times/Reu./Independent/AP/BB |
19/09/2015 | 13 | N.N. | Syria | missing after boat sank off Lesbos (GR); 12 survived | Independent/Reu./AP/Irish Times/BBC/Gr |
18/09/2015 | 7 | N.N. (incl 1 child) | unknown | died when boat to Europe sank off coast of Libya | Euronews |
17/09/2015 | 1 | Abdel Kader Hanna (man, ±30) | Syria | stowaway, electrocuted on top of freight train to Great Britain in the Channel Tunnel, Calais (FR) | BBC/France3/Passeurs dhospitalités/Exp |
15/09/2015 | 22 | N.N. (4 children; 11 w.; 7 men) | unknown | drowned when boat capsized off Bodrum (TR) while trying to reach Kos (GR) | Irish Times/Reu./DHA/Ya.N/Clandestina/A |
13/09/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, 21) | Syria | stabbed to death in the street in Sofia (BG) | Sputnik/BGNES |
13/09/2015 | 34 | N.N. (incl 4 babies; 11 children) | unknown | drowned near Farmakonisi (GR) when overcrowded wooden boat was hit in the Aegean Sea | Guardian/AthensNewsAgency/DailyMail |
12/09/2015 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | stowaway, found dead in wheel bay of plane at Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport (NL) | MNS |
12/09/2015 | 4 | N.N. (4 children) | unknown | went missing after boat capsized off Samos (GR) | Guardian |
06/09/2015 | 3 | N.N. | Africa | drowned off coast of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES); 1 missing; 1 body recovered | IOM/SP/Globedia |
06/09/2015 | 15 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | went missing after boat travelling from Libya to Italy hit rough waters; 107 rescued | IOM |
05/09/2015 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 2 months) | Syria | died after boat crashed on rocks and capsized upon reaching Agathonisi (GR) | IOM/SP |
04/09/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, 51) | Pakistan | died after falling and hitting head on train tracks in Bicske (HU) while running from police | ExpressTribune/Independent/Mirror/IBTim |
02/09/2015 | 1 | Galip Kurdi (boy, 5) | Syria | drowned after boat capsized near Bodrum (TR) | IBTimes/Guardian/CBS/VK/NationalAE/Im |
02/09/2015 | 1 | Aylan Kurdi (boy, 3) | Syria | drowned after boat capsized near Bodrum (TR) | IBT/Guardian/CBS/VK/NYTimes |
02/09/2015 | 1 | Rehan Kurdi (woman) | Syria | drowned after boat capsized near Bodrum (TR) | IBTimes/Guardian/CBS/VK/NationalAE/Im |
02/09/2015 | 10 | N.N. (10 children, 10, 11) | Syria | drowned after boat capsized near Bodrum (TR) | IBTimes/Guardian/CBS/VK/Imkander/MN |
in Sep 15 | 28 | N.N. (incl 11 children) | unknown | drowned near Didim (TR) while trying to get to Greece in fishing boat | Imkander |
in Sep 15 | 2 | N.N. | Syria | drowned near Seferihisar (TR) | Imkander |
in Sep 15 | 22 | N.N. (incl 4 children; 11 women) | unknown | died after boat sank near Datca (TR); 211 rescued | Imkander |
in Sep 15 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 4) | Syria | choked to death while travelling on boat from Cesme (TR) to Greece; 14 rescued | Imkander |
in Sep 15 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after 2 boats sank near Bodrum (TR) | Imkander |
in Sep 15 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized off Cavus Adasi (TR) | Imkander |
29/08/2015 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Syria | killed in shootout between police and traffickers in Symi (GR) | Enikos/Guardian/Telegraph/Imkander |
27/08/2015 | 71 | N.N. (4 children; 8 women; 59 m.) | Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan | suffocated in back of truck found outside Parndorf (AT); abandoned by traffickers | DerStandard/Guardian/Reuters/VK/MNS/ |
27/08/2015 | 200 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found in boat and floating in water off coast of Zuwarah (LY); 200 rescued | Guardian/BBC/DerStandard |
27/08/2015 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found on boat carrying migrants from Libya to Lampedusa (IT) | SeaWatch |
26/08/2015 | 52 | N.N. | unknown | suffocated in hold of boat off coast of Libya, forced to stay below deck; 439 rescued | Aljazeera/BBC/GuardianUn./VK |
26/08/2015 | 3 | N.N. (3 women) | unknown | found dead by rescuers on rubber boat off coast of Libya | Aljazeera |
26/08/2015 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died after being rescued from boat off coast of Libya | Aljazeera/BBC/GuardianUn. |
18/08/2015 | 6 | N.N. (incl baby) | Syria | drowned after boat capsized on way from Turkey to Kos (GR) | MorningJournal |
17/08/2015 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | hit by freight train while walking along railroad tracks on North Macedonian-Serbian border | Fox |
15/08/2015 | 49 | N.N. | unknown | suffocated after being prevented from leaving hold of ship off coast of Libya; 312 rescued | NYtimes/INDie |
10/08/2015 | 48 | N.N. | unknown | missing after rubber boat deflated in the Strait of Sicily; 52 rescued | Imkander/Independent/BBC |
07/08/2015 | 1 | Taimur Shinwari (man, 25) | Pakistan | drowned as he washed in Isonzo river, Gorizia (Italy, near Slovenian border), homeless asylum seeker | MSF/AlpMol |
06/08/2015 | 200 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Libya; 370 rescued | Telegraph/GuardianUn. |
06/08/2015 | 1 | T.K. (man, 30) | Uganda | suicide, in Verne immigration removal centre (GB) after being denied medication | Dorset/DetainedVoices/Sputnik |
03/08/2015 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | died, reportedly of dehydration, aboard various boats off coast of Libya | Local |
02/08/2015 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | India | reportedly jumped from employers flat in Cyprus where she was held by force as a domestic worker | KISA/Cyprus-mail |
02/08/2015 | 4 | N.N. (4 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) while swimming from Morocco | ElDiario/EFE |
in Aug 15 | 1 | N.N. (man, 27) | Morocco | stowaway, suffocated in suitcase stored in trunk of car travelling from Melilla (ES) to Almería (ES) | BBC/SP/Welt |
in Aug 15 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank near Bodrum (TR) on way to Lesbos (GR); 9 rescued | Imkander |
in Aug 15 | 3 | N.N. | Syria, Afghanistan | drowned after boat sank off Ayvacik (TR) on way to Lesbos (GR); 70 rescued | Imkander |
in Aug 15 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | died in accident in vehicle while being transported through Ayvalik (TR); 30 injured | Imkander |
30/07/2015 | 1 | Haji Ahmed Takeb Ragueh (m,68) | Djibouti | died after he was deported from Norway to Djibouti despite very severe health condition | Hamar |
29/07/2015 | 1 | Saleh Al Fadel (man, 22) | Sudan | hit by truck in Calais (FR) while attempting to board train from France to Great Britain | Necropolis/IRR/Reu/BBC/IBTimes |
28/07/2015 | 1 | Sadiq (man, 30) | Pakistan | died of injuries sustained in the Channel Tunnel travelling from France to Great Britain | IBTimes |
28/07/2015 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | Egypt | stowaway, electrocuted while climbing on roof of Eurostar train heading from Paris to London (GB) | MNS/LeMonde |
27/07/2015 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found below deck of wooden barge off coast of Libya | RTE/HeraldIRL/Reu./Mail Online |
24/07/2015 | 1 | Ganet (woman, 23) | Eritrea | hit by car on highway in Calais (FR) after being teargassed by police | Newsweek/IBTimes |
23/07/2015 | 1 | Husham Alzubair (man, 22) | unknown | died of head injury, body found on roof of train travelling from France to Great Britain | Birmingham Mail/Mirror/Independent/Gua |
23/07/2015 | 40 | N.N. (incl 7 children) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after inflatable boat sank off coast of Libya; 88 rescued | Reu/LocalIT/Imkander |
19/07/2015 | 1 | Houmed Moussa (boy, 17) | Eritrea | drowned in Calais (FR) while trying to hide from police | Vice/Socialist Worker/IBTimes |
16/07/2015 | 1 | Achrat Mohamed (man, 23) | Pakistan | died in Calais (FR) after being badly burned trying to enter Channel Tunnel | Express Tribune/MEM/SP/IBT |
14/07/2015 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 10) | Syria | died in diabetic coma after insulin bag was thrown overboard during trip to Italy | DW/AP/Reu./DPA/WatchTheMed |
10/07/2015 | 1 | Jean Luyindula (man, 42) | Russia | suicide in emergency shelter in Lucerne (CH), was without perspective after 12 years seeking asylum | Necropolis/HumanrightsCH/ZentralPlus |
08/07/2015 | 12 | N.N. (incl 2 pregnant women) | Africa | died after dinghy sank off coast of Libya on way to Italy | MigrantReport/IOM |
08/07/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died when boat capsized in the Aegean Sea near Farmakonisi (GR); 21 rescued | MigrantReport/UNHCR/Imkander |
08/07/2015 | 18 | N.N. | unknown | missing when boat capsized in the Aegean Sea near Farmakonisi (GR); 21 rescued | MigrantReport/UNHCR/Imkander |
07/07/2015 | 1 | Abdel Majid (man, 45) | Sudan | died in Calais (FR) while attempting to board freight train bound for Great Britain | GuardianUn./IBTimes |
07/07/2015 | 25 | N.N. | Syria, unknown | 3 drowned after 2 boats capsized near Didim (TR) on way to Farmakonisi (GR); 22 missing | DailySabah |
04/07/2015 | 1 | Samir Khedija (newborn) | Eritrea | died after mother fell from truck near Calais (FR), triggering premature delivery at 22 weeks | Guardian/IBTimes |
01/07/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Ivory Coast | jumped from window of apartment when police raided neighborhood in Boukhalef (MA) | ElDiario/RFI/PICUM |
01/07/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Ivory Coast | died during police operation to evict migrants from Boukhalef (MA) | RFI/PICUM |
in July 15 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank off Ayvacik (TR); 10 rescued | Imkander |
in July 15 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 16) | unknown | died of exhaustion after rescue from a boat on the Mediterranean; rescuers failed to reanimate her | CNN |
30/06/2015 | 1 | Zebiba Ali Said (woman, 22) | Eritrea | hit by car on A16 highway between Calais (FR) and Marck (FR) | Necropolis/Libération/IBTimes |
26/06/2015 | 1 | Getenet Legese Yacob (man, 32) | Ethiopia | died after attempting to board moving train in Coquelles (FR) | Parisien/Guardian/IBTimes |
25/06/2015 | 1 | Muyasar Bashtawi (woman, 61) | Syria | died of diabetics complications during Mediterranean journey from Egypt, arrived dead in Catania (IT) | UNHCR/LiveSicilia |
23/06/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | reportedly killed when inflatable dinghy to Italy was shot at by Libyan boat | Le Figaro/AFP |
20/06/2015 | 22 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | went missing after boat from Al Hoceima (MA) disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea | El Diario |
18/06/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | South Africa | stowaway, fell from plane travelling from Johannesburg (ZA) to Great Britain | BBC |
15/06/2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, 28) | South Africa | suicide, hanged himself out of fear of deportation in Rotterdam (NL) | Rijnmond/NU/Joop/Telegraaf/VK/NRC |
01/06/2015 | 1 | N.N. (±25) | unknown | hit by car on A16 highway near Calais (FR) | VoixDuNord/IBTimes |
in June 15 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank near Kara Ada (TR), going from Bodrum (TR) to Kos (GR); 56 rescued | Imkander |
29/05/2015 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after bodies found by rescue teams in and around various boats off coast of Libya | Aljazeera/TimesofIsrael |
25/05/2015 | 1 | Osama (boy, 17) | Morocco | fell from cliff while trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) from Morocco | ElDiario |
12/05/2015 | 7 | N.N. (6 children 3-7; 1 woman) | unknown | froze to death attempting to enter Turkey from Iran with 26 others | Imkander/ANF |
05/05/2015 | 40 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after rubber dinghy deflated and sank off coast of Catania (IT) | Telegraph/Reu./Local |
03/05/2015 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found by rescue teams in and around various boats off coast of Libya | USA Today/IBT |
in May 15 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank near Egriliman (TR); 13 rescued | Imkander |
23/04/2015 | 14 | N.N. (1 boy, 14; young men, 20s) | Somalia, Afghanistan | killed by train near Veles (MK) while walking on narrow mountain pass to Hungary | VK/MNS/ZEIT/ClandestinE/CBC/Imkande |
20/04/2015 | 3 | N.N. (1 child, 4; 1 woman; 1 man) | Syria | drowned near Zephyros beach, Rhodes (GR) after boat carrying 93 people was shipwrecked | WB/VK/Imkander |
20/04/2015 | 1 | Pinakin Patel (man, 33) | India | died of heart attack while detained at Yarls Wood removal centre (GB) | Guardian/No-Deportations |
20/04/2015 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat carrying 300 migrants to Italy sank off Libyan coast | ClandestinE |
19/04/2015 | 1 | More Kebba Dibanneh (26) | Gambia | drowned after boat capsized following collision with vessel near Gergarish (LY) | VK |
19/04/2015 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | shot by trafficker and thrown overboard after standing up without permission near Gergarish (LY) | VK |
18/04/2015 | 1100 | N.N. (incl 50 children; 250 w.) | Africa, Bangladesh | drowned after collision with vessel near Gergarish (LY); hundreds trapped in ship | ICRC/VK/MNS/NRC/AFP/Le Monde/Stam |
16/04/2015 | 41 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when vessel travelling to Italy sank off coast of Libya; 4 rescued | ClandestinE |
15/04/2015 | 12 | N.N. | Ghana, Nigeria | drowned after Christians were thrown overboard by Muslims during religious fight on the way to IT | VK/MNS/CNN |
13/04/2015 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of exhaustion on rescue boat carrying 144 people from capsized vessel going from Libya to Italy | taz |
12/04/2015 | 409 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | disappeared after vessel capsized off coast of Libya; 9 drowned, 144 rescued | Tagesschau/MNS/Reu./NOS/taz/NRC/FF |
06/04/2015 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Symi (GR) | Greek Reporter |
02/04/2015 | 1 | Oumar Dansokho (man, 25) | Guinea | suicide, set fire to himself in Fedasil Agency in Brussels (BE) after being denied refugee status | BrusselsTimes/MNS/Knack |
02/04/2015 | 1 | Benamar Lamri (man, 42) | Morocco | suicide, hanged himself in detention centre in Merksplas (BE) while awaiting deportation to Morocco | BrusselsTimes/MNS/Knack |
in Apr 15 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, boat sank near Foca, Turkey, 6 rescued | Imkander |
in Apr 15 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, boat sank near Mugla (TR), 9 rescued | Imkander |
in Apr 15 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank near Datca (TR); 28 rescued | Imkander |
27/03/2015 | 2 | N.N. | Syria | died in a fire at detention unit of the border police station in Bajakovo (HR); 3 survived | Dalje/UNHCR |
03/03/2015 | 50 | N.N. | Palestine, Lebanon, Syria | drowned after shipwreck near coast of Sicily (IT); had reportedly fled from Syria | MNS |
in Mar 15 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Syria | drowned after boat sank between Libya and Italy; 2-year-old son missing, husband and 3 children survived | SP |
in Mar 15 | 1 | Raif (boy, 2) | Syria | missing after boat sank between Libya and Italy; mother drowned, father and 3 siblings survived | SP |
in Mar 15 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Iraq | died of hypothermia, following beating and push back by Bulgarian authorities back toward Turkey | UNHCR/ForcedMigration |
in Mar 15 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck off coast of Tunisia; 79 rescued | Imkander |
in Mar 15 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank off Bodrum (TR); 8 rescued | Imkander |
in Mar 15 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank on way to Italy | Imkander |
14/02/2015 | 1 | Tesfaye (man, 26) | Ethiopia | body found in tent in migrant camp in Calais (FR) | IBTimes |
14/02/2015 | 1 | Fata Abdul (man, 23) | Yemen | suicide, hanged himself with t-shirt at detention centre in Thessaloniki (GR) | KI/aida/IRR |
13/02/2015 | 1 | Muhammad Nadim (man, 28) | Pakistan | suicide, hanged himself with towels in Amygdaleza detention centre (GR) | KI/IRR |
10/02/2015 | 1 | Sayed Mehdi Ahbari (man, 23) | Afghanistan | died after delay in receiving medical treatment at Amygdaleza detention centre in Greece | Clandestina/IRR |
08/02/2015 | 300 | N.N. | IvoryCoast, Mali, Senegal, M | drowned after 4 Libyan dinghies travelling to Italy hit rough waters; 86 rescued | VK/NRC/UNHCR/IOM/GuardianUn./AI |
08/02/2015 | 29 | N.N. | IvoryCoast, Mali, Senegal, M | died of hypothermia during rescue of boat from Libya off coast of Lampedusa (IT) | VK/NRC/UNHCR/IOM/Guardian/AI/Imkan |
07/02/2015 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized off Symi (GR) | Greek Reporter/Clandestina |
in Feb 15 | 1 | Shadi Omar Khataf (man) | Syria | washed up on shore of Farsund (NO) months after attempting to swim from France to Great Britain | IBTimes/MNS |
in Feb 15 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | missing after dinghy sank off Canakkale (TR); 7 rescued | Imkander |
in Feb 15 | 1 | N.N. | Syria | drowned trying to reach Greece near Ayvacik (TR); 7 rescued | Imkander |
in Feb 15 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after dinghy sank off Marmaris County (TR); 9 rescued | Imkander |
in Jan 15 | 2 | N.N. (incl 1 man, 35) | unknown | drowned after boat sank in the Aegean Sea, bodies found on islands of Psemiros (GR) and Kalimnos (GR) | Imkander |
in Jan 15 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck off Ayvalik, county of Balikesir (TR); 8 rescued | Imkander |
in Jan 15 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck off Ayvalik, county of Balikesir (TR); 40 rescued | Imkander |
in 2015 | 1 | N.N. (man, 35) | unknown | found unconscious in room in Irish Reception Centre, died in hospital cause of death unknown | IRR/TheJournal |
in 2015 | 20 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of malnutrition and physical abuse in Gharyan detention centre in Libya | BBC |
in 2015 | 6 | N.N. (young men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | shot by Moroccan security forces while trying to enter Spain or its enclaves that spring | PRI |
19/12/2014 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized near northern Morocco while travelling to Spain | BS/AAN/MNS |
19/12/2014 | 3 | N.N. (3 babies) | unknown | drowned after boat capsized near northern Morocco while travelling to Spain | BS/AAN/MNS |
12/12/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sudan | stowaway, crushed by truck wheel while travelling from France to Great Britain | BBC |
05/12/2014 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | died of hypothermia/dehydration while travelling from Libya to Italy by boat | MNS/ANSA |
05/12/2014 | 22 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly missing after falling into the sea after high waves, southeast of Almería (ES); 29 rescued | NDTV/The Age |
01/12/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | killed in Calais (FR) while trying to cross highway full of trucks heading to Great Britain | CMS/NordLittoral |
in Dec 14 | 180 | N.N. | Syria, Sub-Saharan Africa | 30 drowned after vessel capsized off coast of Libya; 150 missing, 70 rescued | MNS |
19/11/2014 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, killed during a fire inside truck while trying to enter Great Britain from Belgium | CMS/Mail Online/EastAFRO/Telegraph |
16/11/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man, 29) | Eritrea | died of smoke inhalation during arson attack on migrant centre in Geneva (Switzerland); >40 wounded | MNS/Vivre/WIKI |
07/11/2014 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Syria | hit by train while walking along tracks between Greece and Turkey | HURRIYET/DailyMail |
06/11/2014 | 1 | Mohamed Asfak (man, 26) | Pakistan | died after delay receiving medical treatment after a beating at Amygdaleza detention centre (GR) | GR/infomob/Tribune |
03/11/2014 | 24 | N.N. | Afghanistan, Syria | drowned after boat on way to Bulgaria/Romania capsized in Black Sea near Turkey | HurriyetDN/NRC/Mail Online/Alakhbar/NU |
03/11/2014 | 12 | N.N. | Afghanistan, Syria | missing after boat capsized in the Black Sea near Turkey on way to Bulgaria/ Romania | HurriyetDN/NRC/Mail Online/Alakhbar/NU |
25/10/2014 | 1 | Afom (man, 26) | Eritrea | died after being hit by truck following release from police station, was in coma for 9 days | CMS |
24/10/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man, 22) | Sudan | stowaway, died after jumping off bridge in attempt to access truck going from France to Great Britain | CMS |
20/10/2014 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 16) | Ethiopia | killed in France trying to cross highway full of trucks heading to Great Britain | CMS/EastAFRO |
13/10/2014 | 2 | N.N. (1 boy, 8; 1 woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in sinking boat from Morocco which lost its way to Spain; 52 people rescued | Kouame |
01/10/2014 | 10 | N.N. | Senegal | 2 drowned after vessel capsized near Tangiers (MA); 8 missing | MNS |
in Oct 14 | 1 | Mouaz al Balkhi (man, 22) | Syria | body found near Texel (NL) after attempt to swim in wet suit from Calais (FR) to Great Britain | IBT |
26/09/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man, 26) | Sudan | drowned in canal in the centre of Calais (FR) | CMS |
23/09/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died after fight at refugee centre near Wolfsburg (DE); another man severely injured | WAZ |
22/09/2014 | 40 | N.N. | unknown | went missing after vessel capsized off coast of Libya; 55 rescued | MNS |
14/09/2014 | 214 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat carrying 250 sank off Tajura (LY) while travelling to Italy; 36 rescued | Reu./GuardianUn./BBC/Telegraph/NRC |
13/09/2014 | 20 | N.N. | Palestine | 15 drowned after boat capsized near El Agamy (EG); 5 missing, 72 rescued | UNHCR |
10/09/2014 | 487 | N.N. | Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Sud | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after traffickers sank boat carrying 500 migrants | IOM/Reu./GuardianUn./MPG/BBC/Telegra |
05/09/2014 | 1 | Rubel Ahmed (man, 26) | Bangladesh | suicide, hanged himself in cell at Morton Hall detention centre, near Swinderby (GB) | OpenDem/Guardian/Corporate/Symaag/N |
31/08/2014 | 105 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after rubber dinghy capsized shortly after leaving Libya; no survivors | MPG/DN |
30/08/2014 | 1 | Roumian Tisse (man, 26) | Cameroon | died trying to climb fence separating Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | ProAsyl/ELM/MNS |
30/08/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Cameroon | died while trying to climb a fence separating Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Melilla | ProAsyl/ELM/MNS |
24/08/2014 | 1 | Nasir Galid (man, 32) | Somalia | died in hospital in Amsterdam (NL) of head injury from attack on garage he was sleeping in | WijZijnHier/VK/Parool |
24/08/2014 | 22 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat carrying 400 capsized off coast of Libya due to bad weather; all bodies identified | UNHCR |
24/08/2014 | 1 | Rania Ayman Yaldani (w 27) | unknown | drowned after boat carrying 400 capsized off coast of Libya, identified and buried in Sicily | UNHCR/RefDeeply |
24/08/2014 | 1 | Sireen Mekdad (woman) | Syria | drowned after boat carrying 400 capsized off coast of Libya, identified and buried in Sicily | UNHCR/AlJazeera |
24/08/2014 | 12 | N.N. | Africa | missing after fishing boat carrying 400 capsized off coast of Libya due to bad weather | UNHCR |
23/08/2014 | 18 | N.N. | North Africa | died, probably from dehydration and starvation, on dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea; 73 survived | DW/UNHCR |
23/08/2014 | 10 | N.N. | North Africa | missing, feared drowned in the Mediterranean Sea; 73 survived | UNHCR/AP/MNS |
22/08/2014 | 7 | N.N. (7 women) | unknown | drowned after overcrowded boat capsized off Garibouli (LY); 19 survived | UNHCR/ AP/ MNS |
12/05/2014 | 3 | N.N. (3 children) | Africa | drowned after boat carrying 400 migrants sank off coast of Libya while travelling to Italy; 206 rescued | BBC/LR/VK/DN/Aljazeera/Ya.N/UNHCR/M |
22/08/2014 | 239 | N.N. | unknown | missing, feared drowned after overcrowded boat capsized off Garibouli (LY); 19 survived | UNHCR/ AP/ MNS |
21/08/2014 | 1 | Abdelhak Goradia (man, 51) | Algeria | died from violent treatment by police on way to be deported from Paris airport (FR) to Algeria | MNS/OpenDem/Paris-luttes |
18/08/2014 | 1 | Amdi Mostafa (man) | unknown | jumped from balcony of room in asylum centre in Haldensleben (DE) | AyslstrikeBerlin/RefugeeProtest |
16/08/2014 | 1 | Meet Singh Kapoor (man, 40) | Afghanistan | body found among stowaways in shipping container at Tilbury Docks (GB); 34 survived | Guardian/AP/Telegraph/MNS/CMS/BBC |
13/08/2014 | 1 | Toumani Samake (man, 23) | Mali | reportedly beaten to death by Guardia Civil while trying to force entry to the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | ProAsyl/ MNS |
in Aug 14 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | missing after boat sank near Ayvalik (TR); 12 rescued | Imkander |
in Aug 14 | 1 | Ayman Karawani (man, ±30) | Syria | drowned after old wooden fishing boat carrying approximately 600 people capsized off coast of Libya | GuardianUn. |
28/07/2014 | 153 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat sank near Al Khums (LY); 17 rescued | MNS/Imkander |
28/07/2014 | 128 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 20 drowned after boat sank off coast of Libya; 108 missing, 22 rescued | WMN/ISNA |
27/07/2014 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Africa | stowaway, found dead in wheel bay of US military plane upon arrival at Ramstein Air Base (DE) | MNS/CBS/CNN/DailyMail |
24/07/2014 | 1 | Ahmed Osman (boy, 17) | Eritrea | stowaway, hit by bus at depot in Bexwell (UK); had been hiding under it since Calais (FR) | EDP24/CMS |
22/07/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man, 52) | Pakistan | died after delay in medical treatment at Amygdaleza detention centre (GR) | MNS/ Clandestina |
22/08/2014 | 5 | N.N. (5 young children) | unknown | drowned after overcrowded boat capsized off Garibouli (LY); 19 survived | UNHCR/ AP/ MNS |
21/07/2014 | 1 | Sergio C.B. González (man, 26) | Columbia | suicide, in Helsinki prison (FI) after being incarcerated for not having valid work permit | MigrantTales/IRR |
21/07/2014 | 19 | N.N. | unknown | 5 drowned in shipwreck in the Strait of Sicily; 14 missing, 61 rescued | ANSA |
19/07/2014 | 29 | N.N. | Syria, Pakistan, Nigeria | reportedly suffocated from toxic boat engine fumes while travelling to Italy | IOM/UNHCR/NRC/GuardianUn./Independ |
19/07/2014 | 1 | Mohamed (boy, 1) | Syria | drowned after falling overboard from overcrowded vessel while travelling to Italy | IOM/UNHCR/LR/NRC/Guardian/Independ |
19/07/2014 | 151 | N.N. | Syria, Pakistan, Nigeria | reportedly murdered on overcrowded vessel in the Mediterranean Sea on way to Italy | IOM/UNHCR/NRC/GuardianUn./Independ |
18/07/2014 | 60 | N.N. | unknown | went missing after ship sank off coast of Libya; 62 rescued | LAInfo |
14/07/2014 | 109 | N.N. (incl 1 pregnant woman) | unknown | missing after dinghy capsized off coast of Libya; 12 rescued | UNHCR |
11/07/2014 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat sank off Samos (GR); 13 rescued | ClandestinE |
06/07/2014 | 1 | N.N. (child, 6) | Syria | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Tripoli (LY) | UNHCR |
06/07/2014 | 6 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Tripoli (LY) | HurriyetDN/state.org |
06/07/2014 | 1 | N.N. (child, 3) | Syria | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Tripoli (LY) | UNHCR |
06/07/2014 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Syria | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Tripoli (LY) | UNHCR |
06/07/2014 | 3 | N.N. | Eritrea | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Tripoli (LY) | UNHCR |
04/07/2014 | 1 | Sara Neid (newborn girl) | Syria | premature bith (8 months) during expulsion from Switzerland to Italy. No ambulance called by guards | Vivre/RTS/TribuneGeneve/Courrier/Necro |
02/07/2014 | 74 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned after overcrowded boat capsized off Sicily (IT); 27 rescued | BBC/Ans |
in July 14 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat sank off Samos (GR); 31 survived | Imkander |
in July 14 | 19 | N.N. | unknown | suffocated due to carbon monoxide poisoning on boat headed for Lampedusa (IT) | Imkander |
in July 14 | 5 | N.N. (incl 2 women) | unknown | 4 drowned when boat sank off Ayvalik (TR); 1 missing, 12 rescued | Imkander |
29/06/2014 | 45 | N.N. (45 men) | Syria, Senegal, Mali, Gambi | suffocated in the hold of traffickers boat overcrowded with 600 African migrants | OOB/Ans/Guardian/Telegraaf/Aljazeera |
23/06/2014 | 1 | T.B. (man, 27) | Ethiopia | died of high fever and suspected tuberculosis in Rome (IT); was living in squat with 500 other migrants | COR |
23/06/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found dead day after arrival in Rome (IT), probably of dehydration and exhaustion | COR |
13/06/2014 | 100 | N.N. | unknown | 10 died in shipwreck off coast of Sicily (IT); 90 missing; 40 rescued | AFP |
07/06/2014 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after dinghy carrying 112 migrants capsized during rescue operation near Malta | MT/Xinhua/MNS/GuardianUn./Rel |
07/06/2014 | 4 | N.N. | Africa | fell from rope ladder during rescue attempt in the Mediterranean Sea | MNS/Rel/GuardianUn./SydHerald |
07/06/2014 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | missing after dinghy carrying 112 migrants capsized during rescue operation near Malta | BS/AAN/MNS |
03/06/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Afghanistan | body washed ashore on northeast coast of Lesbos (GR) | Lesvosnews |
31/05/2014 | 1 | Lütfullah Tacik (boy, 17) | Afghanistan | beaten to death by 2 police officers in migration centre in Van after being caught at Turkish border | HurriyetDN/state.org |
23/05/2014 | 1 | Aroon Yoosif (man, 19) | Sudan | stowaway, died after falling from tourist bus while trying to get to Great Britain | Necropolis/CMS/IRR |
23/05/2014 | 1 | Jeanneath Beltran (woman) | Nigeria | died after delay in receiving medical attention at hospital in Toledo (ES) | MNS |
22/05/2014 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 15) | Afghanistan | stowaway, found dead in back of truck bound for Italy in port of Igoumenitsa (GR) | Infomob/CMS/NeosKos |
12/05/2014 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Africa | drowned after boat carrying 400 migrants sank off coast of Libya while travelling to Italy; 206 rescued | BBC/LR/VK/DN/Aljazeera/Ya.N/UNHCR/M |
12/05/2014 | 12 | N.N. (12 women) | Africa | drowned after boat carrying 400 migrants sank off coast of Libya while travelling to Italy | BBC/LR/VK/DN/Aljazeera/Ya.N/UNHCR/M |
12/05/2014 | 177 | N.N. | Africa | missing, presumed dead after boat carrying 400 migrants sank off coast of Libya; 17 bodies found | BBC/LR/VK/DN/Aljazeera/Ya.N/UNHCR |
12/05/2014 | 38 | N.N. (incl children, 2 women) | unknown | 35 drowned, 3 missing when smugglers deliberately sunk boat off Libyan coast to trigger rescue | VK |
11/05/2014 | 40 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat sank around 37 miles east of Tripoli (LY); 51 rescued | Reu. |
07/05/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Eritrea | died from blow to head near Pozzallo (IT) while being forced to board boat | ANSAmed |
06/05/2014 | 44 | N.N. (incl 1 pregnant woman) | Africa | drowned after boat carrying 130 sank off coast of Libya on way to Italy; 53 survivors | UNHCR/Guardian/BBC/SP/Imkander |
06/05/2014 | 33 | N.N. | Africa | missing after boat carrying 130 sank off coast of Libya on way to Italy; 53 survivors | BBC/LR/VK/DN/Aljazeera/Ya.N/UNHCR |
05/05/2014 | 18 | N.N. | Somalia, Syria, Eritrea | drowned after boat travelling from Turkey capsized off coast of Samos (GR) | SP/AP/MNS |
05/05/2014 | 4 | N.N. (4 children) | Somalia, Syria, Eritrea | drowned after boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off coast of Samos (GR) | SP/AP/MNS |
05/05/2014 | 10 | N.N. | Somalia, Syria, Eritrea | missing after boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off coast of Samos (GR) | SP/AP |
02/05/2014 | 4 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat sprung a leak in the Mediterranean Sea near coast of Libya; 80 rescued | MT/GuardianUn. |
02/05/2014 | 1 | Mengs Medhane (boy, 16) | Eritrea | stowaway, died after jumping off truck on A16 in Condette (FR) on way to Great Britain; 3 survived | CMS/MigrStrug |
30/04/2014 | 40 | N.N. | Somalia | reportedly drowned after boat sank off coast of Libya; 1 survivor | MT/GuardianUn. |
16/04/2014 | 7 | N.N. | Syria | drowned after boat capsized while travelling from Turkey to Greece; 3 rescued | DN |
16/04/2014 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Syria | drowned after boat capsized on way from Turkey to Greece; 3 rescued | DN |
16/04/2014 | 5 | N.N. | Syria | missing after boat capsized while travelling from Turkey to Greece; 3 rescued | DN |
15/04/2014 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | shot dead by Greek coast guard in the Mediterranean Sea travelling to Greece; suspected trafficker | Reu./JW |
13/04/2014 | 1 | Joshua (baby, 1 month) | Ghana | died in Hannover (DE) after mother refused medical care in German hospital due to lack of insurance | HAZ/ FR-NieSa/ BildZ |
12/04/2014 | 1 | Artavazd Gasparyan | Armenia | suicide near asylum centre in Schalkhaar (NL) prior to deportation to DE; psychiatric problems ignored | NRC/21Miles/DutchN |
09/04/2014 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found during Italian rescue operation of boat bound for Europe | NBC/Zeit |
in Apr 14 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | body found on ship in the Mediterranean Sea during Italian naval operation; 4,000 rescued | GuardianUn./SD/Local/IOL |
30/03/2014 | 1 | Christine Case (woman, 40) | Jamaica | died due to insufficient medical care in Yarls Wood immigration removal centre, Bedforshire (GB) | Guardian/Independent/BBC/IRR/No-Depo |
18/03/2014 | 5 | N.N. | Syria | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after boat began to take in water off coast Lesbos (GR); 8 rescued | Guardian/Reu/Imkander |
18/03/2014 | 1 | N.N. (4, girl) | Syria | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after boat began to take in water off coast Lesbos (GR); 8 rescued | Guardian/Reu/Imkander |
18/03/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man, 47) | Syria | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after boat began to take in water off coast Lesbos (GR); 8 rescued | Guardian/Reu/Imkander |
18/03/2014 | 2 | N.N. | Syria | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after boat began to take in water off coast Lesbos (GR); 8 rescued | GuardianUn./Reu. |
14/03/2014 | 1 | Abdallah Jamal (man, 20) | Ethiopia | stowaway, died when he hit head in truck while trying to get to Great Britain | Necropolis/CMS/IRR |
14/03/2014 | 1 | Senay Berha (man, 25) | Ethiopia | found dead in river near Eritrean refugee camp in Calais (FR); had been missing for several days | CMS |
12/03/2014 | 1 | Mesfin Germa (man) | Ethiopia | hit by truck walking into Port of Calais (FR) while trying to get to Great Britain | CMS/ DM |
09/03/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Albania | stabbed to death on highway outside Calais (FR) | CMS |
07/03/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±20) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia after being rescued from dinghy near Tarifa (ES); 9 others rescued | EP |
in Mar 14 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank off coast of Bodrum (TR) on way to Greece; 3 rescued | Imkander |
26/02/2014 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Albania | missing, reportedly drowned after jumping off ferry near Harwich (GB) while being deported from GB | Mirror/ BBC |
20/02/2014 | 1 | Kahve Pouryazdan (man, 49) | Iran | suicide, set himself on fire in Tübingen (DE) after spending 10 years seeking asylum in Germany | Karawane |
15/02/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | India | jumped from window of asylum centre in Zeitz (DE) | MZ/ MDR/ FR-S |
14/02/2014 | 1 | Ahmed J. (man, 43) | Libya | died of pulmonary embolism after security guard in Plauen (DE) refused to call an ambulance | MDR/MZ/ProAsyl/El Pais |
06/02/2014 | 11 | N.N. | Africa | shot by Spanish/Moroccan police in Fnideq (MA) while trying to reach Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | BB/FFM/Reu./Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE/EL |
06/02/2014 | 1 | Ibrahim Keita (man) | Africa | shot by Spanish/Moroccan police in Fnideq (MA) while trying to reach Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | BB/FFM/Reuters/Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE |
06/02/2014 | 1 | Armand Debordo Bakayo (man) | Africa | shot by Spanish/Moroccan police in Fnideq (MA) while trying to reach Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | BB/FFM/Reu./Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE |
06/02/2014 | 1 | Joseph Blaise (man) | Africa | shot by Spanish/Moroccan police in Fnideq (MA) while trying to reach Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | BB/FFM/Reuters/Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE |
06/02/2014 | 1 | Yves Martin Blong (man) | Africa | shot by Spanish/Moroccan police in Fnideq (MA) while trying to reach Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | BB/FFM/Reuters/Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE |
06/02/2014 | 1 | Ousman Kenzo (man) | Africa | shot by Spanish/Moroccan police in Fnideq (MA) while trying to reach Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | BB/FFM/Reuters/Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE |
06/02/2014 | 1 | Oumar Ben Sanda (man) | Africa | shot by Spanish/Moroccan police in Fnideq (MA) while trying to reach Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | BB/FFM/Reuters/Telegraph/VK/SP/ECRE |
05/02/2014 | 3 | N.N. (2 boys, 6, 7; 1 woman, 33) | Pakistan | died in fire in their asylum home in Eimsbüttel (DE); mother and 2 children | Karawane/ FR/ Tagesspiegel/ Hamburger |
03/02/2014 | 1 | N.N. (30) | Iran | shot in chest in industrial zone of Marcel Doret in Calais (FR) | CMS/VoixDuNord |
30/01/2014 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Iran | stowaway, died falling from truck near Calais (FR) while trying to get to Great Britain | CMS/LaVoixDuNord |
24/01/2014 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized near Kusadasi (TR); 7 missing, 11 rescued | TodZam/Xinhua |
24/01/2014 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | missing, reportedly drowned, after boat capsized near Kusadasi (TR); 11 rescued | TodZam/Xinhua |
20/01/2014 | 4 | Ahmadi (mother; 3 chn: 9;11;13) | unknown | drowned, encounter with Greek coast guard caused boat to capsize near Farmakonisi (GR); 16 survived | ProAsyl/ECRE/Infomobile/Euronews/Xinh |
20/01/2014 | 8 | N.N. (6 children; 2 women) | Afghanistan, Syria | missing, the boat capsized near Farmakonisi (GR) following clash with Greek coast guard; 16 survived | ProAsyl/ECRE/Infomobile/Euronews/Xinh |
16/01/2014 | 1 | N.N. (man, 54) | Sudan | froze to death in river on Russian-Estonian border while attempting to cross into the EU from Russia | EXP/AFP |
13/01/2014 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | unknown | drowned, bodies found on different beaches on Chios (GR) | W2EU/ Greekreporter/ Newsit |
in 2014 | 1 | N.N. (man, 35) | unknown | found unconscious in room in Irish Reception Centre, died in hospital cause of death unknown | IRR/TheJournal |
in 2014 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Guinea | stowaway, drowned after reaching Marseille (FR) by boat to ask for asylum and getting re-embarked | Anafe |
28/12/2013 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | suicide, hanged himself fearing deportation following one-year prison sentence in Cyprus | IRR |
21/12/2013 | 1 | N.N. (man, 28) | Iran | suicide, set himself on fire at a crossroad in central Athens (GR); died on his way to hospital | MNS/ Voice of Russia |
11/12/2013 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | went missing after small boat capsized in the Strait of Gibraltar near Cádiz (ES); 2 rescued | EP |
09/12/2013 | 1 | N.N. | Syria | drowned after boat carrying 36 migrants sank off coast of Izmir (TR) on way to Chios (GR) | AdnK/TodZam |
09/12/2013 | 1 | N.N. | Myanmar | drowned after boat carrying 36 migrants sank off coast of Izmir (TR) on way to Chios (GR) | AdnK/TodZam |
09/12/2013 | 1 | N.N. | Afghanistan | drowned after boat carrying 36 migrants sank off coast of Izmir (TR) on way to Chios (GR) | AdnK/TodZam |
09/12/2013 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat carrying 36 migrants sank off coast of Izmir (TR) on way to Chios (GR) | AdnK/TodZam |
09/12/2013 | 1 | Yemane Gaberanguse (man, 22) | Eritrea | died while trying to travel from Calais (FR) to GB; did not had medical treatment before leaving | CMS |
08/12/2013 | 1 | Kallo Al-Hassan (man, 43) | Ghana | died in refugee centre in Heiligenhaus (DE) due to delayed medical care | Karawane/Westen |
02/12/2013 | 3 | N.N. (3 men, 20-30) | unknown | went missing after dinghy capsized in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; 1 survivor | KI |
30/11/2013 | 3 | N.N. | Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan | went missing after boat sank in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; 15 survived | GWM/TVXS |
29/11/2013 | 5 | N.N. (3 children; 2 adults) | Syria | drowned after boat carrying 14 migrants sank off coast of Turkey in the Aegean Sea | TodZam/NewsD/Xinhua/AdnK/MNS |
29/11/2013 | 1 | N.N. (woman, ±35) | Asia | died trying to cross the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border | Avgi |
21/11/2013 | 1 | Kathan al Omar (man, 35) | Syria | died of heart attack in refugee camp in Sofia (BG) after complaints of chest pain were ignored | MNS/AP |
15/11/2013 | 12 | N.N. (4 children; 8 adults) | Syria | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Lefkada (GR); reportedly travelling to Italy | GuardianUn./Xinhua/AdnK/CBC/MNS |
05/11/2013 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | fell from border fence trying to cross from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | MNS/Naharnet/VOR |
04/11/2013 | 1 | Robiel (man) | Eritrea | found floating in water near Port of Calais (FR) after trying to swim to Great Britain | CMS/VoixDuNord |
in Nov 13 | 1 | Dominic Man Addiah (man, 31) | Liberia | froze to death sleeping in car near Rosarnos migrant ghetto (IT). 118 support came only after 1 hour | EqTimes/Terrelibere |
30/10/2013 | 87 | N.N. (48 children, 32 w, 7 m) | unknown | found dead of thirst in Sahara Desert after truck broke down on Niger/Algeria border; 21 survivors | MNS/HurriyetDN |
11/10/2013 | 268 | N.N. (100 children; 168 adults) | Syria | 34 drowned after boat sank 113 km away from Lampedusa (IT); emergency call ignored; 234 missing | LR/VK/BorderlineEU/Asyl in Not/Guardian |
11/10/2013 | 12 | N.N. | Syria, Palestine, Egypt | drowned after boat capsized near port of Alexandria (EG); 22 missing, 116 rescued | LR/BBC/AI/Nu |
11/10/2013 | 22 | N.N. | Syria, Palestine, Egypt | missing after boat of 150 capsized near port of Alexandria (EG) | LR/BBC/AI/Nu |
03/10/2013 | 365 | N.N. (incl 2 children, 93 women) | Africa | drowned after boat from Libya caught fire and sank off the coast of Lampedusa (Italy); 155 rescued | VK/NRC/ANP/AiN/Presse/NYtimes/BBC/ |
03/10/2013 | 1 | Tsegay Mahder Berk (man, 27) | Eritrea | drowned with 372 others after boat from Libya caught fire and sank off coast of Lampedusa (Italy) | Necropolis/VK/NRC/ANP/AiN/Presse/NYti |
03/10/2013 | 1 | Teweldemedihin Samuel (m, 22) | Eritrea | drowned with 372 others after boat from Libya caught fire and sank off coast of Lampedusa (Italy) | Necropolis/VK/NRC/ANP/AiN/Presse/NYti |
03/10/2013 | 1 | Fesehaye Zakarias Tewelde(m,23) | Eritrea | drowned with 372 others after boat from Libya caught fire and sank off coast of Lampedusa (Italy) | Necropolis/VK/NRC/ANP/AiN/Presse/NYti |
03/10/2013 | 1 | Amanuel Habteslasie T. (man, 29) | Eritrea | drowned with 372 others after boat from Libya caught fire and sank off coast of Lampedusa (Italy) | Necropolis/VK/NRC/ANP/AiN/Presse/NYti |
03/10/2013 | 1 | Delina Mahari (girl, baby) | East Africa | drowned with her mother and siblings after boat from Libya caught fire and sank off Lampedusa (Italy) | Necropolis/VK/NRC/ANP/AiN/Presse/NYti |
03/10/2013 | 1 | Milen Mahari (newborn) | East Africa | drowned with mother and siblings after boat from Libya caught fire and sank off Lampedusa (Italy) | Necropolis/VK/NRC/ANP/AiN/Presse/NYti |
03/10/2013 | 1 | Esrom Mahari (small boy) | East Africa | drowned with his mother and siblings after boat from Libya caught fire and sank off Lampedusa (Italy) | Necropolis/VK/NRC/ANP/AiN/Presse/NYti |
03/10/2013 | 1 | Helen Kebede (woman) | East Africa | drowned with her children after boat from Libya caught fire and sank off coast of Lampedusa (Italy) | Necropolis/VK/NRC/ANP/AiN/Presse/NYti |
in Oct 13 | 1 | Aref Hassanzade (man, 22) | Afghanistan | reportedly murdered by Taliban in Afghanistan after being deported from Belgium | IRR |
30/09/2013 | 13 | N.N. (13 men) | Eritrea, unknown | drowned after being forced to disembark off coast of Sicily (IT) | AdnK/Reuters/TimesM/EP/VK/NRC/MNS/ |
28/09/2013 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | unknown | found dead near Sidi Lakhdar (DZ); body had been at sea for months | Oran |
17/09/2013 | 1 | Fadwa Taha Ali (woman, 50) | Syria | shot in the Mediterranean Sea when boat carrying 200 refugees was attacked by Egyptian navy | AI/LR |
17/09/2013 | 1 | Amr Dailool (man, 30) | Syria | shot in the Mediterranean Sea when boat carrying 200 refugees was attacked by Egyptian navy | AI/LR |
16/09/2013 | 12 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1 dead, 11 missing after boat of 42 capsized off coast of the enclave of Ceuta (ES); 30 rescued | MNS/EP |
16/09/2013 | 1 | Tahir Mahmood (man, 48) | unknown | died of liver problems, was not given indicated diet in Towers DP centre in Dublin, left wife & 4 child. | IRR/TheJournal/No-Deportations |
10/08/2013 | 6 | N.N. | Egypt | drowned after boat hit sandbank near Catania (IT) causing passengers to disembark too early | AFP/SP/France24/Euronews/24News/MN |
10/08/2013 | 1 | Moustapha Anaki (man, 31) | Morocco | died of unknown causes in detention centre near Crotone (IT); ensuing protests caused centre to close | LR |
06/08/2013 | 1 | Commandan (young man) | Afghanistan | stabbed by another Afghan at squat in Calais (FR); reportedly a reprisal attack without fatal intent | CMS |
04/08/2013 | 3 | N.N. (3 women) | Africa | died in rubber dinghy in the Mediterranean Sea; bodies thrown overboard | GlobalPost |
01/08/2013 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | died after receiving medical care during rescue operation (ES) | ABC |
in Aug 13 | 1 | N.N. (man) | India | suicide, in refugee centre in Harbke (DE) | Karawane |
in Aug 13 | 1 | Lamis Abounahi (woman, 30) | Syria | died in Samos (GR) after being abandoned by traffickers and neglected by authorities | MNS/Infomob/Roarmag |
in Aug 13 | 1 | Uday Abounahi (boy, 4) | Syria | died in Samos (GR) after being abandoned by traffickers and neglected by authorities | MNS/Infomob/Roarmag |
in Aug 13 | 1 | Layan Abounahi (girl, 9 months) | Syria | died in Samos (GR) after being abandoned by traffickers and neglected by authorities | MNS/Infomob/Roarmag |
31/07/2013 | 24 | N.N. (children; adults) | Iran, Pakistan, Syria, Afghan | drowned after boat capsized in the Aegean Sea off coast of Ezine (TR); 12 rescued | TodZam/VK/infomob/AD/GreekReporter/P |
27/07/2013 | 1 | Mohammad Hassan (man) | Afghanistan | died in hospital in Athens from lung infection ignored for months by guards at detention centre (GR) | Wordpress/ Kuwait Times |
26/07/2013 | 31 | N.N. (incl 9 women) | West Africa | drowned after boat capsized on way to Lampedusa (IT) from Libya; 22 rescued | Guardian/Reuters/allAfrica/Vivre |
25/07/2013 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | unknown | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Chios (GR); 46 rescued | Xinhua/KI |
25/07/2013 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Syria | drowned, body found off coast of Kos (GR); likely on boat that sank carrying 13 migrants | Xinhua/ GR/ TodZam |
25/07/2013 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 20) | Syria | drowned, body found off coast of Kos (GR), likely on boat that sank carrying 13 migrants | Xinhua/ GR/ TodZam |
25/07/2013 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 40) | Syria | drowned, body found off coast of Kos (GR); likely on boat that sank carrying 13 migrants | Xinhua/ GR/ TodZam |
25/07/2013 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 13) | Syria | drowned, body found off coast of Kos (GR); likely on boat that sank carrying 13 migrants | Xinhua/ GR/ TodZam |
25/07/2013 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 5) | Syria | drowned, body found off coast of Kos (GR); likely on boat that sank carrying 13 migrants | Xinhua/ GR/ TodZam |
25/07/2013 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 8) | unknown | drowned, body found off coast of Kos (GR); likely on boat that sank carrying 13 migrants | Xinhua/ GR/ TodZam |
25/07/2013 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of cardio-respiratory attack during attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | ABC |
17/06/2013 | 1 | Samiyou Djimadou (man, 29) | Benin | suicide, out of fear of deportation from Brussels (BE) after asylum claim took over 10 months | MNS/ 21miles/ DH |
16/06/2013 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned at sea clinging to tuna cage while attempting to reach Italy | ABC/ Ansamed/ jW/ MNS |
15/06/2013 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | died during childbirth on boat between Turkey and Italy; newborn survived | LR |
13/06/2013 | 1 | N.N. (man, 31) | Somalia | jumped out of window in Florence (IT) after asylum application was rejected | MNS/ Ansa |
12/06/2013 | 1 | Fahezeh Ahmadi (girl, 17) | Afghanistan | stabbed by husband at her sister's house while she was on leave from Lyng refugee centre Grua (NO) | Klassekampen, Hadeland |
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10/06/2013 | 1 | Apti Nazjujev (man) | Chechnya | tortured to death in Chechnya after Norway forced him to return | Ny Tid |
06/06/2013 | 1 | Vahide Selami (woman, 45) | Afghanistan | drowned after boat sank in the Aegean Sea; 9 rescued | Greek reporter/Khaama/HurriyetDN/Xinhu |
06/06/2013 | 5 | N.N. | Afghanistan | missing, reportedly drowned after boat sank in the Aegean Sea off coast of Ayvalik (TR); 9 rescued | GreekReporter/Khaama/DN/Xinhua |
in June 13 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Georgia | stowaway, froze to death on charter flight from Russia; body on 7 flights before discovery | News24/VK/Z24 |
30/05/2013 | 1 | Adams Bagna (man, 31) | Nigeria | died due to lack of medical care for chronic asthma (DE) | Indymedia/Karawane |
28/05/2013 | 1 | Djamaa Isu (man, 21) | Chad | suicide, in refugee camp in Eisenhüttenstadt (DE) | Karawane/ VRF/ Berliner Ztg |
20/05/2013 | 5 | N.N. (5 men) | unknown | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Morocco on way to Spain; 7 rescued | MNS/ TheLocal |
16/05/2013 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 6) | unknown | drowned after small boat sank off coast of Farmakonisi (GR) | KI/MigrantsGR |
02/05/2013 | 1 | Moncef S. (man, 25) | Tunisia | suicide, in Zurich (CH) awaiting pending deportation | Wsws/BildungFurAlle/LibertareA/WOZ/Wa |
in May 13 | 1 | Hashim Yasbek (man, 34) | Lebanon | died of heroin overdose in asylum centre in Schonefeld Ost (DE); body found 6 weeks later | Karawane/ MDR |
25/04/2013 | 1 | Cosmo Saizon (man, 33) | Benin | died in Bitterfeld (DE) due to lack of medical care | Karawane |
21/04/2013 | 1 | Alpha Pam (man, 28) | Senegal | died of tuberculosis after being denied medical care in Mallorca (ES) | IBT/MNS/TL |
18/04/2013 | 23 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 10 drowned after boat sank off the Alhucemas Islands (MA/ES); 13 missing, 24 rescued | MNS |
17/04/2013 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died on way to hospital in Tarifa (ES) after being rescued with 14 others | AFP/MWN/GP |
17/04/2013 | 1 | Mohammed Kamiran (man, 33) | Syria | suicide, in Arodes (CY) after concerns about his wife and 4 children were ignored | Kisa/IRR |
16/04/2013 | 11 | N.N. (incl 2 children; 3 w.; 6 m.) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat capsized near Al Hoceima (MA); 1 died on way to hospital; 23 rescued | DNE/AlArabia |
in Apr 13 | 5 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on boat that had been drifting in the Mediterranean Sea near Zawiyah (LY); 89 rescued | Reu./MNS/MorWN |
in Apr 13 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Cameroon | stowaway, body found at Paris Roissy airport (France) in landing gear of plane from Cameroon | Anafe/JapanTimes |
30/03/2013 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | died of hypothermia after being rescued by Italian coast guard | PICUM/CDS |
30/03/2013 | 1 | Khalid Shahzad (man, 52) | Pakistan | died after being released from Colnbrook removal centre (GB), left to travel alone despite poor health | Guardian/No-Deportations |
16/03/2013 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | went missing after boat sank near Tarifa (ES); 8 rescued | EP |
15/03/2013 | 6 | N.N. | Syria | drowned while travelling from Turkey to Lesbos (GR) | MNS |
15/03/2013 | 8 | N.N. | Syria | reportedly disappeared while travelling from Turkey to Lesbos (GR) | MNS |
11/03/2015 | 4 | N.N. | Morocco | found dead in boat off coast of Tantan (MA) | Ansamed/MNS |
08/03/2013 | 1 | Jackie Nanyonjo (woman) | Uganda | died after deportation to Uganda from Yarls Wood (GB) from injuries after being beaten up | MFJ |
03/03/2013 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | drowned while travelling to Spain; Moroccan ferry crew member also died in rescue attempt | MNS/AlArabia |
03/03/2013 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | went missing while travelling from Morocco to Spain; 2 rescued | MNS/AlArabia |
17/02/2013 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | body found floating near Doumia (DZ); likely drowned trying to reach Spain | Oran |
13/02/2013 | 1 | Marcelo Gomez Cortes (man, 29) | Chile | shot by police in Milano (IT) after being chased, run away in fear of being arrested or deported | Necropolis/LR/Qualcosa |
10/02/2013 | 1 | Alois Dvorzac (84, man) | Canada (Slovenian origin) | fatal heart attack in hospital after brought in handcuffed from Harmondsworth detention center (GB) | Independent/Guardian/BBC/MNS/DailyMa |
01/02/2013 | 1 | Cheick Nydiaye (man, 37) | Senegal | pushed onto metro track by police officers during chase in Athens (GR) | CS |
22/01/2013 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | unknown | died of exposure on riverbank near Turkish-Greek border after being abandoned by traffickers | KI |
17/01/2013 | 1 | Alexander Dolmatov (man, 36) | Russia | suicide, in Rotterdam (NL) out of fear of deportation | VK/Telegraaf/ANP/NRC/Parool/MNS/Trou |
17/01/2013 | 1 | Shehzad Luqman (man, 27) | Pakistan | stabbed by 2 Golden Dawn members on motorbike in Athens (GR) | Reu/ MNS/ KTG/ CS |
13/01/2013 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | unknown | 2 bodies found off coast of Chios (GR) by fishermen; another body found by coast guard | KI/GRreporter |
04/01/2013 | 1 | Ilhan O. (man, 20) | Kurdistan | suicide, hanged himself in police prison in Zurich (CH) | Necropolis/Wsws/Watson/WOZ |
03/01/2013 | 42 | N.N. (incl 8 children) | Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan | missing, trying to reach coast of Apulia (IT); 28 rescued | PICUM |
in 2013 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Senegal | died in a fire in makeshift camp of seasonal workers in Campobello di Mazara, Sicily (IT) | InfoMigrants |
in 2013 | 1 | Dominic Man Addiah (man, 31) | Liberia | froze to death in the car he slept in on the edge of Rosarnos migrant ghetto (IT) | EqTimes |
in 2013 | 92 | N.N. (incl 48 children, 32 women) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead of thirst & exposure in desert on Moroccan/Algerian border after their truck broke down | PRI |
31/12/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Tunisia | drowned after being pushed in sea by traffickers off coast of Sicily (IT) | LR/ PICUM |
31/12/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Tunisia | missing, reportedly drowned, after being pushed in sea by traffickers off coast of Siciliy | LR/ PICUM |
26/12/2012 | 1 | Umar Bilemkhanov (man) | Chechnya | tortured to death after Norway deported him, was forcibly sent to Chechnya by Russian Intelligence | Ny Tid |
14/12/2012 | 25 | N.N. (incl 2 babies, 2 women) | Afghanistan, Iraq | 19 drowned, 6 missing when boat from Turkey sank near Lesbos (GR); 2 survived | Aljazeera/Reuters/Picum/MSF/Infomobile/ |
14/12/2012 | 28 | N.N. (incl boy, 17; man, 42) | Afghanistan, Iraq | 21 drowned, 7 missing when boat from Turkey sank near Lesbos (GR); 2 survived | Aljazeera/Reuters/Picum/MSF/Infomobile/ |
14/12/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, 42) | Afghanistan, Iraq | drowned with 26 others when boat from Turkey sank near Lesbos (GR) | Aljazeera/Reuters/Picum/MSF/Infomobile/ |
13/12/2012 | 8 | N.N. | Morocco | 1 drowned, 7 missing after patrol boat clashed with boat carrying 25 migrants near Lanzarote (ES); 7 missing | PICUM/EP/FFM/taz |
in Dec 12 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | froze to death near Kraynovo (BG) trying to cross Turkish-Bulgarian border | PICUM/Vreme |
25/11/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned trying to get to Italy by boat from Libya; 500 rescued | LR/ PICUM |
25/11/2012 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | missing, assumed drowned while trying to get from Libya to Italy by boat | LR/ PICUM |
19/11/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Armenia | suicide, in hospital in Winterthur (CH) after asylum application rejected | ProAsyl/Wsws/Courrier/WOZ |
17/11/2012 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Eritrea | suicide, in psychiatric clinic in Liestal (CH) | ProAsyl/Courrier/20Min/WOZ/Necropolis/ |
17/11/2012 | 1 | Jakana Chowdhury | died in hospital after being released from detention at Colnbrook removal centre, Harmondsworth (GB) | No-Deportations | |
12/11/2012 | 1 | Oleg N. (man, 28) | Russia | suicide, hanged himself in Zurich (CH), asylum rejected; fear of being killed in Russia for being gay | ProAsyl/AiCH/MNS/Wsws/Courrier/WOZ |
08/11/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | body found floating in water 19 km from Tarifa (ES) | MUGAK |
07/11/2012 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | missing, reportedly drowned, after boat sank in the Strait of Gibraltar near Tarifa (ES) | MUGAK |
05/11/2012 | 1 | Saar Yatta (man, 30) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead near coast of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | VDG |
05/11/2012 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on coast of Nador (MA) near the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | AFP |
03/11/2012 | 11 | N.N. (8 women; 3 men) | unknown | drowned after ship travelling to Lampedusa (IT) sank 56 km off coast of Libya; 70 rescued | LR/ PICUM/ MNS |
in Nov 12 | 54 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck between Morocco and Spain; 6 survivors | FE |
in Nov 12 | 2 | N.N. (1 young boy; 1 man, father) | unknown | found dead on coast of Nador (MA) near the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | AFP |
30/10/2012 | 1 | Prince Kwabena Fosu (man, 31) | Ghana | died in isolation at Harmondsworth detention centre (GB) in psychotic crisis, dehydrated and starved | IRR/SchNews/Guardian/BBC/No-Deporta |
26/10/2012 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | drowned while attempting to reach Spain by boat from Morocco; 50 rescued | FE |
25/10/2012 | 14 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat sank near coast of Morocco while travelling to Spain; 17 rescued | EP/Aljazeera/MaltaToday |
25/10/2012 | 4 | N.N. | Africa | missing after boat sank near Morocco while travelling to Spain; 17 rescued | EP/Aljazeera/MaltaToday |
23/10/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly fell into sea while travelling from Morocco; body washed ashore near Punta Almina (ES) | ABC/FE |
09/10/2012 | 1 | N.N. (girl, ±5) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, body found near Galapagos beach in the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | FE/SUR |
08/10/2012 | 6 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat from Comoros capsized off coast of Mayotte (FR) | VOA/UN/IRR |
08/10/2012 | 10 | N.N. | Africa | disappeared after boat from Comoros capsized off coast of Mayotte (FR) | VOA/UN/IRR |
08/10/2012 | 5 | N.N. (2 children; 3 women) | Sub-Saharan Africa | went missing after boat capsized near the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | FE/SUR |
08/10/2012 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 8 months) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat sank off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | FE/20Me/ MUGAK |
01/10/2012 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 39) | Nepal | fell from 5th floor window in Larnaca (CY) while escaping police responding to a noise report | CypMail |
in Oct 12 | 21 | N.N. (children; women; men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 19 bodies found off coast of Tangier (MA) over 2 weeks; 2 missing | AFP/FE |
28/09/2012 | 1 | Newzad (man, 20) | Kurdistan-Iraq | suicide, in Saltdal refugee centre, Rognan (NO) after final rejection of asylum claim | NRK |
27/09/2012 | 1 | Zelimkhan Isakov (man, 35) | Chechnya | suffered fatal heart attack in deportation centre in Vienna (AT) after being refused treatment | IRR/DerStandard |
19/09/2012 | 3 | N.N. | Algeria | 1 drowned after boat capsized off coast of Spain; 2 missing, 9 rescued | MUGAK/El Pais |
18/09/2012 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | unknown | reportedly fell overboard on way to Spain; body found off coast of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | ABC/FE |
17/09/2012 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | unknown | drowned on way to Spain when small boat sank off coast of Mostaganem (DZ) | TSA/FE |
16/09/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Eritrea | died when car driven by trafficker overturned near Alexandroupoli (GR) during police chase | PICUM |
09/09/2012 | 1 | Jose Matada (man, 26) | Mozambique | stowaway, body fell from plane onto street in Mortlake (GB) during flight from Angola to England | BBC/IRR/Evening Standard/MNS/INDi/Gu |
08/09/2012 | 27 | N.N. | Africa | went missing after boat from Comoros carrying 36 migrants sank off coast of Mayotte (FR) | Universal/AFP |
08/09/2012 | 6 | N.N. (1 child; 5 women) | Africa | drowned after boat from Comoros carrying 36 migrants sank off coast of Mayotte (FR) | Universal/AFP/PICUM |
08/09/2012 | 1 | N.N. (25, man) | Eritrea | shot by Egyptian border guards in Rafah (EY) after fleeing towards Egyptian-Israeli border | GulfNews |
07/09/2012 | 74 | N.N. | Tunisia | reportedly drowned after boat sank off coast Lampedusa (IT); bodies and boat missing, 56 rescued | PICUM/MAS/LRP/FE/BCC/CNN |
07/09/2012 | 5 | N.N. | Tunisia | drowned after boat sank off coast of Lampedusa (IT); 56 rescued | PICUM/MAS/LRP/FE/BCC/CNN |
06/09/2012 | 30 | N.N. (18 women; 12 men) | Palestine, Syria, Iraq | drowned after overcrowded boat from Ahmetbeyli (TR) sank in the Aegean Sea; 46 survivors | jW/Reu/AFP/Le Monde/Migreurop/SP/MN |
06/09/2012 | 31 | N.N. (3 babies; 28 children) | Palestine, Syria, Iraq | drowned after overcrowded boat from Ahmetbeyli (TR) sank in the Aegean Sea; 46 survived | jW/Reu/AFP/LeMonde/Migreurop/SP/MN |
04/09/2012 | 1 | Samir Hashemi (man, 27) | Iran | suicide, in refugee centre in Kirchheim (DE) out of despair over living conditions | RTA/INDd/VRF/Karawane |
in Sep 12 | 1 | Emmanuel Marcel Landa (man) | Congo | found dead in Mosney DP Centre (IE), suffered heart attacks during and after deportation attempt | IRR/TheJournal |
27/08/2012 | 7 | N.N. (2 children; 1 woman; 4 m.) | Syria | drowned after shipwreck on way from Latakia (SY) to the CY; family of asylum seekers | PICUM/UN/Migrants at sea/FE/CypMail |
26/08/2012 | 32 | N.N. | Africa, Bangladesh | missing, reportedly drowned after vessel from Tripoli (LY) capsized off coast of Libya | MNS/ICR/Ansamed |
26/08/2012 | 10 | N.N. | Africa, Bangladesh | drowned, bodies found after vessel from Tripoli (LY) capsized off coast of Libya | MNS/FE |
26/08/2012 | 39 | N.N. | Egypt | 3 drowned after boat sank near Bardia (LY) by Egyptian-Libyan border; 36 missing, 1 rescued | AP/FE/Alahram/VK |
23/08/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, found in landing bay of plane at Heathrow Airport (GB) after flight from South Africa | Guardian/IRR/BBC |
18/08/2012 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found in the Evros River (TR) after reportedly trying to cross into Greece from Turkey | FE |
17/08/2012 | 2 | N.N. | Somalia, Eritrea | died in La Valletta (MT) after rescue from dinghy travelling from Libya that had been at sea for 4 days | FE/Ansamed/ PICUM/TimesM/MAS |
16/08/2012 | 2 | N.N. | Somalia, Eritrea | died of starvation after 4 days at sea in dinghy travelling from Libya to Malta | FE/Ansamed/ PICUM/TimesM/MAS |
16/08/2012 | 2 | N.N. | Somalia, Eritrea | drowned during rescue operation near La Valletta (MT) after spending 4 days at sea in dinghy from LY | FE/Ansamed/ PICUM/TimesM/MAS |
13/08/2012 | 1 | N.N. (19) | Afghanistan | body found on banks of the Evros River in Marasia (GR) | PICUM/ Clandestina/ Agelioforos/ Skai |
12/08/2012 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 30) | Asia | body in wetsuit found near Wimereux beach (FR); had tried to swim across the Channel to Great Britain | IRR/DailyMail/21Miles/DailyRec/ThisIsKe |
12/08/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, 19) | Iraq | died after being stabbed by 5 men on motorcycles in Athens (GR) | KTG |
in Aug 12 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, when boat arrived at a Spanish island near Morocco | MUGAK |
30/07/2012 | 1 | Bee Moyo (man, 45) | Zimbabwe | suicide, hanged himself in Rotherham Park (GB) after residency application was rejected | IRR/Star |
12/07/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Afghanistan | stowaway, found dead of asphyxiation under truck on ferry travelling from Greece to Venice (IT) | CDS/FE |
10/07/2012 | 54 | N.N. | Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan | died of dehydration after 15 days at sea on dinghy from Libya to Italy | LR/MUGAK/EP/ELC/LV/PICUM/UNHCR/ |
09/07/2012 | 1 | Bernard Hukwa (man) | Zimbabwe | suicide, in the River Thames (GB) while waiting for asylum claim to be processed | IRR/ZimEye |
07/07/2012 | 1 | Noureddin Mohamed (man, 28) | Sudan | found dead in suspicious circumstances in Calais city canal (FR) | CMS/INDgb |
05/07/2012 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after shipwreck near Monastir (TN) while travelling to Italy; 22 rescued | TNnum |
30/06/2012 | 1 | Mamadou Kamara (man, 32) | Mali | died of heart attack as reaction to intense beating by soldiers while in custody in Safi (MT) | EUobserver/MaltaToday/MaltaStar/Times |
28/06/2012 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found in advanced state of decomposition after drowning in shipwreck off coast of Leuca (IT) | LR/FE |
23/06/2012 | 2 | N.N. | Afghanistan | stowaways, died of asphyxiation and heat inside truck on ferry from Greece to Ancona (IT) | PICUM/Infomob/FE/LR |
19/06/2012 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | missing, reportedly drowned, when boat sailing from North Africa capsized off coast of Leuca (IT) | PICUM/LRB/FE/Infomob |
in June 12 | 55 | N.N. | Somalia, Sudan, Eritrea | died in attempt to reach Italy from Tripoli (LY); 1 survivor | NOB/B4P/GuardianUn./MaltaToday |
26/05/2012 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after inflatable dinghy to Italy started to deflate off coast of Libya | Migreurop/LRP |
25/05/2012 | 10 | N.N. | Somalia | missing after dinghy from Libya capsized near Siciliy | LR/FE |
25/05/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | Sub-Saharan Africa | body in advanced state of decomposition washed ashore near Lampione Island (IT) | FE/ANSA |
22/05/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, 45) | Eritrea or Ethiopia | stabbed to death in fight on Ny-paradis street, near refugee centre Ytrebygda, Bergen (NO) | NRK |
19/05/2012 | 5 | N.N. | Comoros | drowned after boat carrying 43 migrants sank off coast of Mayotte (FR) | Le Monde/AFP/Migreurop |
19/05/2012 | 15 | N.N. | Comoros | missing after boat of 43 migrants sank off coast of Mayotte (FR) | Le Monde/AFP/Migreurop |
02/05/2012 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | Afghanistan | stowaway, suffocated in truck going from Greece to Venice (IT) while hiding to avoid border checks | Migreurop/PICUM/AdnK/MP |
in May 12 | 7 | N.N. | Somalia | died during week-long voyage from Libya to Malta | UNHCR |
29/04/2012 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | died in car accident in Lykofi (GR) while trying to escape Frontex officers | Migreurop/KTG/TF1/PICUM/Clandestina/ |
28/04/2012 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | Egypt | drowned after being thrown overboard by traffickers on boat of 80 migrants as patrol boat approached | Migreurop/LRP/ANSA |
28/04/2012 | 30 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned near Al Hoceima (MA) when Moroccan marines deliberately sank boat carrying 70 migrants | PICUM/Afrik/El Pais |
26/04/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, 40) | Afghanistan | drowned after being thrown overboard by traffickers near coast of Calabria (IT) | LR/Migreurop/PUCUM/FE |
12/04/2012 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of wounds after jumping from bus that was deporting him from Nador (MA) | MUGAK |
09/04/2012 | 1 | Alain Hatungimana (man, 36) | Burundi | suicide, in Culemborg (NL) just before being deported; presumably to avoid deportation of his children | DutchN/Migreurop/RNW/PICUM/ENAR/V |
09/04/2012 | 1 | Yonatan Abram Zeneben (m,27) | Eritrea | found dead in squat of abandoned lace factory in Calais (France), probably killed in a fight | Necropolis/IRR/CMS/NR/Antidotezine/Ne |
03/04/2012 | 10 | N.N. | Somalia, Eritrea | died at sea between Libya and Lampedusa (IT); bodies abandoned, 48 rescued | FE |
in Apr 12 | 6 | N.N. (5 women; 1 man) | unknown | drowned trying to reach rescue ship after Libyan boat ran out of fuel in the Strait of Sicily | BBC |
in Apr 12 | 1 | Samia Yusuf Omar (woman, 21) | Somalia | drowned on Libyan boat travelling to Italy, was Olympic athlete facing death threats | BBC/Gulf/SP/WIKI/IlMess |
31/03/2012 | 10 | N.N. | Somalia, Eritrea | died of starvation while travelling from Libya to Italy; bodies thrown overboard | AFFIT/LV/Age |
29/03/2012 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found in advanced state of decay in Tichero area of Evros (GR) | PICUM/Age/Clandestina |
17/03/2012 | 1 | N.N. (±28) | unknown | drowned while trying to cross the Evros River to enter Greece, body found in area of Nea Vyssa (GR) | PICUM/Age |
16/03/2012 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | found in boat rescued by Italian authorities in Libyan waters carrying 57 to Lampedusa (IT) | PICUM/LR/jW |
15/03/2012 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned while trying to cross the Evros River into Greece, body found near Soufli (GR) | PICUM |
12/03/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, 28) | Eritrea | crushed while hiding under truck near the port in Patras (GR) | PICUM/patrasT |
05/03/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±24) | Maghreb | found floating in Tajo-Segura water transfer in Torre-Pacheco (ES) | MUGAK/Raz |
02/03/2012 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, ±22) | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies with life jackets found in the sea near the Bay of Melilla (ES) | MUGAK/Raz/Diario de Noticias/ElDia/SU |
29/02/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Egypt | died of hypothermia, found in warehouse in Corinthia (GR) | PICUM/Proto |
21/02/2012 | 1 | N.N. (woman, ±20) | Africa | died of hypothermia while trying to leave Turkey via the Evros River, body found near Orestiada (GR) | PICUM/Infomob/Skai/Clandestina |
21/02/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned while trying to enter the enclave of Ceuta (ES) by swimming along coast from Morocco | MUGAK/ElDia/FE |
21/02/2012 | 1 | N.N. (woman, ±23) | Africa | found by border guards in the Evros River (GR) | MNS |
15/02/2012 | 1 | Arman Palani (boy, 17) | Kurdistan | killed with knife in fight at Dale asylum centre in Sandnes (NO) | NRK |
10/02/2012 | 1 | N.N. (±40) | unknown | died of hypothermia while trying to cross the Evros River into Greece, body found near Tychero (GR) | PICUM/Rizo |
07/02/2012 | 1 | N.N. (25) | unknown | died of hypothermia in health centre in Soufli (GR) after crossing the Evros River | PICUM/Skai |
06/02/2012 | 3 | N.N. (3 persons, ±20) | Afghanistan | 3 bodies found on highway, died of asphyxiation, supposedly in truck on way to Igoumenitsa (GR) | PICUM/TVXS/MNS/KI |
in Feb 12 | 1 | Rexhep Salijaj (man) | Kosovo | suicide, his permit to stay in Belgium expired, was to be deported to Kosovo away from son and family | MNS |
30/01/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Palestine | died of hypothermia trying to cross the Evros River (GR); 14 rescued | PICUM/Clandestina/Skai/ToV/Le Figaro/C |
29/01/2012 | 2 | N.N. (1 girl, 9; 1 man, 55) | Afghanistan | missing after boat overturned crossing the Evros River; young girl and her grandfather | CMau/KI/Le Figaro/PICUM/Infomob/Ta Ne |
29/01/2012 | 1 | Mohammad Rahsepar (man, 29) | Iran | suicide, hanged himself with sheet in asylum centre in Würzburg (DE) | FR-B/INDd/ARD/HRS/SDZ/MainP/U4IB/S |
28/01/2012 | 5 | N.N. | Afghanistan | stowaways, died in car accident while hidden in truck travelling from Italy to Greece | AFP |
22/01/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | North Africa | found floating in advanced state of decomposition 7 miles from Cape Palos (ES) | MUGAK/Verdad |
21/01/2012 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | Africa | shot by Egyptian border guards while trying to cross Egyptian-Israeli border | FE |
16/01/2012 | 1 | Garolin Nesarajah (woman, 24) | Sri Lanka | started a fire in refugee centre in Førde (NO) which killed her and her baby; asylum claim was rejected | NRK |
16/01/2012 | 1 | Rojg Nesarajah (boy, 2) | Sri Lanka | killed in fire set by his mother in a refugee centre in Førde (NO); asylum was rejected; she also died | NRK |
15/01/2012 | 15 | N.N. (1 baby; 12 women; 2 men) | Somalia | found on beaches in Libya after 1 of 4 boats was shipwrecked on way to Italy | PICUM/FE/TimesM/AFP/jW |
15/01/2012 | 1 | N.N. | Somalia | found in shipwrecked boat that was in a group of 4 boats travelling from Libya to Italy | PICUM/FE/TimesM/AFP/jW |
15/01/2012 | 40 | N.N. | unknown | missing after shipwreck of 1 of 4 boats travelling from Libya to Italy | PICUM/FE/TimesM/AFP/jW |
12/01/2012 | 8 | N.N. | Afghanistan | missing after 2 plastic boats capsized while trying to cross the Evros River from Turkey to Greece | PICUM/ClandestinE/Infomob/TK/MNS |
12/01/2012 | 4 | N.N. | Bangladesh | missing after 2 plastic boats capsized while trying to cross the Evros River from Turkey to Greece | PICUM/ClandestinE/Infomob/TK/MNS |
10/01/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | unknown | drowned, body found floating 33 miles from Motril (ES) | MUGAK/ElDia |
10/01/2012 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found 25 miles southeast of Cape Gata (ES) | ElDia |
09/01/2012 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned while attempting to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | Solidaire |
08/01/2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±28) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned trying to swim with life preserver, body found on beach in the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | MUGAK/LV |
05/01/2012 | 1 | Idrissa Diallo (man, 21) | Guinea | died of cardiorespiratory failure, lack of medical help in detention centre in Zona Franca, Barcelona (ES) | IRR/MUGAK/LV/18Des/EP/EurPress/Aso |
03/01/2012 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Afghanistan | died from smoke inhalation from fire lit to keep warm inside abandoned truck in Patras (GR) | MNS/PICUM/KI |
03/01/2012 | 1 | N.N. (55) | India | found in container used as a shelter close to Thiva (GR); undocumented migrant | PICUM |
in Jan 12 | 1 | Samuel Festus (man) | unknown | died of illness at hospital in Essen (DE) following deportation threats | VRF |
in 2012 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 3) | Sudan | died of injuries after a cooker fell on him at Rondeslottet asylum centre (NO) | Aftenposten |
in 2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Eritrea | died of heart problems, at Torshov transit centre, Oslo (NO) | NRK |
in 2012 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in accident at Haugaland asylum centre in Haugesund (NO) | NRK |
in 2012 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | died over the course of 2012 in Norwegian reception centres | Foreigner/MNS |
in 2012 | 20 | N.N. (children; women; men) | Syria | drowned, left by traffickers to cross the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border at night in 2 dinghies | Guardian |
in 2012 | 25 | N.N. (25 young men) | unknown | suffocated, locked by traffickers in the hold of boat carrying 250 others on way from Libya to Italy | Raz |
in 2012 | 1 | N.N. (man, 53) | unknown | found dead in bed by roommate in Irish Reception Centre, cause of death recorded as unknown | IRR/TheJournal |
29/12/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, 41) | Sri Lanka | suicide, in registration centre in the airport in the (NL) one day after 2 asylum application was rejected | NOS/Vrijheid/AD |
27/12/2011 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 12) | Iran | died of hypothermia, body found by police on shore of the Evros River (GR) | MNS/PICUM |
27/12/2011 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 59) | Iran | died of hypothermia, body found by police on shore of the Evros River (GR) | MNS/PICUM |
27/12/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | Africa | died of hypothermia, body found by police on shore of the Evros River (GR) | MNS/PICUM |
24/12/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned while trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) with 80 others | FE |
22/12/2011 | 1 | Predrag Molnar (man, 40) | Serbia | presumed suicide in police cell in Amsterdam (NL), was bitten by police dog in possible wrongful arrest | Vrijheid |
22/12/2011 | 1 | Ismael (man) | Ethiopia | found dead at bottom of bridge in centre of Calais (FR), cause of death unknown | INDgb/CMS |
19/12/2011 | 1 | Samba Martine (woman, 34) | Congo | died of HIV-facilitated pneumonia, the Aluche detention centre (ES) ignored her calls for medical help | IRR/ICARE/MUGAK/HispanTV/CapMex/ |
10/12/2011 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found in Petalo (GR) after trying to cross Turkish-Greek border via the Evros River | MNS/PICUM |
07/12/2011 | 54 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing after trying to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) from coast of Morocco | Ansamed |
06/12/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±32) | North Africa | reportedly tortured and shot by traffickers, found outside Thriasio hospital in Attik (GR) | MNS |
06/12/2011 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | died of dehydration on vessel carrying 53 migrants and rescued near Dar Kebdani (MA) | FE |
06/12/2011 | 2 | N.N. (1 girl; 1 woman) | Congo | died of dehydration on vessel carrying 53 migrants and rescued near Dar Kebdani (MA) | FE |
06/12/2011 | 2 | N.N. | Somalia | died at sea on way from Libya in boat carrying 44 migrants, found south of Malta | TimesM |
06/12/2011 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Congo | died of dehydration on vessel carrying 53 migrants and rescued near Dar Kebdani (MA) | FE |
03/12/2011 | 1 | Fares Chebchoub (man, 24) | Algeria | found hanged in reception centre in Cagliari (IT), circumstances of death are unclear | ElW |
01/12/2011 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | Syria | killed after car chase in Evros (GR) involving Greek border police and Frontex officials | MNS/PICUM |
in Dec 11 | 11 | N.N. (11 men) | Algeria | missing after leaving Sidi Lakhdar (DZ) for Spain in makeshift boat | FE/Le MatinDZ |
28/11/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, found in port of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) in advanced state of decomposition | FE/ElDia/MUGAK |
26/11/2011 | 30 | N.N. | Afghanistan, Kurdistan | missing, feared drowned after boat sank near Brindisi (IT) on way from Turkey | FE/LR/PICUM/LRB/Blitz/MUGAK/Raz/AB |
26/11/2011 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found after boat sank near Brindisi (IT) on way from Turkey | FE/LR/PICUM/LRB/Blitz/MUGAK/Raz/AB |
24/11/2011 | 1 | N.N. | Afro-Asian | died of hypothermia, body found on banks of the Evros River in Peplos (GR) | MNS |
24/11/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Asia | died of hypothermia, body found in Thymaria, Alexandroupoli (GR) | MNS |
23/11/2011 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after trying to swim to enclave of Ceuta (ES) with 87 others, found on beach in Morocco | MNS |
09/11/2011 | 43 | N.N. | unknown | missing after notifying Italian authorities that their boat was sinking | MNS |
11/10/2011 | 2 | N.N. | Iran | died when traffickers' car overturned on way from Komotini to Kavala (GR) while avoiding police | MNS |
07/10/2011 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | died after being run over by train near Feres (GR) while walking along tracks | MNS |
in Oct 11 | 1 | Khaled Khodena (man) | Iraq | murdered in his sleep in Iraq for being Yazidi after deportation from Sweden; asylum was denied | UNHCR/SverigesR |
in Oct 11 | 1 | Michael Kelly (man) | Liberia | found in his room 10 days after death at Gerstungen asylum centre (DE) | VRF |
28/09/2011 | 4 | N.N. | Tunisia | died of asphyxiation from a fire caused by candle in Paris squat (FR) | MNS/FTRC/Raz/Le Monde/Libération |
28/09/2011 | 2 | N.N. | Egypt | died of asphyxiation from a fire caused by candle in Paris squat (FR) | MNS/FTRC/Raz/Le Monde/Libération |
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14/09/2011 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | pushed off jet ski by trafficker off coast of Andalusia (ES) as coastguard approached | SUR/MUGAK |
in Sep 11 | 2 | N.N. (1 girl; 1 man) | unknown | thrown overboard by traffickers when approaching Samos (GR) | MNS |
24/08/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | shot by Frontex officers shooting at boats crossing Turkish-Greek border from the Evros River | ClandestinE/Son Dakika/MNS |
22/08/2011 | 1 | James (man) | Liberia | attempted suicide, died of wounds after setting himself on fire at Echt refugee centre (NL) | Vrijheid/HartNL |
13/08/2011 | 1 | Marius B. (man, 45) | Romania | suicide, hanged himself in detention centre in Nimes (FR) after being held for 15 days without charge | IRR |
04/08/2011 | 100 | N.N. | Africa | bodies thrown overboard from Libyan boat rescued near Lampedusa (IT) | Telegraph/MAS/CDM |
02/08/2011 | 1 | Ianos Dragutan /John Yohona (m) | Asia | suicide, hanged himself in a shower at Campsfield House removal centre in London (GB) | MNS/No-Deportations |
01/08/2011 | 25 | N.N. (25 men) | Somalia, Nigeria, Ghana | suffocated while travelling on boat with 275 migrants near Lampedusa (IT) | SP/FE/Le Figaro/BBC |
31/07/2011 | 1 | Brian Dalrymple (man, 31) | USA | died of health issues at Colnbrook removal centre, Harmondsworth (GB) | IRR/No-Deportations |
29/07/2011 | 30 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found on boat with failed engine that had left Alexandria (EG) 1 week before | FE/Libero |
13/07/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Cuba | stowaway, found crushed to death in wheel bay of plane in Madrid (ES) | MNS |
05/07/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | Maghreb | drowned, body found near Selinunte, Trapani (IT) in advanced state of decomposition | ANSA/FE |
02/07/2011 | 1 | Muhammad Shukat (man, 47) | Pakistan | died from heart attack after medical neglect in Colnbrook removal centre, Harmondsworth (GB) | Guardian/No-Deportations |
29/06/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | likely died of hypothermia, found in the sea wearing life jacket near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | FE/VDG |
25/06/2011 | 45 | N.N. | Morocco | missing, feared drowned after they fell from boat found near Motril, Granada (ES) | FE/PICUM/Diario de Navarra |
25/06/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Morocco | drowned, body found 4 miles from capsized boat near Granada (ES) | FE/PICUM/Diario de Navarra |
25/06/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, 38) | Ghana | died of epileptic seizure on boat from Lampedusa (IT) to mainland Italy | PICUM/FE/AdnK |
03/06/2011 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 30) | Nigeria | found dead in police cell after being detained in Zurich Airport (CH) for not having papers | Migreurop/AP/Watson |
01/06/2011 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died on way from Libya to Malta, body was thrown overboard | ANSA/FE |
01/06/2011 | 273 | N.N. | Pakistan, W Africa, Banglad | drowned after overcrowded boat capsized while going from Tripoli (LY) to Lampedusa (IT) | Migreurop/MUGAK/UNHCR/Reu./Univers |
29/05/2011 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly died while travelling to SantAntioco (IT) from Libya | ANSA/FE |
29/05/2011 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after 2 boats collided off coast of Libya while travelling to Italy | FE/ilClandestino |
22/05/2011 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in shipwreck, decomposed body found by Cape Gata (ES) | ABC/MUGAK |
12/05/2011 | 1 | Alim Abdul Manan (man, 21) | Bangladesh | died after being stabbed by 2 men on motorbikes in Athens (GR) | IRR/CS |
11/05/2011 | 1 | Aminullah Mohamadi (boy, 17) | Afghanistan | suicide, hanged himself in Parc de la Villette in Paris (FR) after being told he would be deported | DRARI/INDf |
10/05/2011 | 1 | N.N. | Iran | stowaway, fell near Calais (FR) out of truck that was travelling to Great Britain | LePhare |
09/05/2011 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | found in hull of boat that sank near Lampedusa (IT); all 528 other passengers rescued | Telegraph |
08/05/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | unknown | stowaway, overheated in truck carrying cable wheels to Fulda (DE) from Greece | HessenR/HNA/Welt/SP |
08/05/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | unknown | stowaway, overheated in truck carrying cable wheels to Fulda (DE) from Greece | HessenR/HNA/Welt/SP |
06/05/2011 | 32 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | went missing when boat carrying 600 migrants to Italy sank off coast of Tripoli (LY) | Corrispondenti/VF/LR/WP/ABC/UNHCR/U |
06/05/2011 | 2 | N.N. (2 babies) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat carrying 600 migrants to Italy sank off coast of Tripoli (LY) | Corrispondenti/ VF/ LR/ WP/ ABC/ UNHC |
06/05/2011 | 13 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat carrying 600 migrants to Italy sank off coast of Tripoli (LY) | Corrispondenti/VF/LR/WP/ABC/UNHCR/U |
06/05/2011 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 4 months) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat carrying 600 migrants to Italy sank off coast of Tripoli (LY) | Corrispondenti/ VF/ LR/ WP/ ABC/ UNHC |
05/05/2011 | 22 | N.N. (22 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing, feared drowned after boat sank off Adra, Almería coast (ES); 29 survived | Humano/Publico/MUGAK/EP |
05/05/2011 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing, feared drowned after boat sank off Adra, Almería coast (ES); 29 survived | Humano/Publico//MUGAK/EP |
05/05/2011 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 3) | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing, feared drowned after boat sank off Adra, Almería coast (ES); 29 survived | Humano/Publico/MUGAK/EP |
05/05/2011 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 1) | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing, feared drowned after boat sank off Adra, Almería coast (ES); 29 survived | Humano/Publico/MUGAK/EP |
17/04/2011 | 1 | Ifeanyi Nwokoye (man, 29) | Nigeria | died in Safi (MT) on way to hospital after being beaten by soldiers, tryied to escape detention centre | TimesM/MNS/MaltaToday |
13/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Nigeria | drowned, found dead 3 days after Libyan boat shipwrecked near Pantelleria (IT) | LR/FE |
13/04/2011 | 1 | Leonie (woman, 38) | Congo | drowned after jumping off Libyan boat that had shipwrecked near Pantelleria (IT) | LR/FE/DerStandard/MAS/DailyMail/VK |
13/04/2011 | 1 | Cinie (woman, 28) | Congo | drowned after jumping off Libyan boat that had shipwrecked near Pantelleria (IT) | LR/FE/DerStandard/MAS/DailyMail/VK |
13/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned after Libyan boat shipwrecked near Pantelleria (IT) | LR/FE/MAS/DailyMail |
12/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant woman) | Nigeria | died after mother drank sea water during 7 days adrift in the Mediterranean Sea | MNS |
11/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 29) | Somalia | body found by patrol vessels in boat off coast of Malta | FE/AFM |
11/04/2011 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | died during journey from Libya to Lampedusa (IT), bodies were thrown overboard | VK |
10/04/2011 | 59 | N.N. | Ethiopia, Nigeria, Eritrea | died of dehydration and starvation near Zliten (LY),16 days in the sea, SOS ignored by NATO | GuardianUn./MUGAK/ELM/VDG/Raz/ABC |
10/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died in prison near Misrata (LY) after 16 days in the Mediterranean Sea while NATO was ignoring SOS | GuardianUn./MUGAK/ELM/VDG/Raz/ABC |
10/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. (1 baby, 12 months) | unknown | died of dehydration/starvation near Zliten (LY) after 16 days in Mediterranean Sea, NATO ignored SOS | Guardian/MUGAK/ELM/VDG/Raz/ABC/AV |
10/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. (baby) | unknown | died of dehydration/starvation near Zliten (LY) after 16 days in Mediterranean Sea, NATO ignored SOS | Guardian/MUGAK/ELM/VDG/Raz/ABC/AV |
08/04/2011 | 1 | Kambiz Roustayi (man, 36) | Iran | suicide, set himself on fire in Amsterdam (NL) fearing deportation; asylum was rejected after 11 years | NBK/VK/Eindhovens Dagblad/IMA/MNS/R |
06/04/2011 | 177 | N.N. | Bangladesh, Chad, Ivory C | went missing after Libyan boat carring 325 migrants sank off coast of Lampedusa (IT) in Malta | LR/ANSA/Reu./Migreurop/Raz/Irish Times |
06/04/2011 | 37 | N.N. (37 women) | Bangladesh, Chad, Ivory Co | went missing after Libyan boat carring 325 migrants sank off coast of Lampedusa (IT) in Malta | LR/ANSA/Reu/Migreurop/Raz/DailyMail/Ir |
06/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 24) | unknown | went missing after Libyan boat carring 325 migrants sank off coast of Lampedusa (IT) in Malta | LR/ANSA/Reu/Migreurop/Raz/DailyMail/Ir |
06/04/2011 | 3 | N.N. (3 minors) | Bangladesh, Chad, Ivory Co | went missing after Libyan boat with 325 migrants sank off coast of Lampedusa (IT) in Malta | LR/ANSA/Reu/Migreurop/Raz/DailyMail/Ir |
06/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 3) | unknown | went missing after Libyan boat carring 325 migrants sank off coast of Lampedusa (IT) in Malta | LR/ANSA/Reu/Migreurop/Raz/DailyMail/Ir |
06/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 1) | unknown | went missing after Libyan boat carring 325 migrants sank off coast of Lampedusa (IT) in Malta | LR/ANSA/Reu/Migreurop/Raz/DailyMail/Ir |
02/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Afghanistan | stowaway, died of asphyxiation in van on ferry that had travelled from Greece to port of Ancona (IT) | PICUM/FE/ANSA/ClandestinE |
02/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | unknown | drowned in Modica (IT) while disembarking from boat carrying 500 migrants, found by Punta Reglioni | FE/PICUM |
01/04/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Eritrea | drowned in Modica (IT) while disembarking from boat carrying 500 migrants | PICUM/FE |
01/04/2011 | 27 | N.N. | Tunisia | bodies found off Kerkenneh (TN), reportedly from boat that had disappeared on trip to Italy | FE/PICUM |
in Apr 11 | 58 | N.N. | Tunisia | drowned, bodies found by coast guard on beach in Tunisia | Migreurop |
31/03/2011 | 70 | N.N. | Somalia, Eritrea | drowned off coast of Tripoli (LY), may include passengers from 2 missing boats | Quotidiano/LR/Migeurop/Kaosenlared/RA |
28/03/2011 | 10 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing, feared drowned, boat sank travelling from Libya to Italy; 6 rescued by fishermen in Egypt | GuardianUn./PerCat/AdnK |
28/03/2011 | 27 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found off coast of Kerkennah (TN) after 2 boats travelling from Libya sank | PUB/TunisieSoir/GuardianUn./MUGAK/Q |
28/03/2011 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 1 y.) | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing, feared drowned after boat to Lampedusa (IT) from Libya sank; 6 rescued by fishermen in EG | Guardian/PerCat/AdnK |
27/03/2011 | 308 | N.N. | unknown | missing, feared drowned when boat carrying 335 people from Libya to Italy was not seen in 2 weeks | Quotidiano/LR/Migreurop/Kaosenlared/RA |
26/03/2011 | 1 | Seydina Moh. Mbaye (boy, 5) | Senegal | died of pulmonary embolism suffered on flight for surgery in Strasbourg (FR), consulate delayed visa | Seneweb/Nouvel Obs |
25/03/2011 | 295 | N.N. | unknown | missing, feared drowned after 2 boats travelling together from Sidi Bilal (LY) sank on way to Italy | PUB/TunisieSoir/GuardianUn./MUGAK/Q |
25/03/2011 | 10 | N.N. | Egypt | missing, feared drowned after 2 boats travelling together from Sidi Bilal (LY) sank on way to Italy | PUB/Reu./TunisieSoir/GuardianUn. |
22/03/2011 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | missing, feared drowned after sending distress signal near Paxoi (GR), jumping into sea during rescue | ORF |
22/03/2011 | 1 | N.N. | Bangladesh | drowned after jumping off Greek-bound ship from Libya; found near Crete (GR) | MNS |
18/03/2011 | 3 | N.N. (3 men, ±28) | unknown | drowned, bodies found in Petalo near the Evros River (GR) | clandestinE |
18/03/2011 | 1 | Medina Yassin Suleyman (w, 26) | Ethiopia | suicide in fear of deportation in Uznach (CH), days after migration service called to plan forced return | Necropolis/StopRacialProfiling/SüdostSch |
14/03/2011 | 40 | N.N. | Tunisia | 17 drowned, 23 missing after boat sank near Kerkenneh (TN) on way to Lampedusa (IT) | LR/AFP/Le Figaro/EP/Diario de Noticias/T |
06/03/2011 | 18 | N.N. | Bangladesh | drowned after jumping off Greek-bound ship near Souda (GR); 3 bodies found; 15 missing | KI/MNS |
04/03/2011 | 2 | N.N. | Tunisia | drowned after boat capsized during storm near Lampedusa (IT); 28 rescued | AFP/Le Monde/Migreurop/Romandie/LR |
04/03/2011 | 2 | N.N. (2 boys) | Tunisia | drowned, fell into sea during rescue of 22 migrants off coast of Marsala (IT) | FE/GRR |
02/03/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±27) | Sub-Saharan Africa | decomposed body found floating near beach of La Carihuela, Torremolinos (ES) | SUR/MUGAK |
01/03/2011 | 1 | Shambu Lama (man, 40) | Nepal | suicide, on train tracks fearing deportation after officials lied; lived 15 years in DE, had a son | Karawane/taz/jW/waz |
in Mar 11 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | died in a fire in shack in the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) while waiting to travel to mainland Spain | ABC/MUGAK |
in Mar 11 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found in advanced state of decomposition near Lampedusa (IT) | LR |
27/02/2011 | 1 | N.N. (boy, ±16) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned trying to cross border near Benzu to spanish enclave of Ceuta, body found hours later | Faro/FE/DiarioVasco |
12/02/2011 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | 1 drowned, 1 missing after boat sank near Zarzis (TN) on way to Italy; 10 survivors | LESP |
12/02/2011 | 4 | N.N. (4 men) | unknown | died on boat travelling to Italy, found by coast guards near Sfax (TN) | LR |
11/02/2011 | 35 | N.N. | Tunisia | 5 drowned, 30 missing after Tunisian coast guard rammed and sank their boat | MNS/BBC/LESP/LR/Le Monde/Newsaust |
31/01/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, 54) | Pakistan | jumped from window during police inspection at his home in Nicosia (CY); failed asylum seeker | CypMail |
23/01/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Mali | died in the Strait of Gibraltar after waiting 4 days for dinghy to Spain | Humano |
18/01/2011 | 1 | Garrach (boy) | Tunisia | drowned after boat capsized near Metline (TN) | FE |
17/01/2011 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Algeria | drowned after setting boat on fire and jumping overboard to avoid border patrol in Annaba (DZ) | FE/Migreurop/ElW |
16/01/2011 | 33 | N.N. | Afghanistan | missing, feared drowned, after ship sank near Corfu (GR) on way to Italy; 230 survived | ClandestinE/FE/AFP/KI/VK/MNS/BBC |
08/01/2011 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | Africa | froze to death, body found in Nea Vissa (GR) near Turkish border | ClandestinE/Frontexplode |
07/01/2011 | 1 | Borka T. (woman) | Kosovo | died of brain hemorrhage in Kosovo, had no access to treatment after deportation from Germany | WSWS/LV/MNS/Karawane |
06/01/2011 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | drowned, bodies found in the Evros River after trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | FE/AFP |
04/01/2011 | 1 | Alta Ming (woman, 34) | Mongolia | died giving birth without medical help in Rennes (FR), was homeless since husband was detained in NL | Rue89 |
28/12/2010 | 1 | N.N. (man, 33) | Cameroon | stowaway, crushed by cargo of truck he was hiding in whilst travelling from enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MUGAK/ELM |
20/12/2010 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±28) | Africa | froze to death, bodies found in Nea Vissa (GR), near Turkish-Greek border | Frontexplode/MNS |
17/12/2010 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Africa | froze to death, bodies found in Nea Vissa (GR), near Turkish-Greek border | Frontexplode/MNS |
12/12/2010 | 1 | Saidou Gadiaga (man, 37) | Senegal | died of delayed medical attention after asthma attack in Masotti police station in Brescia (IT) | MNS/LR/AfricaNews |
11/12/2010 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | went missing when ship sank near Kani-Kéli, Mayotte (FR); 31 survived | info/FE |
07/12/2010 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found in the Evros region of Greece near Turkish-Greek border | ClandestinE/Frontexplode |
01/12/2010 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | Afghanistan | stowaway, suffocated while hiding in truck on ferry from Patras (GR) to Ancona (IT) | Migreurop/FE/Kinisi/CorAdriatico |
29/11/2010 | 1 | Mahamadou Maréga (man, 38) | Mali | died from shock after police in Colombes (FR) used taser on him to stop a fight | Europe1/MNS/Parisen |
27/11/2010 | 1 | Sardar Ayari (man, 25) | Afghanistan | stowaway, crushed between 2 trucks in Patras (GR) while trying to board 1 of them bound for Italy | Migreurop/Kinisi/FE |
23/11/2010 | 4 | N.N. (4 men) | Iran | stowaways, suffocated near Amfilochia (GR) in back of van travelling from Italy | Europe1/FE/PICUM/MNS |
22/11/2010 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, ±20) | Maghreb | died of burns and smoke inhalation in Santurtzi (ES) after starting a fire to heat up squat | EP/ELC |
16/11/2010 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Somalia | drowned after boat sank in the Adriatic Sea near Bari (IT); found holding Greek expulsion order | FE/PICUM |
09/11/2010 | 1 | Brahim A. (man, 54) | Morocco | died of brain hemorrhage, fall at work without papers; left at hospital gate, Spanish enclave Ceuta(ES) | ElDia/LV/MUGAK/DiariodeNavarra/Diario |
01/11/2010 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Eritrea | killed by traffickers in Sinai desert after trying to use phones to call for help | LR/ECRE |
in Nov 10 | 6 | N.N. | Eritrea | beaten to death by traffickers in Sinai desert after trying to escape | ECRE/LR |
12/10/2010 | 1 | Jimmy Mubenga (man, 46) | Angola | died of cardiac arrest on deportation flight from London (GB) | Guardian/NR/IndGB/Demotix/BBC/Rue89 |
07/10/2010 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Algeria | stowaway, drowned while swimming from boat to Pinedo beach in Valencia (ES) | Provincias |
02/10/2010 | 5 | N.N. (5 men, 18-36) | Algeria | missing, feared drowned, sailing with 30 survivors rescued off coast of Mostaganem (DZ) | FE/Swiss.ch |
23/09/2010 | 1 | Bertha Puentes Acosta (w, 74) | Colombia | died in expulsion centre in Ter Apel (NL); was living without papers in the Netherlands for decades | TVblik/VK |
21/09/2010 | 1 | N.N. (man, 22) | Eritrea | stowaway, hit head jumping off truck near Foggia (IT), travelling from Georgia | Migreurop/FE/FaiNoti |
13/09/2010 | 1 | Andoine Bassoumga (man, 41) | Congo | died of heart attack in Nicosia (CY); diabetic asylum seeker, had poor diet after welfare was cut | KISA/CypMail |
08/09/2010 | 24 | N.N. | Maghreb | went missing while travelling by boat from El Bouni, Annaba (DZ) to Sardinia (IT) | Les Temps DAlgerie/FE |
08/09/2010 | 19 | N.N. | Maghreb | went missing while travelling by boat from Seraïdi, Annaba (DZ) to Sardinia (IT) | Les Temps DAlgerie/FE |
in Sep 10 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies thrown overboard and found in the Alboran Sea (ES) | Humano |
in Sep 10 | 1 | Nezam Azimi (man, 60) | Afghanistan | murdered by Taliban after being denied asylum in the Netherlands, forcibly returned to Kabul in 2006 | MNS/Telegraaf |
31/08/2010 | 2 | N.N. | Maghreb | bodies found in advanced state of decomposition by Guardia Civil in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | SUR |
28/08/2010 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found off coast of the enclave of Ceuta (ES), believed to have fallen off boats several months earlier | MAC |
27/08/2010 | 37 | N.N. | unknown, Ivory Coast, Mali | reportedly went missing after boat travelling from Morocco to Spain disappeared | MAC |
25/08/2010 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Afghanistan | died while disembarking, body found by police on the Ionian coast near Calabria (IT) | ANSA/Gazzettino |
15/08/2010 | 3 | N.N. | Cameroon | died of dehydration in desert near Tamanrasset (DZ), while trying to reach Europe with 12 others | AFP/FocusNews/AllWAfrica |
15/08/2010 | 3 | N.N. | Mali | died of dehydration in desert near Tamanrasset (DZ), while trying to reach Europe with 12 others | AFP/FocusNews/AllWAfrica |
15/08/2010 | 2 | N.N. | Ivory Coast | died of dehydration in desert near Tamanrasset (DZ), with 12 others trying to reach Europe | AFP/FocusNews/AllWAfrica |
15/08/2010 | 2 | N.N. | Senegal | died of dehydration in desert near Tamanrasset (DZ), while trying to reach Europe with 12 others | AFP/FocusNews/AllWAfrica |
15/08/2010 | 1 | N.N. | Gambia | died of dehydration in desert near Tamanrasset (DZ), with 12 others trying to reach Europe | AFP/FocusNews/AllWAfrica |
15/08/2010 | 1 | N.N. | Guinea | died of dehydration in desert near Tamanrasset (DZ), with 12 others trying to reach Europe | AFP/FocusNews/AllWAfrica |
12/08/2010 | 1 | N.N. (man, 55) | Algeria | drowned, body recovered during helicopter rescue near Tabarca, Alicante (ES) | Provincias/Deia/Diario de Navarra/Raz/El |
11/08/2010 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | 2 drowned while travelling from Algeria, found by sea patrol near Alicante (ES); 6 missing | Les Temps d'Algerie/Migreurop |
11/08/2010 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies found in La Línea de la Concepción (ES) near Gibraltar (GB) | EFE/SUR |
11/08/2010 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, body found with head injuries near Levante beach (ES) | EFE |
11/08/2010 | 1 | Arslan Duzhiev (man, 37) | Chechnya | found hanging from a rope in cell at detention centre in Traiskirchen (AT) | IRR |
07/08/2010 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck off Ibiza, body found 2 miles from Altea, Alicante (ES) | Provincias/EP/MNS/RoundTown |
07/08/2010 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned during shipwreck off Ibiza, body found on San Juan beach (ES) | Provincias/EP/RoundTown |
in Aug 10 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned during shipwreck off Ibiza, body found by fishermen in Calp, Alicante (ES) | EP/Provincias/RoundTown |
28/07/2010 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned during shipwreck off Ibiza, bodies found off Jávea coast (ES) | EP/Provincias/DiarioVasco/RoundTown |
25/07/2010 | 1 | Osman Rasul (man, 27) | Iraq | jumped from balcony in Nottingham (GB) after failing to find a solicitor for his asylum appeal | Guardian/BBC/IRR/ThisIsNott/TheHuff/No |
17/07/2010 | 1 | Daniel Tewelde (man, 23) | Eritrea | found hanged in forest in Cantalice, Rieti (IT), was asylum seeker; never resolved if suicide or homicide | EastwoodRieti/AriOnlus |
11/07/2010 | 3 | N.N. (3 women) | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies found on damaged boat rescued off Motril coast near Granada (ES); 25 survived | Diario de Noticias/Diario de Navarra/ABC/ |
11/07/2010 | 2 | N.N. (2 babies) | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies found on damaged boat rescued off Motril coast near Granada (ES); 25 survived | Diario de Noticias/Diario de Navarra/ABC/ |
01/07/2010 | 1 | Dembo Fofana (man, 28) | Guinea | drowned in the Seine River (FR) after escaping from police, he was undocumented | Parisen |
in July 10 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Afghanistan | died disembarking from boat, body found on Ionian coast, Calabria (IT) | ANSA/Gazzettino |
in July 10 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 14) | Afghanistan | went missing on Ionian coast near Calabria (IT) | ANSA/Gazzettino |
25/06/2010 | 6 | N.N. (6 men) | unknown | drowned after boat capsized while crossing the Evros River from Turkey, found in Orestiada (GR) | TimesM/Migreurop/AFP |
25/06/2010 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | missing, boat capsized while crossing the Evros River from Turkey | TimesM/Migreurop/AFP |
27/06/2010 | 1 | Zahara Bare (pregnant w., 42) | Somalia | died in the Leersum asylum centre (NL) after being denied urgent medical care | ADUC/Doorbraak/SunaT/IRR |
25/06/2010 | 4 | N.N. (4 women) | mostly african | drowned after boat capsized while crossing Evros River from Turkey, bodies found in Orestiada (GR) | TimesM/Migreurop/AFP |
25/06/2010 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | unknown | killed by another asylum seeker in Alvesta (SE) in apartment rented by migration officials | UNHCR/DS |
03/06/2010 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Ivory Coast | died of unknown causes in the asylum centre (BE), had mental health problems but was not monitored | MNS/FIDH/IRR |
02/06/2010 | 1 | Slawik C. (man, 58) | Armenia | suicide, hanged himself with kettle cord in Langenhagen Prison (DE) while facing deportation | 762/IRR/Blackbox |
30/05/2010 | 20 | N.N. | Chad, Egypt, Nigeria | executed in Tripoli (LY) for alleged criminal offences while travelling to Europe | LR |
13/05/2010 | 1 | Mohamed Abagui (man, 22) | Morocco | suicide, hanged himself with a sheet while awating deportation in detention centre in Barcelona (ES) | SetDirecta/FAIV/EP/PerCat/IRR |
03/05/2010 | 1 | Abdoulaye (man, 23) | Ivory Coast | stowaway, under truck, permitted but prevented from travelling to Málaga from enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MNS/MUGAK/SUR |
02/05/2010 | 1 | Alan Rasoul Ahmed (man) | Iraq | suicide, hanged himself in Liverpool (GB) while waiting on asylum decision | IRR |
in May 10 | 1 | N.N. (man, 34) | Maghreb | died after deportation from the Netherlands, was trying to re-enter Europe on boat to Samos (GR) | VK |
in May 10 | 4 | N.N. (incl 1 woman) | Somalia, Tunisia, Africa | drowned after boat capsized while crossing the Evros River to enter Greece | MNS |
18/04/2010 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | Algeria | drowned while swimming to coast, body washed up on El Chorrillo beach in the enclave of Ceuta (ES) | Provincias/SUR/Can7 |
18/04/2010 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found by the Evros River near Edirne (TR) after boat capsized; 7 survived | PICUM/UNHCR |
16/04/2010 | 1 | Yeni P. (woman, 34) | Indonesia | suicide, hanged herself in deportation centre in Hamburg (DE) | jW/Karawane/IRR/FR-H/Blackbox |
15/04/2010 | 1 | Eliud Nguli Nyenze (man, 40) | Kenya | died after being denied medical attention at Oakington immigration reception centre (GB) | Guardian/IndyMedia/MornStar/IRR/No-De |
13/04/2010 | 11 | N.N. | Algeria | reportedly drowned after boat from Algeria sank off coast of Almería (ES); 3 survived | PUB/SUR/Provincias/Can7/Nerja/MUGAK |
11/04/2010 | 1 | Ramahdin (boy, 16) | Afghanistan | stowaway, fell under wheels of truck as it boarded boat in Dunkirk (FR) to Great Britain | PICUM/IRR |
10/04/2010 | 1 | N.N. (man, 27) | Sri Lanka | stabbed by housemate in Venice (IT) who was jealous of his permanent residency and work permit | LaNVenezia |
07/04/2010 | 1 | Abdullaq Moradi (man, 30) | Afghanistan | stabbed in canteen queue fight about overcrowding in Sandholm asylum centre (DK) | Necropolis/CPH/IRR/MNS |
02/04/2010 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Chechnya | stabbed by drunk asylum seeker using bread knife at asylum centre in Mostviertel (AT) | DerStandard/Salzburger Nachrichten |
in Apr 10 | 1 | N.N. (child) | unknown | suicide, in Värmland Province (SE) after asylum claim was rejected and medical support denied | UNHCR/Sverinsge |
in Apr 10 | 1 | N.N. (m) | Africa | body found in forest in Weisslingen (CH); stowaway, fell from landing gear of plane from Africa to CH | Necropolis/NZZ/Watson/Zueriost/TA |
30/03/2010 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized 3 miles from Kafr El Sheikh (EG) on way to Italy; 38 survived | Le Monde/MP/FE/KI |
28/03/2010 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 15) | Afghanistan | asylum seeker, killed by bomb explosion in Athens (GR) while searching for food in the trash | IRR/MNS |
21/03/2010 | 3 | N.N. | Somalia | bodies thrown overboard on way to Sicily (IT); 20 rescued by border patrol | LR/FE |
17/03/2010 | 1 | Joseph Ndukaku (man, 29) | Nigeria | died during deportation at Zurich Airport (CH), weak from hunger strike, forcibly restrained by police | AdnK/Swiss.ch/BBC/UNHCR/Augen Auf/D |
10/03/2010 | 1 | Mrs. G. (woman) | unknown | died of rare brain infection after being denied medical care; "no recourse to public funds" in GB | Guardian |
08/03/2010 | 1 | E. G. (boy, baby) | unknown | died of starvation after family received asylum but no assistance in Westminster, London (GB) | Guardian |
07/03/2010 | 1 | David Mardiani (boy, 17) | Georgia | suicide, asylum seeker hanged himself after hunger strike in Hamburg deportation centre (DE) | WSWS/Migreurop/CaucKnot/SP/jW/taz/A |
07/03/2010 | 1 | Serge Serykh (man, 43) | Russia | suicide, jumped with family from 15th floor of building in Glasgow (GB) after asylum claim was rejected | Guardian/IRR/Migreurop/TheHerlad/MNS |
07/03/2010 | 1 | Tatiana Serykh (woman, ±40) | Russia | suicide, jumped with family from 15th floor of building in Glasgow (GB) after asylum claim was rejected | Guardian/IRR/TheHerlad/MNS/Migreurop |
07/03/2010 | 1 | Stefan Serykh (man, 21) | Russia | suicide, jumped with family from 15th floor of building in Glasgow (GB) after asylum claim was rejected | Guardian/IRR/MNS/TheHerald/Migreurop |
03/03/2010 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 13 months) | Nigeria | died after being refused hospital treatment in Cernusco sul Naviglio (IT) due to discriminatory laws | Everyone Group |
21/02/2010 | 1 | Allan Koomson (man, 53) | Ghana | died in hospital after lack of medical attention in detention centre in Amsterdam (NL) | Ghanaweb/VK/RNW/Myjoyonline |
11/02/2010 | 6 | N.N. (6 men) | unknown | reportedly drowned after dinghy from Turkey capsized off coast of Samos (GR) | KI/FE/AP/Migreurop/ECRE |
11/02/2010 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | reportedly drowned after dinghy from Turkey capsized off coast of Samos (GR) | KI/FE/AP/Migreurop/ECRE |
11/02/2010 | 1 | N.N. (girl) | unknown | reportedly drowned after dinghy from Turkey capsized off coast of Samos (GR) | KI/FE/AP/Migreurop/ECRE |
11/02/2010 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly missing after dinghy from Turkey capsized off coast of Samos (GR) | KI/FE/AP/Migreurop/ECRE |
16/01/2010 | 1 | Mohammed El Abbouby (man, 25) | Morocco | suicide, inhaled gas in his prison cell in Milan (IT) | Necropolis/LR/IRR |
04/01/2010 | 1 | M. Yahya Tabbabi (man, 31) | Tunisia | died in detention centre in Vottem (BE) due to lack of medical treatment; asylum seeker | Migreurop/IRR/ST |
04/01/2010 | 19 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized while travelling from Turkey to Greece | TodZam/NOB |
in Jan 10 | 1 | Wadim S. (man, ±21) | Latvia | suicide, jumped in front of train in Hamburg (DE) after hearing that he would be deported | SP/Blackbox |
in 2010 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck, bodies found on coast of Valencia (ES); 36 survived | LV |
in 2010 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | 10 drowned after boat sank off coast of Andalusia (ES); 3 missing | LV |
in 2010 | 2 | N.N. (2 babies) | unknown | missing, feared drowned after boat sank off coast of Andalusia (ES) | LV |
29/12/2009 | 22 | N.N. (1 child, 2; 7 women; 14 m.) | Asia | died in shipwreck near Alexandroupoli (GR) by Turkish-Greek border | ClandestinE/TodZam/NOB/KI/ANSA/Le Fi |
25/12/2009 | 1 | Diego Augusto S. Costa (w, 34) | Brazil | suicide, transsexual hanged herself with a sheet in detention centre in Milan (IT) | Necropolis/EveryOne Group/LR/Migreuro |
15/12/2009 | 1 | Maiouad (boy, 15) | Afghanistan | stowaway, died crossing highway near Calais (FR) while trying to get to Great Britain | NOB/FE |
12/12/2009 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat sank off coast of Leros (GR); 25 rescued | NOB/TodZam |
09/12/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | stowaway, froze to death in truck trying to get from Tangier (MA) to Marseille (FR) | AP/FE |
24/11/2009 | 1 | Ibrahim M.B. (man, 35) | Senegal | murdered by his employer in Vercelli (IT) who refused to pay him 3 months' salary | CDS |
24/11/2009 | 23 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat sank between Mayotte (FR) and Comoros Islands (KM) | Publico/AFP/MigrantsOM |
20/11/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Bolivia | died after spending 26 days in detention centre in Málaga (ES) following a deportation operation | Sur |
18/11/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned after falling overboard off coast of Tarifa (ES) | EP/FE |
12/11/2009 | 1 | Jianping Liu (woman, 35) | China | jumped from bridge near Heathrow (GB) after police questioned her about immigration status | IRR/UxbGaz |
06/11/2009 | 6 | N.N. (1baby, 3 children, 1w, 1m) | Afghanistan | 5 drowned, 1 missing after overloaded boat sank off coast of Bodrum (TR) | FE/Ansa/Le Monde/NOB |
06/11/2009 | 1 | Abdelkader H. (man, 19) | Algeria | jumped in the Bilbao River (ES) while escaping from policemen who mistook him for a thief | EP |
01/11/2009 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | unknown | stowaway, suffocated in back of truck entering the Channel Tunnel (FR) on way to Great Britain | FE/DailyMail/IRR |
in Nov 09 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | Somalia | died of swine flu due to lack of medical care in asylum centre in Norway | UNHCR/IRR |
30/10/2009 | 1 | Mohammed Iqbal Safi (man, 18) | Afghanistan | jumped in the River Thames (GB) after police questioning in custody for immigration offences | IRR |
30/10/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | India | stowaway, asphyxiated in truck near Calais (FR) while trying to get to Great Britain | Libération/PrivateSource/Libelille |
29/10/2009 | 3 | N.N. | Algeria | bodies found on boat on southern coast of Spain near Cartagena (ES) | EXP/UnSarda/EarthT/EP/PUB/PICUM/NO |
27/10/2009 | 9 | N.N. (5 children; 3 w; 1 m., ±30) | Afghanistan | drowned after wooden boat from Turkey hit rocks on Mytilini, Lesbos (GR) | LR/TDN/Le Figaro/CDS/Migreurop/ANSA/ |
27/10/2009 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found on boat escorted to Italy after Malta refused to receive | LR/Can7/PICUM/NOB |
15/10/2009 | 16 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 1 woman) | Kosovo | 11 drowned after boat capsized trying to cross the Tisza River (RS) to Hungary; 5 missing | Picum/UNMIK/NOB |
12/10/2009 | 7 | N.N. (3 children; 4 women) | unknown | drowned after boat sank by Kani-Keli in Mayotte (FR) on way from Comoros | Malanga |
10/10/2009 | 1 | Mohammad Atif Kamran (m., 25) | Pakistan | tortured to death at police station in Nikaia (GR) | Anarkismo/IRR |
06/10/2009 | 7 | N.N. | Egypt, Somalia | 4 drowned trying to swim alongside a dinghy off coast of Gela (IT); 3 missing | PICUM/EveryOne Group/NOB |
06/10/2009 | 1 | Hasun Albaadzh (man) | Syria | died of medical neglect in Busmantsi detention centre (BG) where he had been held for 3 years | IRR |
19/09/2009 | 28 | N.N. (incl 7 women; 1 man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8 drowned after small boat sank off coast of Morocco near Perejil Island (ES); 20 missing | AFP/EP/DiarioVasco/Razon/ELM/ELC/Pe |
14/09/2009 | 1 | Gagandeep Singh K. (man, 32) | India | died of heart attack after 1 month hunger strike in prison in Vienna (AT) | DerStandard/FRO/WIKO/Asyl in Not/Rote |
10/09/2009 | 1 | Hassan Rahimi (boy) | Afghanistan | suicide, unaccompanied minor hanged himself in London (GB) out of fear of eviction | IRR |
29/08/2009 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | died during boat trip, found in Granadilla, Tenerife (ES) | DiariodeNoticia/ElDia/ABC/Verdad/DNG/g |
28/08/2009 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | drowned during rescue operation off coast of Birzebbuga (MT) travelling from Africa | Gara/MUGAK/NOB |
25/08/2009 | 1 | Mahmum O. (man, 26) | Iraq | found hanged in prison cell in Nuremburg (DE) | IRR |
24/08/2009 | 1 | Mrs T. (woman, 32) | Lebanon | suicide, overdosed after family was moved from Mittweida (DE) to an asylum camp | ARI/ERA/RoterP |
20/08/2009 | 72 | N.N. (17 women; 55 men) | Eritrea | died at sea after 23 days spent travelling from Libya to Lampedusa (IT), bodies thrown overboard | LR/CDS/GE/FE/MUGAK/EP/AFP/GARA/A |
17/08/2009 | 27 | N.N. (incl 1 man) | Sub-Saharan Africa, Morocc | 7 drowned, 20 missing in shipwreck near Trafalgar beach (ES); 10 survived | LatinAHTribune |
16/08/2009 | 1 | Jasraj Singh Kataria (23 months) | Afghanistan | fell from 3rd floor window of poor accommodation in Glasgow (GB) provided by government contractor | IRR |
12/08/2009 | 2 | N.N. | Turkey | drowned after motorboat sank off coast of Kos (GR) while travelling from Turkey | FE/PICUM/Cesdop/NOB |
09/08/2009 | 20 | N.N. | Somalia | killed during escape attempt from Benghazi (LY) detention centre after guards opened fire | FE/VOA/GiovaniE |
09/08/2009 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, body found between Brindisi and Lecce (IT) after being thrown out of truck | CDS/NOB |
09/08/2009 | 1 | Heval Huseyn Ismail (man, 28) | Kurdistan | suicide, failed asylum seeker hanged himself in park in South Shields (GB) | ShieldsG/IRR |
08/08/2009 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | 1 died after boat collided with Algerian coast guard vessel in the port of Annaba (DZ); 11 missing | BBC/Migreurop/NOB |
06/08/2009 | 1 | F.A. (woman, 27) | Morocco | threw herself in the Brembo River in Bergamo (IT) out of fear of deportation | LR/IRR/ERA |
03/08/2009 | 12 | N.N. (incl 1 man) | Algeria | 1 drowned after wooden boat capsized 4 miles from Cabo de Palos (ES); 11 missing | EP/Verdad/ELM/RAZ/MUGAK |
27/07/2009 | 1 | Arivan Osman Asis (man, 20) | Kurdistan-Iraq | beaten by border guards in Igoumenitsa (GR) attempting to reach Italy, died in hospital 4 months later | AFP |
27/07/2009 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, body parts found along La Fontanilla beach in Marbella (ES) | FE/SUR |
25/07/2009 | 1 | Luis Beltran Larrosa (man, 56) | Uruguay | died of heart attack in Tenerife (ES), employer did not call for assistance as Luis was working illegally | Can7/VDG/ElDia/Publico |
14/07/2009 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in hospital in El Hierro, Canary Islands (ES) after arriving in Spain | Verdad/Diario de Navarra |
14/07/2009 | 1 | Azad Hayi (man, 28) | Kurdistan | killed by neo-Nazis while returning to Möhlau asylum centre (DE) at night | taz |
12/07/2009 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1 died at sea, 1 from dehydration in hospital in El Hierro, Canary Islands (ES) | Publico/EP/DiariodeNoticia/GARA/Diariod |
01/07/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, body found by Liberian ship 42 miles south of Cabo de Gata in Almería (ES) | PICUM |
29/06/2009 | 9 | N.N. (1 child; 3 women; 5 men) | Maghreb | drowned after wooden boat hit rocks near Barbate (ES), traffickers were later imprisoned for murder | PICUM/SUR/Publico/EP/ELM/Verdad/Dia |
23/06/2009 | 1 | Amir Rohol (man, 19) | Afghanistan | stowaway, died in hospital in Ancona (IT) 3 hours after falling off truck he had been hiding in | PICUM/LR/MP/NOB |
19/06/2009 | 1 | Jonathan Sizalina (man, 20) | Ecuador | reported suicide in Barcelona (ES) police cell after arrest for being "illegal", possibly beaten to death | EP/AVUI/MUGAK |
17/06/2009 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Algeria | 1 migrant drowned after shipwreck 30 miles south Cartagena (ES); 1 missing | LV/Verdad/PICUM/NOB |
04/06/2009 | 25 | N.N. (incl 8 babies; women; men) | Sub-Saharan Africa, Morocc | missing after boat sank near Tarifa (ES) on way from Tangier (MA) | ABC/MUGAK/EP/ELM/LV/EFE/Diario de |
03/06/2009 | 34 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat hit a rock between Anjouan (KM) and Mayotte (FR) | Malango |
03/06/2009 | 1 | Mmanga Soule | Comoros | drowned after boat hit a rock between Anjouan (KM) and Mayotte (FR) | Malango |
03/06/2009 | 1 | Atiki | Comoros | drowned after boat hit a rock between Anjouan (KM) and Mayotte (FR) | Malango |
in June 09 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | unknown | suicide, at asylum centre in Värmland (SE) after his asylum claim was rejected | IRR |
27/05/2009 | 1 | Mir Abbas Safari (man, 36) | Afghanistan | suicide, after 67 days in detention centre in Gävle (SE) out of fear of deportation | IRR/UPP/NewsD |
19/05/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Vietnam | fell trying to jump onto moving truck in Téteghem (FR) on highway between France and Belgium | VoixDuNord |
07/05/2009 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 49) | Tunisia | suicide, at Ponte Galeria detention centre near Rome (IT) | IlMess/IRR/ERA |
in May 09 | 2 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned while travelling from Turkey to Greece on the Evros River (GR) | MNS |
in May 09 | 1 | N.N. | Tunisia | drowned while travelling from Turkey to Greece on the Evros River (GR) | MNS |
30/04/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in hospital in Tarifa (ES) after Spanish authorities blocked their boat coming from Tangier (MA) | EFE/NOB |
23/04/2009 | 35 | N.N. (9 women; 26 men) | Africa | bodies found after boat travelling from Somalia shipwrecked east of Aden (YE) | MUGAK/Can7/EFE/UNHCR/LR/GARA |
23/04/2009 | 20 | N.N. | Africa | missing after boat travelling from Somalia shipwrecked east of Aden (YE); 165 survived | MUGAK/Can7/EFE/UNHCR/LR/GARA |
23/04/2009 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly died of hypothermia, found by Spanish authorities in the Strait of Gibraltar | MUGAK/EFE/Diario de Navarra/PICUM/E |
18/04/2009 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | body found by Mauritanian guards on boat near Nouadhibou (MR) on way to Canary Islands (ES) | MUGAK/EFE/ElDia/Diario de Navarra |
16/04/2009 | 1 | Esat Ekos (pregnant woman, 19) | Nigeria | died during rescue operation, boat waited 4 days to be allowed to reach Italian coast | MUGAK/TimesM/Diario de Navarra/Verda |
06/04/2009 | 1 | N.N. (±30, man) | unknown | found dead on Eurostar trail tracks by police, presumably hit by a train or fallen from one | IRR |
05/04/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man, 26) | Afghanistan | asylum seeker, stabbed during brawl in square Villemin, Paris (FR) | Reu/Ya.F/MSF/MRAP/CSE10/AFP |
05/04/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, found dead in the Channel tunnel in Calais (FR), probably fell from a lorry | Reu/Ya.F/CSE10/NOB/7sur7.be |
03/04/2009 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | Africa | found on boat 60 km off the southern coast of Lampedusa (IT), had reportedly come from Libya | ANSA/AVV/NOB |
01/04/2009 | 300 | N.N. | Algeria, Somalia, Nigeria | drowned after 3 boats reportedly capsized while travelling from Libya to Italy | VK/Zeit/MET |
29/03/2009 | 213 | N.N. | Africa | assumed missing after boats sank due to stormy weather on way from Libya to Italy | ABC/MUGAK/Deia/DiariodeNavarra/DNG |
29/03/2009 | 21 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after overcrowded boats sank due to stormy weather on way from Libya to Italy | ABC/MUGAK/Deia/DiariodeNavarra/APD |
29/03/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Iraq | stowaway, found dead under Bulgarian truck in Ancona harbour (IT) after crossing the border | CDS/NOB |
26/03/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Iraq | asylum seeker, run over by truck in Venice harbour (IT), was reportedly trying to avoid ID control | CDS/ANSA/AdnK/NOB |
23/03/2009 | 1 | Mazir (man, 24) | unknown | found in Votanikos stream near Aliens bureau in Athens (GR), was in coma for 3 months | NR/IRR |
22/03/2009 | 2 | N.N. | Maghreb | disappeared when Spanish patrol intercepted and transferred passengers from boat off Cabo de Gata | MUGAK/EFE/PUB/NOB |
19/03/2009 | 67 | N.N. | Africa | 17 migrants died after shipwreck near Sfax (TN) on way from Libya to Italy; 50 missing | LS/FE/ANSA/Ach/AFP/LSW/NOB |
19/03/2009 | 1 | Salah Soudami (man, 42) | Algeria | reportedly beaten at Ponte Gallera detention centre in Rome (IT) after being denied medical treatment | ElW/Migreurop |
17/03/2009 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | body washed ashore near La Línea de la Concepción, Cádiz (ES) | MUGAK/DNA/SUR/PUB/EFE/ELM/NOB |
16/03/2009 | 11 | N.N. (4 women; 7 men) | Nigeria | died of dehydration in the Libyan/Nigerian desert while trying to reach Italy, abandoned by Libyan authorities | NOB/LR |
06/03/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±20) | Africa | caught in razorwire trying to jump border fence between Morocco and the enclave of Ceuta (ES) | REU/NOB |
in Mar 09 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant woman) | Nigeria | died giving birth to twins in the Oran desert (DZ) while travelling to Europe | FE/NAN/NT/ODILI |
in Mar 09 | 14 | N.N. | Africa | died in Sahara desert after they got lost, ran out of fuel and water while travelling to Europe | FE/NAN/NT/ODILI |
21/02/2009 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | died when vessel tried to land near Motril (ES); 34 survived | Reu./NOB |
15/02/2009 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 pregnant w.) | Maghreb | drowned after boat crashed into rocks and sank 20 meter from Lanzarotes coast (ES) | Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/ |
15/02/2009 | 19 | N.N. (4 girls; 15 boys) | Maghreb | drowned after boat crashed into rocks and sank 20 meter from Lanzarotes coast (ES) | Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/ |
15/02/2009 | 4 | N.N. (4 men) | Maghreb | drowned after boat crashed into rocks and sank 20 meter from Lanzarotes coast (ES) | Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/ |
15/02/2009 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | drowned after boat crashed into rocks and sank 20 meter from Lanzarotes coast (ES) | Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/ |
02/02/2009 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Gambia | died of dehydration near Canary Islands (ES) after 4 days at sea without water or food | ABC/EP/MUGAK/ELM/Diario de Navarra/ |
in Feb 09 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | found in boat that had drifted for 2 days near coast of Motril (ES); 34 survived | AFP/MAG |
31/01/2009 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found by Moroccan navy in boat sailing near coast of Al Hoceima (MA) | Can7/MUGAK |
29/01/2009 | 8 | N.N. | Tunisia | drowned during shipwreck in the Gulf of Tunis (TN) | ANSA |
28/01/2009 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | bodies washed ashore near Bodrum (TR) | AFP/Reu./NOB |
22/01/2009 | 1 | Vivede (woman, 19) | Nigeria | died of burns and exposure while sailing from Africa to Lampedusa (IT) | LR/ASCA |
21/01/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | body found in boat on Cala Pisana beach, Lampedusa (IT); 53 survived | LR/MP/AdnK/ANSA/NOB |
21/01/2009 | 8 | N.N. | Libya | reportedly froze to death while sailing from Libya to Lampedusa (IT) | LR/CDS |
19/01/2009 | 30 | N.N. (±25) | Tunisia | went missing when boat carrying 35 migrants capsized off coast of Tunisia on way to Italy | LR/FE/LPC/PICUM/APDHA/CDS/AEDH/L |
19/01/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man, 48) | Sri Lanka | froze to death, body found under the Vittorio Emanuele Gallery in Messina (IT) | Ansa |
14/01/2009 | 4 | N.N. (±25) | Algeria | reportedly went missing after boat capsized due to motor problems after leaving Kristel (DZ) | FE/Oran |
13/01/2009 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 18 months) | unknown | drowned off Syros (GR) when boat capsized carrying 19 migrants | FE/KI/NOB |
10/01/2009 | 4 | N.N. (4 women) | Senegal | drowned after boarding a canoe after boat capsized off coast of Senegal while travelling to Spain | NOB/FE |
09/01/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, run over by truck while trying to cross border in Ancona harbour (IT) | Adnk |
07/01/2009 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Afghanistan | stabbed in fight between migrants trying to board UK-bound truck in Calais (FR) | Telegraph/DailyMail/Evening Standard/PI |
03/01/2009 | 1 | Hussein Zahidul (man, 24) | Bangladesh | body found in ditch near the immigration bureau in Votanikos (GR) | KI/IRR/MNS |
01/01/2009 | 1 | Alino (man, 29) | Cameroon | died on way to hospital in Nador (MA) after being shot by border guards in Farkhana (MA) | Diversity/MUGAK/Connect/EP/Tribuna/EL |
in Jan 09 | 12 | N.N. (±25) | Algeria | reportedly missing after leaving coast of Arzew (DZ) in stormy weather | FE/Oran |
in 2009 | 1 | Jonson Ibitui (man) | Nigeria | died of heart attack from stress soon after release following 1 year in detention in Busmantsi (BG) | GloDP/IRR |
in 2009 | 20 | N.N. (mostly children) | Africa | died in a fire in unsafe building due to no other choice of accommodation in Paris (FR) | SurprisingE |
03/04/2009 | 1 | Zivko Kosanovic (man, 49) | Serbia | shot dead in his hometown Sid (RS) after deportation from the Netherlands | NOS/PICUM |
24/12/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found in advanced state of decomposition by fisherman near the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | MUGAK/Publico/SUR/NOB |
18/12/2008 | 7 | N.N. | Somalia, Mauritania | 3 drowned after dinghy travelling to Greece sank in the Aegean Sea; 4 missing | PICUM/AFP/ANSA/NOB |
10/12/2008 | 1 | Zaher Rezai (boy, 13) | Afghanistan | stowaway, run over by truck in Venice (IT); notebook was found where he wrote down classical poems | CDS/ST/EpolisR/NOB/Mip/MP |
07/12/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | found in boat rescued by Spanish authorities near Arguineguín, Canary Islands (ES) | Publico/NOB |
06/12/2008 | 4 | N.N. (1 woman; 3 men) | Palestine | drowned after dinghy sank near Ayvalik (TR); 23 survived | KI/FE/PICUM/NOB |
06/12/2008 | 1 | N.N. (child, 4) | unknown | drowned after dinghy sank trying to reach Samos (GR) from Turkey | EarthT/PICUM/NOB |
02/12/2008 | 1 | Hamid al-Amrani (boy, 12) | Morocco | suicide, hanged himself with a belt in care centre in Madrid (ES) after father was deported | Publico/Terra/ABC/ADN/EurPress/Kaoenl |
02/12/2008 | 1 | Duy Nguyen (man, 25) | Vietnam | stowaway, died of hypothermia in back of truck travelling from France to Great Britain | IRR |
25/11/2008 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, found in refrigerated truck in southern Greece with 30 other people | FE/IntHeraldTribune/NOB |
21/11/2008 | 21 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck near Mayotte (FR) | N24/AFP/NOB |
19/11/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | died of heart attack in hospital after boat was intercepted near Canary Islands (ES) | ABC/AFP |
13/11/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | went missing after falling into the sea during rescue operation 9 miles from Lampedusa (IT) | FE/AdnK/UnSarda/LS/NOB |
11/11/2008 | 3 | N.N. (2 children; 1 adult) | Africa | 1 died at sea, 1 upon arrival on coast of El Hierro (ES), 1 in hospital a week later | ElDia/Top News/ABC/FE/PICUM/MUGAK |
10/11/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in La Candelaria Hospital, Tenerife (ES) 5 days after his boat was intercepted | ElDia/Top News/ABC/FE |
05/11/2008 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | found in advanced state of decomposition in the Mediterranean Sea near Birzebbuga (MT) | TimesM |
02/11/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | found in advanced state of decomposition in the Mediterranean Sea near Delimara (MT) | TimesM/NOB |
02/11/2008 | 1 | Mohammed Ali (man, 80) | Iraq | died of lung cancer after being denied treatment in Great Britain although he was a legal resident | IRR |
01/11/2008 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | found in advanced state of decomposition in the Mediterranean Sea near Delimara (MT) | TimesM/NOB |
29/10/2008 | 3 | N.N. (1 child; 2 adults) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2 bodies found in boat off coast of La Gomera (ES), another later died of hypothermia in hospital | EP/NOB |
29/10/2008 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, recovered by Greek border police in the Eastern Aegean Sea | PICUM |
26/10/2008 | 1 | Muhammad Asraf | Pakistan | injured by police while in line for asylum seekers outside government office in Athens (GR) | ECRE/ST/Vluchteling/IRR/MNS |
23/10/2008 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | found in advanced state of decomposition in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Malta | TimesM |
23/10/2008 | 1 | N.N. (child, 17) | Albania | drowned in lagoon in southern Albania after overloaded boat capsized while avoiding police | FE/Javno/NOB |
23/10/2008 | 2 | N.N. (2 young people) | Albania | drowned in lagoon in southern Albania after overloaded boat capsized while avoiding police | Javno |
20/10/2008 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 22) | Albania | drowned in lagoon in southern Albania after overloaded boat capsized while avoiding police | Reu/Picum/Javno/NOB |
20/10/2008 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 3 months) | Albania | drowned in lagoon in southern Albania after overloaded boat capsized while avoiding police | Reu/Picum/Javno/NOB |
20/10/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | body found on boat in Gran Canaria (ES); 92 survived | NOB/TySp |
20/10/2008 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | shot by fellow passenger as boat left Libya for Europe | HRW |
19/10/2008 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 60) | France | suicide, set herself on fire in Paris (FR) to protest the deportation of her Armenian partner | SP |
18/10/2008 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | body found in advanced state of decomposition in the Mediterranean Sea near Delimara (MT) | TimesM |
12/10/2008 | 1 | Nenad Jovanovic (man) | Serbia | suicide in detention centre in Vottem (BE) after hearing his asylum claim had been rejected | Necropolis/IRR/MNS/GRAPPE/CRACPE/ |
10/10/2008 | 23 | N.N. (incl 1 woman; 1 man) | Zimbabwe | 3 drowned after boat sank from Anjouan (KM) to Mayotte (FR); 20 missing | Malango |
07/10/2008 | 50 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat capsized in Kenitra (MA) | MNS/NOB |
06/10/2008 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Iraq | drowned, found between the Evros River delta and Port of Alexandroupoli (GR) | NOB/KI |
05/10/2008 | 18 | N.N. | Pakistan, Myanmar | stowaways, died from asphyxiation after traffic accident in truck heading from Istanbul (TR) to Greece | Picum/Nt7/TodZam/NOB |
05/10/2008 | 4 | N.N. (1 boy; 3 men) | Iraq | bodies found between the Evros River delta and Port of Alexandroupoli (GR) | NOB/KI |
05/10/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | stowaway, hit by car on A381 highway (ES) after falling off truck he was hiding in | NOB/EP |
05/10/2008 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | stowaway, had hidden in car to enter Spain, body found by Guardia Civil in the enclave of Melilla (ES) | NOB/Verdad |
04/10/2008 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | bodies found by coast guard along coast between Estepona and Casares (ES) | NOB/Sur |
02/10/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iraq | drowned, body found by fishermen near shore of Alexandroupoli (GR) | NOB/KI |
in Oct 08 | 1 | N.N. (man, 40) | Vietnam | suicide, hanged himself in detention centre in Bautzen (DE) out of fear of deportation | IRR/ARI |
in Oct 08 | 2 | N.N. (2 children) | unknown | drowned, bodies discovered by Turkish and Greek authorities in the Aegean Sea | PICUM/NOB |
in Oct 08 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned, bodies discovered by Turkish and Greek authorities in the Aegean Sea | PICUM/NOB |
in Oct 08 | 6 | N.N. | Iraq | drowned, bodies discovered by Turkish and Greek authorities in the Aegean Sea | PICUM/NOB |
in Oct 08 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies discovered by Turkish and Greek authorities in the Aegean Sea | PICUM/NOB |
in Oct 08 | 1 | Eduardo (young man) | Bolivia | died weeks after expulsion from Spain back to Bolivia, had serious mental health problems | MUGAK |
27/09/2008 | 4 | N.N. (incl 2 men) | 2 Georgia, 2 unknown | died in minefield in Kastanea near Evros (GR) on way to Greece | NOB/KI |
26/09/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Senegal | drowned, trying to swim from Morocco to Ceuta (ES), civil guards punctured his lifevest | MUGAK |
12/09/2008 | 25 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration, bodies found in advanced state of decomposition by Algerian police in Sahara | MNS |
11/09/2008 | 13 | N.N. | Africa | bodies thrown overboard during trip from Libya to Portopalo, Sicily (IT) | RAI/FE/NOB |
09/09/2008 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | drowned near Malta after boat capsized | TimesM |
08/09/2008 | 33 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died while travelling to Canary Islands (ES), survivors found by Moroccan sea patrol | PICUM/EP/NOB |
07/09/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died of heart attack in hospital after arriving by boat in La Gomera (ES) with 117 other migrants | NOB/EP |
06/09/2008 | 1 | Solyman Rashed (man) | Iraq | killed by car bomb in Kirkuk (IQ) 2 weeks after voluntary repatriation from Great Britain | IRR |
05/09/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man, 26) | Algeria | reportedly drowned on way to Italy, body found on Oued Saboun beach near Skikda (DZ) | NOB/FE |
02/09/2008 | 1 | Frank Odame (man, 36) | Ghana | died after falling from 3rd floor of tower block raided by police and immigration officials in Essex (GB) | Guardian/IRR/INDgb/4wardUK/JCWI |
01/09/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man, 32) | Zimbabwe | died of tuberculosis following medical neglect at Colnbrook removal centre (GB) | IRR |
01/09/2008 | 5 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly died trying to reach Malta in dinghy | TimesM |
in Sep 08 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck during storm, bodies found in Valletta (MT) | ANSA/jW/NOB |
in Sep 08 | 1 | Baj Singh (man, 33) | India | crushed by truck in Trent Vale (GB) after hiding under wheel | NDTV/IRR |
in Sep 08 | 4 | N.N. (4 men, ± 27) | unknown | decomposing bodies found near coast of Vega Baja del Segura, Alicante (ES) | MNS/Picum |
in Sep 08 | 13 | N.N. | Ghana, Niger, Nigeria | drowned after being thrown into the sea near Sicily (IT) | AFP/PICUM/jW |
in Sep 08 | 14 | N.N. (14 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies found in boat near Arguineguín (ES) after 12-day long trip from Mauritania | ABC/MUGAK/PrensaLibre/ElDia/NOB/jW/ |
in Sep 08 | 1 | N.N. (man, 32) | Zimbabwe | died of tuberculosis after release from Colnbrook removal centre (GB) where he was held 2 years | No-Deportations |
30/08/2008 | 14 | N.N. | Algeria | reportedly drowned after boat capsized between Algeria and Sardinia (IT) | NOB/FE |
28/08/2008 | 5 | N.N. | Tunisia | reportedly drowned after boat sank near Zembra, off Sidi Daoud (TN) on way to Italy | NOB |
26/08/2008 | 20 | N.N. | Africa | thrown overboard to prevent Moroccan boat from sinking on way to Spain | SP/JW |
25/08/2008 | 61 | N.N. (61 men) | Eritrea, Ghana, Somalia, Su | drowned after dinghy from Libya capsized near coast of Malta | Telegraph/MaltaIndependent/Ia/PICUM/M |
25/08/2008 | 4 | N.N. (4 women) | Eritrea, Ghana, Somalia, Su | drowned after dinghy from Libya capsized near coast of Malta | Telegraph/MaltaIndependent/Ia/PICUM/M |
25/08/2008 | 4 | N.N. (incl pregnant women) | Eritrea, Ghana, Somalia, Su | drowned after dinghy from Libya capsized near coast of Malta | Telegraph/MaltaIndependent/Ia/PICUM/M |
25/08/2008 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Eritrea, Ghana, Somalia, Su | drowned after dinghy from Libya capsized near coast of Malta | Telegraph/MaltaIndependent/Ia/PICUM/M |
24/08/2008 | 1 | Kalkouli Amin | Algeria | died of injuries after being caught on boat and pushed overboard in Algiers (DZ) | FE/SoirInfo |
23/08/2008 | 56 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration in the Sahara Desert after running out of water and fuel | CMG |
21/08/2008 | 35 | N.N. (children; women; men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation on boat travelling from Morocco to Almería (ES); 25 survived | BBC/NYtimes/Guardian/PICUM/MSN/NO |
18/08/2008 | 1 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned after boat capsized off Didim (TR); 31 rescued | HurriyetDN/NOB |
10/08/2008 | 1 | Hussein Ali (man, 35) | Kurdistan-Iraq | Kurd, suicide, at his home in Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi-Kurdistan 2 days after deportation from GreatBritain | IRR |
05/08/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | body found on coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | NOB/DiarioSur |
05/08/2008 | 1 | Nadir Zarabee (man) | Iran | found hanged in park in Manchester (GB) after being evicted from his home by Asylum Support Service | IRR |
03/08/2008 | 1 | Mohammad Hussain (man, 36) | Iraq | died of cancer after medical neglect in Lindholme removal centre (GB) | IRR |
02/08/2008 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 5) | Africa | drowned, parts of his body found in sea near Motril (ES), likely travelling from Maghreb | NOB/Ideal |
in Aug 08 | 75 | N.N. | Somalia | missing, reportedly drowned while travelling from Libya to Italy on boats with faulty engines | Mareeg |
in Aug 08 | 2 | N.N. (2 children) | Nigeria | died of starvation, thrown in the Mediterranean Sea by their father | Ua |
in Aug 08 | 1 | Adam Osman Mohammed (m, 32) | Sudan | shot by militia in Calgoo (SD) after asylum claim was rejected in Great Britain | MNS/Independent/WP/Spits/Telegraph |
31/07/2008 | 14 | N.N. (incl 2 pregnant women) | Nigeria | drowned in shipwreck due to stormy waters while travelling to Spain | Ua/Raz/MUGAK |
31/07/2008 | 3 | N.N. (2 women; 1 man) | Africa, Iraq | drowned, bodies found at sea during rescue operation by armed forces between Malta and Libya | NOB/TimesM |
30/07/2008 | 13 | N.N. | Pakistan | stowaways, suffocated in overcrowded truck, bodies dumped in field in Istanbul (TR) | HurriyetDN/NOB |
29/07/2008 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck near Lampedusa (IT) | PICUM/LR/NOB |
29/07/2008 | 37 | N.N. | Algeria | reportedly drowned after 2 boats capsized between Algeria and Sardinia (IT) | FE |
29/07/2008 | 1 | Fethi (woman) | Algeria | reportedly drowned after 2 boats capsized between Algeria and Sardinia (IT) | FE |
25/07/2008 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | found in boat carrying 79 migrants in La Gomera Island (ES) | NOB/MAC |
23/07/2008 | 24 | N.N. | unknown | 6 reportedly drowned after boat sank between Mayotte (FR) and Comoros Islands (KM); 18 missing | NOB/France24 |
23/07/2008 | 1 | Mansour Habib (man, 24) | Eritrea | stabbed during gang attack on migrants in Norrent-Fontes near Calais (FR) | Terrederrance |
22/07/2008 | 1 | N.N. (child, ±4) | unknown | found in advanced state of decomposition in the Algarrobo River in Málaga (ES) | EP/NOB |
20/07/2008 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 3) | Nigeria | died of starvation while travelling to Italy, body thrown overboard | Reu |
19/07/2008 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Nigeria | died of starvation while travelling to Italy, body thrown overboard | Reu/Picum |
18/07/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | body recovered from sea near Malta | TimesM/NOB |
16/07/2008 | 1 | David S. (man, 23) | Armenia | suicide, slit wrists in Nuremberg (DE) prison cell, was due to be deported and separated from parents | ARI |
14/07/2008 | 28 | N.N. | Africa | 3 drowned after boat capsized near Lampedusa (IT); 25 missing | NOB/ItalyMAG/VK |
14/07/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iraq | road accident, found on highway at Transmarck near Calais (FR) | Libelille |
11/07/2008 | 5 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration and hypothermia, bodies found on boat in La Gomera (ES) | IntHeraldTribune/NOB/VK/MUGAK |
11/07/2008 | 11 | N.N. (incl 9 babies) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hunger and thirst after 2 weeks on boat from West Africa to Spain, bodies thrown overboard | GARA/FE/MUGAK/VK/IntHeraldTribune/N |
10/07/2008 | 15 | N.N. (incl 9 children) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly died of starvation, bodies found in Almería (ES) | Nation/IntHeraldTribune/Ia/Picum/MSN/N |
10/07/2008 | 3 | N.N. (3 women) | Africa | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Malta | Picum/FE/TOM/NOB |
07/07/2008 | 14 | N.N. (1 baby; 4 women; 9 men) | Africa | drowned after vessel turned near coast of Motril, Granada (ES) | MNS/EP/PICUM/NOB |
04/07/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iraq | stowaway, found under truck on Greek ferry in the port of Venice (IT) | Reu./Picum/NOB |
01/07/2008 | 37 | N.N. | West Africa | drowned on way to Europe, wrecked boat and bodies found near Libreville (GA) | NOB/Reu. |
in July 08 | 13 | N.N. | Myanmar, Pakistan | stowaways, died of asphyxiation in truck after crash on way from Istanbul (TR) to Greece | TodZam |
in July 08 | 15 | N.N. | Somalia | died of starvation after walking for 10 days in the Libyan desert to Italy due to car failure | TRP |
29/06/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | died in detention centre in Caltanissetta (IT) after being refused medical care | PICUM/TL |
27/06/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±40) | Iraq | stowaway, suffocated in cucumber truck on ferry that had arrived in Venice (IT) from Greece | NOB/UNSarda |
26/06/2008 | 3 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned after boat shipwrecked 32 miles south of Malta | NOB/FE |
22/06/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | Iraq | stowaway, died of starvation in truck on ferry from Patrasso (GR) to Venice (IT) | CDS/LR/NOB |
21/06/2008 | 1 | Abdel Karem Souli (man, 41) | Tunisia | died of heart attack in Vincennes detention centre (FR), calls for assistance were ignored for 2 hours | Mrap/IRR/BTB/Libération |
18/06/2008 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | died in hospital in Tenerife (ES) the day after their boat arrived in Spain; 78 survived | NOB/Diario de Navarra |
15/06/2008 | 6 | N.N. (children; adults) | Somalia | drowned after boat sank south of Malta; 28 rescued by Italian fishing boat | NOB/LR |
15/06/2008 | 1 | N.N. (baby) | Somalia | died at birth due to hardship during travel; mother rescued from shipwreck near Malta | NOB/TEMPO |
12/06/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Somalia | shot in Kirklareli detention centre (TR) during a riot against conditions | NOB/HURRIYET |
12/06/2008 | 1 | Alex Darkwah Oppong (man, 41) | unknown | jumped out of window of asylum centre in Klagenfurt, Carinthia (AT) during fire | Falter |
10/06/2008 | 2 | N.N. | Afghanistan, Pakistan | stowaways, died in car accident when bus carrying 18 passengers overturned in Dogubayazit (TR) | NOB/HaberT |
10/06/2008 | 15 | N.N. | Somalia, Eritrea | drowned after boat capsized during Italian coast guard rescue operation 56 km off coast of Malta | NOB/LR/EB/GuidaS/ANSA |
07/06/2008 | 149 | N.N. | Algeria, Egypt, Morocco | drowned after boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea near Tunisia | CDS/GDS/STAMPA/LR/SD/PICUM/NOB/ |
05/06/2008 | 13 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after stormy weather caused boat to sink 50 km off coast of Libya | CDS/SP/NOB |
in June 08 | 6 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned after boat sank due to stormy weather near Malta | LR/SD |
in June 08 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 2 men) | unknown | drowned after boat sank when Italian fishing ship tried to rescue them near coast of Italy | HNS |
30/05/2008 | 1 | Andy Bestman (man, 24) | Nigeria | jumped into the Rhine River near Basel (CH) while fleeing from the police | SSF/Watson/Necropolis |
26/05/2008 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Tunisia | stowaways, died of suffocation while travelling by boat from Sfax (TN) | Sh/NOB/IRR |
26/05/2008 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, boat capsized in rough seas 85 miles south east of Malta; 13 survived | NOB/TimesM |
25/05/2008 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration near Grand Canaria (ES), 2 died in the boat, 1 at the hospital; 65 survived | NOB/FE/ABC |
24/05/2008 | 1 | Hassan Nejl (man, 38) | Morocco | died of pneumonia and medical neglect in Brunelleschi detention centre (IT) | LR/MP |
23/05/2008 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found by Italian coast guard near Ragusa, Sicily (IT) | NOB/AdnK |
22/05/2008 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned, body found in the sea 50 miles from Malta | TimesM/NOB |
22/05/2008 | 2 | N.N. | Algeria | drowned while attempting to reach Spain, bodies found in sea near Cherchell (DZ) | NOB/FE |
20/05/2008 | 12 | N.N. | Africa | 2 bodies found, reportedly drowned off coast of Malta; 10 missing | NOB/TimesM |
10/05/2008 | 47 | N.N. | Africa | died of starvation and cold after boat engine broke in the Mediterranean Sea off coast of Tunisia | Reu./Ftcr/EP/NOB |
09/05/2008 | 1 | Abdelhakim Ajimi (22, man) | Africa | died in police custody under unclear circumstances after being arrested in Grasse (FR) | IRR |
08/05/2008 | 3 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned trying to reach Malta | TimesM |
05/05/2008 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, car he was hiding in crashed during police chase in Xanthi (GR) | NOB/KI |
04/05/2008 | 1 | Hamidur Rahman (man, 31) | Bangladesh | suicide, overdosed on antidepressants in Birkenfeld (DE) after asylum claim was rejected | ARI |
01/05/2008 | 1 | Ebenizer Folefack Sontsa (m., 32) | Cameroon | suicide, hanged himself in bathroom at the Merksplas detention centre (BE) out of fear of deportation | HLN/IRR/Afrik/MNS/Indymedia/NOB |
in May 08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | hit by car on highway in Nicosia (CY) while trying to escape police raid | IRR/AFP/NOB |
in May 08 | 1 | Lucy Kirma (woman) | unknown | died after hunger strike in asylum seekers' accommodation in Great Britain after being denied asylum | IRR |
in May 08 | 21 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after their boat was pulled towards Turkey and ran out of fuel near Samos (GR) | FE |
28/04/2008 | 36 | N.N. (incl 4 babies; 2 women) | Nigeria (24), Cameroon (9) | drowned after Moroccan police punctured rubber dinghy with knife off coast of Morocco | FE/Welt/ST/MNS/Picum/Reu/APDHA/MB/ |
23/04/2008 | 4 | N.N. (4 men) | Iran, Syria | drowned after Turkish police forced him to swim across river separating Turkey and Iraq | UNHCR |
22/04/2008 | 17 | N.N. (17 men) | Tunisia | 3 drowned, 14 missing aboard boat travelling from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/CPD/HNS/NOB |
22/04/2008 | 1 | Hamza Ben Hammadi (man, 21) | Tunisia | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe, found in Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/CPD/HNS |
22/04/2008 | 1 | Mohamed Dalhoum (man, 24) | Tunisia | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe, found in Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/CPD/HNS |
22/04/2008 | 1 | Rachid Jebeniani (man, 22) | Tunisia | went missing in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/CPD/HNS |
22/04/2008 | 1 | Abdelmounim Douiri (man, 27) | Tunisia | went missing in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/HNS/CPD |
22/04/2008 | 1 | Maalek Zarga (man, 21) | Tunisia | went missing in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/HNS/CPD |
22/04/2008 | 1 | Mourad Jlassi (man) | Tunisia | went missing in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/HNS/CPD |
22/04/2008 | 1 | Mohamed Jebeniani (man, 22) | Tunisia | went missing in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/HNS/CPD |
22/04/2008 | 1 | Ayman Ben Taieb Hassine (b., 17) | Tunisia | went missing in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/CPD/HNS |
22/04/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Tunisia | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/CPD/HNS |
22/04/2008 | 1 | Ruslan Yatskevich (man, 32) | Belarus | found in woods near Zella-Mehlis detention centre (DE) after being threatened with deportation | jW/Karawane |
21/04/2008 | 2 | N.N. | Ivory Coast | stowaways, found on British container ship travelling from Ivory Coast to Vigo (ES); 11 survived | NOB/EarthT |
15/04/2008 | 1 | Robert Weniaminov (man, 43) | Armenia | died of alcoholism and depression in Neuhaus am Rennweg hospital (DE) while awaiting asylum decision | ARI |
08/04/2008 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | went missing after boat sank near Mtsamboro, Mayotte (FR) | Malango |
07/04/2008 | 16 | N.N. (±23) | Algeria | 11 bodies found by coast guard, 5 missing off coast of Arzew (DZ) | KH/FE/NOB |
06/04/2008 | 16 | N.N. (16 men, ±20) | Algeria | 13 drowned, 3 missing when vessel sank after leaving Mers El Hadjadj (DZ) | MNS/Picum/FE |
04/04/2008 | 1 | Baba Traoré (man, 29) | Mali | died of heart attack after jumping into the Marne River in Paris (FR) to avoid identity check by police | IRR/20MFR |
in Apr 08 | 7 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in camp in Oujda (MA) due to poor living conditions | FE |
in Apr 08 | 1 | Shirazi Abdullah Juma (man) | Tanzania | suicide, set himself on fire in detention centre in Luxembourg | ASTI |
30/03/2008 | 1 | Alfredo Castano-Fuentes (m., 24) | Ghana | suicide, hanged himself in Pentonville Prison (GB) after being sentenced for having fake passport | IRR/BBC/OBS |
29/03/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Maghreb | body found in the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) after he had reportedly swum from Beni Ansar (MA) | MUGAK/Sur/EFE |
29/03/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Vietnam | jumped from 19th floor of building in Berlin (DE) after asylum claim was rejected | ARI |
23/03/2008 | 1 | Abdi Daud (man, 40) | Somalia | given high dosages of cortisone in detention centre in Zurich (CH) | NR/AugenAufCH |
23/03/2008 | 1 | Ayse Abdurrahman | Somalia | drowned after small boat capsized on way to Turkey (TR) | ChinaView |
23/03/2008 | 5 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after small boat capsized on way to Turkey (TR) | ChinaView |
19/03/2008 | 1 | Ama Sumani (woman, 39) | Ghana | died of cancer in Ghana after being deported from hospital in Great Britain after visa expired | BBC/WIK/Independent/Times/IRR |
19/03/2008 | 40 | N.N. | Egypt, Seneg, Nig, Som, Tun | drowned after boat sank near coast of Zawia (LY) while travelling to Lampedusa (IT) | FE/CDS |
14/03/2008 | 4 | N.N. | Palestine | 4 drowned during shipwreck caused by strong winds near the village of Kale (TR); 3 survived | TP/NOB |
05/03/2008 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found on boat in Canary Islands (ES) carrying 59 migrants | TySp/NOB/MPG/JA/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Ahmad Mahmud El Sabah (man) | Egypt | died of inadequate medical care on detention boat in Rotterdam (NL) | ST/IN/IKN |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Ayse Abdurrahman (woman) | Somalia | drowned after boat capsized near Didim (TR) while trying to reach Europe | Xinhua/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 5 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned after boat capsized near Didim (TR) while travelling to Europe | Xinhua/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Youcef (man, 25) | Algeria | body found in Bethioua Harbour (DZ) after trying to reach Europe by boat | Oran/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Bilal (man, 22) | Algeria | went missing after leaving village of Bethioua (DZ) and trying to cross the sea to reach Spain | Oran/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Nabil (man, 25) | Algeria | went missing after leaving village of Bethioua (DZ) and trying to cross the sea to reach Spain | Oran/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Omar (man, 24) | Algeria | went missing after leaving village of Bethioua (DZ) and trying to cross the sea to reach Spain | Oran/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Boubekeur (man, 24) | Algeria | went missing after leaving village of Bethioua (DZ) and trying to cross the sea to reach Spain | Oran/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 3 | N.N. (±25) | Algeria | disappeared while trying to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea | Oran/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 3 | N.N. (3 men, ±30) | Algeria | disappeared while trying to reach Spain from Mostaganem (DZ), all were from Tiaret (DZ) | FE/Oran |
in Mar 08 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | Algeria | drowned while trying to reach Spain, his body was repatriated to Rahouia (DZ) | FE/Oran |
in Mar 08 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Algeria | drowned while trying to reach Spain from Algeria, was from Tiaret (DZ) | FE/Oran |
18/02/2008 | 1 | Barhan Ahmed (man, 28) | Iraq | suicide, set himself on fire in Nelson (GB), depressed after his asylum claim was rejected | IRR |
15/02/2008 | 1 | John Maina (man, 20) | Kenya | suicide, in Meudon, southwestern suburb of Paris (FR) after asylum claim was rejected | MNS/IRR |
06/02/2008 | 1 | Mohammed Ahmedi (man, 18) | Iraq | died of heart condition in hospital in Gloucestershire (GB), waiting for clarification on his status | IRR |
05/02/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man, 28) | India | stowaway, crushed to death in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) by tourist bus he was hiding under | MNS/NOB/AP/MUGAK/SUR |
03/02/2008 | 1 | Rachid Abdelsalam (man) | Algeria | died of heart failure on Rotterdam-based detention boat, was treated with wrong medication (NL) | ST/VG/SCH/Dag |
02/02/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | drowned, body found on coast of Barranco Hondo in Tarifa (ES) | TySp/NOB |
01/02/2008 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Morocco | drowned near Cádiz (ES) after shipwreck | EP |
29/01/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, body found in ship that had travelled from Patras (GR) to Venice (IT) | KI/NOB |
29/01/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | drowned in shipwreck off Conil de la Frontera (ES), body found in Costa de la Luz (ES) | TySp/NOB |
23/01/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Algeria | body found on beach of La Marsa (TN) | Oran/NOB |
23/01/2008 | 17 | N.N. | Maghreb | 2 drowned, 15 missing after boat sank off shore of Conil (ES) | EP/MUGAK/Diario de Navarra/ELM/APDH |
22/01/2008 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 14) | Afghanistan | stowaway, crushed to death by truck he was hiding under in Panighina (IT) coming from Greece | romagnaoggi/NOB/FE |
22/01/2008 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | 2 drowned, 6 missing after vessel capsized off coast of Luz (ES), 24 survived | PICUM/NOB |
22/01/2008 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned near Cádiz (ES) after small boat capsized while travelling to Spain | EP |
15/01/2008 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned after falling into the freezing Evros River (GR) when small boat sank | KI/ANA/PICUM/HR |
12/01/2008 | 3 | N.N. | Africa | died of starvation on boat carrying 88 migrants to Canary Islands (ES) | EP/MFS/PICUM/NOB |
10/01/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Somalia | drowned after swimming in search of help only to be thrown overboard by captain of the boat (IT) | LR/NOB |
06/01/2008 | 6 | N.N. | North Africa | reportedly drowned trying to reach Cádiz (ES) | EP |
04/01/2008 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | Maghreb | drowned, bodies found floating near coast of Barbate (ES) | Verdad/MUGAK/EP |
01/01/2008 | 9 | N.N. (1 woman, ±23; 8 men) | Maghreb | drowned after boat capsized near beach in Cádiz (ES) | EP/MUGAK/APDHA/PICUM/NOB |
01/01/2008 | 1 | N.N. (man, 28) | Tunisia | suicide in detention centre in Grünau, Berlin (DE) after asylum claim was rejected | MNS/jW/IRR |
in Jan 08 | 8 | N.N. (8 men, ±20) | Morocco | drowned, bodies found near Los Barrios (ES); relatives identified 3 bodies | EP |
30/12/2007 | 1 | Mohamed Mechergui (man, 28) | Tunisia | suicide, hanged himself with shoelaces in Berlin Köpenick detention centre (DE), asylum was rejected | IRR/ARI |
28/12/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Georgia | drowned after ship capsized near Evros (GR); 20 survived | IntHeraldTribune/NOB |
26/12/2007 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | board carrying 2 bodies found near Spain by yachts participating in a race | EP |
25/12/2007 | 1 | Abdullah "Joker" Idris (man, 18) | Sudan | suicide, asylum seeker facing deportation hanged himself in prison cell in Chelmsford (GB) | Inquest/IRR |
23/12/2007 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | cause of death unknown, body found by fisherman near Lesbos (GR) | TDN/NOB |
17/12/2007 | 8 | N.N. | Afghanistan, Iran, Mauritania | drowned after overloaded boat sank in the Aegean Sea near Bodrum (TR) while travelling to Kos (GR) | TDN/KI/Ya.D/NOB |
13/12/2007 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, reportedly fell from wheel bay of airplane, body found in garden in Val dOise (FR) | MNS |
12/12/2007 | 7 | N.N. | Morocco | 3 drowned; 4 missing; 19 rescued by oil tanker 30 miles off Cap Falcon (DZ) | NOB/FE/QUOTI |
11/12/2007 | 1 | Kamal X (man, 28) | Iran | suicide, set himself on fire in Amberg (DE) | IRR/ARI |
09/12/2007 | 44 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | disappeared in shipwreck near Dakhla (EH), while travelling to Canary Islands (ES); 6 bodies found | DPA/MNS/EP |
09/12/2007 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found aboard boat in El Hierro (ES) | EP/NOB |
09/12/2007 | 6 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned near Dakhla, Western Sahara (EH) while travelling to Canary Islands (ES); 44 missing | EP/FE/NOB |
08/12/2007 | 86 | N.N. | Iraq, Palestine, Somalia | 51 drowned, 35 missing near Seferihisar (TR) after overloaded boat sank | ICARE/BBC/Guardian/SP/TheGlobe/DPS |
08/12/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | unknown | reportedly drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition wearing life jacket | Oran |
08/12/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found in advanced state of decomposition on boat in Dakar (SN) on way to Spain | SudQ |
07/12/2007 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found in Crete (GR) on boat that had arrived from Egypt | AthensNewsAgency/NOB |
07/12/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | unknown | suicide, asylum seeker set himself on fire in town hall of Haren (NL) | NRC/NoPoliceRaids/AD |
04/12/2007 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on vessel that arrived in Los Cristianos de Tenerife (ES); 51 survived | MUGAK/EP/NOB |
04/12/2007 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on vessel that arrived in Los Cristianos de Tenerife (ES); 37 survived | MUGAK/EP/ABC/Diario de Noticias/NOB |
04/12/2007 | 10 | N.N. | Comoros | 2 drowned, 8 missing after boat collided with French police ship near Mayotte (FR), 2 survived | Le Monde/NOB |
03/12/2007 | 10 | N.N. | Algeria | 9 drowned, 1 missing after boat collided with Dutch cargo ship during Italian rescue operation | MNS/VK/NOB |
02/12/2007 | 40 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hunger and dehydration, bodies thrown overboard on way from Senegal to Europe | MNS/VK/NOB |
29/11/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | unknown | reportedly drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition near El Marsa, Western Sahara | Oran/NOB |
29/11/2007 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | 2 bodies found by Galician fishing boat near El Hierro (ES); 48 rescued | NOB/TySp |
17/11/2007 | 1 | Avtar Singh (man, 37) | India | suicide, in prison (GB) for holding fake passport, devastated to be unable to support family in India | IRR |
16/11/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | shot to death in stomach during police raid for undocumented migrants in Pyla (CY) | TDN/IRR/MNS/NOB |
14/11/2007 | 36 | N.N. | unknown | 6 bodies found near Sidi Ifni (MA), 30 missing after ship sank while travelling from Morocco to Spain | Can7/NOB |
10/11/2007 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 2 men) | unknown | bodies found in the Alboran Sea near coast of Andalusia (ES) | ABC/MUGAK/NOB |
09/11/2007 | 58 | N.N. (young people) | Gambia | drowned after jumping overboard when boat caught fire on way from Banjul (GM) to Spain | Afrol/APDA/MUGAK/ELM/Diario de Notici |
09/11/2007 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | died in hospital in Nouadhibou (MR) after 49 people were thrown overboard from same boat | ABC |
08/11/2007 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | shot by border guard while trying to cross into northwestern Greece | Reu./PICUM |
07/11/2007 | 52 | N.N. | Gambia, Mali, Senegal | died of starvation and dehydration after boat motor broke down on way from Senegal to Spain | DiarioVasco/DiariodeNavarra/MNS/Diaria |
in Nov 07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Ivory Coast | body washed ashore near Ghazaouet (DZ) | Oran |
in Nov 07 | 1 | Eid Shaaban (man, 37) | Egypt | drowned in shipwreck while travelling from Egypt to Italy, acquaintances identified the body | LAT |
in Nov 07 | 57 | N.N. (57 men) | Egypt | drowned in shipwreck while travelling from Alexandria (EG) to Italy | LAT |
in Nov 07 | 59 | N.N. (men) | Senegal | 56 drowned or died of hunger on way to Canary Islands (ES), 3 died upon landing in La Güera (EH) | EP/Medios |
29/10/2007 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | 9 drowned, 8 missing in shipwreck near Catania (IT) | MUGAK/AFVIC |
28/10/2007 | 7 | N.N. (7 men) | Palestine | drowned after boat travelling from Egypt capsized, found off Roccella Ionica coast, Calabria (IT) | MNS/PICUM/LESP/jW/LR/MUGAK/AVUI |
28/10/2007 | 9 | N.N. (incl 1 child) | unknown | drowned in shipwreck, bodies found by coast guard near Vendicari, Sicily (IT) | LR/MNS/PICUM/MUGAK/AVUI |
24/10/2007 | 57 | N.N. | Mali, Guinea, Africa | 7 bodies found on boat trying to reach Spain from Cape Verde; 50 still missing | Icare/EFE/EP/EurPress/Le Soleil/AFVIC/ |
18/10/2007 | 10 | N.N. | Mali | jumped into the sea in desperation, lost at sea after vessel went adrift on way from Mauritania to ES | MNS/PICUM/Courrier |
17/10/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Maghreb | suicide, hanged himself in garden of detention centre for migrants in Modena (IT) | INDi/ASGI/GLOPRO |
16/10/2007 | 49 | N.N. | unknown | bodies thrown overboard on way from Mauritania to Spain | ABC |
15/10/2007 | 1 | N.N. (young person) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration in hospital in Tenerife (ES) after 12-day long trip at sea from Gambia | MNS/PICUM/Can7/EFE/MUGAK |
15/10/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Nigeria | suicide, hanged himself in his cell at detention centre in Modena (IT) | MP/INDi/ASGI/GLOPRO |
10/10/2007 | 1 | Shaukat Ali (man, 61) | Pakistan | suicide, hanged himself at his home in Birkby (GB) after asylum claim was rejected | HEXAM/IRR |
08/10/2007 | 4 | N.N. (3 men) | unknown | 1 drowned; 3 missing; boat carrying 117 migrants was found near Zakynthos (GR); | VK |
08/10/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | drowned, body found near coast of Níjar (ES) | ELM |
04/10/2007 | 1 | Mike Osei (man, 34) | Ghana | fell from 7-storey building while fleeing police in Amsterdam (NL) | Karawane/Fabel van de Illegaal |
in Oct 07 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck near Balikesir (TR) while crossing border from Turkey to Greece; 11 survived | KUNA |
in Oct 07 | 3 | N.N. | Algeria | drowned, bodies recovered from the sea near coast of Sejnane (TN) | QUOTI |
in Oct 07 | 1 | N.N. | Sri Lanka | suicide, lay down under train in Great Britain after losing his job and having asylum claim rejected | TheNews |
26/09/2007 | 1 | Laucling Sonko (man, 29) | Senegal | manslaughter by Spanish Guardia Civil who cut his life jacket and brought him back to Morocco | Guardian/ST/Telegraph/Picum/ELM/MUG |
26/09/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of exhaustion after being rescued, was trying to swim from Morocco to the enclave of Ceuta (ES) | EurPress |
25/09/2007 | 3 | N.N. (±25) | Algeria | reportedly drowned on way to Spain, decomposing bodies found near coast of Ghazaouet (DZ) | NOB/FE |
24/09/2007 | 2 | N.N. (1 child; 1 man) | unknown | drowned, bodies recovered from the sea near Samos (GR) after wooden boat capsized | KI/NOB |
24/09/2007 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies recovered from the sea near Chios (GR) after boat capsized | KI/NOB |
23/09/2007 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found on boat that had reached Los Cristianos Harbor, Canary Islands (ES) | ElDia/EFE/EP/Can7/ELM |
20/09/2007 | 1 | Chulun Liua (woman, 51) | China | fell into coma and died after jumping out of window in Paris (FR) to avoid police raid | MNS/PICUM/IRR |
19/09/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Romania | suicide, set himself on fire in Castellón (ES) after being denied help with voluntary repatriation | MNS |
16/09/2007 | 6 | N.N. (6 men) | Algeria | disappeared after boat sank near Cabo de Gata, Almería (ES) | EP/ELM/EFE |
16/09/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, likely in Cabo de Gata shipwreck, body found near Nijar beach (ES) | NOB/TySp |
14/09/2007 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after being thrown overboard by traffickers near the Pantelleria (IT) while sailing from Libya | LR |
13/09/2007 | 3 | N.N. (3 girls, 6, 10, 13) | Chechnya | died of exhaustion and exposure at Polish border while fleeing from conflict in Chechnya | MNS/VK |
13/09/2007 | 8 | N.N. | Egypt | drowned after ship capsized off coast of Edko (EG) while travelling to Italy | IntHeraldTribune |
13/09/2007 | 1 | John Wallas (man) | Liberia | found dead on the street in Geneva (CH) had been turned away from asylum shelter a month earlier | Watson |
09/09/2007 | 1 | Amru Aljiti (man, 63) | Bosnia | died due to lack of insulin 4 weeks after being deported to Mostar (BA) | IRR/ARI |
08/09/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±27) | Sub-Saharan Africa | body found off coast of Motril (ES), had reportedly been travelling on boat intercepted days earlier | ABC |
07/09/2007 | 10 | N.N. | West Africa | drowned after boat capsized off Gran Canaria (ES) | MNS/BBC |
06/09/2007 | 1 | Solyman Rashed (man, 28) | Iraq | killed by roadside bomb in Kirkuk (IQ) after being deported from Great Britain, asylum claim was rejected | IRR |
04/09/2007 | 19 | N.N. | Comoros | 4 drowned, 15 missing after boat travelling to Mayotte (FR) shipwrecked near Anjouan (KM) | JA |
01/09/2007 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | 1 migrant drowned, 3 missing after boat from Libya sank near Portopalo (IT) | LR/CDS/Unita/RAI/ANSA/IlMess |
in Sep 07 | 30 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea on way to Europe | HNS |
30/08/2007 | 25 | N.N. (4 women; 21 men) | unknown | drowned after boat capsized in Maltese waters when approached by Greek tugboat | MP/Reu/Gara.net/LV |
29/08/2007 | 2 | N.N. (2 pregnant women) | Eritrea, Ethiopia | died of starvation during the journey from Libya to Italy | FE/ilMess/KI |
29/08/2007 | 1 | Soran Ali Korshid (man, 35) | Iraq | suicide, overdosed on sleeping pills in asylum hostel in Rostock (DE) | IRR |
25/08/2007 | 1 | Mariame Souaré (woman, 25) | Guinea | fell from 5th floor balcony while attempting to avoid police control in Geneva (CH) | MNS/Vivre/TribuneGeneve/LeCourrier/Wa |
25/08/2007 | 45 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | disappeared, reportedly drowned after boat motor broke down on way to Sicily (IT) | GARA/VK |
24/08/2007 | 3 | N.N. | Gambia, Mauritania, Rwand | reportedly drowned after vessel capsized near Cesme (TR) while travelling to Greece | MNS |
23/08/2007 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat from Turkey sank off coast of Chios (GR) | MNS |
21/08/2007 | 6 | N.N. (2 women; 4 men) | unknown | died of starvation, bodies thrown overboard and found by military pilots 60 miles off Lampedusa (IT) | ANSA/FE/LR/INF/MAG/CDS |
20/08/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Nigeria | jumped from building in Thessaloniki (GR) while trying to avoid arrest, undocumented worker | MNS/EarthT |
20/08/2007 | 1 | Festus Okey | Nigeria | shot by an officer while in police custody in Beyoglu, Istanbul (TR), case under investigation | HurriyetDN/Reu./Hurriyet |
19/08/2007 | 11 | N.N. (2 children; 9 adults) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation and hypothermia after being thrown overboard on way to Egypt | MUGAK/DiariodeNavarra/LV/PerCat/ABC |
19/08/2007 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia in hospital in Gran Canaria (ES) after boat was adrift for 7 days | MUGAK/DiariodeNavarra/LV/PerCat/ABC |
19/08/2007 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation and hypothermia, body found on boat that went adrift for 7 days on way to Spain | MUGAK/DiariodeNavarra/LV/PerCat/ABC |
17/08/2007 | 11 | N.N. | Afghanistan, unknown | 6 migrants drowned, 5 missing after boat capsized near Izmir (TR) while trying to reach Greece | MNS |
14/08/2007 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found in the sea near Lampedusa (IT) | MNS |
14/08/2007 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, died after truck carrying 34 migrants crashed near Yukari Bakracli (TR) | Anatolian |
14/08/2007 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | bodies floating in life jackets near Lampedusa (IT), found by military pilots | MAG/CDS |
13/08/2007 | 17 | N.N. (8 children; 9 adults) | Comoros | drowned after boat sank in the Indian Ocean near Mayotte (FR) after leaving Comoros Islands (KM) | Le Monde |
13/08/2007 | 19 | N.N. | Comoros | disappeared after boat sank in Indian Ocean near Mayotte Island (FR) after leaving Comoros Islands (KM) | Le Monde |
09/08/2007 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Iraq, unknown | 1 drowned, 1 missing when boat heading to Lesbos (GR) sank near Ayvalik (TR) | MNS/KI |
07/08/2007 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | stowaway, crushed to death under weels of truck leaving the port of Algeciras (ES) | EP |
04/08/2007 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sri Lanka | drowned after boat carrying 13 migrants capsized near Samos (GR) | NOB/PressTv |
01/08/2007 | 45 | N.N. (incl 4 children; 4 w.; 33 m.) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned after boat capsized near Lampedusa (IT) from Libya, 1 survived | ANSA/GazzettaSud/AdnK/FE/HNS/Migre |
01/08/2007 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | shot by Moroccan police while trying to reach Canary Islands (ES); 37 migrants detained | Afrik |
30/07/2007 | 20 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat sank between Mayotte (FR) and Comoros Islands (KM) | NOB |
30/07/2007 | 4 | N.N. | Comoros | died in hospital in Mayotte (FR) after boat sank between Mayotte and Comoros Islands (KM) | NOB |
28/07/2007 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | 1 drowned, at least 7 missing; 21 migrants found in tuna pen floating in the Medit. Sea near Libya | MNS |
25/07/2007 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after 2 vessels from Libya sank off coast of Sicily (IT) | MNS |
25/07/2007 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | died in the Mediterranean Sea travelling from Libya to Italy; 43 survived | MNS |
23/07/2007 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | 2 drowned, 1 missing in the Mediterranean Sea near coast of Malta | DPA |
23/07/2007 | 29 | N.N. | Comoros | 2 died after boat from Comoros sank in the Indian Ocean near Mayotte Island (FR); 27 missing | NOB |
22/07/2007 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after collision with fishing boat 80 km off coast of Libya | DPA |
22/07/2007 | 42 | N.N. (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2 drowned after 2 boats sank on way from Western Sahara to Canary Islands (ES); 40 missing | FE |
19/07/2007 | 52 | N.N. | Ghana, Guinea, Liberia | drowned in the sea during attempted rescue by Spanish boat 150 miles south of Tenerife (ES) | GuardianUn./BBC/DS/AP/FR/VK/LR/MNS |
18/07/2007 | 16 | N.N. | unknown | 4 drowned, 12 missing after boat sank 40 miles south of Lampedusa (IT) | MNS/Reu./LR |
17/07/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | body found in boat that had been traveling for 10 days from Mauritania to Tenerife (ES) | EP/EurPress |
17/07/2007 | 12 | N.N. | Africa | 1 drowned after attempting to embark on Italian fishing boat near Libya; 11 missing | HNS/Migreurop/MSN |
14/07/2007 | 3 | N.N. (3 men, ±25) | Iraq | stowaways, found frozen to death in truck near Mestre (IT) on way to Germany | LR/Unita/CDS/Tgcom/AP/MNS |
08/07/2007 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found in the Mediterranean Sea by Armed Forces of Malta in Maltese waters | MNS |
07/07/2007 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found in advanced state of decomposition near Marsaskala (MT) | MNS |
07/07/2007 | 1 | Luwan (woman, 19) | Eritrea | died in car accident fleeing police while trying to cross border from France to Great Britian | Salam |
05/07/2007 | 20 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat sank near Ben Gardane (TN) after its engine broke down on way to Lampedusa (IT) | NOB/Reu. |
04/07/2007 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies found on boat in Cristianos Harbour, Canary Islands (ES) | EP/EFE |
02/07/2007 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | missing, reportedly drowned after boat sank near coast of Azwen (DZ); 5 survived | QUOTI |
in July 07 | 12 | N.N. (1 child; 11 adults) | unknown | 1 drowned, 11 missing dinghy collided with fishing boat on way from Libya to Italy, 1 survived | LR |
in July 07 | 2 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned after dinghy collided with fishing boat 80 miles from Libya on way to Italy | LR |
30/06/2007 | 11 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Malta | taz/MNS |
29/06/2007 | 1 | Vera Filantova (woman, 47) | Kyrgyzstan (Stateless) | suicide, heavily depressed after 7 months in detention, was given 72 hours to leave the country (NL) | SVZV |
28/06/2007 | 3 | N.N. (1 child; 1 woman; 1 man) | unknown | died of starvation and dehydration, bodies thrown overboard on way to Italy | LR |
27/06/2007 | 1 | Mustafa Alcali (man, 30) | Turkey | suicide, hanged himself in custody in Frankfurt (DE) after learning he would be deported | FL/jW/IRR |
27/06/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | found dead in boat 400 metres from Gran Canaria (ES); 62 survived | ELM/EFE |
26/06/2007 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration on boat travelling to Italy | LR |
22/06/2007 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | missing, reportedly drowned, after boat capsized near Lampedusa (IT) | LR |
20/06/2007 | 22 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after vessel capsized 100 km south of Malta | MNS |
18/06/2007 | 8 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after vessel capsized near coast of southern Sicily (IT) | MNS |
16/06/2007 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | 11 drowned, 3 missing in the Strait of Sicily; 3 missing | LR/MNS |
16/06/2007 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died during rescue operation near Libya, survivors rescued by fishing vessel | MNS |
14/06/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, asphyxiated aboard Formula 1 powerboat travelling from Greece to Devon (GB) | BBC/IRR |
13/06/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, found in truck carrying 3 migrants from Italy to France | Nouvel Obs |
13/06/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man, 18) | Libya | found during rescue operation of migrant ship travelling to Europe | ELDIA |
11/06/2007 | 1 | Moulay Mohammed (man, 27) | Morocco | suicide, hanged himself in remand centre in Bordeaux (FR) while facing expulsion order | MNS/METROF/IRR |
09/06/2007 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, ± 21) | Africa | drowned trying to reach Greece from Turkey, bodies found near Samos (GR) | KI/FE/MNS |
09/06/2007 | 1 | Osamyia Aikpitanhi (man, 23) | Nigeria | suffocated by police during deportation from Spain to Nigeria | EP/ELM/DHA/ProAsyl/IRR/AN/NBF/SUR/ |
05/06/2007 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Gambia | bodies found on boat near harbour, Puerto de Mogán, Canary Islands (ES) | FE/MUGAK/Diario de Noticias/Can7/EP |
05/06/2007 | 28 | N.N. | Algeria | 8 drowned, 20 missing between Tunisia and Algeria while trying to reach Sardinia (IT); 8 survived | Reu./FE/Diario de Noticias |
01/06/2007 | 21 | N.N. | Africa | drowned between Malta and Libya, bodies recovered by French ship | FE/Malta Independent/LR/CDS/SP/ProAs |
01/06/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found in advanced state of decomposition by coast guard near Lampedusa (IT) | LR |
29/05/2007 | 1 | N.N. | Algeria | died of hypothermia in Sfax (TN) hospital after boat was discovered drifting off Tunisian coast | NOB |
22/05/2007 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly missing after boat sank off coast of Malta | ANSA/LS |
22/05/2007 | 3 | N.N. | Senegal | bodies found aboard boat near Lompoul (SN) on way to Spain | FE/TySp/Aps |
21/05/2007 | 57 | N.N. (6 children; 23 w.; 28 m.) | Eritrea | drowned between Malta and Libya after aid took too long to arrive | FE/LR/BBC/EB/Reu./LS/ANSA/MNS/Indip |
19/05/2007 | 1 | Conrad Dixon (man, 40) | Jamaica | suicide, set himself on fire in James Brindley Close, Stoke-on-Trent (GB), asylum was rejected | Se/IRR |
18/05/2007 | 28 | N.N. (incl 3 children) | unknown | missing after boat from Libya sank near Malta on way to Italy | Reu./FE/TimesM/ANSA/MNS |
12/05/2007 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Eritrea | died on way from Tripoli (LY) to Lampedusa (IT), bodies thrown overboard | FE/Tgcom/LS |
07/05/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Algeria | died in Spanish hospital after being rescued in the Alboran Sea by British ship | IRR/TheHerald/SC |
07/05/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | died of starvation, found in dinghy near coast of Palermo (IT) | ANSA/LR/Unita/MP/Alicenews |
30/04/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia and dehydration after journey from Africa to Gran Canaria (ES) | ELM/EP |
28/04/2007 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on boat travelling from Mauritania to Gran Canaria (ES) | EP/FE/CadSER |
27/04/2007 | 3 | N.N. (1 child; 1 girl, 15; 1 man) | Kurdistan | 1 drowned, 2 missing after traffickers threw them overboard near Leros (GR) | KI/FE |
25/04/2007 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on boat in Tenerife (ES) | ELM/EP/EXP |
25/04/2007 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on Archiles beach, Tenerife (ES) after travelling from Sub-Saharan Africa | ELM/EP/EXP |
23/04/2007 | 11 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa, Senega | 11 reportedly disappeared at sea on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (ES) | EXP/EP/jW |
23/04/2007 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa, Seneg | died at sea on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (ES) shortly before rescue operation | EP/EXP/jW/ELM |
23/04/2007 | 132 | N.N. (132 men) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Abdoulaye Ba (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | Book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Ibrahima Mballo (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Oumarou Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Hamidou Diallo (man, 35) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Hamady Sow (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Aliou Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | Book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Bouba Kande (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Oumar Diabouyel Balde (boy, 17) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Saliou Seydi (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Amadou Kande (man, 19) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | Book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Moustapha Diallo (man, 24) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Ibrahima Diallo (man, 22) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Mokhtar Diallo (man, 25) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Alassane Diallo (man, 20) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | Book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Moustapha Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Djembarou Mane (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Arfang Balde (man, 26) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | Book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Mamadou Balde (man, 29) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Nourou Balde (man, 20) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Ousmane Balde (man, 24) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Issaga Dieng (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Mahamadou Konte (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Sekou Omar Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Tidiane Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Yussuf Diao (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Lamine Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | Saliou Mballo (man) | Senegal | drowned after boat carrying passengers from Kolda region (SN) was shipwrecked off coast of Morocco | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/MUGAK/ELM/ |
23/04/2007 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa, Seneg | died at sea on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (ES) shortly before rescue operation | EP/EXP/jW/ELM |
22/04/2007 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | 2 drowned, 1 missing when boat capsized during Maltese Armed Forces rescue operation | MNS |
21/04/2007 | 2 | N.N. | Algeria | drowned on way to Sardinia (IT) before boat was rescued near Annaba (DZ) | FE/LaN/ElW |
16/04/2007 | 1 | N.N. (baby girl, 2 months) | China | died of sudden infant death syndrome during immigration raid in Aubervilliers, Paris (FR) | IRR/REF/Libération |
11/04/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man, 34) | unknown | suicide in refugee camp in Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia (DE) | IRR |
03/04/2007 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Liberia | 1 died of hypothermia in hospital after being recovered from boat near Málaga (ES); 1 missing | EP |
in Apr 07 | 13 | N.N. (13 men, ±22) | Morocco | drowned after dinghy sank near Nador (MA) on way to Spain | FE/Bladi |
in Apr 07 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died aboard small vessel travelling to Canary Islands (ES) | Bladi |
27/03/2007 | 7 | N.N. (7 men) | unknown | froze to death after sneaking across Iranian-Turkish border while trying to reach Europe | TDN/FE/TodZam |
18/03/2007 | 1 | Uddhav Bhandari (man, 40) | Nepal | suicide, set himself on fire in Glasgow (GB) out of fear of deportation | BBC/icS/EveningTimes/INDgb/Independe |
17/03/2007 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | 7 bodies found washed ashore in Samos (GR), 4 missing after leaving from Turkey | FE/KI/DPA |
17/03/2007 | 1 | Marin Mogos (man, 57) | Romania (Stateless) | suicide, stateless in Bucharest Airport (RO) with family for 5 years, deported from Germany after 12y | WSWS/DPA/IRR |
08/03/2007 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found near Tenerife (ES) on boat that had traveled from Mauritania | EP/FE/Reu./EITB24 |
08/03/2007 | 4 | N.N. | Mauritania | reportedly died of starvation on boat travelling from Mauritania to Canary Islands (ES) | EP |
05/03/2007 | 1 | Allhusein Douto Kora (man, 43) | Gambia | died of breathing difficulties in prison in Zürich (CH) after 3 day long deportation attempt to Gambia | Necropolis/AugenaufCH/StopRacialProfili |
02/03/2007 | 1 | Baitul Atique (man) | Bangladesh | suicide, overdosed on sleeping pills after being forced to return to Bangladesh with his wife | IRR |
in Mar 07 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on boat trying to reach Tenerife (ES) from Mauritania, body thrown overboard | FE/EP |
21/02/2007 | 19 | N.N. | unknown | thrown overboard from dinghy travelling from Libya to Sicily (IT) | NYtimes/QNE/deleteTB/PICUM |
16/02/2007 | 24 | N.N. (incl 1 woman) | Somalia | 4 drowned, 20 missing after boat from Turkey sank near Samos (GR) | Khaleej/PR/IntHeraldTribune/MNS/PR/Int |
02/02/2007 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | 7 drowned, 10 missing after boat from Turkey sank near Samos (GR) | KI/AthensNewsAgency/Khaleej/NOB/MNS |
in Feb 07 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found aboard vessel drifting off coast of Western Sahara on way to Canary Islands (ES) | News24/NOB |
30/01/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man, 31) | Nigeria | suicide, hanged himself in his prison cell in Witzwil (CH) out of fear of deportation | Vivre/Polbe |
29/01/2007 | 1 | Abass Usman (man, 26) | Nigeria | suicide, hanged himself in his cell in HM Prison Preston (GB) after being accused of using false documents | IRR |
22/01/2007 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, found hidden under coffin that had been transported from Kipoi (GR) | MNS/TP |
22/01/2007 | 1 | Samuel Peter Benjamin (boy, 17) | South Africa | stowaway, body found in wheel bay of airplane headed from Los Angeles (US) to London (GB) | NOB/IRR |
17/01/2007 | 7 | N.N. (1 woman; 6 men) | unknown | 2 drowned, 5 missing when boat from Turkey sank off Samos (GR) | KI/NOB |
15/01/2007 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | Gambia, Senegal | stowaway, froze in undercarriage of airplane travelling from Gambia to Brussels (BE) | AngolaPress/MNS/PICUM/Vivre |
14/01/2007 | 1 | Mohammad Sillah (man, 23) | Guinea | died after being denied medical treatment in hospital in Remscheid (DE), ambulance call was refused | Karawane |
01/01/2007 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation, 1 body found on boat docked in Canary Islands (ES), 2 bodies thrown overboard | FE/ELM/MNS |
in Jan 07 | 1 | Imran Yousaf (man, 28) | Pakistan | suicide, hanged himself at friends home in Bedford (GB) after being denied a visa extension | IRR |
in 2007 | 50 | N.N. (children; women; men) | unknown | died after traffickers fleeing Greek coast guards forced them overboard | GHM |
31/12/2006 | 33 | N.N. (incl 4 women) | Algeria | drowned in shipwreck near Algeria while trying to reach Sardinia (IT) | LaN/FE |
30/12/2006 | 20 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 9 drowned, 11 missing when 2 boats sank off coast of Laayoune (EH) on way to Spain | APDHA/ABC |
23/12/2006 | 1 | N.N. (young person) | Sub-Saharan Africa | stabbed by MA police in Rabat, deportation operation to prevent migration to Europe | APDHA/ICARE |
20/12/2006 | 24 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation on boat that wrecked in Yoff (SN) while trying to reach Spain | Reu./WSWS |
16/12/2006 | 126 | N.N. | West Africa | reportedly drowned after boat capsized while travelling from Djiffer (SN) to Spain | TimesM/IntHeraldTribune/CNN/NOB/Vita/ |
14/12/2006 | 5 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died trying to reach Canary Islands (ES), boat found near coast of Morocco | APDHA |
13/12/2006 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck near Dakar (SN) while travelling to Canary Islands (ES); 29 survived | TimesM/IntHeraldTribune/PR/FE/APDHA/ |
13/12/2006 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | died in hospital after boat wrecked near Dakar (SN) while travelling to Canary Islands (ES) | TmesM/IntHeraldTribune/USA Today/MNS |
11/12/2006 | 51 | N.N. | Egypt, Syria, Palestine | drowned after boat capsized near Seferihisar (TR) while trying to reach Greek coast | TDN/TP/Ya.D |
10/12/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Asia | drowned in shipwreck near Restinga Smir (MA) while trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | APDHA |
09/12/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man, 40) | Bulgaria | suicide while awaiting deportation in detention centre in Lamezia (IT) | LR/PR |
06/12/2006 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died of dehydration and hypothermia, found in boat in Arguineguín (ES) | NOB/Gaymengc/FE/ELM/TS/MNS/APDH |
06/12/2006 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died of dehydration and hypothermia in hospital after boat landed in Arguineguín (ES) | FE/ELM/MNS/APDHA/NOB/TySp/Gayme |
04/12/2006 | 3 | N.N. | Afghanistan, Mauritania | drowned when boat carrying 29 migrants to Greece sank off western coast of Turkey | TDN/FE/PR |
03/12/2006 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | shot by Moroccan authorities while trying to cross border fence to enter the enclave of Melilla (ES) | Eltelegramma/APDHA |
02/12/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration and hypothermia in hospital after boat landed in Tenerife (ES) | APDHA |
02/12/2006 | 102 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in shipwreck due to stormy weather near Dakar (SN) | PR |
01/12/2006 | 1 | Kazim Kustul (man, 22) | Turkey | suicide, hanged himself in detention centre in Marseille (FR) while awaiting deportation | INDm/Vatan/PR/MNS/LaDep |
in Dec 06 | 50 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation on boat that landed in Yoff (SN) after trying to reach Spain | MNS/APDHA |
in Dec 06 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Bosnia | stowaways, suffocated by toxic fumes in truck found in Ancona (IT) | FE/LR |
30/11/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found on boat travelling from Africa to Spain, rescued by ARC sailing ship; 15 survived | YachtingWorld/FE/ELM/MNS/APDHA |
27/11/2006 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | died in fire at refugee centre in Horndal, Sweden | Dagens Nyheter/UNHCR |
26/11/2006 | 20 | N.N. (incl 13 children) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned when boat capsized near Laayoune (EH) on way to Spain | AFVIC/MP/Reu/ELM/FE/NOB/News24/CN |
26/11/2006 | 24 | N.N. (incl 8 children) | Sub-Saharan Africa | disappeared after boat capsized near Laayoune (EH) on way to Spain | AFVIC/MP/Reu/ELM/FE/NOB/News24/M |
26/11/2006 | 1 | Naji Dohatem (man, 30) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned when boat sank near Laayoune (EH) on way to Spain, was human rights activist | MP/ELM |
21/11/2006 | 1 | Kone Watara (man, 26) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in hospital in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) after boat travelling from Morocco was rescued | APDHA |
19/11/2006 | 3 | N.N. | Somalia, Palestine | 1 drowned, 2 missing when boat capsized off coast of Izmir (TR) on way to Greece | IntHeraldTribune/KI/FE/NOB |
in Nov 06 | 18 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies thrown overboard from boat travelling from Africa to Spain, boat saved by American ARC ship | MNS/APDHA/YatchingWorld |
in Nov 06 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±40) | Afghanistan | stowaway, died after being run over by truck he had been hiding under in Harlow (GB) | IRR |
27/10/2006 | 6 | N.N. | Algeria | drowned while sailing to Spain from Oran (DZ) | NOB/KUNA/FE/APDHA |
27/10/2006 | 1 | Artur Aivazov (man, ±40) | Azerbaijan | suicide, psychologically traumatised from waiting 8 years on asylum claim in the Netherlands | Voorvlucht/Oz |
24/10/2006 | 4 | N.N. (1 pregnant woman; 3 men) | Maghreb | 3 drowned, 1 missing in shipwreck approximately 8 miles from Malta while travelling to Italy | MP/MM/FE/Unipa/TimesM |
12/10/2006 | 1 | Berrais Fethi (man, 30) | Tunisia | body found in advanced state of decomposition near coast of Fouka (DZ) | Oran |
12/10/2006 | 10 | N.N. (10 men) | Tunisia | 1 body found in advanced state of decomposition, reportedly drowned near Fouka (DZ); 9 missing | Oran |
10/10/2006 | 40 | N.N. | Afghanistan | reportedly drowned after boat sank near Cythera Island (GR) | KI/MP/PICUM/ABC/FE |
08/10/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±20) | Iraq | stowaway, fell from truck onto road near Folkestone, Kent (GB) | Mirror/BBC/IRR |
05/10/2006 | 24 | N.N. | Maghreb | drowned after rubber boat sank on way to Canary Islands (ES) | APDHA/BBC/Guardian/Aljazeera/PICUM/ |
in Oct 06 | 2 | N.N. | Sudan | died on way to hospital after boat capsized near Malta | MNS |
in Oct 06 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition near Malta | MNS/FE |
in Oct 06 | 1 | Abdullah Ahmed Maroof (man, 30) | Iraq | suicide, set himself on fire in his car in Stockton (GB) out of fear of being sent back to Iraq | IRR |
26/09/2006 | 9 | N.N. | Middle East, North Africa | 6 drowned, 3 missing after reportedly being thrown into the sea by Greek coast guard; 6 survived | SC/TP/FE/TDN/MNS/FR-BB/NOB/PICUM |
23/09/2006 | 2 | N.N. (1 child; 1 woman) | unknown | drowned in shipwreck near Lampedusa (IT) caused by overcrowding | LR/FE/IntHeraldTribune/NOB/PICUM/Uni |
23/09/2006 | 25 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank near Kenitra (MA) on way to Spain | APDHA |
21/09/2006 | 2 | N.N. | Morocco | 1 body found floating near Tarifa (ES), 1 missing after setting off from Morocco on jet ski | NOB/APDHA |
21/09/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, body found on beach near Balerma (ES) | HOY |
17/09/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of medical neglect in police custody after landing in Los Cristianos, Canary Islands (ES) by boat | ELM/FE/NOB/EITB24/PICUM/Kaosenlare |
17/09/2006 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | 1 drowned, 12 missing in shipwreck approximately 115 miles from southwest Malta on way to Italy | FE/LR/MM/NOB/Unipa |
16/09/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found in boat that landed on Los Cristianos, Canary Islands (ES); 56 survived | ELM/FE/NOB/EITB24/APDHA |
12/09/2006 | 250 | N.N. | unknown | went missing after boat sent SOS signal near Lampedusa (IT) | ANSA/Unipa |
10/09/2006 | 2 | N.N. | Kurdistan | blown up in minefield in Vyssas near Evros (TR) while crossing Turkish-Greek border | KI/FE/MNS/FR-BB |
09/09/2006 | 17 | N.N. (3 children; 5 women; 9 m.) | Somalia | died of starvation on ship drifting between Libya and Italy, bodies thrown overboard | FE/agrigentoweb |
07/09/2006 | 1 | Eugene Ejike Obiora (man, 48) | Nigeria | strangled by policeman at social welfare office in Trondheim (NO), asylum seeker | MNS/NR |
05/09/2006 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found on beach of Torretta Granitola near Mazara del Vallo (IT) | LR/FE |
03/09/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man, 19) | Algeria | stowaway, fell into field in Vivantes (FR) from wheel bay of airplane from North Africa | MNS |
03/09/2006 | 1 | Janvier Makiadi (man, 31) | Congo | suicide, found hanging under footbridge crossing the River Spodden (GB); asylum claim was rejected | RochdaleObs/IRR |
03/09/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | found near Los Ancones (ES), body thrown overboard by boat that arrived in Lanzarote (ES) | APDHA |
02/09/2006 | 8 | N.N. | Eritrea, Somalia | died of hunger and dehydration on way to Italy, bodies thrown overboard | LR/FE/MNS/PICUM/Unipa/LR |
01/09/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | Pakistan | drowned when boat hit rocks near Chania, Crete (GR) on way from Egypt to Italy | KI/FE/NOB |
01/09/2006 | 3 | N.N. (1 child; 2 adults) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died following rescue after boat sank off El Hierro, Canary Islands (ES) | ELM/FE/MNS/NOB/Rawstory/PICUM/AP |
01/09/2006 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat sank near coast of Crete (GR) | FE/FR-BB |
30/08/2006 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | died and thrown overboard on way to Italy; 13 survived | LR/FE |
29/08/2006 | 132 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 84 drowned, 48 missing in shipwreck near Mauritanian coast of Nouakchott (MR) | EP/FE/NOB/News24/MNS/Guardian Un./t |
28/08/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Mali | died of dehydration after being abandoned in the Saharan desert by Moroccan authorities | MNS/Reu/FE/BBC/NOB |
27/08/2006 | 20 | N.N. | Africa | 20 died of dehydration and thrown overboard into the sea near Mauritania; 15 bodies found, 5 missing | MNS/FE/EP/BBC/MAG/PICUM/CRIDEM/ |
27/08/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Mali | died of dehydration, found on boat sailing from Mauritania to Canary Islands (ES) | APDHA |
26/08/2006 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | body found on vessel intercepted near coast of Malta | MNS/Unipa |
26/08/2006 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found on ship travelling from Senegal to Canary Islands (ES) | APDHA |
25/08/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | Eritrea | died of starvation, found in boat that arrived at Portopalo di Capo Passero (IT) | ANSA/FE/LR |
24/08/2006 | 3 | N.N. (3 children) | Libya | reportedly died on boat travelling to Italy (IT) | LR |
20/08/2006 | 28 | N.N. (incl 1 child; 5 women) | unknown | 6 drowned, 22 missing after dinghy capsized near coast of Lampedusa (IT) | CDS/IM/MET/LR/FIEI/ST/NOB/Newsaust |
20/08/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | reportedly eaten by shark after dinghy capsized near Lampedusa (IT) | IM/LR |
20/08/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died after being thrown overboard while attempting to cross the Strait of Sicily | ST/FE/Unipa |
19/08/2006 | 50 | N.N. (incl 10 children; 4 women) | Africa | 12 drowned, 38 missing, when boat collided with navy ship near Lampedusa (IT) | ANSA/CDS/BBC/IM/Reu/Guardian/MNS/F |
19/08/2006 | 30 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat sank off coast of Lampedusa (IT) | PICUM/AFVIC |
17/08/2006 | 1 | Zamira Sadigova (woman, 51) | Azerbaijan | jumped from her 11th floor apartment in Knightswood (GB) out of fear of deportation | TheHerald/IRR |
17/08/2006 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on boat rescued off Canary Islands (ES); 81 survived | ST/FE/NOB/APDHA |
14/08/2006 | 28 | N.N. | Africa | died of hunger and thirst on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (E) | NOB/APDHA/jW |
14/08/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | died of starvation in Mauritanian hospital after being rescued at sea from boat on way to Spain | NOB/APDHA |
12/08/2006 | 28 | N.N. | Africa | died of starvation in boat that had been rerouted by Spanish coast guards | ST/ELM/FE |
12/08/2006 | 5 | N.N. | Maghreb | 4 died of starvation and were thrown overboard from boat on way to Spain; 1 died in hospital in MA | APDHA |
12/08/2006 | 1 | Pierre Palmaba Kabamba (m., 61) | Congo | jumped out of 5th floor window of induction centre for asylum seekers in Margate (GB) | IRR |
11/08/2006 | 13 | N.N. | Senegal | died of injures following gas cannister explosion on ship from Dakar (SN), 11 bodies thrown overboard | MNS/ST/FE/ELM/Boston/NOB/APDHA/D |
11/08/2006 | 3 | N.N. | Senegal | died of injures following gas cannister explosion on ship from Dakar (SN) | MNS/ST/FE/ELM/Boston/NOB/APDHA |
06/08/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | died in detention centre in Bologna (IT), death sparked a revolt | ST |
06/08/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Africa | reportedly drowned after falling from boat during repatriation from the Netherlands | VK |
06/08/2006 | 1 | Mohamed Aloui (man, 33) | Tunisia | overdosed on anti-epileptic medication in Bologna detention centre (IT), was not epileptic | MP/ADUC/SAP/AFFIT/GLOPRO/LESP/IL |
05/08/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | found by police officer on Caleta del Mero beach (ES) | TS/APDHA |
04/08/2006 | 2 | N.N. (incl 1 man) | unknown | 1 dead, 1 thrown overboard from boat intercepted off Tenerife (ES); 66 survived | TS/ELM/FE/ST/NOB/APDHA |
02/08/2006 | 5 | N.N. | China | died in car accident trying to escape police in Germany after being smuggled from Czech Republic | Berliner Ztg/MOZ/Tagesspiegel |
01/08/2006 | 28 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned trying to reach Canary Islands (ES), bodies washed up near coast of Blibilat, Laayoune (EH) | ELM/FE/BBC/TS/ST/NOB/APDHA |
01/08/2006 | 1 | Van N. (man, 29) | Vietnam | died in car accident in Dannenreich (DE) while fleeing police | BF/VK/IN |
01/08/2006 | 1 | Duc N. (man, 24) | Vietnam | died in car accident in Dannenreich (DE) while fleeing police | BF/VK/IN |
01/08/2006 | 1 | Thi N. (woman, 23) | Vietnam | died in car accident in Dannenreich (DE) while fleeing police | BF/VK/IN |
in Aug 06 | 1 | Karol (girl, 18 months) | Sierra Leone | died of starvation travelling from Libya to Lampedusa (IT), parents threw her overboard | ANSA/LR |
in Aug 06 | 2 | N.N. (2 children ±7) | unknown | reportedly died of starvation on way to Lampedusa (IT); bodies thrown overboard | ANSA/LR |
in Aug 06 | 1 | Modjtaba Farahian (man, 28) | Afghanistan | suicide out of fear of deportation at his house in Vlissingen (NL) | Oz |
30/07/2006 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly died of sunstroke, bodies found on boat in Los Cristianos (ES) | NOB/TS |
30/07/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died of starvation at hospital in Palermo (IT) after shipwreck in Lampedusa | IPL/LR/FE/ST/NOB |
29/07/2006 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly died of starvation on boat drifting off Lampedusa (IT); 14 survived | BBC/IPL/FE/LR/ST/MNS/NOB/Unipa |
29/07/2006 | 17 | N.N. (7 children; 5 w.; 5 m.) | unknown | 17 drowned in shipwreck near coast of Malta; 12 rescued by Italian vessel | MNS/LR/FE/IPL/ST/NOB/MM/Unipa |
28/07/2006 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned during rescue operation when boat was intercepted near Tenerife (ES) | MNS/ELM/FE/ST/NOB/Pravda/APDHA/ta |
28/07/2006 | 2 | N.N. (1 men; 1 young) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on rescue ship after boat was intercepted near Tenerife (ES) | MNS/ELM/FE/Pravda/NOB/APDHA/taz/jW |
28/07/2006 | 34 | N.N. | unknown | 12 drowned, 22 missing in shipwreck in Senegalese waters on way to Spain | APDHA |
27/07/2006 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died of starvation, found on boat that arrived in Canary Islands (ES); 111 survived | ST/APDHA |
26/07/2006 | 17 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned when boat sank near Mahdia (TN) on way to Italy | ST/ELM/FE/Reu./IPL |
26/07/2006 | 1 | Rahman Sadedim (boy, 2) | North Macedonia | died of pneumonia after not receiving medical care in Sweikhuizen asylum centre in Geeuwenbrug (NL) | VK |
25/07/2006 | 2 | N.N. | Asia | died in explosion in minefield in Evros (GR) while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | PICUM/KI/MNS/NOB |
24/07/2006 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia on boat in Gran Canaria (ES); 48 survived | MNS/ELM/FE/ST/BBC/PICUM/NOB/APD |
24/07/2006 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman, 24; 2 men) | unknown | reportedly drowned, bodies found on beach in Gela (IT) | ST/FE/CDS/IPL |
23/07/2006 | 4 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation, bodies thrown overboard from boat that reached Gran Canaria (ES); 48 survived | APDHA |
23/07/2006 | 4 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | suicide, jumped overboard while travelling to Gran Canaria (ES) | APDHA |
22/07/2006 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation at hospital in Tenerife (ES) after rescue at sea | ST/FE/ELM/PICUM/APDHA |
22/07/2006 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found aboard boat rescued on way to Canary Islands (ES) | ST |
21/07/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found on boat that arrived at Los Cristianos, Tenerife (ES); 43 survived | MNS/ELM/FE/PICUM/APDHA |
18/07/2006 | 1 | Adams John (baby, 7 months) | unknown | reportedly died of heart failure caused by hypothermia after arrival in Fuerteventura (ES) | PICUM/ELM/MNS/ST/FE/NOB/APDHA |
16/07/2006 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Russia | suicide, asylum seeker at immigration registration centre in Pabrade (LT) | MNS |
07/07/2006 | 9 | N.N. (incl 1 child) | unknown | bodies found on coast of Canary Islands (ES) | APDHA |
07/07/2006 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Africa | died of dehydration in the Mediterranean Sea, found when boat arrived in Tenerife (ES) | PICUM/MNS/ST/FE/EP/NOB/APDHA/jW |
06/07/2006 | 3 | N.N. (1 child, ±3; 1 w, ±30; 1 m) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned while travelling to Canary Islands (ES), found by fishermen off Cape Bojador, Western Sahara | MNS/PICUM/LV/ICARE/APDHA |
05/07/2006 | 1 | Abiy Fessfha Abebe (man, 35) | Ethiopia | suicide, hanged himself at Greenbank accommodation centre (GB) after asylum claim was rejected | IRR/icliverpool |
03/07/2006 | 30 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 26 drowned, 4 missing in shipwreck near Laayoune (EH) on way to Canary Islands (ES) | Vita/MNS/PICUM/ST/ELM/IPL/NOB/AFVI |
03/07/2006 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly shot by guards while climbing border fence to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | ST/FE/ELM/ICARE/Vita/PICUM/IPL/MP/N |
in July 06 | 11 | N.N. | Africa | died during attempt to reach Canary Islands (ES) from Mauritania | ST |
in July 06 | 30 | N.N. | Africa | drowned when boat sank off Western Sahara, bodies surfaced in the Atlantic Ocean | NYtimes |
29/06/2006 | 16 | N.N. | Morocco | 3 drowned, 13 missing in shipwreck 200 km from Laayoune (EH) on way to Spain; 3 rescued | MNS/APDHA |
27/06/2006 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on fishing boat near coast of Malta on way to Italy; 266 survived | EB/ST/FE |
27/06/2006 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned while travelling to Canary Islands (ES) | ELM |
26/06/2006 | 5 | N.N. (3 children; 2 adults) | unknown | drowned in shipwreck, found by Turkish coast guard near Kusadasi (TR) | ST/TP/NCAs |
19/06/2006 | 1 | Majid Samari (man, 37) | Iran | suicide, hanged himself in asylum centre in Hanstholm (DK) after asylum claim was rejected | CPH/MNS/NR/UNHCR/Modkraft/DR |
12/06/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | India | stowaway, died of heat exhaustion in back of truck in Essex (GB) | BBC/essexchronicle/Guardian/PICUM/NO |
10/06/2006 | 1 | Aleksey Baranovsky (man, 34) | Ukraine | died due to neglect/ chronic blood loss at Rye Hill prison (GB), self-harming in protest at deportation | NCADC/UNHCR/IRR |
09/06/2006 | 11 | N.N. | Africa | 3 drowned, 8 missing in shipwreck due to overcrowding on boat near coast of Malta | LR/Le Monde/GuidaS/MNS/ST/Reu./FE/N |
06/06/2006 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 6) | Somalia | drowned after boat sank with 22 migrants on board approximately 2.5 km from Samos (GR) | PICUM/KI/NCAs/ST/MNS/FE/NOB/TP |
05/06/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | body found on boat near Cabo de Gata (ES) | APDHA |
04/06/2006 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | 1 drowned, 14 missing after boat capsized 111 miles off coast of Malta; 1 survived | FE/ST/NOB/Unipa |
04/06/2006 | 1 | Cams (25) | Congo | drowned trying to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | EP |
04/06/2006 | 1 | Joseph (28) | Congo | drowned trying to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | EP |
03/06/2006 | 4 | N.N. (4 men) | unknown | bodies found off coast of Ragusa (IT) | ST/FE/NOB |
02/06/2006 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea on way to Europe | MNS |
in June 06 | 1 | Dejere Kebede-Tulu (man, 25) | Ethiopia | championship runner found dead in his flat in London (GB); possible cause - poor living conditions | IRR/Telegraph/Independent |
30/05/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Moldova | died crossing minefield on Turkish-Greek border | IMK |
30/05/2006 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | died trying to cross from Morocco to the Canary Islands (Spain), bodies later repatriated to Senegal | APHDA |
19/05/2006 | 42 | N.N. (±25) | Afghanistan, Bangladesh | stowaways, died when truck crashed into parked trailer on highway near Osmaniye (TR) | FECL/IPL/Ya.N/PICUM/MNS/FE/TDN/NO |
18/05/2006 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | found on boat caught up in a storm near Sfax (TN) on way from Libya to Italy | IPL/ST/FE/Unipa |
15/05/2006 | 1 | Ese Elizabeth Alabi (woman, 29) | Nigeria | died in hospital in Cambridge after being denied a heart transplant due to her nationality, mother of 3 | IRR/BBC |
13/05/2006 | 37 | N.N. | unknown | 26 missing, 11 found mummified in boat drifting in the Atlantic near the Caribbean on way to Spain | MNS/IRR/IPL/ST/FE/EP/NOB/APDHA |
13/05/2006 | 1 | Sivanathan Gowthaman (man, 29) | Sri Lanka | jumped under train in Bedhampton (GB) after losing work permit and having asylum claim rejected | Thenews/IRR |
11/05/2006 | 1 | Asif Azmad (boy, 17) | Afghanistan | reportedly a stowaway, found hidden under vehicle on the A3 highway near Clanfield (GB) | IRR |
08/05/2006 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 57) | China | suicide, hanged herself in detention centre in Neuss (DE) out of fear of deportation | ProAsyl/PICUM/Hiergeb |
02/05/2006 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | 1 drowned, 1 missing during shipwreck near Kusadasi (TR) while travelling to Samos (GR); 1 rescued | ST/IPL/MNS/NOB/Pravda/AFP |
in May 06 | 1 | Seiny Dabo (man) | Africa | died of starvation on boat travelling from Cape Verde to Canary Islands (ES) | VK |
in May 06 | 1 | Bouba Cisse (man) | Africa | died of starvation on boat travelling from Cape Verde to Canary Islands (ES) | VK |
in May 06 | 1 | Diaw Sunkar Diemi (man) | Africa | died of starvation on boat travelling from Cape Verde to Canary Islands (ES) | VK |
in May 06 | 8 | N.N. (8 men) | Senegal, Guinee-Bissau, Ga | died of starvation on boat travelling from Cape Verde to Canary Islands (ES) | VK |
27/04/2006 | 1 | S. D. (man, 31) | Morocco | died of asthma attack while awaiting expulsion from detention centre in the enclave of Ceuta (ES) | ST/FE/ELM/NODO50 |
25/04/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man, 40) | Algeria | body found at El Tarajal (ES) after attempting to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | APDHA |
25/04/2006 | 25 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck near Kenitra (MA) while trying to reach Spain | APDHA |
23/04/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±24) | Asia | stowaway, fell from truck and was dragged along the A14 highway in Cambridgeshire (GB) | IRR/Wiki |
14/04/2006 | 1 | Dominique Kouamadio (man, 30) | Africa | shot by police during street riot in Dortmund (DE) | Sparta |
04/04/2006 | 34 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck while travelling from Mauritania to Canary Islands (ES) | ST/FE/ELM/NOB/APDHA |
in Apr 06 | 1 | Mohammed Yussif (man, 28) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in shipwreck near Lampedusa (IT) while attempting to re-enter Italy | BorderlineEU |
in Apr 06 | 1 | Danielle Dominy (woman, 30) | Brazil | suicide, drank antifreeze fearing separation from daughter by immigration officials in Werrington, (GB) | IRR |
18/03/2006 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found on shore of Cabo Blanco (ES) | APDHA |
17/03/2006 | 13 | N.N. (13 young people) | Africa | disappeared while travelling from Laayoune (EH) to Canary Islands (ES) | ST/AFVIC/APDHA |
16/03/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found by Guardia Civil near port of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | ST |
15/03/2006 | 26 | N.N. (26 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in Mauritanian waters while travelling to Spain, bodies retrieved by Spanish ship | MAG/ST/FE/ELM/NOB/APDHA/VK |
12/03/2006 | 12 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on boat drifting near Cape Verde islands on way to Canary Islands (ES) | MNS/PUB/APDHA |
09/03/2006 | 1 | Naser Al Shdaida (man, 36) | Syria | suicide, lay down under train in London (GB) out of fear of deportation after asylum claim was rejected | IRR/Streatham |
08/03/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Mauritania | found off the coast of Western Sahara, drowned after a forced disembarkment | EP |
07/03/2006 | 45 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after 2 boats capsized while travelling to Spain, one crashed with coast guard vessel | MAG/NRC/IND/ST/FE/ELM/NOB/APDHA |
07/03/2006 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, found dead in Bari (IT) in truck that had come from Durazzo (AL) | ST/LR/FE |
05/03/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in shipwreck off Ahrax Point (MT) on way to Italy, having fled from detention centres (MT) | ST/NOB |
05/03/2006 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned in shipwreck near Malta on way to Italy, having fled from detention centres (MT) | ST/NOB/Unipa |
04/03/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Gambia | drowned trying to reach coast of Tenerife (ES) | APDHA |
22/02/2006 | 16 | N.N. | Morocco | died of hypothermia, starvation and epilepsy in the Alboran Sea while travelling to Spain | AFVIC |
22/02/2006 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, died of asphyxiation on a ship travelling from Ivory Coast to Canary Islands (ES) | ST/MNS/APDHA |
21/02/2006 | 6 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat from Anjouan (KM) sank on its way to Mayotte (FR); 6 missing; 11 survived | Mayotte sans frontières |
21/02/2006 | 7 | N.N. (incl 6 pregnant women) | Africa | drowned after boat from Comoros (KM) sank on way to Mayotte (FR) where they wanted to give birth | Mayotte sans frontieres |
20/02/2006 | 1 | Yadav Krishnakumar (child) | Sri Lanka | died of dehydration and lack of medical aid in Fairfield Hospital (GB) | Manchester |
19/02/2006 | 12 | N.N. (1 young w.; 11 young m.) | Morocco | drowned after boat carrying 32 passengers from Jebel Boudinar (MA) capsized off Almería (ES) | AFVIC |
19/02/2006 | 1 | N.N. (25) | Afghanistan | drowned after dinghy carrying 6 people sank near Chios (GR) on way from Turkey | ST/FE/KI |
19/02/2006 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat carrying 24 passengers capsized near Alboran Island (ES) | MNS/ST/APDHA/NOB |
18/02/2006 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned in shipwreck off coast of Libya while travelling to Italy | ST |
15/02/2006 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | froze to death while crossing the Bulgarian-Greek border | ST/MNS |
13/02/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Afghanistan | died of shock after cousin was beaten up by border guards in Patras (GR) | ST/MNS |
10/02/2006 | 1 | Taufik Al-Karazeh (man, 27) | Syria | suicide, asylum seeker hanged himself at his home in Rochdale (GB) out of fear of deportation | IRR/RochdaleObs |
in Feb 06 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, ±27) | Pakistan | trafficker cut their throats while crossing Iranian-Turkish border; they collapsed, couldn't keep walking | witness (Sarfraz Ali Khan) |
in Feb 06 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | Bangladesh | died, abandoned by group after breaking leg while running from Iran to Turkey | witness (Sarfraz Ali Khan) |
30/01/2006 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | disappeared, reportedly drowned near Algerian coast while attempting to reach Spain | ST/Aujourdhui/FE |
30/01/2006 | 1 | Salehdeim Fahssahi (man, 38) | Algeria | died in arson attack on detention centre in Schrassig (LU) | Odysseus/PlaZa |
24/01/2006 | 1 | Nuur Saed (man, 22) | Somalia | died after falling from balcony at his home in Plumstead (GB) while attempting to escape police | IRR |
23/01/2006 | 8 | N.N. | Morocco | 3 drowned, 5 missing after boat capsized off coast of Al Hoceima (MA) | AFVIC/MNS/ST/APDHA |
21/01/2006 | 3 | N.N. | Pakistan, Bangladesh | froze in dinghy travelling from Turkey to Greece carrying migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh | ST/KI/FE/NOB |
19/01/2006 | 1 | Bereket Yohannes (man, 26) | Eritrea | suicide, hanged himself in Harmondsworth removal centre (GB) out of fear of deportation | ST/NCADC/IRR/NOB/No-Deportations |
11/01/2006 | 1 | N.N. | Iraq | died of heart attack, fearing deportation while in police custody in Athens (GR) | MNS |
07/01/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | shot by police while trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | ELM |
04/01/2006 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned while swimming to Lesbos (GR) after boat sank 80 miles off coast | NOB/MNS/ST/KI/FE |
03/01/2006 | 1 | Ousmane Sow (man, 20) | Guinea | hunger strike, died of dehydration in Altstätten prison (CH) | AugenAufCH/Necropolis/StopRacialProfili |
01/01/2006 | 1 | Mhedy Aliy (man, 30) | Tunisia | died in detention centre at Pian del Lago (IT) | ILM/MP/Lib |
in 2006 | 1 | Ali Amen Nader (man) | Yemen | murdered by Yemeni authorities after asylum claim was rejected in the Netherlands | IHRC |
27/12/2005 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned, found by scuba diver and retrieved by Spanish authorities | ST |
25/12/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Morocco | drowned, found near plastic bins he had used to try to cross Spanish waters | ST/ELM/FE |
24/12/2005 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found by authorities on beach in Cádiz (ES) | MNS/ST/FE/ELM |
24/12/2005 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned, found by authorities on beach in Cádiz (ES) | ST/FE/ELM |
21/12/2005 | 2 | N.N. | Nigeria | stowaways, died after being thrown from cargo ship during journey to Kallo (NL) | MNS/News24/FE/VK |
19/12/2005 | 30 | N.N. | Mauritania, Senegal | 4 bodies found, 26 missing after vessel capsized off Canary Islands (ES) | MNS/ST/NOB |
10/12/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | found dead by Spanish authorities on boat in the Strait of Gibraltar | Exodus |
10/12/2005 | 22 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar while travelling by boat to Spain | Exodus |
09/12/2005 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | blown up in minefield at Turkish-Greek border, bodies found by authorities in Kastanies, Evros (GR) | MNS/KI/FE |
08/12/2005 | 1 | Mohammed Hanif (man, 27) | Bangladesh | suicide at asylum centre in Hechtel-Eksel (BE), had tried to kill himself twice before | Universal Embassy (BE) |
30/11/2005 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition on beach in Tarifa (ES) by Spanish Guardia Civil | ST |
28/11/2005 | 18 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6 drowned, 12 missing after boat capsized off coast of Gran Canaria | MNS/ST/FE/ELM/ABC/Raz/MUGAK |
28/11/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | shot by police after refusing to stop at Carikci checkpoint (TR) | FE |
27/11/2005 | 22 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, reportedly fell overboard off coast of Almería (ES) due to strong winds | MNS/ST/FE/ELM/NOB/PICUM |
27/11/2005 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | found off coast of Almería (ES) on boat carrying 36 migrants | MNS/ST/FE/ELM |
25/11/2005 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 4) | Romania | died after falling out of window at Villa Salus reception centre, Bologna (IT) | LR |
25/11/2005 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Asia | died of hypothermia while attempting to cross Slovak-Ukrainian border | State Border Service (UA) |
24/11/2005 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck near coast of Sicily (IT) | FE/LR/NOB |
23/11/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man, 27) | unknown | jumped from balcony in Den Haag (NL) out of fear of arrest and deportation | MAG/PICUM/Oz/NU |
18/11/2005 | 9 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Sicily, ignored by Maltese coast guard | LR/MP/AD/MNS/ST/FE/CDS/NOB/Unipa |
15/11/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | unknown | stowaway, driver lost control of truck attempting to escape police in Preveza (GR) | KI/FE |
12/11/2005 | 1 | Delroy Edwards (man, 43) | Jamaica | murdered in Kingston (JM) 9 days after deportation from Great Britain | IRR/WIKI |
10/11/2005 | 1 | Lizwane Ndlovu (woman, 29) | Zimbabwe | died in Birmingham hospital (GB) after release from Yarl's Wood removal centre (GB) | IRR |
02/11/2005 | 30 | N.N. | unknown | 12 drowned, 18 missing after boat with 36 migrants capsized near Cesme (TR) | MNS/ST/Ya.N/KI/FE/NOB |
31/10/2005 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on vessel off coast of Adra near Almería (ES) | MNS/ST |
26/10/2005 | 1 | Maribel M. Rodriguez (woman, 30) | Dominican Republic | died in a fire at detention centre at Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/ST/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PIC |
26/10/2005 | 1 | Kemal Sahin (man, 51) | Turkey | burnt alive after fire in detention centre at Schipol Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/ST/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PIC |
26/10/2005 | 1 | Taras Bilyk (man, 30) | Ukraine | died in fire at detention centre Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport (NL), also known as Vitaly Khvylovyy. | LR/MAG/MNS/ST/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PIC |
26/10/2005 | 1 | Mehmet Avar (man, 41) | Turkey | died in a fire at detention centre at Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/ST/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PIC |
26/10/2005 | 1 | Vladislav Leniev Petrov (man, 31) | Bulgaria | died in a fire at detention centre at Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/ST/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PIC |
26/10/2005 | 1 | Lofti Al Swaee (man, 32) | Libya | died in a fire at detention centre at Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/ST/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PIC |
26/10/2005 | 1 | Robert Jules Arah (man, 34) | Suriname | died in a fire at detention centre at Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/ST/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PIC |
26/10/2005 | 1 | Naiva Apensa (man, 43) | Suriname | died in a fire at detention centre at Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/ST/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PIC |
26/10/2005 | 1 | Gheorge Sas (man, 21) | Romania | died in a fire at detention centre at Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/ST/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PIC |
26/10/2005 | 1 | Oksana Nynych (woman, 29) | Ukraine | died in a fire at detention centre at Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/ST/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PIC |
26/10/2005 | 1 | Dato Khidiritsj Kasojef (man, 20) | Georgia | died in a fire at detention centre at Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/ST/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PIC |
25/10/2005 | 7 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after vessel capsized off coast of Malta | MNS/MM/FE/NOB |
25/10/2005 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found by Greek coast guard aboard boat travelling to Italy with 150 migrants | NOB |
21/10/2005 | 1 | Michail Sh. (man, 32) | Russia | suicide, hanged himself with a bedsheet while in police custody in Hamburg (DE) | ARI |
12/10/2005 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned while attempting to swim to Adra (ES) | ST/ELM/FENOB |
06/10/2005 | 6 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died attempting to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | MNS/AFVIC/VK/LR/FE/ELM/NOB/AI |
05/10/2005 | 1 | Do Van Ky (37, man) | Vietnam | stowaway, jumped/fell off a truck at a service station near Peterborough (GB) | BBC/Peterboroughtoday/FE/IRR/NOB |
04/10/2005 | 1 | Yankuba Ceesay (boy, 18) | Gambia | found dead in security cell in Linz (AT) after hungerstrike in fear of deportation | TheStandard/NR/MNS/ORF/PICUM/WIK |
01/10/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man, 38) | Algeria | died in Lausanne (CH) shortly after leaving detention centre, had been beaten in expulsion attempt | Le Matin/Vivre |
01/10/2005 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | 3 drowned, 14 missing after boat capsized off Fuerteventura (ES) during rescue attempt | ST/MUGAK/ABC/Raz |
01/10/2005 | 1 | Hassan Mohammad (man, 30) | Afghanistan | jumped out of 5-storey building in NL out of fear of deportation, had assisted friend's suicide | VK/ADUC/Diario de Noticias/Diario de Na |
01/10/2005 | 2 | N.N. (1 boy, 8; 1 woman, 35) | unknown | asked friend to push them out of 5-storey building in the Netherlands out of fear of repatriation | VK |
in Oct 05 | 1 | Suleiman Dialo (man, 30) | Guinea | suicide, asylum seeker suffering from depression in Newcastle (GB) | Cpgb |
in Oct 05 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | shot by Spanish and Moroccan police while climbing the fences near enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla (ES) | APDHA/Chabacka |
29/09/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Africa | drowned during mass disembarkment, found off coast of Agrigento (IT) | LR |
28/09/2005 | 5 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | shot by Moroccan border guards while attempting to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | NR/NRC/VK/NOB/AI/Terra |
28/09/2005 | 6 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died shot by Moroccan border guards, attempting to enter in the Spanish Enclave of Melilla (ES) | PCM |
27/09/2005 | 34 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized in stormy waters off north coast of Cyprus | ILM/NOB |
27/09/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Palestine | drowned after jumping off boat that had been stranded near Marina di Palma, coast of Sicily (IT) | LS/GDS |
21/09/2005 | 18 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned off coast of Morocco, near Dakhla (EH), while travelling to Canary Islands (ES) | AFVIC/NOB |
21/09/2005 | 4 | N.N. | Africa | found dead off coast of Tunisia on boat that had been travelling from Libya to Italy | PICUM |
19/09/2005 | 1 | N.N. | Syria | shot by Turkish coast guard while on boat travelling to Greece | MNS/SP/NOB |
15/09/2005 | 1 | Manuel Bravo (man, 35) | Angola | suicide, hanged himself at Yarls Wood removal centre (GB) to prevent deportation of his son | NCADC/BBC/MNS/ST/Independent/Leed |
15/09/2005 | 1 | N.N. | Congo | died in hospital after attempting to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | AFVIC/AI |
14/09/2005 | 1 | Edmore Ngwenya (man, 26) | Zimbabwe | suicide, found drowned at Salford Quays, Manchester (GB) | NCADC/Manchester Evening News/IRR |
13/09/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Liberia | found dead in the street in Geneva (CH) after being expelled from immigration centre | Courrier/Vivre |
11/09/2005 | 11 | N.N. | Eritrea | bodies found on Licata Beach (IT), with 7 Egyptian traffickers caught; 149 survived | LR/VK |
10/09/2005 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 44) | Albania | shot by Greek authorities near border with North Macedonia | MNS |
in Sep 05 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Senegal | bled to death from the razor wire coils on the border fence of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta | Guardian |
29/08/2005 | 2 | N.N. | Cameroon | died of injuries sustained while trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | APDHA/MP/IND/NOB |
22/08/2005 | 25 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after shipwreck on way from Anjouan (KM) to Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontires |
19/08/2005 | 26 | N.N. | Sudan | drowned after boat capsized south of Malta | MNS/NOB/Unipa |
16/08/2005 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after jumping off boat disembarking in Lampedusa (IT) | GDS/Unipa |
16/08/2005 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly died of starvation and dehydration on way to Canary Islands (ES) | ELM |
13/08/2005 | 4 | N.N. (4 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | stowaways, suffocated in container travelling from Casablanca (MA) to Rotterdam (NL) | PICUM/NOB |
08/08/2005 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | 2 drowned, 7 missing after boat capsized off coast of Lesbos (GR) | PICUM |
06/08/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned after his boat sank off southern coast of Crete (GR) | PICUM/NOB |
04/08/2005 | 23 | N.N. (23 men) | Mali, Senegal | drowned after boat capsized on way to Spain, found dead on coast of Tarfaya (MA) | MNS/PICUM/NOB |
03/08/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | unknown | stowaway, found frozen in landing gear of airplane in Brussels (BE) | BBC |
in Aug 05 | 130 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned; boat went missing near Sicily (IT) after using mobile satellite to seek help | LR |
20/07/2005 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized while attempting to reach Kos (GR) | ORF |
13/07/2005 | 3 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned after boat capsized near Izmir (TR) off coast of Turkey | MNS/NOB |
07/07/2005 | 1 | Babak Ahadi (man, 33) | Iran | suicide, set fire to himself at accommodation centre in Bristol (GB) out of fear of deportation | NCADC/IRR |
04/07/2005 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Iraq | stowaways, died in truck in Vicenza (IT) | LR |
02/07/2005 | 1 | Nusrat Raza (woman, 22) | Pakistan | suicide, set herself on fire in Bradford (GB) after losing asylum appeal | YP/IRR |
01/07/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man, 22) | Iraq | died of overheating, found in parking lot in Ludwigsfeld (DE) | ARI |
27/06/2005 | 1 | Ramazan Kumluca (man, 19) | Kurdistan-Turkey | suicide, hanged himself at Campsfield House removal centre (GB) after 3rd asylum claim was rejected | Independent/IRR/NCADC/BBC/PICUM/In |
26/06/2005 | 2 | N.N. | Tunisia | drowned after boat capsized near Dikili off coast of Turkey | MNS/NOB |
23/06/2005 | 27 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned in stormy waters off coast of Malta, Maltese rescue team arrived too late | ORF/Unipa |
18/06/2005 | 12 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation at sea while travelling to Gran Canaria (ES) | ELM |
17/06/2005 | 11 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat sank while trying to reach Mayotte Island (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
15/06/2005 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant woman, ±20) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned while trying to reach Gran Canaria (ES) | EP |
13/06/2005 | 12 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after their boat sank off coast of Morocco while travelling to Spain | APDHA |
13/06/2005 | 14 | N.N. (6 children; 6 w.; 2 m.) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in shipwreck near Tangier (MA) while travelling from Morocco to Spain | BBC/APDHA/AFVIC/NCAs/IstitutoInnocen |
29/05/2005 | 2 | N.N. | Georgia | blown up in minefield between Turksh-Greek border | MAG |
27/05/2005 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | died from dehydration near Algerian border after vehicle broke down in the desert | NOB/Thestar |
25/05/2005 | 16 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat capsized south of Lampedusa (IT); found in the Strait of Sicily | LR/NOB/Unipa |
25/05/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±27) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned trying to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) from Morocco | ABC |
12/05/2005 | 3 | N.N. | Africa | stowaways, found dead in container on Danish ship travelling between Morocco and Spain | MAG |
11/05/2005 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Morocco | found near coast of Andalusia (ES) on ship that had been transporting migrants | AngolaPress |
03/05/2005 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found on Morro Besudo beach, Canary Islands (ES) | MNS |
03/05/2005 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | died of starvation and dehydration while trying to reach Gran Canaria (ES) | ELM |
25/04/2005 | 1 | Shiar Ahmad (man, 28) | Syria | suicide, hanged himself after 2 month period of detention followed by deportation from Switzerland | Tagesanzeiger/Swiss Parliament |
21/04/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died instantly when hit by car after he leapt from a van on the M40 highway near Warwick (GB) | Wiki |
19/04/2005 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia on boat trying to reach Tarifa (ES); 21 rescued | ELM |
15/04/2005 | 24 | N.N. | Africa | 5 drowned, 19 missing after boat sank while travelling from Libya to Italy | PICUM |
10/04/2005 | 2 | N.N. | Morocco | died of starvation while travelling to Spain, found on boat drifting off coast of Algeria | AFVIC |
10/04/2005 | 16 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned off coast of Algeria on way to Spain | AFVIC |
09/04/2005 | 1 | Limbaya Ndinga (man, 32) | Congo | suicide, hanged himself in home in Middleton (GB) after asylum claim was rejected | Middleton Guardian/IRR |
04/04/2005 | 1 | N.N. | Mauritania | blown up in minefield while attempting to cross Turkish-Greek border | TI/MAG/DPA/taz |
04/04/2005 | 1 | N.N. | Tunisia | blown up in minefield while attempting to cross Turkish-Greek border | TI/MAG/DPA/taz |
01/04/2005 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 3 months) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia in mothers arms while travelling on boat to Spain | PICUM |
31/03/2005 | 13 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation on boat drifting near El Hierro (ES) | taz/NOB |
31/03/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation on boat drifting near El Hierro (ES) | APDHA/ORF/MAG |
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25/03/2005 | 5 | N.N. (5 men) | China, Mongolia | drowned after being thrown off boat by traffickers 15 miles from Punta Secca (IT) | STR |
25/03/2005 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | China, Mongolia | drowned after being thrown off boat by traffickers 15 miles from Punta Secca (IT) | STR |
25/03/2005 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | China, Mongolia | reportedly drowned after being thrown off boat by traffickers 15 miles from Punta Secca (IT) | STR |
24/03/2005 | 6 | N.N. | China | drowned after being forced to jump overboard, bodies found off coast of Sicily (IT) | PICUM/ST/MNS/NOB/Unipa |
24/03/2005 | 100 | N.N. | Libya | reportedly drowned after boat went missing near Lampedusa (IT) | Repubblica |
12/03/2005 | 50 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned in attempt to reach Canary Islands (ES) from Foum al Wad (EH) | ACN |
12/03/2005 | 30 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned,found dead near coast of Fum Wad, El-Aaiun, West Sahara (EH) | AFVIC/APDHA |
11/03/2005 | 11 | N.N. | Bangladesh | found dead on boat travelling from Morocco to Spain | MAG/MNS |
07/03/2005 | 36 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned in the Mozambique Channel after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
01/03/2005 | 1 | Ali Jafari (man, 25) | Afghanistan | went missing after deportation to Afghanistan after 18 months of asylum in Middlesbrough (GB) | Evening Gazette |
in Mar 05 | 3 | N.N. (3 girls) | Nigeria | died of dehydration near Tumu (LY) while travelling through the desert to get from Niger to Libya | LESP/Gatti/Migreurop |
27/02/2005 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned trying to reach Algeciras (ES) | ElPeriodicoMediterraneo |
26/02/2005 | 35 | N.N. (35 men, ±24) | Morocco | reportedly drowned near Oran (DZ) on way to Spain | AFVIC/ATMF/NOB |
26/02/2005 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, ±24) | Morocco | died at hospital in Oran (DZ) after boat was found drifting off coast of Tunisia | AFVIC/ATMF/NOB |
25/02/2005 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | found dead on boat drifting 12 km from Cap Blanc, Oran (DZ) | YABI/AFP |
25/02/2005 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on boat drifting near Oran (DZ) while travelling from Morocco to Almería (ES) | AFP/YABI |
25/02/2005 | 1 | Ramazan Kaya (man, 26) | Turkey | suicide, jumped out of window after failing to get a permit to stay in Germany | taz/ARI |
22/02/2005 | 1 | Ben Habra Saharaoui (man) | Algeria | allegedly hanged himself while remanded in police custody in Vienna (AT), but not clear if really suicide | NR |
21/02/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died of hypothermia shortly after arriving in Alboran (ES) by boat | MNS |
18/02/2005 | 9 | N.N. | Egypt | drowned after shipwreck off coast of Libya while travelling to Italy | LR/CDS/PICUM |
18/02/2005 | 26 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after shipwreck off coast of Libya while travelling to Italy | CDS/LR |
14/02/2005 | 1 | Vincent Shem (man, 32) | Ghana | suicide, found hanged in Wandsworth prison (GB), facing deportation after serving 6 month sentence | Inquest/IRR |
07/02/2005 | 39 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after 10 day trip from Al Hoceima (MA) to Spain | APDHA |
in Feb 05 | 2 | N.N. | Senegal | drowned during shipwreck off coast of Morocco near Laayoune (EH) on way to Spain | Le Monde |
25/01/2005 | 1 | Vladislav Babayan (man) | Armenia | suicide, hanged himself in Merksplas (BE) out of fear of deportation | De Gentenaar |
23/01/2005 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25 - 30) | unknown | suicide, hanged himself in detention center of the police building in Sarnen (CH); asylum was rejected | Vivre/Watson/Necropolis/StopRacialProfili |
19/01/2005 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on boat drifting 480 km south of Canary Islands (ES) | PICUM/PAJOL/MAG/APDHA/MNS/NOB |
11/01/2005 | 1 | Said Zigoui (man, 44) | Morocco | suicide, jumped out of hospital window in IT after being committed for self-harm, had 2 children | MP |
07/01/2005 | 1 | Oury Jalloh (man, 21) | Sierra Leone | burnt to death in police cell in Dessau (DE) while his hands were tied down, case under investigation | VRF/IND/St.W/VRF/SP/AN/MDR/ARI/PR/ |
07/01/2005 | 1 | Laye-Alama Kondé (man, 35) | Sierra Leone | died in Bremen (DE) after police forced him to drink emetics during drug search | VRF/ST/Karawane |
05/01/2005 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | died of exhaustion, found on beach in Fuerteventura (ES) | ANA/APDHA/NOB |
02/01/2005 | 1 | N.N. | Iran, Somalia | drowned after boat carrying 15 people sank off coast of Turkey | TP/PICUM/NOB |
02/01/2005 | 1 | N.N. | Iran, Somalia | reportedly drowned after boat carrying 15 people sank off coast of Turkey | TP/PICUM/NOB |
in Jan 05 | 1 | N.N. (girl) | Ghana | attacked and killed by wild dogs in Madama, Niger while travelling to Libyan border | LESP/Gatti/Migreurop |
in 2005 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | suicide, at detention centre in Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport (NL) | Nova TV(27/10/2005) |
in 2005 | 1 | Abdullah Tokhi (man, 35) | Afghanistan | murdered in Afghanistan after forced repatriation from Great Britain, asylum claim rejected | Independent |
in 2005 | 106 | N.N. | Nigeria | reportedly abandoned in desert during repatriation to Niger due to Italian-Libyan agreement | LESP/Gatti |
30/12/2004 | 6 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned near Targha (MA) while travelling to Spain | AFVIC |
30/12/2004 | 4 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned near Targha (MA) while travelling to Spain | AFVIC |
30/12/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, body found floating near Agaete, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES) | MNS/MUGAK/APDHA |
26/12/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | body found floating near San Cristóbal, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ES) | MNS/APDGA/MUGAK |
24/12/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | body found at sea near Gran Canaria (ES) | MNS/APDHA/MUGAK |
23/12/2004 | 13 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies found on boat drifting near Fuerteventura (ES) | AFVIC/SP/MP/MNS/PICUM/Vivre/APDHA |
23/12/2004 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | bodies found on boat carrying 37 people near Fuerteventura (ES) | MP |
22/12/2004 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies found on boat drifting near Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS/Vivre |
21/12/2004 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | found dead on boat 24 miles from Fuerteventura (ES) | APDHA/MUGAK |
21/12/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned after falling off boat 24 miles from Fuerteventura (ES) | APDHA/MUGAK |
20/12/2004 | 1 | Razgar Rassool Hamad (man, 24) | Iraq | died of hypothermia in West Bromwich (GB), body found outside abandoned factory | BBC/IRR |
18/12/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat capsized off Fuerteventura, body found in Lobos (ES) 2 weeks later | MNS/MUGAK/APDHA |
17/12/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat capsized off Fuerteventura, body found in Lobos (ES) 2 weeks later | MNS/MUGAK |
17/12/2004 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | died attempting to enter Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES), found dead on a cliff | MUGAK |
16/12/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned after jumping off vessel by coast of Ghar Lapsi (MA) | MNS/MM/NOB/Unipa |
14/12/2004 | 1 | N.N. (±19) | Afghanistan | drowned after boat carrying 17 people sank off coast of Samos (GR) | MNS/NOB |
10/12/2004 | 3 | N.N. | Afghanistan | drowned after boat carrying 17 people sank off coast of Samos (GR) | MNS/NOB |
10/12/2004 | 1 | Necati Ozcan (man) | unknown | reportedly died of cancer while in detention at St George's Hospital in London (GB) | IRR |
04/12/2004 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned after boat carrying 40 people capsized near Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS/MUGAK/APDHA |
04/12/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned after boat carrying 40 people capsized near Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS/MUGAK/APDHA |
04/12/2004 | 2 | N.N. (22; 23) | Turkey | blown up in minefield in Evros (GR) while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | PICUM/KI/MNS/NOB |
30/11/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | stowaway, found in Leuven (BE) after falling from wheel bay of airplane | MNS |
28/11/2004 | 14 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned during rescue operation after boat capsized near Antigua (ES) | AFVIC/ST/APDHA/MUGAK/ABC/Raz |
28/11/2004 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat capsized near Antigua (ES), bodies recovered | AFVIC/ST/MUGAK/APDHA/ABC/Raz |
27/11/2004 | 1 | Hemen Mahmood Faqia (man, 40) | Iraq | drowned in Tyne River (GB) after agreeing to voluntary repatriation | IRR |
16/11/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | stowaway, found dead in wheel bay of airplane arrival in Paris (FR) from Mali | MNS |
14/11/2004 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat capsized off coast of Malta | ANA/ANSA/Unipa |
14/11/2004 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | blown up in minefield in Evros (GR) while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | ORF/NOB |
13/11/2004 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized in stormy waters near coast of Malta | MNS/NOB |
12/11/2004 | 5 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS/AFVIC/Libertaddigital/NOB |
12/11/2004 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS/AFVIC/Libertaddigital/NOB |
10/11/2004 | 7 | N.N. | Somalia, Mauritania | reportedly drowned after boat travelling from Africa capsized in the Aegean Sea | MNS |
10/11/2004 | 9 | N.N. | Somalia, Mauritania | drowned after boat travelling from Africa capsized in the Aegean Sea | MNS/NOB |
07/11/2004 | 1 | Kenny Peter (man, 24) | Nigeria | died in hospital of injuries from possible suicide attempt, jumped from 2 floor of removal centre (GB) | NCADC/IRR/Inquest/PPO |
01/11/2004 | 1 | Bukola Ogunyemi | Nigeria | beaten to death at French airport for not having visa from Hungary | MLKO |
28/10/2004 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found near Licata (IT) | LR/Unipa |
23/10/2004 | 1 | N.N. (baby) | Somalia | stillborn at sea, thrown overboard before Maltese rescue team arrived | ANA |
15/10/2004 | 28 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found near Tarfaya (MA) | APDHA/MUGAK/AFVIC/DPA |
15/10/2004 | 1 | John Kanau Manana (man, 24) | Kenya | suicide, found hanged in his cell at Leicester prison (GB) | NCADC/IRR |
14/10/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Egypt, Pakistan | drowned after boat capsized 70 miles from Malta | MP/ST/MNS/di-ve news/Unipa |
14/10/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Egypt, Pakistan | reportedly drowned after boat capsized 70 miles from Malta | MP/ST |
14/10/2004 | 1 | Majid Rafieei (man, 32) | Iran | suicide, found hanged at home in Sheffield (GB) after asylum claim was rejected | NCADC |
03/10/2004 | 22 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned after boat capsized 170 km off Tunisia | ANA/CDS/MT/Vivre/MUGAK/StW./MNS/S |
03/10/2004 | 42 | N.N. | North Africa | reportedly drowned after boat capsized off coast of Tunisia | ANA/CDS/Vivre/MUGAK/ST/DS |
02/10/2004 | 75 | N.N. | Morocco, Tunisia | drowned after boat sank off coast of Tunisia while travelling to Italy | PICUM/Unipa |
01/10/2004 | 30 | N.N. | unknown | missing, reportedly drowned near Lampedusa (IT) | LR/Unipa |
in Oct 04 | 50 | N.N. | unknown | crushed when truck bound for Libyan border overturned in Dirkou, Niger | LESP/Gatti/Migreurop |
30/09/2004 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after their boat capsized on way to Fuerteventura (ES) | APDHA |
30/09/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Turkey | blown up in minefield in Greece trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | DerStandard |
29/09/2004 | 2 | N.N. (2 boys, 4, 5) | Somalia, Kurdistan | drowned after falling into water while playing near asylum centre in Harlingen (NL) | VK |
27/09/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Former Yugoslavia | died in deportaion centre JVA Büren (DE) due to pulmonary embolism and lack of proper medical care | INDd/Hilfe MenschenAB |
26/09/2004 | 1 | Ceife Yimene (man, 24) | Ethiopia | suicide, hanged himself in emergency accommodation in Newcastle (GB) | NCADC/IRR |
21/09/2004 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found dead on boat drifting a few miles from Zarzis (TN) | MP/AP/PICUM |
20/09/2004 | 5 | N.N. | Afghanistan | drowned after boat capsized off Greek coast near Samos (GR) | PICUM |
19/09/2004 | 5 | N.N. | Tunisia | drowned near Algeciras (ES) after shipwreck of boat carrying another 36 migrants | Afrology |
10/09/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man, 32) | Algeria | reportedly drowned, found at border between Playa de la Hípica (ES) and Beni Ensar (MA) | APDHA |
09/09/2004 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned 50 km from Entellada-Fuerteventura (ES) | MUGAK/APDHA/ST |
09/09/2004 | 5 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned in shipwreck near Fuerteventura (ES) | MUGAK/PICUM/MNS |
09/09/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | suicide, during deportation from Almería (ES) to Al Hoceima (MA) | MUGAK/APDHA/PICUM |
08/09/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Congo | suicide, in Merksplas (BE) detention centre after being denied help with depression | UE/MNS/sgcv |
06/09/2004 | 1 | Kalan Kawa Karim (man, 29) | Kurdistan-Iraq | died in hospital after racially motivated assault by 3 men outside of a pub in Swansea (GB) | Guardian/IRR/Scotman News |
03/09/2004 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | drowned, found floating off coast of Tangier (MA) | APDHA/MUGAK/VK |
03/09/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | drowned trying to swim from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | EP |
02/09/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Maghreb | drowned, body found near Benzú (Spanish enclave of Ceuta) | MUGAK/APDHA |
02/09/2004 | 1 | Rafiq Sjirinov | Azerbaijan | died after deportation from Sweden to Baku (AZ) | MNS |
01/09/2004 | 1 | Anthony (boy, 17) | Nigeria | suicide, found hanged in his police custody cell in Bellinzona (CH) | Augenauf/Necropolis/Vivre/MNS |
in Sep 04 | 6 | N.N. (incl 1 boy, ±16) | unknown | reportedly drowned, after shipwreck between Capo Bon (TN) and Pantelleria (IT) | MP/ST |
29/08/2004 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, bodies found in 2 trucks in Cairo (EG) bound for Italy | ANA |
29/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned, found floating near harbour of Algeciras (ES) | MUGAK/APDHA |
29/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Morocco | reportedly drowned, jumped from ship to avoid border control in port of Algeciras (ES) | EP |
25/08/2004 | 1 | Amor Knis (man, 25) | Tunisia | stowaway, body found in trunk of girlfriends car in Genoa (IT) after 30 hour trip from Tunisia | RAI/ANSA/ILM |
24/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Morocco | stowaway, found dead on roof rack of car travelling to Spain | MNS |
23/08/2004 | 5 | N.N. | Afghanistan | drowned when boat capsized while travelling from Altinoluk (TR) to Lesbos (GR), 4 missing | IMK |
22/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Afghanistan | drowned in shipwreck in the sea off North Aegean coast (TR), body found by fishermen | DerStandard |
22/08/2004 | 4 | N.N. | Afghanistan | reportedly drowned in shipwreck off North Aegean coast (TR) | DerStandard |
21/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Maghreb | jumped overboard near Motril (ES) out of fear of border guards | ELM/LOP/APDHA/MUGAK/StW |
21/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Morocco | stowaway, body found on Palmones beach in Los Barrios, Cádiz (ES) | LOP/MUGAK/APDHA/ST |
21/08/2004 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in shipwreck near Fuerteventura (ES), bodies found in Los Pajaritos (ES) | ELM/GRP/ANA/MUGAK/ST/LOP |
21/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Mali | drowned in shipwreck near Fuerteventura (ES), body found in Los Pajaritos (ES) | ELM/GRP/ANA/MUGAK/LOP |
21/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | body found on beach in Granada (ES) | MUGAK/ST |
21/08/2004 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in shipwreck off coast of Fuerteventura (ES) | ST |
20/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Eastern Europe | arm belonging to asylum seeker found near Uznach (CH), he had fled a police control 2 months earlier | Vivre/Watson |
20/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Nigeria | suicide, in detention centre in Rotterdam (NL) out of fear of deportation | MNS/VK |
17/08/2004 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found dead on beach of Laayoune (EH) | APDHA |
16/08/2004 | 4 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, found dead on beach of Laayoune (EH) | APDHA |
16/08/2004 | 16 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat carrying 34 people capsized on way to Canary Islands (ES) | APDHA |
13/08/2004 | 32 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned when boat carrying 39 people capsized on way to Fuerteventura (ES) | MC/MP/ILM/MUGAK/APDHA/MNS/DS/AB |
13/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned when boat capsized on its way to Fuerteventura (ES) | MC/MP/ILM/GRP/MUGAK/APDHA/MNS |
09/08/2004 | 1 | Chukwuemeka Onyegbule (m, 23) | Nigeria | found hanged in the Vorst Prison in Brussels (BE), circumstances are unclear | ISMD/UE/INDbe/EmekaIst. |
09/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | reportedly drowned trying to reach Spain (ES) | EP |
08/08/2004 | 26 | N.N. | North Africa | died in overcrowded boat trying to reach Italy from Libya, bodies thrown overboard | Vivre/BBC/IRR/LaS/RO/LS/MUGAK/LR/D |
08/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | died during attempted rescue of overcrowded boat trying to reach Italy from Libya | Vivre/BBC/IRR/LaS/RO/LS/MUGAK/Vivre |
08/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. (baby boy, 1 y.) | Liberia | died in overcrowded boat trying to reach Italy from Libya, his body thrown overboard | CDS/Vivre |
08/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead, body floating near Punta Carnero beach in Algeciras (ES) | APDHA |
07/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | died during rescue attempt by Italian authorities in Syracuse (IT) | ANA/ART |
05/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant woman, 30) | Sudan | reportedly thrown overboard by other migrants on boat to Italy | LS/STR/ILM/Unipa |
05/08/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Palestine | died in explosion in minefield at Turkish-Greek border; 6 survived | YaN |
02/08/2004 | 5 | N.N. | North Africa | reportedly drowned in shipwreck off coast of Cádiz (ES) | ANA |
01/08/2004 | 1 | Ako Mahmood Ahmed (man, 25) | Kurdistan-Iraq | suicide, jumped off bridge in Coventry shopping centre (GB), asylum request was rejected | IRR/NCADC |
in Aug 04 | 1 | Taher Mohamed Zanati | Egypt | drowned in shipwreck off coast of Libya | MP/ANSA |
in Aug 04 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | stowaway, body found in car in Cádiz (ES) | MUGAK |
in Aug 04 | 18 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found dead near Zelid (LY) | LR |
in Aug 04 | 23 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned near Zelid (LY) | LR/Unipa |
in Aug 04 | 1 | Edwin Ndupus (man, 37) | Nigeria | died in unclear circumstances after being teargassed by police | Akin |
in Aug 04 | 5 | N.N. (1 woman; 4 men) | Sudan, Ghana | drowned after dinghy capsized on way from Libya to Italy | Servir |
31/07/2004 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Maghreb | drowned near Paloma Baja in Tarifa (ES) after boat capsized with 33 people | MNS/MC/MUGAK/Terra/TN/Vivre |
31/07/2004 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned near Paloma Baja in Tarifa (ES) after boat capsized with 33 people | MNS/MC/MUGAK/Terra/TN/Vivre |
31/07/2004 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 6 months) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned near Punta Paloma in Tarifa (ES) after boat capsized | ADN |
30/07/2004 | 1 | Carlos Requelme (man, 50) | Chile | suicide, hanged himself in prison in Livorno (IT) while waiting to stand trial | RIS |
30/07/2004 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat carrying 33 migrants capsized near Punta Paloma (ES) | APDHA |
28/07/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man, 34) | Dominican Republic | suicide, hanged himself in prison in Busto Arsizio (IT) after 4 days of detention | RIS |
26/07/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan-Africa | found floating near coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | MC/APDHA |
23/07/2004 | 1 | Tung Tran Quang (man, 23) | Vietnam | suicide, hanged himself at Dungavel detention centre (GB) after being denied an interpreter | IRR/SC/The Herald/NCADC |
21/07/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Cuba | stowaway, froze in landing gear of airplane travelling from Dominican Republic to Germany | SP |
19/07/2004 | 1 | Sergey Barnuyck (man, 31) | Ukraine | suicide, hanged himself in Harmondsworth removal centre (GB) out of fear of deportation | IRR/MSN/ERB/NCADC |
09/07/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | drowned, body found in Lanzarote (ES) | MUGAK |
05/07/2004 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, found dead near Tripoli (LY) | ANSA/Unipa |
02/07/2004 | 1 | Nicolae Doru (man, 37) | Romania | suicide, hanged himself in prison in Frosinone (IT) out of fear of deportation | RIS |
01/07/2004 | 1 | Salah Talbouz (man, 28) | Morocco | suicide, hanged himself in prison in Ivrea (IT) | RIS |
in July 04 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Bangladesh | suicide, while under psychiatric care in Uppsala (SE) after asylum claim was rejected | MNS |
in July 04 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, died in cargo ship named "Victoria", body removed near Casablanca (MA) | MNS |
in July 04 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Vietnam | shot by police in front of his home in Purmerend (NL) | IRR |
29/06/2004 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck near Capo Bon (TN) | LR |
29/06/2004 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned in shipwreck near Capo Bon (TN) | LR |
25/06/2004 | 1 | Hussein Nasseri (man, 26) | Iran | shot himself in his car in GB after asylum claim was rejected; feared execution in Iran as he was gay | SC/BBC/IRR/NCADC |
24/06/2004 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found near Lampedusa (IT) | ILM/Unipa |
14/06/2004 | 1 | Marisa Bartolomeu (woman, 22) | Angola | died on the way to hospital from reception camp in Eindhoven (NL) where she was denied medical care | EindhovensDagblad/MAG/VK |
14/06/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | body found on Vélez-Málaga beach (ES), reportedly a refugee from shipwreck | MC/APDHA |
10/06/2004 | 1 | Abdinassir Abdulatif (man, 24) | Somalia | killed in Mogadishu (SO) after deportation from the Netherlands | MNS/Vivre/VK |
08/06/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man, 27) | unknown | suicide, hanged himself in refugee housing facility in Great Britain, police refused to reveal details | PAIH |
07/06/2004 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | decomposing bodies found southwest of island of Crete (GR) | ANSA |
06/06/2004 | 6 | N.N. (6 young men) | Tunisia | drowned when boat sank near Sfax (TU) while travelling to Italy | LS/ANSA |
06/06/2004 | 4 | N.N. (4 men) | Tunisia | reportedly drowned when boat sank off Tunisian coast while travelling to Italy | LS/ANSA |
05/06/2004 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, decomposed bodies retrieved from sea near Crete (GR) | MNS |
04/06/2004 | 6 | N.N. | Tunisia | drowned on way to Italy, found dead after shipwreck near Sfax (TU) | MNS |
04/06/2004 | 4 | N.N. | Tunisia | drowned on way to Italy, found dead after shipwreck near Sfax (TU) | MNS |
03/06/2004 | 1 | Yaya Bakayoko (man, 19) | Ivory Coast | fell during police check from 2nd fl. window of asylum hostel in Basel (CH); was in fear of deportation | Necropolis/AugenaufCH/StopRacialProfili |
in June 04 | 1 | Mohamed Yahya (man) | Somalia | killed by rival clan after being deported from Denmark to Mogadishu (SO) | MNS/Vivre/VK |
28/05/2004 | 1 | Azrar Ayub (man, 24) | unknown | died alone in psychiatric custody in hospital in GB after being sedated and restrained by hospital staff | IRR |
25/05/2004 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | unknown | found dead on A7 highway near San Roque (ES) after being abandoned by van driver | APDHA/PICUM |
25/05/2004 | 1 | Georgy Petko (man, 37) | Ukraine | died in Portugal out of fear of being deported to Ukraine after authorities overruled court sentence | PUB |
24/05/2004 | 1 | Kiann F. Ghaemzade (woman, 50) | Iran | suicide, in Carlslund detention centre near Stockholm (SE) | MNS/ERB/UNHCR |
23/05/2004 | 4 | N.N. | Senegal | stowaways, reportedly drowned, forced overboard 2000 km off Canary Islands (ES) | SP/ST/MNS/MUGAK/MC |
21/05/2004 | 5 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | stowaways, suffocated in container in Las Palmas (ES) | EP |
20/05/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man, 22) | Guinea | asylum seeker, murdered in park near Tattes asylum centre in Vernier (CH) | PoliceGenève |
18/05/2004 | 1 | Zekria Ghulam Moham (man, 27) | Afghanistan | suicide, hanged himself at his flat in Glasgow, Scotland (GB) when faced with eviction | IRR/PAIH/SCOT/SM/NCADC |
18/05/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | stowaway, found dead in landing gear of airplane flying from Africa to Lisbon (PT) | MNS/PUB/OCPM |
17/05/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | stowaway, found dead in Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris (FR) on flight from Madagascar | MNS |
17/05/2004 | 5 | N.N. | Africa | stowaways, died due to exposure to toxic gas on ship travelling to Las Palmas (ES) | MNS |
15/05/2004 | 1 | Kebba Dobo Jobe (man, 42) | Gambia | died while being arrested in London (GB) | IRR |
15/05/2004 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 4) | unknown | drowned, found near Kuidertocht asylum centre in Luttelgeest, Flevoland (NL) | VK |
10/05/2004 | 1 | Julia Kowaltschuk | unknown | suicide, mentally ill refugee, overdosed after social workers failed to provide help | FR-Th |
07/05/2004 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | Bolivia | hit by train at a crossing in Hellín (ES) | MNS |
07/05/2004 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Bolivia | hit by train at a crossing in Hellín (ES) | MNS |
07/05/2004 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant woman) | Bolivia | hit by train at a crossing in Hellín (ES) | MNS |
05/05/2004 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found dead near Kerkennah Islands (TN) | ANSA/Unipa |
01/05/2004 | 1 | Kabeya Dimuka Bijoux (man, 35) | Congo | died in Haslar removal centre in Gosport (GB) of injures sustained during arrest | PORTS/ERB/IRR/NCADC |
in May 04 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | suicide, hanged himself in Barlinnie, Scotland (GB) out of fear of deportation | PAIH |
27/04/2004 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | North Africa | stowaways, found dead in the hold of Turkish cargo ship in port of Cartagena (ES) | MNS/ST |
23/04/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan-Africa | died of hypothermia, travelling with other people by boat from Africa to Fuerteventura (ES) | MC |
22/04/2004 | 1 | N.N. (woman, ± 25) | Morocco | drowned after disembarking in Granada (ES) from vessel coming from Morocco | MNS |
19/04/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Asia | jumped from boat into sea to avoid Spanish Guardia Civil (ES) | MC |
19/04/2004 | 1 | Orhan B. (man) | Turkey | suicide, second attempt, hanged himself in Hamburg (DE) prison out of fear of deportation | jW/taz/EPP |
17/04/2004 | 15 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned when 2 boats collided and hit rocks while travelling from Africa to Fuerteventura (ES) | FR-NRW/Vivre/MC/ST/YaN |
17/04/2004 | 1 | Esther Down (baby, 9 months) | Nigeria | drowned when 2 overcrowded boats collided near coast of Fuerteventura (ES) | FR-NRW/MC/VK |
17/04/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Pakistan | stowaway, shot by police after van failed to stop at Hungarian-Slovak border | MNS |
17/04/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Asia | stowaway, shot by police after van failed to stop at Hungarian-Slovak border | MNS |
17/04/2004 | 14 | N.N. | Africa | drowned when 2 overcrowded boats collided near coast of Fuerteventura (ES) | VK |
17/04/2004 | 1 | Ronald Down (man) | Nigeria | drowned when 2 overcrowded boats collided near coast of Fuerteventura (ES) | FR-NRW/MC/VK |
11/04/2004 | 1 | Mohamed Ezzoubair | Morocco | shot by police in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES), body hidden for some days near Moroccan border | IRR |
11/04/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Albania | suicide, hanged himself out of fear of deportation in prison in Fuhlsbüttel (DE) | ProAsyl |
10/04/2004 | 30 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned while travelling from Libya to Italy | FR-NRW/ANA/ANSA/Unipa |
04/04/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Algeria | tried to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) by swimming, body found on Tarajal beach (ES) | MC/MNS/ST |
04/04/2004 | 1 | John Williams (man) | Africa | died after being denied medical assistance at asylum centre in Halberstadt (DE) | RP/Indymedia/ |
02/04/2004 | 1 | Shahid Aziz (man, 25) | Asia | reportedly killed by racist cellmate at Armley prison in Leeds (GB) | IRR/GuardianUn. |
in Apr 04 | 12 | N.N. | North Africa | died in the Strait of Gibraltar after 14 days without food and water | IRR |
29/03/2004 | 10 | N.N. | Comoros | drowned near Mayotte (FR) in shipwreck of boat carrying 12 migrants | Mayotte sans frontières |
14/03/2004 | 1 | Kingsley Williamson (man) | Jamaica | suicide, hanged himself in Norwich prison (GB) while awaiting deportation | IRR |
08/03/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | decomposed body found near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES), reportedly tried to swim to Spain | MC |
28/02/2004 | 1 | Ümit Abay (man, 23) | Turkey | suicide, set himself on fire in Cologne (DE) out of fear of deportation to Turkey | AN |
26/02/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | body found on La Barrosa beach in Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz (ES) | MC |
24/02/2004 | 13 | N.N. | Somalia | reportedly drowned after ship sank off western coast of Turkey | NOB/MNS |
24/02/2004 | 15 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned after ship sank off coast of Turkey, bodies washed ashore near Ayvalik (TR) | NOB/MNS |
22/02/2004 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | shot by border police while climbing fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | Médecins Sans Frontières |
11/02/2004 | 16 | N.N. | Egypt | drowned after 2 boats travelling to Italy capsized during a storm | NOB/Vivre |
11/02/2004 | 20 | N.N. | Egypt | reportedly drowned after 2 boats travelling to Italy capsized during a storm | NOB/Vivre |
05/02/2004 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, decomposing bodies found on cargo ship travelling from Ghana to Hull (GB) | MET/IRR |
in Feb 04 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iran | found dead 2 weeks after deportation to Iran, asylum application rejected in Norway for 2nd time | Dagbladet |
30/01/2004 | 5 | N.N. (incl 2 men, ±25) | China, Afghanistan | drowned after boat sank during storm near Rafina (GR) | MNS |
30/01/2004 | 14 | N.N. | China, Afghanistan | reportedly drowned after boat sank during storm near Rafina (GR) | MNS |
30/01/2004 | 5 | N.N. (5 men) | unknown | froze to death during blizzard while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border near Feres (GR) | NON |
30/01/2004 | 5 | N.N. (±25) | Asia | drowned while trying to swim across the Evros River between Turkey and Greece | MNS |
29/01/2004 | 5 | N.N. | Kurdistan | drowned after boat sank during storm near Karistos (GR) | NOB |
29/01/2004 | 14 | N.N. | Kurdistan | reportedly drowned after boat sank near Karistos (GR) | NOB |
25/01/2004 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank on way from Libya to Italy, found by coast guards | NON/FORBES |
24/01/2004 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat sank on way from Libya to Italy | Unipa |
21/01/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | body found at sea near Fuerteventura (ES), reportedly from an old shipwreck | MC |
21/01/2004 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, found dead near Lampedusa (IT) | ANSA/Unipa |
18/01/2004 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, after boat capsized on reef near Fuerteventura (ES) | MC |
16/01/2004 | 14 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat from Africa capsized on reef near Fuerteventura (ES) | TirolerTageszeitung/SalzburgerNachrichte |
16/01/2004 | 2 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned after boat from Africa capsized near Fuerteventura (ES) | Ya.N/MNS/MC/NOB |
16/01/2004 | 3 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned after boat from Africa capsized near Fuerteventura (ES) | Ya.N/MNS/MC/NOB |
12/01/2004 | 21 | N.N. | Albania | drowned near Durres (AL) after shipwreck of boat carrying migrants to Italy | MP |
10/01/2004 | 18 | N.N. (18 men) | Albania | froze to death on boat travelling from Vlora (AL) to Italy | Guardian/KI/BBC/SDZ-Agencies/AJC/IP/V |
10/01/2004 | 5 | N.N. | Albania | reportedly drowned after boat sank on way from Vlora (AL) to Italy | GuardianUn./KI/BBC/SD-Agencies/AJC/IP |
10/01/2004 | 3 | N.N. (3 women) | Albania | died of hypothermia on boat travelling from Vlora (AL) to Italy | Guardian/KI/BBC/SDZ-Agencies/AJC/IP/V |
03/01/2004 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, found dead in Pasaia (ES) on cargo ship coming from Cameroon | ST/MNS |
01/01/2004 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iraq | suicide, set himself on fire in London (GB) out of fear of deportation | IRR |
in Jan 04 | 1 | N.N. (man, 39) | unknown | suicide, hanged himself in prison in Lachen (CH) | Vivre/Watson |
in 2004 | 1 | Tschianana Nguya (34, pregnant) | Congo | died of medical neglect after being deported from Germany, imprisoned in Brazzaville (CG), baby died | ST/ProAsyl/FR-NieSa/ARI |
in 2004 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 1 hour) | Congo | died of medical neglect after mother was deported from Germany and imprisoned in Brazzaville (CG) | ST |
27/12/2003 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 3) | unknown | child of asylum seeker, drowned after falling into a ditch near asylum centre in Dalem (NL) | VK |
20/12/2003 | 7 | N.N. (7 men) | Jordania, Irak, Iran, Afghan. | drowned after boat sank off Marmaris (TR) coast on way to Greece | MNS/NI/AP/SP/Kurier/Vielfaltletter/BBC/M |
20/12/2003 | 51 | N.N. | Jordania, Irak, Iran, Afghanis | reportedly drowned after boat sank off coast of Turkey on way to Greece | MNS/NI/AP/SP/Kurier/Vielfaltletter/BBC/M |
20/12/2003 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Jordania, Irak, Iran, Afghan. | reportedly drowned after boat sank off coast of Turkey on way to Greece | MNS/NI/AP/SP/Kurier/Vielfaltletter/BBC/M |
20/12/2003 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 10) | Jordania, Irak, Iran, Afghan. | reportedly drowned after boat sank off coast of Turkey on way to Greece | MNS/NI/AP/SP/Kurier/Vielfaltletter/BBC/M |
12/12/2003 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan | stowaway, suffocated on cargo ship travelling from Cameroon to Spain | MNS/ST |
12/12/2003 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck near Tripoli (LY) while travelling to Italy | IPL/Unipa |
05/12/2003 | 10 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned near Granada (ES) after shipwreck; 38 survived | EP |
02/12/2003 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned after boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS/GuardianUn/MUGAK/ABC/Raz |
02/12/2003 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS/GuardianUn./MUGAK/ABC/Raz |
02/12/2003 | 2 | N.N. | Gambia | reportedly drowned after boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS/MUGAK/ABC/Raz |
02/12/2003 | 11 | N.N. | Mali | reportedly drowned after boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS/MUGAK/ABC/Raz |
01/12/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±27) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found near Fuente Caballos beach in Cádiz (ES) | SH |
in Dec 03 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, body found in Italian ship in Amsterdam (NL) harbour | VK |
in Dec 03 | 1 | Daniel (man, 19) | unknown | died of dehydration while travelling to Europe through Saharan desert | LESP |
23/11/2003 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned while reportedly trying to swim to the enclave of Ceuta (ES), body found in Chorillo (ES) | MUGAK |
10/11/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Iraq | found dead on boat drifting near Pantelleria (IT) | INDi/IPL/Unipa |
10/11/2003 | 1 | Liang He (man, 23) | unknown | suicide, hanged himself at Bedford prison (GB) | NCADC |
10/11/2003 | 11 | N.N. (incl 3 children) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned near Lampedusa (IT) after boat sank | LR |
07/11/2003 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | died of starvation in small boat headed to Motril (ES) | ST/MUGAK/MNS |
07/11/2003 | 2 | N.N. | North Africa | froze to death in boat carrying approximately 40 migrants to Motril (ES) | Indymedia/MUGAK |
03/11/2003 | 1 | Abdul H. Ghernout Omar (m., 31) | Algeria | suicide, hanged himself in police custody in Valletta (IT) out of fear of deportation | Malta Independent/MNS/FIDH |
03/11/2003 | 1 | Paul Yorke (man) | unknown | found dead in his cell at police station in Heathrow (GB) | MNS |
in Nov 03 | 17 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned in shipwreck near Larache (MA) | SOS |
in Nov 03 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Russia | suicide, hanged himself in Polmont prison (GB) out of fear of deportation | PAIH |
in Nov 03 | 13 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned in shipwreck near Larache (MA) | SOS |
26/10/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Bangladesh | froze to death in forest near Eisenstadt (AT) after crossing Hungarian border | MNS/Die Bunte |
26/10/2003 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in attempt to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MUGAK |
26/10/2003 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned near Cádiz (ES) after small boat capsized on way to Spain | EP |
25/10/2003 | 37 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned during shipwreck in bay of Cádiz (ES), bodies washed ashore | ST/MNS/Indymedia/VK/AP/GuardianUn./T |
22/10/2003 | 37 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned when boat capsized near Rota (ES) | MNS |
21/10/2003 | 22 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat capsized on way from Tunisia to Sicily (IT) | MNS/Vivre/TL |
21/10/2003 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized on way from Tunisia to Sicily (IT) | MSN/WOZ/TL/Vivre |
21/10/2003 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank off coast of Tunisia on way to Italy | NOB/TL/IPL |
20/10/2003 | 13 | N.N. | Libya | died of starvation after going 20 days without food on boat from Libya to Italy | Miami Herald/TL |
20/10/2003 | 1 | Mohammed Bin Duhri (man, 20) | Palestine | suicide, hanged himself at maximum security prison in Belmarsh (GB) | IRR/NCADC/ERB |
19/10/2003 | 12 | N.N. | Somalia | died of hypothermia and starvation on ship travelling from Libya to Lampedusa (IT) | ST/LR/MNS/YaN/Pogledi/Guardian/VK/SP |
19/10/2003 | 58 | N.N. | Somalia | reportedly died of hypothermia and starvation on ship from Libya to Italy, bodies thrown overboard | ST/LR/MNS/Pogledi/GuardianUn./VK/SP/ |
19/10/2003 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Somalia | died of hypothermia and starvation on ship from Libya to Lampedusa (IT) | ST/LR/MNS/YaN/Pogledi/Guardian/VK/SP |
18/10/2003 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found on beach in Larache (MA) | APDHA/MUGAK |
17/10/2003 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Somalia | died due to bad conditions on ship from Libya to Lampedusa (IT) | ST/MNS/LR/IPL |
17/10/2003 | 1 | N.N. (15) | Somalia | died due to bad conditions on ship from Libya to Lampedusa (IT) | ST/MNS/LR/SP/IPL |
17/10/2003 | 7 | N.N. (7 adults) | Somalia | drowned after boat from Libya capsized near Lampedusa (IT) | ST/MNS/LR/SP/TL/MUGAK/IPL |
17/10/2003 | 1 | N.N. (3) | Somalia | found dead on ship from Libya to Lampedusa (IT) | ST/MNS/LR/SP/IPL/DPA |
17/10/2003 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 13) | Somalia | drowned after boat from Libya capsized near Lampedusa (IT) | ST/MNS/LR/SP/TL/MUGAK/IPL |
09/10/2003 | 1 | N.N. (boy, ±16) | Congo | stowaway, froze to death in undercarriage of airplane travelling from Brazzaville (CG) to Paris (FR) | AFP/MNS/Vivre |
04/10/2003 | 2 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned in waters of Bahía Feliz, Gran Canaria (ES) after boat was intercepted | AFP/MUGAK |
04/10/2003 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned near Gran Canaria (ES) after boat sank on way to Spain | EP |
03/10/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned after ship sank in international waters while travelling from North Africa to Lampedusa (IT) | YaN/GDS/ILM/IPL/TL |
03/10/2003 | 5 | N.N. | Iraq, Pakistan | drowned near Evia (GR) while trying to reach coast of Greece by boat | MNS/Flüchtlingsrat-Brandenburg/ILM |
03/10/2003 | 1 | Lewon A. (man, 48) | Georgia (Armenian) | suicide, set himself on fire in Biedenkopf (DE) after his asylum application was rejected | MNS/ERB |
03/10/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | shot by border patrol while trying to cross border between Morocco and Spain | MUGAK |
03/10/2003 | 210 | N.N. | unknown | 50 drowned after boat from Libya sank off Tunisia; 160 missing, 41 rescued | MNS |
01/10/2003 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, ±30) | Sub-Saharan Africa | stowaways, suffocated in cargo ship travelling from Ivory Coast to La Coruña (ES) | MNS |
01/10/2003 | 3 | N.N. | Guinea | drowned after jumping overboard off coast of Le Havre (FR) | NOB |
in Oct 03 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died on boat travelling from Tunisia to Sicily (IT) | Haarlems Dagblad |
in Oct 03 | 3 | N.N. (2 children; 1 adult) | unknown | thrown overboard from ship travelling from Tunisia to Sicily (IT) | Haarlems Dagblad |
in Oct 03 | 5 | N.N. | North Africa | found in refrigerator truck which caught fire on way to Algeciras (ES) | SOS |
29/09/2003 | 7 | N.N. | Pakistan | blown up in minefield while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | MNS/Flüchtlingsrat-Brandenburg/BBC |
23/09/2003 | 1 | Vullnet Bytyci (man, 18) | Albania | shot by border guard while trying to cross Albanian-Greek border | AI |
18/09/2003 | 2 | N.N. (1 w., ±23; 1 m., ±23) | unknown | drowned while trying to swim from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MNS |
09/09/2003 | 26 | N.N. (incl 2 women) | Pakistan, Asia | drowned after boat capsized in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border | BBC/ST/AP |
07/09/2003 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | fell overboard after boat was intercepted by coast guard near Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS/MUGAK |
04/09/2003 | 1 | Tema Kombe (man, 32) | Uganda | suicide, hanged himself in bathroom of psychiatric ward at Heatherwood Hospital (GB) | icB/IRR/NCADC |
03/09/2003 | 1 | Israfil Shiri (man, 30) | Iran | suicide, set himself on fire after being denied necessary medication in Manchester (GB) | BBC/Socialist Worker/NCADC/IRR/Asylu |
02/09/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man, 34) | Algeria | jumped out of window while trying to escape a police check in Sartrouville (FR) | MNS/Grand Paris |
01/09/2003 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after overloaded boat sank off coast of Tunisia on way to Italy | NOB |
01/09/2003 | 1 | Vasiliy Todchuk (man, 24) | Russia | suicide, hanged himself at building site in Govan, Glasgow (GB) | NCADC/IRR |
30/08/2003 | 1 | Andrej Donorov (man, 34) | Ukraine | suicide,11 days after deportation from NL to ES, person with schizophrenia and no medical help | VK/NRC/Oz/Zelf |
30/08/2003 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, found near Lanzarote (ES) | MUGAK |
26/08/2003 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | Afghanistan | stowaway, found dead near Rimini (IT) in back of truck coming from Greece | AFP |
23/08/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man, 33) | unknown | died during a fight with another migrant at asylum centre in Harlingen (NL) | Trouw/VK/PLi |
18/08/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Liberia | died of heart attack after arriving at refugee centre in Lampedusa (IT) | LR/IPL/Unipa |
17/08/2003 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found near Tarifa (ES) between rocks 2.5 metres below sea level | MUGAK |
17/08/2003 | 1 | Hekmat Karim Salih (man, 29) | Kurdistan-Iraq | stowaway, crushed to death in truck traveling from France to Poole (GB), 2 survived | BBC/CARF/Kurdmedia/IRR |
14/08/2003 | 5 | N.N. (incl 3 children) | Iraq, Sudan, Somalia | drowned after trafficker punctured boat travelling from Ayvalik (TR) to Lesbos (GR) | Twee Vandaag |
13/08/2003 | 5 | N.N. (4 women; 1 man) | unknown | drowned, found on beach near Edremit (TR) | MNS/AFP |
09/08/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Chechnya | died in violent confrontation with Moldovans in refugee centre in Traiskirchen (AT) | MNS/Asyl in Not |
01/08/2003 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat sank off shore of Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS/AFP/MUGAK |
in Aug 03 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | drowned off Canary Islands (ES) after skippers used knives to force them to jump into the sea | SOS |
in Aug 03 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck near Barbate (ES) | SOS |
31/07/2003 | 15 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat capsized off coast of Fuerteventura in Canary Islands (ES) | AFP/MNS/MUGAK/ST |
28/07/2003 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | drowned off coast of Fuerteventura in Canary Islands (ES) | AFP/MUGAK |
27/07/2003 | 1 | Erdogan Tahir (man, 37) | Turkey | died of dehydration, body found hanging from a train at railway station in Gorizia (IT) | IET/ILP |
25/07/2003 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | drowned off coast of Fuerteventura in Canary Islands (ES) | AFP/MUGAK |
19/07/2003 | 21 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found off the coast of Libya | IPL/Unipa |
18/07/2003 | 25 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in 2 shipwrecks near Sur de Aiun (EH) | MUGAK |
15/07/2003 | 1 | Cheibani Wague (man, 33) | Mauritania | suffocated following police mistreatment and abuse in Stadtpark, Vienna (AT) | IRR/Malmoe/COE |
14/07/2003 | 5 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned in shipwreck near Tarifa (ES), bodies found by Spanish Guardia Civil | ST/AFP/MNS/GuardianUn./MUGAK |
14/07/2003 | 30 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after shipwreck near Barranco Hondo, Canary Islands (ES) | MNS |
09/07/2003 | 1 | Elmas Ozmico (woman, 40) | Turkey | died due to septicemia and medical neglect at hospital in Dover (GB) | Guardian/Inquest/BBC/IRR |
06/07/2003 | 1 | Faizullah Ahmedi (man, 19) | Afghanistan | suicide, hanged himself at his home in Blackburn (GB) while awaiting decision on his asylum claim | IRR |
01/07/2003 | 1 | Hüseyin Dikec (man) | Turkey | suicide, at immigration office in DE, set himself on fire in front of his 5 children in fear of deportation | ERB |
in July 03 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | drowned during transfer to Spanish authorities near Fuerteventura (ES) | GuardianUn. |
in July 03 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found by lifeboat in the Channel Tunnel, were trying to reach Great Britain | IRR |
29/06/2003 | 9 | N.N. | Libya | drowned after vessel capsized near Cap Bon (TN) on way to Italy | MNS/NOB/IPL/Vita/TL/Unipa |
24/06/2003 | 3 | N.N. (3 women) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned near coast of Cádiz (ES) | EP |
23/06/2003 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, bodies found floating near Tarifa (ES) | MUGAK |
20/06/2003 | 189 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat capsized near port of Sfax (TN) on way from Tunisia to Italy | ST/MNS/AFP/GuardianUn./ABC/Observe |
20/06/2003 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized near port of Sfax (TN) on way from Tunisia to Italy | ST/MNS/AFP/GuardianUn./ABC/Observe |
18/06/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Ivory Coast | stowaway, jumped off container ship in the Channel Tunnel and drowned | BBC/MNS/YaN/IRR |
16/06/2003 | 63 | N.N. | North Africa | reportedly drowned after ship sank while travelling from Tunisia to Lampedusa (IT) | ST/MNS/AFP/TG/PLi/IND/Nouvel Obs/TN |
16/06/2003 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | North Africa | drowned after ship sank while travelling from Tunisia to Lampedusa (IT) | ST/MNS/AFP/TG/PLi/IND/LR/IPL/CNNit/I |
16/06/2003 | 4 | N.N. (4 women) | North Africa | drowned after ship sank while travelling from Tunisia to Lampedusa (IT) | LR/IPL/CNNit/ILN/CDS/TL |
14/06/2003 | 30 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned after dinghy capsized near Tarifa (ES) on way to Spain | MNS |
10/06/2003 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat capsized during rescue attempt by Spanish Guardia Civil | ST/MNS/MUGAK |
06/06/2003 | 4 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned or died in a fire while trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
05/06/2003 | 2 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned while trying to avoid Spanish authorities near Salobreña (ES) | MNS/MUGAK/APDHA |
05/06/2003 | 6 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned while trying to avoid Spanish authorities near Salobreña (ES) | MUGAK/APDHA |
02/06/2003 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | disappeared after boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (ES) | ST/MNS/MUGAK |
02/06/2003 | 9 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (ES) | ST/MNS/MUGAK |
02/06/2003 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned near Tenerife (ES) after boat shipwrecked on way to Canary Islands (ES) | EP |
in June 03 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Kurdistan | found in the back of Greek truck on border between Italy and Slovenia | IRR |
in June 03 | 1 | N.N. | India | body found in forest near border between Ukraine and Slovakia | IRR |
in June 03 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after attempting to swim to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MUGAK |
31/05/2003 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat capsized during rescue attempt near Fuerteventura (ES) | ST |
17/05/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man, 33) | Congo | rejected asylum seeker, found in bus shelter in Boxmeer (NL) | MNS/ANP |
15/05/2003 | 4 | N.N. (4 men) | unknown | drowned, bodies found in fishing net near Lampedusa (IT) | LR |
07/05/2003 | 1 | Olga Blaskevica (woman, 29) | Latvia | murdered in Harmondsworth removal centre (GB) while awaiting deportation | CARF/Metropolitan Police/IRR/NCADC |
06/05/2003 | 5 | N.N. (5 men) | Morocco | drowned, bodies found near Ba Kacem beach in Tangier (MA) | MUGAK |
06/05/2003 | 4 | N.N. (4 women) | Morocco | drowned, bodies found near Ba Kacem beach in Tangier (MA) | MUGAK |
05/05/2003 | 1 | Liu Jin Wu (man, 35) | China | suicide, mentally ill without support in Scotland (GB); faced deportation, denied access to interpreter | MNS/The Herald/NCADC/ERB/IRR |
02/05/2003 | 1 | Nadim Hussaini (man, 18) | Afghanistan | jumped off bridge overlooking M60 motorway in Stockport (GB) after asylum claim was rejected | IRR |
01/05/2003 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found floating near Lampedusa (IT) | TL |
in May 03 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Morocco | suffocated after getting trapped on border fence between Morocco and Spain in Melilla (ES) | SOS |
26/04/2003 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found in boat intercepted in the Gulf of Cádiz (ES) | MUGAK |
25/04/2003 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck in Lanzarote (ES) | MUGAK |
in Apr 03 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found on coast of Lanzarote (ES) | SOS |
in Apr 03 | 76 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, bodies found on beach in Tarifa (ES) | SOS |
28/03/2003 | 1 | Hamisi Ismaili (man, 18) | Tanzania | found dead in wheel bay of airplane after landing in Maastricht Aachen Airport (NL) | Fabel van de Illegaal |
25/03/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man, 32) | Iraq | suicide, asylum seeker set himself on fire in Diever (NL) after being caught stealing | MNS/VK |
in Mar 03 | 12 | N.N. | Africa | bodies found in tourist area of Costa Teguise, Lanzarote (ES) | SOS |
in Mar 03 | 1 | N.N. | Somalia | blown up in minefield at Turkish-Greek border | IRR |
28/02/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man, 26) | India | found near Kamyanytsya (UA) near Ukrainian-Slovakian border | NOB |
28/02/2003 | 7 | N.N. | Comoros | drowned near Kani-Kéli, Mayotte (FR) after small boat capsized on way to Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
25/02/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Mali or Gabon | stowaway, fell from wheel bay of airplane while travelling to airport in Paris (FR) | MNS |
24/02/2003 | 1 | Sarkawat Hussein (man, 18) | Iraq | crushed while trying to climb into truck in Calais (FR) ferry terminal to get to Great Britain | AFP/MNS/NO |
23/02/2003 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Iraq | stowaway, hit by truck in Calais (FR) while trying to reach Great Britain | Vivre |
22/02/2003 | 1 | Djedjik Fatiha (woman, 39) | Algeria | suicide, hanged herself with a scarf in police cell in Emmen (NL) out of fear of deportation | DVHN |
20/02/2003 | 12 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration and hunger after 14 days at sea, travelling from Morocco to Fuerteventura (ES) | PUB/NOB/MUGAK |
12/02/2003 | 1 | Osuigwe C. Kenechukwu (m, 22) | Nigeria | died of lung infection, medical neglect in refugee transit centre in Thurhof, Oberbüren (CH) | Vivre/MNS/Indymedia/Augen auf/Watson/ |
07/02/2003 | 18 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after getting lost at sea near Fuerteventura (ES) | IRR |
03/02/2003 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found in a bay south of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) after trying to swim to Spain | MNS |
in Feb 03 | 2 | N.N. | Morocco | stowaways, suffocated in a bus on ferry going from Nador (MA) to Almería (ES) | SOS |
in Feb 03 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Sub-Saharan-Africa | died of hypothermia while trying to swim to the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) from Beniezar (MA) | SOS |
in Feb 03 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, died while disembarking from boat in Motril-Granada (ES) | IRR |
31/01/2003 | 1 | Mikhail Bognarchuk (man, 42) | Ukraine | suicide, hanged himself with shoelaces in bathroom at Haslar removal centre in Gosport (GB) | IRR/NCADC/CARF/MNS |
23/01/2003 | 2 | N.N. | Turkey | stowaways, fell out of airplane wheel bay in China after boarding the wrong plane in France | MNS |
19/01/2003 | 6 | N.N. | Iraq | froze to death in Turkish boat drifting near Santa Maria di Leuca (IT) | MNS/Vivre/AFP/AP/TL |
19/01/2003 | 26 | N.N. | Nigeria | drowned trying to reach Canary Islands (ES) from Morocco | MNS/Vita |
19/01/2003 | 23 | N.N. | unknown | died of hypothermia on Turkish boat drifting near Leuca (IT) | MNS/Vivre/AFP/AP/TL |
19/01/2003 | 16 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned near Tangier after boat sank trying to reach Spain | BBC |
18/01/2003 | 1 | Mariame Getu Hagos (man, 25) | Somalia | died being restrained by police as deportation flight prepared to take off from FR to SA | NCADC/AI/AN/VK/Vivre/MNS/borderzerol |
18/01/2003 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found on beach in Motril (ES) | MUGAK |
18/01/2003 | 4 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned near Fuerteventura (ES) after boat wrecked while trying to reach Canary Islands (ES) | MUGAK |
17/01/2003 | 19 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned near Tangier (MA) after trying to reach Spain by sea | MNS/Vivre/MUGAK |
16/01/2003 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found on beach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MUGAK |
15/01/2003 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after small boat sank near Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS/Spits/ AFP |
14/01/2003 | 1 | Foussini Baraya (man, 31) | Burkina Faso | suffocated on own vomit, had been seriously ill in border prison in Amsterdam (NL) | VK/AC/AFVIC/CW/demo |
13/01/2003 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | stowaways, died in the hold of Cypriot ship bound for Cádiz (ES) | IRR/MUGAK |
12/01/2003 | 9 | N.N. | Africa | drowned when boat sank near Fuerteventura (ES) on way to Spain | NOB |
12/01/2003 | 5 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned after boat sank near Fuerteventura (ES) | NOB |
09/01/2003 | 6 | N.N. | Iraq | died of hypopthermia on Greek boat headed to Italy | IRR/Vita |
09/01/2003 | 23 | N.N. | Iraq | reportedly drowned near Santa Maria di Leuca (IT) while attempting to reach Italy | Vita |
09/01/2003 | 1 | Said B. (man, 29) | Morocco | died in Ceuta hit by wheels of the bus in which he was hiding to travel as a stowaway to Spain | EP/IRR/MUGAK |
08/01/2003 | 3 | N.N. (± 25) | India | died of exhaustion after travelling through mountains between Slovakia and Ukraine | NOB/Mumbaicentral |
04/01/2003 | 2 | N.N. | Burundi | blown up after wandering during period of thick fog into minefied on Turkish-Greek border | KI |
02/01/2003 | 3 | N.N. | Morocco | died of smoke inhalation following arson attack at police station in Málaga (ES) | MNS/MUGAK/APDHA |
02/01/2003 | 7 | N.N. | Algeria, Morocco | drowned after boat sank near Tarifa (ES) off southern coast of Spain | VK/AP/DPA/AFP/ST/MUGAK |
02/01/2003 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned in shipwreck in the Strait of Gibraltar near Tarifa (ES) | MLKO |
02/01/2003 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Palestine | died of smoke inhalation following arson attack at police station in Málaga (ES) | MNS/MUGAK/APDHA |
in Jan 03 | 5 | N.N. (5 men) | unknown | drowned, found on beach in Symi (GR) | KI/IRR |
in Jan 03 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, found on beach at Evia (GR) | KI |
in Jan 03 | 1 | David Mamedor (man, 45) | Kurdistan-Georgia | suicide, in Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock (DE) after asylum claim was rejected | WB/FR-NRW/NW/MNS |
in Jan 03 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned, found on beach at Symi (GR) | KI/IRR |
in 2003 | 1 | Olivier (man, ±20) | Niger | died eating money he had saved for traffickers in order to avoid robbery at checkpoint in Agadez (NE) | LESP |
30/12/2002 | 1 | Ricardo Barrientos (man, 54) | Argentina | died of heart attack during deportation from Paris (FR) to Buenos Aires (AR) | NCADC/AI/NOB/AN/Vivre/AFP/borderzer |
28/12/2002 | 1 | Zafar Mohammad (boy, 16) | Afghanistan | suicide, set himself on fire at refugee centre in Gribskov (DK) out of fear of deportation | ERB |
27/12/2002 | 3 | N.N. | Morocco | died in a fire at police station in Málaga (ES) after 2 days of detention as police refused to open door | SOS/MUGAK/APDHA |
26/12/2002 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after overcrowded boat from Morocco capsized near Tarifa (ES) | IRR |
25/12/2002 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when inflatable dinghy sank off coast of Chios (GR) | AP |
25/12/2002 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned when dinghy sank off coast of Chios (GR) | AP |
24/12/2002 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 2) | Kurdistan-Iraq | drowned trying to swim ashore when boat sank near coast of Corfu (GR) | MNS/AP |
24/12/2002 | 1 | Sirous Khajehb (man, 29) | Iran | suicide, hanged himself in Huddersfield (GB) after being wrongly told his asylum claim was rejected | IRR/YT/NCADC |
24/12/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Kurdistan-Iraq | drowned trying to swim ashore when boat sank near coast of Corfu (GR) | MNS/AP |
19/12/2002 | 10 | N.N. | Iraq, Afghanistan | drowned when 2 vessels got caught in a storm off Evia (GR) | MNS/AP |
19/12/2002 | 10 | N.N. | Iraq, Afghanistan | reportedly drowned when 2 vessels got caught in a storm off Evia (GR) | MNS/AP |
16/12/2002 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Iraq | found under truck at Saint-Omer toll station near Calais (FR) | NOB/Telegraaf |
13/12/2002 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | died of exhaustion after long trek, found near Greek village at Turkish-Greek border | NOB |
01/12/2002 | 44 | N.N. | Gambia, Ghana, Somalia | drowned when boat sank travelling from Bodrum (TR) to Kos (GR) | IRR/TL/Vita |
in Dec 02 | 1 | Mahmot Slav (man, 18) | Iraq | stowaway, died after attempting to jump off truck in Patras (GR) | IRR |
in Dec 02 | 4 | N.N. | Romania | stowaways, found dead in shipping container due to depart from Livorno (IT) | IRR |
30/11/2002 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | drowned when boat travelling to Italy shipwrecked near coast of Tripoli (LY) | VK/MNS/DPA |
30/11/2002 | 56 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned when boat shipwrecked near coast of Tripoli (LY) on way to Italy | VK/MNS/DPA |
30/11/2002 | 32 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat sank between Western Sahara and Canary Islands (ES) | VK/AFP |
30/11/2002 | 1 | N.N. (boy, ±12) | Ghana | stowaway, found frozen at Heathrow Airport (GB) in undercarriage of airplane from Ghana | Guardian/Annanova/Telegraph/Myjoyonlin |
30/11/2002 | 1 | Immanuel Duah (boy, ±12) | Ghana | stowaway, found frozen at Heathrow Airport (GB) in undercarriage of airplane from Ghana | Guardian/Annanova/Telegraph/Myjoyonlin |
30/11/2002 | 2 | N.N. (2 children) | Ghana | stowaways, found frozen in undercarriage of airplane going from Ghana to London (GB) | Edinburgh news |
22/11/2002 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in shipwreck near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | EP |
21/11/2002 | 1 | N.N. (23) | Armenia | suicide, in Szombathely detention centre in Hungary | MGHR |
15/11/2002 | 1 | Lata Aradinovic (man, 34) | Serbia (Roma) | suicide, set himself on fire in Syke (DE) after asylum claim was rejected | ARI |
13/11/2002 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after inflatable dinghy capsized near Larache (MA) off coast of Morocco | AFP |
13/11/2002 | 4 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned after inflatable dinghy capsized near Larache (MA) off coast of Morocco | AFP |
02/11/2002 | 1 | A.K. (23) | Albania | died of injuries inflicted by Greek border guard in Kastoria, at Greek-Albanian border | GHM/OMCT/Ya.N/ProAsyl |
in Nov 02 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 32) | Iran | died of hypothermia after trekking Turkish border into Greece | IRR |
in Nov 02 | 1 | Farideh Karimi (woman, 42) | Iran | died of cancer and medical neglect at asylum centre in Appelscha (NL) | MAG/VK |
27/10/2002 | 23 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat sank while trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
21/10/2002 | 2 | N.N. (1 child; 1 man) | unknown | drowned, found off northeastern coast of Lesbos (GR) | MNS |
16/10/2002 | 6 | N.N. (incl 3 girls) | unknown | drowned, found near Lesbos (GR) wearing life vests | MNS/NCAs |
11/10/2002 | 5 | N.N. | North Africa | stowaways, suffocated inside trailer travelling from Agadir (MA) to Seville (ES) | MNS/FR/taz/Tagesspiegel/AFP |
10/10/2002 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | Nigeria | drowned after ship capsized off western coast of Turkey on way to Greece | AFP |
10/10/2002 | 7 | N.N. | Nigeria, Iran | reportedly drowned after ship capsized off western coast of Turkey on way to Greece | AFP |
08/10/2002 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after boat capsized near Barbate (ES), trying to avoid detection by SIVE cameras | MNS/AFP |
08/10/2002 | 14 | N.N. (7 women; 7 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned after boat capsized near Barbate (ES), trying to avoid detection by SIVE cameras | MNS/AFP |
02/10/2002 | 1 | Beverley Fowler (woman, 32) | Jamaica | suicide, hanged herself in Durham prison (GB) out of fear of deportation | NCADC/IRR |
in Oct 02 | 1 | N.N. (18) | Congo | jumped under a train in Zwolle (NL) out of fear of deportation | MNS |
in Oct 02 | 9 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after small boat capsized near Tunisia on way to Sicily (IT) | AP/Tagesspiegel |
in Oct 02 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | disappeared after small boat capsized near Tunisia on way to Sicily (IT) | AP/Tagesspiegel |
in Oct 02 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Africa | drowned after boat carrying 42 migrants sank off coast of Barbate (ES) | IRR |
in Oct 02 | 5 | N.N. (5 women) | Africa | drowned after boat carrying 42 migrants sank off coast of Barbate (ES) | IRR |
in Oct 02 | 5 | N.N. | Africa | disappeared after boat carrying 42 migrants sank off coast of Barbate (ES) | IRR |
in Oct 02 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat sank while trying to reach Mayotte (FR) from Comoros Islands | AFP |
in Oct 02 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | disappeared after boat sank while trying to reach Mayotte (FR) from Comoros Islands | AFP |
in Oct 02 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body discovered by fisherman in western Peloponnese (GR) | IRR |
in Oct 02 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant woman) | Africa | drowned when boat carrying 42 migrants sank off coast of Barbate (ES) | IRR |
26/09/2002 | 3 | N.N. | Palestine, Sudan, Sri Lanka | drowned after fishing boat heading for Lesbos (GR) sank near Narli (TR) | HRFT/AFP |
26/09/2002 | 10 | N.N. | Palestine, Sudan, Sri Lanka | reportedly drowned after fishing boat heading for Lesbos (GR) sank near Narli (TR) | HRFT/AFP |
22/09/2002 | 15 | N.N. (15 men) | Tunisia | drowned after being forced by traffickers to swim ashore to Scoglitti, southern Sicily (IT) | VK/MNS/IRR/TL/LR/MUGAK/Vita |
22/09/2002 | 1 | Muhamed Sarad (man, 60) | Bangladesh | died when security forces tried to stop 70 people from crossing Iranian-Turkish border | HRFT |
16/09/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | Cameroon | stowaway, froze to death in wheel bay of airplane going from Cameroon to Paris (FR) | Morgeng./MNS |
15/09/2002 | 36 | N.N. | Liberia, North Africa | drowned after boat carrying more than 100 refugees capsized south of Sicily (IT) | VK/AP/Morgengr./MNS/HRFT/ICARE/IRR |
15/09/2002 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 15) | Liberia, North Africa | drowned after boat carrying more than 100 refugees capsized south of Sicily (IT) | VK/AP/Morgengr./MNS/HRFT/ICARE/IRR |
14/09/2002 | 1 | Ramo Suljic (man, 37) | Serbia | suicide, hanged himself in refugee centre in Germany in fear of deportation | ARI |
12/09/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | stowaway, found dead inside container carrying 10 migrants in Algeciras (ES) | MNS/IRR |
05/09/2002 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, ±18) | North Africa | drowned after being forced by traffickers to swim ashore to Tarifa (ES) | MNS |
04/09/2002 | 1 | Peiman Bahmani (man, 29) | Iran | stabbed to death on the street he lived on in Hendon (GB) | Socialist Worker/IRR |
in Sep 02 | 9 | N.N. (9 men) | Liberia | drowned after ship capsized approximately 200 metres from southern coast of Sicily (IT) | SP |
in Sep 02 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned after ship capsized approximately 200 metres from southern coast of Sicily (IT) | SP |
in Sep 02 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 15) | Liberia | drowned after ship capsized approximately 200 metres from southern coast of Sicily (IT) | SP |
in Sep 02 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after boat capsized, found on beach near Kenitra (MA) | Trouw |
in Sep 02 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Azerbaijan | suicide, hanged himself after asylum application to the Netherlands was rejected | MNS |
in Sep 02 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | missing, abandoned near Greek coast in boat that later capsized | IRR/MUGAK |
in Sep 02 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, abandoned near Greek coast in boat that later capsized | IRR |
in Sep 02 | 2 | N.N. | Pakistan | drowned, abandoned near Greek coast in boat that later capsized | IRR |
in Sep 02 | 3 | N.N. (3 women) | Liberia | drowned after ship capsized 200 metres from coast of Sicily (IT) | SP |
31/08/2002 | 5 | N.N. | Kurdistan | stowaways, found suffocated in truck near Naples (IT) coming from Greece | OBV/MUGAK |
28/08/2002 | 1 | N.N. | Kurdistan | died after straying into minefield near Vyssa (GR) on Turkish-Greek border | KI |
22/08/2002 | 9 | N.N. | Africa | drowned near Fuerteventura (ES) after traffickers forced them to swim ashore | ANP/AFP |
19/08/2002 | 4 | N.N. | Morocco | stowaways, found inside truck in Villabona (ES) | MNS/taz/AFP |
10/08/2002 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 4) | Comoros | reportedly drowned after shipwreck near Mayotte (FR) | EP |
09/08/2002 | 2 | N.N. | Kurdistan | died on refugee boat between Italy and Greece | KO |
06/08/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | North Africa | drowned, found on Los Carabos beach in the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | MNS |
04/08/2002 | 34 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat disappeared while travelling to Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
01/08/2002 | 11 | N.N. | Morocco, Sub-Saharan Afric | drowned after traffickers forced them to swim ashore near Tarifa (ES) | VK/Reu./The News/MNS/HRA/MUGAK |
01/08/2002 | 17 | N.N. | Morocco, Sub-Saharan Afric | reportedly drowned after traffickers forced them to swim ashore near Tarifa (ES) | VK/Reu/The News/MNS |
01/08/2002 | 2 | N.N. (2 pregnant women) | Morocco, Sub-Saharan Afric | drowned after being forced by traffickers to swim ashore to Tarifa (ES) | VK/Reu/The News/MNS/HRA/MUGAK |
in Aug 02 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | Kurdistan | found dead after traffickers abandoned refugee boat near Bari (IT) | KO |
in Aug 02 | 5 | N.N. (incl 1 child) | Kurdistan-Iraq | stowaways, suffocated in truck in Avellino (IT) on way from Bulgaria to Italy | DPA/MNS/HRFT |
30/07/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Cameroon | stowaway, died of hypothermia in wheel bay of airplane flying from Rio de Janeiro (BR) to Paris (FR) | AP/MNS |
30/07/2002 | 1 | Samba Fofana (25) | Kenya | died of 2 consecutive heart attacks in police station in Fuerteventura (ES) | ST/IRR |
21/07/2002 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned near Vlora (AL) following collision between Italian customs patrol boat and dinghy | ST/VK/TL/Vita |
21/07/2002 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | disappeared near Vlora (AL) following collision between Italian customs patrol boat and dinghy | ST/VK |
21/07/2002 | 5 | N.N. | Albania | drowned near Vlora (AL) following collision between Italian customs patrol boat and dinghy | VK |
10/07/2002 | 5 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned near Fuerteventura (ES) after boat capsized on way to Canary Islands (ES) | EP |
10/07/2002 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned near Fuerteventura (ES) trying to enter Spain (ES) | EP |
09/07/2002 | 1 | David Metrevelli (man) | Georgia | suicide, hanged himself in detention centre in Málaga (ES) out of fear of deportation | MNS |
in July 02 | 2 | N.N. | Kurdistan | stowaways, crushed to death by cargo in a truck travelling from Greece to Italy | HRFT |
in July 02 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned after small boat carrying 19 migrants wrecked off coast of Fuerteventura (ES) | IRR |
in July 02 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after small boat wrecked off coast of Fuerteventura (ES) | IRR |
in July 02 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found in Fuerteventura (ES) police station | MUGAK |
in July 02 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found at border between the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) and Morocco | MUGAK |
in July 02 | 1 | Ahmet Moh. Irak (man, 19) | Kurdistan | stowaway, found dead in truck on ferry travelling from Patras (GR) to Brindisi (IT) | IRR |
in July 02 | 1 | N.N. | Kurdistan | stowaway, found dead in truck on ferry travelling from Patras (GR) to Brindisi (IT) | IRR |
27/06/2002 | 5 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned after boat from Turkey to Kos (GR) sank near Datca (TR) | VK/MNS/HRFT/IRR |
27/06/2002 | 6 | N.N. | Somalia | reportedly drowned after boat travelling from Turkey to Kos (GR) sank near Datca (TR) | VK/MNS/HRFT/IRR |
24/06/2002 | 1 | Mubarek Yagderi (32) | Afghanistan | died in car accident after taxi driver tried to escape police on Turkish-Greek border | HRFT |
24/06/2002 | 1 | N.N. (2) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, fell off overloaded rubber boat after collision against rocks near Spain | MNS |
23/06/2002 | 1 | Tina (girl, 3) | China, Iran | died of medical neglect in asylum seekers' centre in Vught (NL) | NRC |
19/06/2002 | 1 | Sillih Peder (23) | Bangladesh | shot by security forces while trying to enter Turkey near Aslanyazi (TR) | HRFT/ProAsyl |
19/06/2002 | 1 | Cahir (28) | Bangladesh | shot by security forces while trying to enter Turkey near Aslanyazi (TR) | HRFT |
19/06/2002 | 3 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat capsized near Lanzarote in Canary Islands (ES) | MNS |
15/06/2002 | 10 | N.N. (10 young men) | unknown | drowned after being forced to swim to ship that would have carried them from Tunisia to Italy | Spits/MNS/MN/TL |
12/06/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Russia | reportedly drowned after canoe capsized on way from France to Great Britain | CARF/IRR |
11/06/2002 | 1 | N.N. | Pakistan | drowned, found on shore of Menderes, Izmir (TR) | HRFT |
10/06/2002 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | disappeared after boat sank near Antigua in Canary Islands (ES) | MNS |
10/06/2002 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, found off coast of Tuineje near Fuerteventura (ES) | MNS |
08/06/2002 | 1 | N.N. | Kurdistan | drowned after traffickers forced them to swim ashore near Puglia (IT) | HRFT |
08/06/2002 | 4 | N.N. | Kurdistan | reportedly drowned after traffickers forced them to swim ashore near Puglia (IT) | HRFT/ECRE/Vita/TL |
08/06/2002 | 1 | N.N. | Pakistan | drowned, found on shore of Menderes, Izmir (TR) | HRFT |
05/06/2002 | 1 | N.N. | Kurdistan | shot during fight between migrants at refugee camp in Calais (FR) | VK/SP |
29/05/2002 | 4 | N.N. | Pakistan | found dead on Maydanoz beach in Izmir, western Turkey | Spits/MNS/HRFT |
29/05/2002 | 1 | Hamid Mahmut (man) | Pakistan | found dead on Maydanoz beach in Izmir, western Turkey | Human Rights Foundation Turkey |
26/05/2002 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Morocco | suffocated after getting trapped on border fence while attempting to enter Melilla (ES) from Morocco | MNS |
23/05/2002 | 1 | Hiva Fazil Emin (woman, 32) | Iraq | died when truck carrying 35 refugees flipped near Köprüköy (TR) | HRFT |
22/05/2002 | 1 | Hidir Akay (man) | Turkey | shot by Turkish coast guards on vessel near Cyprus on the way to Italy | MNS/Vivre/Parool/HRFT |
16/05/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | West Africa | stowaway, found dead in wheel bay of airplane flying from Ghana to Great Britain | IRR |
15/05/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | West Africa | stowaway, found in undercarriage of airplane flying from Accra (GH) to London (GB) | Telegraph |
13/05/2002 | 11 | N.N. (incl 2 children) | Kurdistan | drowned after boat capsized crossing Sava River between Croatia and Bosnia | MNS/HRFT |
13/05/2002 | 1 | Muhittin Ay (man) | Kurdistan | drowned after boat capsized crossing Sava River between Croatia and Bosnia | MNS/HRFT/NCAs |
12/05/2002 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | stowaway, body found in Deuil-la-Barre (FR), reportedly fell from airplane wheel bay | MNS |
11/05/2002 | 1 | Forsina Makoni (woman, 79) | Zimbabwe | suicide, set herself on fire after asylum claim was rejected | Socialist Worker/NCADC/IRR |
10/05/2002 | 6 | N.N. (women; men) | unknown | drowned after boat capsized off Spanish coast | IRR |
10/05/2002 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat capsized off Spanish coast | IRR |
07/05/2002 | 1 | Shiraz Pir (man, 25) | Pakistan | suicide, hanged himself in Bristol (GB) after asylum claim was rejected | NCADC/CARF/IRR/ERB/BBC |
in May 02 | 1 | John Jackson (man, 18) | Tanzania | died in Greek hospital many hours after jumping off ship into the Gulf of Corinth (GR) | IRR |
in May 02 | 1 | N.N. | Tanzania | reported drowned after he jumped off ship in the Gulf of Corinth (GR) | IRR |
in May 02 | 5 | N.N. | Pakistan | died of hypothermia, bodies discovered near Menderes, Izmir (TR) | IRR |
24/04/2002 | 11 | N.N. (1 woman; 10 men) | Africa | drowned after boat smashed into reefs near Lanzarote, Canary Islands (ES) | AFP/ARI/VK/StGallerTagblatt/BBC |
17/04/2002 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | unknown | disappeared after migrant ship sank north of Naxos (GR) | AFP/IRR |
17/04/2002 | 25 | N.N. (4 child.; 1 woman; 20 men) | unknown | missing after migrant ship sank north of Naxos (GR) | AFP/IRR |
15/04/2002 | 1 | Mohamad Abdal Rahman Abdullah | Kurdistan | shot during fight between migrants at refugee camp in Calais (FR) | Necropolis/SP/IRR |
14/04/2002 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Uganda | stowaway, froze to death in undercarriage of airplane going from Uganda to London (GB) | allAfrica/IRR |
in Apr 02 | 3 | N.N. | Bangladesh | stowaways, suffocated in truck, bodies discarded in parking lot near Catalca (TR) | HRFT |
27/03/2002 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | blown up in minefield near the Evros River (GR) trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | AFP/MNS/AP |
20/03/2002 | 1 | Sezgin Sayan (man, 24) | Turkey | blown up in minefield near the Evros River (GR) trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | MNS/Vivre/HRFT/AP |
20/03/2002 | 1 | Tahsin Esen (man, 22) | Turkey | blown up in minefield near the Evros River (GR) trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | MNS/Vivre/HRFT/AP |
15/03/2002 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | stowaway, caught in axle of truck travelling from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | MNS |
12/03/2002 | 1 | Mohsen Amri (man, 27) | Iran | suicide, in Birmingham (GB) after asylum claim was rejected | NCADC/CARF/IRR |
11/03/2002 | 1 | N.N. | Albania | reportedly drowned trying to reach Otranto (IT) in overcrowded dinghy | MNS/CNN/AFP/DPA/Vita |
11/03/2002 | 6 | N.N. | Albania | bodies found in Otranto (IT) attached by rope to a dinghy | AFP/MNS/CNN/DPA/ST/Vita |
07/03/2002 | 12 | N.N. (5 women; 7 men) | Nigeria, Sudan, Turkey | drowned after vessel capsized in rough sea between Lampedusa (IT) and Malta | VK/MigrantNews/MNS/AFP/CNN/DPA/AN |
07/03/2002 | 47 | N.N. | Nigeria, Sudan, Turkey | missing after vessel capsized in rough sea between Lampedusa (IT) and Malta | VK/MigrantNews/MNS/AFP/CNN/DPA/AN |
in Mar 02 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | drowned near Lanzarote, Canary Islands (ES) after boat wrecked on reefs | IRR |
in Mar 02 | 1 | Riaz Omar Faruq (man) | Pakistan | shot by police near Skopje (MK) after being detained by police at North Macedonian-Bulgarian border | IRR/MNS |
in Mar 02 | 1 | Syed Bilal (man) | Pakistan | shot by police near Skopje (MK) after being detained by police at North Macedonian-Bulgarian border | IRR/MNS |
in Mar 02 | 1 | Asif Javed (man) | Pakistan | shot by police near Skopje (MK) after being detained by police at North Macedonian-Bulgarian border | IRR/MNS |
in Mar 02 | 1 | Khalid Iqbal (man) | Pakistan | shot by police near Skopje (MK) after being detained by police at North Macedonian-Bulgarian border | IRR/MNS |
in Mar 02 | 1 | Ijaz Ahmad (man, 20) | Pakistan | shot by police near Skopje (MK) after being detained by police at North Macedonian-Bulgarian border | IRR/MNS |
in Mar 02 | 1 | Hussayn Shah (man) | Pakistan | shot by police near Skopje (MK) after being detained by police at North Macedonian-Bulgarian border | IRR/MNS |
in Mar 02 | 1 | Muhammad Riaz (man) | India | shot by police near Skopje (MK) after being detained by police at North Macedonian-Bulgarian border | IRR/MNS |
20/02/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, crushed to death in the Channel Tunnel while trying to board train from Calais (FR) to GB | MNS/AP/IRR |
20/02/2002 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Africa | drowned while trying to swim from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | MNS/MUGAK |
20/02/2002 | 1 | Nariman Tahmasebi (man, 27) | Iran | suicide, hanged himself in prison in Lewes (GB) | IRR |
18/02/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, fell from train in the Channel Tunnel (GB/FR) | AP/MNS/IRR |
17/02/2002 | 1 | Seval Sebahtin Rasin (man, 26) | unknown | beaten to death by border police while trying to cross Turkish-Bulgarian border | AI |
15/02/2002 | 1 | B.H. (woman, 74) | Iraq | suicide, hanged herself in asylum centre near Albbruck (DE) because of poor living conditions | SAGA/ARI/IRR |
12/02/2002 | 1 | Furat Orak (man, 22) | Kurdistan-Turkey | suicide, shot himself after deportation from Germany to Turkey | ARI |
12/02/2002 | 4 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after vessel capsized, bodies found by beach in Cádiz (ES) | MNS/MUGAK |
12/02/2002 | 4 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned near Tarifa (ES) after boat shipwrecked trying to reach Spain | EP |
11/02/2002 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | Iraq | suicide, in Red Cross centre in Copenhagen (DK) after asylum application was rejected | MNS/Grön Ungdom/IRR |
10/02/2002 | 9 | N.N. | Morocco, Sub-Saharan Afric | drowned after overloaded boat capsized near Cádiz (ES) | Freies Wort |
09/02/2002 | 1 | Hüseyin Vurucu (man, 40) | Kurdistan-Turkey | jumped in front of train in Stadtallendorf (DE) out of fear of deportation | INDd/jW/IRR |
04/02/2002 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | froze to death trying to cross snowy border between Bulgaria and northern Greece | MNS |
03/02/2002 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died of medical neglect in detention centre in Belgium | AIgerieMonde |
02/02/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Albania | hit by motorboat propeller after jumping off boat to swim to coast of Italy | Reu |
01/02/2002 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Morocco | stowaways, suffocated while hiding in false compartment of bus travelling from Morocco to Spain | MNS |
in Feb 02 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Nigeria | asylum seeker, died while giving birth at hospital in Dublin (IE) that did not know her medical history | MN |
in Feb 02 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Kurdistan-Turkey | stowaway, suffocated in container while travelling from Greece to northern Italy | NW |
in Feb 02 | 1 | Mohamad Hussein Tamana (man) | Iran | suicide in asylum seekers' hostel in Schneckenstein (DE) out of fear of deportation | IRR |
31/01/2002 | 1 | Najaat Alrikabi (baby, 5 months) | Iraq | died after being refused medical treatment at detention centre in Leusden (NL) | NRC |
26/01/2002 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead in police station in Málaga (ES) | MUGAK |
21/01/2002 | 16 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after vessel capsized off coast of Pozo Negro, Canary Islands (ES) | MNS |
20/01/2002 | 1 | Karim Tujali (man) | Iran | executed in Tehran (IR) after being deported from Turkey | IRAINC |
19/01/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±20) | unknown | stowaway, electrocuted when train he was hiding on passed under power lines near Fréthun (FR) | MNS/AP/Telegraaf/MUGAK |
12/01/2002 | 1 | Metin Güngör (man, 18) | unknown | shot by border police while trying to cross Iranian-Turkish border | HRFT/ECOI |
12/01/2002 | 1 | Hasan Kalkan (boy, 15) | unknown | shot by border police while trying to cross Iranian-Turkish border | HRFT |
09/01/2002 | 1 | Ali Muhammet Musa El Decil (m.) | Iraq | froze to death trying to cross Turkish-Greek border near Edirne (TR) | HRFT |
04/01/2002 | 1 | Mohammad Hussein (man, 25) | Iran | suicide, hanged himself in shower at refugee centre in Schneckenstein (DE) | ARI |
01/01/2002 | 1 | Souleyman Diallo (man, 28) | Guinea | jumped off bridge in Tyneside (GB) out of fear of deportation | CARF/IRR/NCADC/ERB |
01/01/2002 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, electrocuted on top of a train in the Channel Tunnel on way to Great Britain | IRR |
01/01/2002 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | shot by Turkish border police (TR) | HRW |
01/01/2002 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | Froze to death in remote mountain crossings while trying to reach Turkey (TR) | HRW |
in Jan 02 | 1 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned, forced by traffickers to swim across the March River (SK/AT) | Der Standard |
in Jan 02 | 19 | N.N. (incl 9 children) | Afghanistan | died of hypothermia, bodies found in mountains near Caldiran (TR) on Iranian-Turkish border | Spits/VK/MNS/HRFT/BBC/NCAs/IstitutoIn |
in 2002 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned while trying to cross Iranian-Turkish border near Örtülü (TR) | HRFT |
in 2002 | 4 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned, bodies discovered by Spanish police near Cabo de Gata (ES) | ANP/AFP |
27/12/2001 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Algeria | drowned while trying to clandestinely board merchant ship near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MNS |
23/12/2001 | 4 | N.N. | Iraq | blown up in minefield in northern Greece trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | MNS/AP |
17/12/2001 | 4 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, found dead on beach in Punta Aceituno, Canary Islands (ES) | MNS/MUGAK |
12/12/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Gambia | found dead while in detention at police station in Málaga (ES) | MUGAK |
11/12/2001 | 4 | N.N. (4 young men) | Romania | stowaways, found dead at the port of Livorno (IT) inside container heading to Canada | MNS/AFP/NCADC/DPA/NCADC |
11/12/2001 | 2 | N.N. (1 man; 1 woman) | unknown | stowaways, died inside cargo container on vessel heading to Canada from Italy | MNS/AFP |
09/12/2001 | 7 | N.N. | Maghreb | reportedly drowned after shipwreck near Fuerteventura (ES) | MUGAK |
08/12/2001 | 1 | Hasan Kalendergil (man, 41) | Kurdistan-Turkey | stowaway, suffocated in cargo container travelling to Ireland from Belgium | AFP/VK/SDZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Wat |
08/12/2001 | 1 | Kalendar Kalendergil (boy, 12) | Kurdistan-Turkey | stowaway, suffocated in cargo container travelling to Ireland from Belgium | AFP/VK/SDZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Wat |
08/12/2001 | 1 | Zeliha Kalendergil (girl, 10) | Kurdistan-Turkey | stowaway, suffocated in cargo container travelling to Ireland from Belgium | AFP/VK/SDZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Wat |
08/12/2001 | 1 | Saniye Guler (woman, 28) | Kurdistan-Turkey | stowaway, suffocated in cargo container travelling to Ireland from Belgium | AFP/VK/SDZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Wat |
08/12/2001 | 1 | Berkan Guler (boy, 4) | Kurdistan-Turkey | stowaway, suffocated in cargo container travelling to Ireland from Belgium | AFP/VK/SDZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Wat |
08/12/2001 | 1 | Imam Guler (boy, 9) | Kurdistan-Turkey | stowaway, suffocated in cargo container travelling to Ireland from Belgium | AFP/VK/SDZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Wat |
08/12/2001 | 1 | Mustafa Demir (man, 23) | Kurdistan-Turkey | stowaway, suffocated in cargo container travelling to Ireland from Belgium | AFP/VK/SDZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Wat |
08/12/2001 | 1 | Yuksel Ucaroglu (man, 26) | Kurdistan-Turkey | stowaway, suffocated in cargo container travelling to Ireland from Belgium | AFP/VK/SDZ/MET/AP/NCADC/MNS/Wat |
in Dec 01 | 2 | N.N. | Afghanistan | drowned trying to reach Greece from Turkey on a dinghy | AFP |
in Dec 01 | 4 | N.N. | Afghanistan | reportedly drowned while trying to reach Greece from Turkey on a dinghy | AFP |
in Dec 01 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Kurdistan-Iraq | drowned after being dumped by traffickers in the southern Adriatic Sea (IT) | IRR |
in Dec 01 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant woman) | Kurdistan-Iraq | drowned after being dumped by traffickers in the southern Adriatic Sea (IT) | IRR |
in Dec 01 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Morocco | drowned while trying to swim away in the Aegean Sea from a deserted island near Turkish coast | WB |
28/11/2001 | 1 | N.N. (baby) | Kosovo | died of pneumonia and medical neglect while waiting for a place at refugee camp in Vienna (AT) | Rosa Antifa |
28/11/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Maghreb | drowned after being thrown off boat near Fuerteventura (ES) | MUGAK |
25/11/2001 | 1 | Joseph Crentsil (man, 39) | Ghana | fell from 3rd floor building in London (GB) as immigration officials attempted to detain him | CARF/NCADC/IRR |
25/11/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Cameroon | stowaway, died of hypothermia in cargo ship travelling from Ivory Coast to the Netherlands | AmsStadsblad/VK |
25/11/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Maghreb | drowned, found floating off coast of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MUGAK |
22/11/2001 | 1 | Ricky Bishop (man, 25) | unknown | died in police custody in Brixton (GB) after being arrested and assaulted | IRR/INDgb |
09/11/2001 | 1 | Ngoc-Dung Hoang (41) | Vietnam | jumped off building in Berlin (DE) out of fear of deportation | ARI |
09/11/2001 | 2 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned near Majicavo, Mayotte (FR), when boat sank trying to reach French territory | Mayotte sans frontières |
07/11/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sudan | drowned near Bodrum (TR) when traffickers' boat capsized | VK |
07/11/2001 | 12 | N.N. (12 men) | Nigeria | drowned when boat capsized near Bodrum (TR) off southwest coast of Turkey | MNS/VK/AFP |
06/11/2001 | 5 | N.N. | Sudan | drowned when vessel capsized near Bodrum (TR) off southwest coast of Turkey | MNS/DPA |
06/11/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Afghanistan or Pakistan | hit by car in Istanbul (TR) while escaping police who had forced him and other refugees onto a bus | DPA |
in Nov 01 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Ecuador | fell from hospital window in Milan (IT) while trying to escape authorities for not having correct papers | IRR |
30/10/2001 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | unknown | stowaway, fell off truck and rolled onto highway between Belgium and Calais (FR) | MNS |
28/10/2001 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | North Africa | stowaway, crushed by trailer of lorry he hid under going from MA to Algeciras (ES) | MNS/MUGAK |
25/10/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man, 28) | Georgia | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Guben (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI |
25/10/2001 | 25 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned when boat sank on way to Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
23/10/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar while trying to swim from Morocco to Spain | MUGAK |
18/10/2001 | 1 | Omid Jamil Ali (man, 21) | Kurdistan | died jumping from bridge onto train to try and enter the Channel Tunnel in France | IRR |
18/10/2001 | 15 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned in shipwreck trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
15/10/2001 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant woman, 27) | unknown | reportedly pregnant, died from exhaustion in the hold of vessel travelling from Turkey to Italy | Reu |
06/10/2001 | 7 | N.N. | Comoros | drowned near Mayotte (FR) in shipwreck of boat carrying 25 migrants | Mayotte sans frontières |
30/09/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | unknown | died after minefield explosion in northern Greece while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | MNS |
19/09/2001 | 1 | Hamid Bakiri (man, 30) | Algeria | suicide, hanged himself in police cell in Les Grisons (CH) out of fear of deportation | MNS/IRR/Watson |
17/09/2001 | 5 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned in shipwreck near Moulay Bousselham (MA) while trying to reach Spain | ELM |
12/09/2001 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | unknown | drowned, decomposing bodies washed ashore in El Ejido (ES) | MNS/ODP |
09/09/2001 | 13 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned, bodies washed ashore after shipwreck near Rabat (MA) | MNS/AP/IRR/ODP |
09/09/2001 | 41 | N.N. | Morocco | missing, reportedly drowned after shipwreck near Rabat (MA) | MNS/AP/IRR/ODP |
06/09/2001 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, found dead in cargo ship in Seville (ES) | ODP |
05/09/2001 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned while attempting to swim to Evia (GR) | DPA |
in Sep 01 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | died during boat trip on old defective vessel travelling from Turkey to Greece | DPA |
23/08/2001 | 9 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, thrown overboard by traffickers near Lobos, Canary Islands (ES) | MNS/AP |
22/08/2001 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after being forced to swim ashore to Almería (ES) although they did not know how to swim | MNS/AP |
21/08/2001 | 1 | Nasser Ahmed (man, 36) | Eritrea | suicide, found hanged in Nelson (GB) after asylum claim was rejected | MNS/IRR/CARF/NCADC |
20/08/2001 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | North Africa | drowned while travelling to Spain, found north of Cape Three Forks (MA) | MNS |
20/08/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±20) | Kosovo | drowned after jumping overboard from ferry near Dover (GB) during deportation | CARF/IRR/MNS |
19/08/2001 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat sank near Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (ES) | MNS |
19/08/2001 | 3 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned after boat sank near Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (ES) | MNS |
18/08/2001 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found during police operation near coast of Tarifa (ES) | OBP |
13/08/2001 | 2 | N.N. (2 children) | Africa | decaying bodies found in the hold of Panamanian vessel in La Coruña (ES) | MNS |
11/08/2001 | 8 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after shipwreck near Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
09/08/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | drowned while travelling to Spain, found near Bolonia beach in Tarifa (ES) | MNS/ODP |
09/08/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | found dead while in police custody in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | ODP |
08/08/2001 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, boat found drifting in the Strait of Gibraltar | ODP |
06/08/2001 | 26 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
06/08/2001 | 2 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
05/08/2001 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 5) | Comoros | drowned in shipwreck near Anjouan (KM) while trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontires |
03/08/2001 | 1 | Johnson O. (man, 19) | Nigeria | jumped from court house window in Vienna (AT) after asylum claim was rejected | MNS/Malmoe |
in Aug 01 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Africa | drowned after boat reportedly capsized and sank near Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (ES) | SDZ |
22/07/2001 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | asylum seeker, died due to poor conditions of detention in Turkey | MNS |
19/07/2001 | 1 | Nguyen Thi Nga (woman, 34) | Vietnam | jumped from window of refugee centre in Mespelbrunn (DE) out of fear of deportation | ARI |
16/07/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | India | shot dead by Turkish border police near Syria when bus carrying refugees refused to stop | NW |
15/07/2001 | 4 | N.N. | Maghreb | drowned after vessel collided with rocks near Tarifa (ES) while attempting to escape police | MNS/ODP |
15/07/2001 | 2 | N.N. | Maghreb | died of toxic fumes inside small boat near Tarifa (ES) | MNS/ODP |
13/07/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found on beach in Tarifa (ES) | ST/MUGAK |
10/07/2001 | 2 | N.N. | India | drowned near southern coast of Sicily (IT), reportedly thrown overboard by traffickers | MNS/NW DPA/Vita/TL |
10/07/2001 | 2 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned near southern coast of Sicily (IT), reportedly thrown overboard by traffickers | MNS/NW DPA/Vita/TL |
05/07/2001 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Georgia | froze to death while trying to cross snow-covered border zone between Bulgaria and northern Greece | MNS |
in July 01 | 11 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned after small vessel struggled to stay afloat then sank near Almería (ES) | MNS |
in July 01 | 3 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after Turkish soldiers forced them to cross back over the river towards Greece | MNS |
in July 01 | 15 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly died after being forced to walk back and forth between Turkish-Greek border | MNS |
28/06/2001 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | died in dinghy near Tarifa (ES) while travelling from Morocco to Spain | MUGAK |
27/06/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | died of toxic fumes emitted by boat motor while travelling to Spain | MUGAK/GARA/MNS |
24/06/2001 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | suicide, asylum seeker in Gimo reception centre in Sweden | MNS |
16/06/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, jumped from boat in the Strait of Gibraltar and hit his head, detected on way from MA to ES | MNS |
14/06/2001 | 1 | Mohammed Ayaz (man, 21) | Pakistan | stowaway, fell into car park in Richmond (GB) from wheel bay of airplane travelling from Bahrain | OBV/IRR |
14/06/2001 | 6 | N.N. | Iraq, Afghanistan | drowned, vessel sank after hitting rocky islet near Mykonos (GR) | MNS |
14/06/2001 | 4 | N.N. (incl 3 children) | Iraq, Afghanistan | reportedly drowned after vessel hit rocky islet near Mykonos (GR) and sank | MNS |
12/06/2001 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | North Africa | drowned, body washed ashore on coast of Tarifa (ES) | MUGAK/Gara |
11/06/2001 | 17 | N.N. (17 men) | India | reportedly drowned while trying to cross from Slovakia to Czech Republic via the Morava River (SK/CZ) | AP/IRR/Der Standard |
11/06/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | India | drowned while trying to cross Morava River (SK/CZ) from Slovakia to Czech Republic | AP/IRR/Der Standard |
11/06/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | reportedly drowned while travelling to Spain, body found on beach in Tarifa (ES) | MNS/ELM/PUB |
11/06/2001 | 5 | N.N. | Albania | drowned after raft sank near Apulia (IT) | MNS |
10/06/2001 | 12 | N.N. | Albania | drowned after dinghy carrying migrants sank near Trani (IT) | IRR/Vita/TL/LS |
in June 01 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | drowned, found at the beach of Banhos Árabes near Bolonia/Cadiz (ES) | PUB |
30/05/2001 | 15 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned near Fuerteventura (ES) after patrol boat intercepted vessel | MNS/IRR/MUGAK/EP/AFP |
29/05/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Former Yugoslavia | died of severe burns after a fire in asylum centre in Werdau (DE) | ARI |
24/05/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | drowned after small boat capsized near Cádiz (ES) | MNS/ELM |
24/05/2001 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Africa | reportedly drowned, found dead on beach near the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | MNS |
23/05/2001 | 1 | N.N. | Nigeria | suicide, hanged himself after arrest in Soto del Real (ES) | MUGAK |
22/05/2001 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, ±28) | unknown | blown up in minefield while crossing into Greece from Turkey via the Evros River | Athens News Agency |
21/05/2001 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | blown up in minefield in Greece trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | DPA/AthensNewsAgency |
21/05/2001 | 1 | Shurat Tamo (girl, 14) | Kurdistan-Iraq | suicide, in refugee centre in De Lier (NL) after asylum application was rejected | PRIME/BNNVARA |
13/05/2001 | 1 | N.N. (20) | Iran | found dead in wheel bay of Iranian airplane at Tehran Airport (IR) | Reu |
12/05/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | body found near Tarifa (ES) | MUGAK |
09/05/2001 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died in dinghy on way from Morocco to Tarifa (ES) | MUGAK |
09/05/2001 | 1 | N.N. | North Africa | body discovered when 188 migrants were intercepted near Tarifa (ES) | MUGAK |
08/05/2001 | 1 | N.N. (45) | Morocco | drowned trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, body found on coast near Tarifa (ES) | NW/MUGAK/ELM/DiarioVasco |
06/05/2001 | 3 | N.N. | Somalia | killed in accident when car heading for Hungary drove into river in northwest Romania | MNS/IRR |
01/05/2001 | 1 | Samson Chukwu (man, 27) | Nigeria | died under restraint during attempts to transport him from detention centre to Zurich Airport (CH) | AugenAuf/CCSI/SOS-CH/BAZ/LeTemps/A |
in May 01 | 1 | Sinnathamby Thevathasan (m,33) | Sri Lanka | died of heart failure after fleeing in fear of deportation from Germany to France | ARI |
18/04/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Vietnam | drowned in water-filled quarry near Putzkau (DE/CZ) trying to escape police control | EIS/NW/LausitzerR/FreiePresse/MNS/IRR |
17/04/2001 | 3 | N.N. (2 women; 1 man) | Georgia | froze to death in the Belles mountains on Bulgarian-Greek border trying to walk to Greece | MNS |
17/04/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Ghana | froze to death in the Belles mountains on Bulgarian-Greek border trying to walk to Greece | MNS |
12/04/2001 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Afghanistan | stowaway, electrocuted while trying to board Eurostar train at Calais (FR) | MNS |
06/04/2001 | 1 | N.N. (30) | North Africa | fell off cliff while fleeing Spanish Guardia Civil near Tarifa (ES) | MNS/MUGAK/EP |
29/03/2001 | 1 | Yusuf Isler | Turkey | skeleton found in minefield on Turkish-Greek border | ProAsyl |
29/03/2001 | 1 | Adnan Cevik (man, 26) | Turkey | died in minefield on Turkish-Greek border, expelled Turk attempting return to DE following torture | ProAsyl |
28/03/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | reportedly drowned while trying to swim to Spain, body found on beach near Tarifa (ES) | MNS/AP |
27/03/2001 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 17) | unknown | died after being hit by truck, having left Dronten detention centre (NL) in a confused state | NOS |
24/03/2001 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | Kurdistan | died after Italian naval boat crashed into their boat in the Strait of Otranto (IT) | GARA |
23/03/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | stowaway, found dead on highway near Darro (ES), likely having fallen from truck | MNS |
23/03/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | North Africa | drowned while travelling to Spain, found in advanced state of decomposition near Tarifa (ES) | EP/GARA |
22/03/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man, 40) | Guinea | killed by Moroccan refugee who did not want to be deported from prison in Almería (ES) | GARA |
21/03/2001 | 7 | N.N. (incl 2 women, 2 men, ±25) | Maghreb | drowned in boat crash, bodies washed ashore near Tarifa (ES) | MNS/DiarioVasco/Gara |
16/03/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iraq | drowned near coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) after being forced overboard by trafficker | MNS/EP |
05/03/2001 | 1 | N.N. (29) | Morocco | stowaway, found in Madrid in container sent from Casablanca (MA) | MNS |
04/03/2001 | 2 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned in shipwreck that took place one month prior to discovery of bodies near Tarifa (ES) | MNS/EP |
in Mar 01 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Turkey | Kurd, rejected asylum seeker shot trying to escape police in Jönköping (SE) | MNS |
in Mar 01 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Congo | died after deportation from NL back to Congo, where security services beat him up | Fabel van de Illegaal |
22/02/2001 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 2) | Pakistan | died at asylum centre in Waddingxveen (NL) following insufficient medical care | MNS |
19/02/2001 | 1 | Tommy Klen Mayola (man, 19) | Congo | stowaway, froze to death in wheel bay of airplane flying from London (GB) to USA | NCADC/INexile/Telegraph/IRR |
19/02/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man, 29) | Iran | stabbed during fight that was not stopped by guards in refugee centre in Vienna (AT) | YaN |
10/02/2001 | 2 | N.N. (2 young men) | North Africa | bodies found in advanced state of decomposition near Tarifa (ES) | GARA |
06/02/2001 | 30 | N.N. | unknown | drowned near Tarifa (ES) when small boat capsized trying to reach Spain | EP |
05/02/2001 | 10 | N.N. (10 young men) | North Africa | drowned near Tarifa (ES) when small boat capsized trying to reach Spain | MNS/NW/ELM/EP/Gara/DiarioVasco |
05/02/2001 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Maghreb | drowned near Tarifa (ES) when small boat capsized trying to reach Spain | MNS/NW/ELM/EP/Gara/DiarioVasco |
05/02/2001 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 10) | Maghreb | drowned near Tarifa (ES) when small boat capsized trying to reach Spain | MNS/NW/ELM/EP/Gara/DiarioVasco |
05/02/2001 | 1 | N.N. (boy, ±17) | Maghreb | drowned near Tarifa (ES) when small boat capsized trying to reach Spain | MNS/NW/ELM/EP/Gara/DiarioVasco |
01/02/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | Iraq | stowaway, fatally hit trying to jump on freight train in the Channel Tunnel (GB/FR) | MNS/IRR |
in Feb 01 | 2 | N.N. | China | murdered after failing to pay traffickers for taking them from Hungary to Austria | IRR |
in Feb 01 | 1 | Idris Demir (man) | Kurdistan-Turkey | rejected asylum seeker, shot trying to escape from police in Jönköping (SE) | IRR/MNS |
25/01/2001 | 7 | N.N. | Africa | missing, reportedly drowned, after boat drifted off coast of Spain near Almería (ES) | MNS |
22/01/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Maghreb | drowned after reportedly colliding with border guard patrol ship near Tarifa (ES) | GARA |
21/01/2001 | 6 | N.N. | North Africa | 1 found, 5 reportedly drowned after small boat capsized near Tarifa (ES) | MNS |
20/01/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Kosova | stowaway, found dead on ferry from Oostende (BE) to Dover (GB), jumped from ship | IRR/NCADC |
18/01/2001 | 1 | Shokrolah Khaleghi (man, 27) | Iran | suicide, hanged himself in asylum hostel in Leicester (GB) after asylum claim was rejected | CARF/MNS/ST/IRR/NCADC/IFIR |
12/01/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man, 63) | Lebanon | died of severe burns from a fire in asylum centre in Eschwege (DE) | ARI |
10/01/2001 | 1 | Renat Istanderov (man, 25) | Kazakhstan (Uyghur) | suicide, out of fear of deportation from Belgium | MNS |
06/01/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | drowned, body found on the beach in Tarifa (ES) | Gara/Diario Vasco |
03/01/2001 | 12 | N.N. (4 women; 8 men) | Ecuador | died in van accident near Murcia (ES), undocumented migrant workers | MNS |
02/01/2001 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned trying to reach Tarifa (ES) | EP |
01/01/2001 | 25 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, reportedly drowned after freighter sank in stormy sea near Antalya (TR) | DPA/Reu./MNS/Morgengr./MN/NW/LOP |
01/01/2001 | 6 | N.N. | India, Pakistan | stowaways, drowned after ship sank in stormy waters near Antalya (TR) | LOP |
in 2001 | 2 | N.N. | Tunisia | stowaways, found suffocated in the hull of a ship in Brindisi (IT) | IRR |
in 2001 | 1 | Khorany Abdulhabib (man, 25) | Afghanistan | drowned in the Aegean Sea while travelling from Turkey to Lesbos (GR) | Den Blanken |
in 2001 | 5 | N.N. | Afghanistan | drowned in the Aegean Sea while travelling from Turkey to Lesbos (GR) | Den Blanken |
in 2001 | 1 | Gevour Gworkiyan (man, 20) | Armenia | suicide, jumped in front of train in Den Bosch (NL) | PRIME |
31/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 23) | Bulgaria | froze to death in the Belles mountains on Greek-Bulgarian border while trying to reach Greece | MNS |
31/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | West Africa | suicide, hanged himself New Years Eve with a sheet in deportation facility in Schaffhausen (CH) | CARF/IRR/Necropolis/Watson |
31/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | West Africa | suicide, hang himself with sheet on window frame of cell in Schaffhausen (CH) in fear of deportation | Watson |
27/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, 30) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia in mountains near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) while travelling to Spain | DiarioVasco |
25/12/2000 | 1 | Michael Fonseca (boy, 16) | Cuba | stowaway, fell from undercarriage of a British Airways airplane near Gatwick Airport (GB) | MNS/Parool/Telegraph |
24/12/2000 | 1 | A. Vazquez Rodriguez (17) | Cuba | stowaway, fell from undercarriage of a British Airways airplane near Gatwick Airport (GB) | MNS/Parool/Telegraph |
21/12/2000 | 2 | N.N. | Albania | burned alive after car crash near Thessaloniki (GR) while trying to enter Greece | MNS |
21/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. | Kurdistan-Iraq | Kurd, drowned after being forced overboard by trafficker near Otranto (IT) | MNS/ELM |
21/12/2000 | 2 | N.N. (1 pregnant w.; 1 man) | unknown | reportedly drowned, forced overboad by trafficker near Otranto (IT) | MNS/ELM |
21/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned, found on the beach in Bolonia (ES) | MNS |
21/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | North Africa | reportedly drowned after shipwreck near Tarifa (ES) trying to reach Spain | ELM/EP |
21/12/2000 | 1 | Saeed Alaei (man, 26) | Iran | suicide, hanged himself in Nelson, Lancashire (GB) after his asylum claim was rejected | CARF/IRR/NCADC |
19/12/2000 | 1 | Rasoul Mavali | Iran | suicide, hanged himself after receiving deportation order (NL) | IFIR |
18/12/2000 | 1 | Ebune Christian Ecole (man, 31) | Cameroon | died of heart failure, beaten by police during violent deportation from Budapest International Airport | Reu/UNHCR/MNS/MGHR/IRR/HHC/MUG |
17/12/2000 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Morocco | drowned, found dead near Tarifa (ES) | ELM |
16/12/2000 | 1 | E.H.T. (24) | Morocco | drowned, body found on beach near Tarifa (ES) | MNS/EP |
16/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, found on beach near Algeciras (ES) | MNS |
16/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Algeria | died of cold and exhaustion after swimming to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MNS/ELM/ DiarioVasco |
16/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | North Africa | drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition near Tarifa (ES) | ELM |
15/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, 32) | China | suicide, jumped out of train window near railway station in Thyrow (DE) | ARI |
15/12/2000 | 27 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after boat carring 27 people sank near Gulf of Almería (ES) | ELM/GARA |
14/12/2000 | 2 | N.N. (2 children) | North Africa | drowned, found dead near coast of Tarifa (ES) | MNS |
14/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. (child) | North Africa | drowned, found dead in Spanish waters near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MNS |
11/12/2000 | 1 | Gebeyehu E. (33) | Ethiopia | suicide, in Kriftel (DE) out of fear of deportation, mental illness ignored by authorities | IRR |
09/12/2000 | 3 | N.N. (3 young men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned in shipwreck while travelling to Spain, bodies found near Cádiz (ES) | Diario Vasco |
08/12/2000 | 1 | A. Subramaniam (boy, 17) | Sri Lanka | suicide, hanged himself with shoelaces in detention centre in Hannover Airport (DE) | Morgengr./ST/FR-NieSa/ProAsyl/IRR/HR |
08/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | drowned on way to Spain, found near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | DiariodeNoticias |
06/12/2000 | 1 | Mohamed Said Ahattach (b., 17) | Morocco | run over by truck on N-340 highway near San Roque (ES) after disembarking from dinghy | EP/ELM |
05/12/2000 | 1 | Saulius Gonta (man, 19) | Lithuania | reportedly fell out of truck and ran over by car near El Ejido (ES) | EP |
04/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | died of toxic fumes near Tarifa (ES) trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar in small boat | MNS/ELM |
04/12/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±30) | Africa | reportedly drowned, found in Spanish waters near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MNS/GARA/ELM |
04/12/2000 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, bodies found on beach near Castillejos (ES) | ELM/GARA/MNS |
04/12/2000 | 17 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned in shipwreck near Anjouan (KM) while trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontires |
03/12/2000 | 1 | Abdelhadi Lamhamdi (man, 23) | Morocco | shot by police on beach in Tarifa (ES) while disembarking from small boat | EP/ELM/LV/MNS/Diario/VSF/MUGAK |
03/12/2000 | 1 | Kwuami Aziaku Prempe (man, 42) | Togo | suicide, hanged himself in his house in Salzwedel (DE) out of fear of deportation | ARI |
01/12/2000 | 1 | Hossein (30) | Bangladesh | suicide, asylum seeker in Stockholm (SE) | Nätverket mot rasism |
in Dec 00 | 1 | N.N. | Sri Lanka | died of exhaustion crossing the desert on Russian-Kazakh border on way to Germany | MNS |
in Dec 00 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Bosnia | stowaway, died of asphyxiation while trying to enter Sweden in trunk of car | MNS |
in Dec 00 | 3 | N.N. (1 pregnant w.; 2 men) | Africa | drowned, bodies found near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | VSF |
in Dec 00 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned while travelling to Spain, body found near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | Diario de Noticias |
in Dec 00 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Rwanda | died in border prison in southeast Amsterdam (NL) following serious illness and no medical care | VK |
28/11/2000 | 1 | Samuel Bardhi (baby, 6 months) | Kosovo | died of pneumonia in suspicious circumstances in Carinthia (AT); dispute of responsibility within gov-t | RosaAntifa/Format/DerStandard/DieGrün |
25/11/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sierra Leone | body found floating near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES), drowned trying to enter by water | MNS |
17/11/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±20) | unknown | stowaway, run over in Dover (GB) by the truck he had been hiding in | IRR |
15/11/2000 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Bangladesh | shot by Turkish border guards while trying to enter Turkey from Iran without permission | MNS |
13/11/2000 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Comoros | drowned after jumping ship trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontires |
11/11/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±27) | unknown | drowned while travelling to Spain, body found near Tarifa (ES) | DiarioVasco |
09/11/2000 | 1 | Hajzer Mehmeti (man) | Kosovo (Roma) | Roma, killed after participating in return project to village of origin near Pristina (XK) | ERRC |
09/11/2000 | 1 | Agron Mehmeti (boy, 16) | Kosovo (Roma) | killed after returning to village of origin near Pristina (XK) | ERRC |
09/11/2000 | 1 | Istref Bajrami (man) | Kosovo (Roma) | Roma, killed after participating in return project to village of origin near Pristina (XK) | ERRC |
09/11/2000 | 1 | Isuf Ahmeti (man) | Kosovo (Roma) | killed after returning to village of origin near Pristina (XK) | ERRC |
05/11/2000 | 6 | N.N. | Turkey | reportedly drowned in the Sava River on Croatian-Bosnian border when small boat capsized | MNS |
01/11/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | drowned while trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, body found near Tarifa (ES) | MNS |
01/11/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Albania | shot by Greek police in border town of Florina (GR), was refugee group leader | MNS |
01/11/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Romania | died from car accident while fleeing border guards near Reitzenhain (DE) on Czech-German border | ARI |
01/11/2000 | 1 | Bledar Qosku (man, 23) | Albania | fatally injured by border guard in Kastoria (GR-AL border) | GHM/OMCT |
in Nov 00 | 2 | N.N. | Tunisia | drowned attempting to swim 23 km to Patelleria (IT) after their small boat capsized | IRR |
30/10/2000 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | North Africa | bodies found off coast of Ragusa (IT), reportedly thrown overboard by traffickers | MNS |
30/10/2000 | 1 | Halil Aygun (man) | Kurdistan | killed by border guards during escape attempt from refugee camp in Szombathely (HU) | MLKO |
30/10/2000 | 11 | N.N. | Comoros | drowned near Mayotte (FR) after shipwreck involving 21 migrants | Mayotte sans frontières |
29/10/2000 | 1 | Atak A. (boy, 3) | Armenia | died in a fire at refugee centre in Hamburg (DE) | ARI |
29/10/2000 | 1 | Arman A. (boy, 2) | Armenia | died in a fire at refugee centre in Hamburg (DE) | ARI |
26/10/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Kurdistan-Iraq | stowaway, found suffocated in a container on Greek ship | MNS |
24/10/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on beach near Almería (ES) trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar | MNS |
24/10/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on beach near Tarifa (ES) trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar | MNS |
22/10/2000 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Moldova, Romania | died in van accident near Thessalonoki (GR) | MNS |
18/10/2000 | 5 | N.N. (5 men) | Kurdistan-Iraq | found dead by highway in Foggia (IT) after reportedly suffocating in van | MNS/IRR |
18/10/2000 | 1 | Mustafa Amir (man, 22) | Kurdistan-Iraq | found dead by a highway in Foggia (IT) after reportedly suffocating in van | MNS |
13/10/2000 | 1 | Ferrid Xhevdet (man, 25) | Albania | died in solitary confinement in detention centre in Steenokkerzeel (BE) after trying to escape | MRAX/MNS/ST/IRR |
04/10/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | India | stowaway, died when truck hit bridge near Cheb (CZ) | VK/taz/NOS teletext/DPA |
02/10/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, 29) | Russia | jumped from moving train in Germany out of fear of deportation | DPA/IRR |
29/09/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, 21) | Pakistan | stowaway, froze to death in wheel bay of Lufthansa airplane at Frankfurt Airport (DE) | taz/IRR/ARI/BBC |
22/09/2000 | 12 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned near Anjouan (KM) while trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
19/09/2000 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 13) | Bosnia | suicide, jumped from church tower in Villach (AT) out of fear of deportation | der Standard |
16/09/2000 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | India | stowaways, suffocated in shipping container in Korinthos harbour (GR) | taz/IFIR |
06/09/2000 | 9 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned near Cape Spartel (MA) | EP |
05/09/2000 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | Africa | drowned in Moroccan territorial waters while travelling to Spain in small boat | MNS/GARA |
05/09/2000 | 7 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned in Moroccan territorial waters while travelling to Spain | MNS/GARA |
03/09/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | drowned near Bahia Plata (ES) trying to reach Spain | MUGAK |
01/09/2000 | 2 | N.N. | Turkey | killed in minefield on Turkish-Greek border trying to enter Europe | MNS |
30/08/2000 | 1 | Altankov Dagwasoundel (m, 28) | Mongolia | fell from 6th floor window trying to escape detention in Köpenick, Berlin (DE) | ARI/FRBer/Liga für Mr./MNS/taz |
29/08/2000 | 1 | N.N. | Turkey | killed in minefield on Turkish-Greek border trying to enter Europe | MNS |
29/08/2000 | 7 | N.N. (3 children; 4 men) | Iran | drowned in the Sava River on Bosnian-Hungarian border while trying to enter Europe | MNS/AFP/taz/IFIR |
29/08/2000 | 5 | N.N. | Iran | drowned in the Sava River on Bosnian-Hungarian border while trying to enter Europe | MNS/AFP/taz/IFIR |
28/08/2000 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after fishing boat sank near Isola di Capo Rizzuto (IT) | IRR |
28/08/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned in the Oder River on Polish-German border near Genschmar (DE) | German Government |
26/08/2000 | 7 | N.N. (7 men) | Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran | drowned near Kos (GR) after small boat capsized | AFP/AP/BBC |
26/08/2000 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned near Kos (GR) after small boat capsized | AFP/AP/BBC |
26/08/2000 | 16 | N.N. | Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran | missing, reportedly drowned near Kos (GR) after small boat capsized | AFP/AP/BBC |
13/08/2000 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, decomposing bodies washed ashore after dinghy sunk near Almería (ES) | Informe Raxen |
12/08/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead floating near Almería (ES), reportedly trying to reach Spain | MNS |
12/08/2000 | 26 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat sank on way to Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
09/08/2000 | 10 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat sank on way to Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
08/08/2000 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | unknown | drowned, reportedly forced by traffickers to jump into the Adriatic Sea near Bari (IT) | taz/MNS |
08/08/2000 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | missing, reportedly forced by traffickers to jump into the Adriatic Sea near Bari (IT) | MNS |
08/08/2000 | 9 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned near Anjouan (KM) after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
07/08/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iraq | died of injuries after jumping out of police van near Györ (HU) in effort to escape deportation | AFP |
06/08/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, crushed to death in the back of truck travelling to Spain | MUGAK |
05/08/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned while trying to reach Spain | MNS/MUGAK/EP |
05/08/2000 | 32 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after ship sank near Tangier (MA), authorities did not rescue | MUGAK |
04/08/2000 | 6 | N.N. | Comoros | drowned in shipwreck trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
in Aug 00 | 24 | N.N. | Turkey | drowned after Turkish boat carrying 31 migrants capsized in the Aegean Sea | ICARE |
in Aug 00 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead, reportedly drowned trying to reach Spain | MNS |
30/07/2000 | 1 | Jasmin Mohamad Ali (man, 29) | Iraq | died in hospital 3 days after suicide attempt by laying down on highway in DE in fear of deportation | ARI |
27/07/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned near Arinaga, Canary Islands (ES) trying to reach Spain from Morocco | MUGAK |
24/07/2000 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Kurdistan | drowned, after falling into the Adriatic Sea (IT) in a collision with a police boat | MNS/VK |
24/07/2000 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | Africa | drowned near Tarifa (ES) reportedly trying to reach Spain | taz/MNS/VK |
24/07/2000 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | North Africa | drowned near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) reportedly trying to reach Spain | MNS/VK |
23/07/2000 | 1 | N.N. (woman, ±22) | Morocco | drowned near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) trying to reach Spain | MNS/DiariodeNavarra/EP/MUGAK |
23/07/2000 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Morocco | drowned in shipwreck of boat carrying 36 migrants near Algeciras (ES) | DiariodeNoticias/EP |
22/07/2000 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found dead near Tarifa (ES), reportedly drowned trying to reach Spain | MNS/VK |
18/07/2000 | 1 | N.N. (young woman) | unknown | decomposing body found floating off coast of Barbate (ES) | MNS |
17/07/2000 | 1 | Mahalil Silva (woman) | Sri Lanka | died after being held at Larnaca Airport (CY) for 11 days without proper medical care | ISAGC |
13/07/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned near Bojador, Canary Islands (ES) | ELM/MUGAK/ABC/Raz |
13/07/2000 | 13 | N.N. (13 men) | unknown | reportedly drowned near Bojador, Canary Islands (ES) | ELM/MUGAK/ABC/Raz |
10/07/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned in the Oder River on Polish-German border near Gross Breesen (DE) | German Government |
08/07/2000 | 1 | Negmiye Beraj (baby, 10 months) | Kosovo | died after being left alone on Italian shore by traffickers fleeing police | MNS/IRR |
07/07/2000 | 7 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
07/07/2000 | 13 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat sank trying to reach Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
in July 00 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | found dead in Fuerteventura, reportedly drowned trying to reach Canary Islands (ES) | VK |
in July 00 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | found dead near Tarifa (ES), reportedly drowned trying to reach Spain | VK |
23/06/2000 | 1 | Pat (woman, 22) | Nigeria | suicide, found in her flat in Dublin (IE) after being refused asylum; reportedly served deportation notice | Irish Times |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Rul Zhen (woman) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Gao Yue Ru (woman) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Guang (woman) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Ke Mei Zhu (woman) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Yang Jiao Hua (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Li Yong (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Zhao Hang (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Chen Xing (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Sun Dao Xian (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Cheng Kam Kwon (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Li Guang (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Kuo Chien Ming (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Xue You Jie (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Cai Fang Quing (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Ni Yan Hua (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Yi Hua (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Gao Jun Wei (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Zheng Bo Ying (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Guo Liang (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Cao Xiang Ping (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Chen Xing Zhong (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | He Chang Ming (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Xue Di Di (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Cao Xian Xin (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Jiang Jan Ming (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Ming Gui (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Jiang Bin (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin De Bin (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Chen Yi Hua (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Li Zheng Guang (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Ming Kun (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | He Yu Yuan (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Tong Hui (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Tong Yong (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Ke Yong Min (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Ye Qi Ban (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Dong Ti Di (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Li Xiao Xiang (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Bin (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Weng Rui Ping (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Fa Ming (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Bing (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Ming Hui (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Bin Jian (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | He Hua Shun (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Yang Xin Xiaun (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Feng Di (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Yao Zhong Ai (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/DPA/AP/MUGAK/Reu./AP/NBK |
19/06/2000 | 1 | He Ming Qiang (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Xian Long (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Chen Jin Tian (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Xin Chai (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Shi Wen Jie (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Ding Xiang You (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | You Long Zhong (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Lin Xue Luan (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Li Zhen Quan (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
19/06/2000 | 1 | Guo Ting Xing (man) | China | suffocated in sealed trailer of truck on ferry from Zeebrugge (BE) to Dover (GB) | VK/Parool/dpa/AP/MUGAK/Reuters/AP/N |
14/06/2000 | 19 | N.N. | Comoros | reportedly drowned after boat sank on way to Mayotte (FR) | Mayotte sans frontières |
06/06/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after being forced by traffickers to jump into the Adriatic Sea near Otranto (IT) | MNS/taz |
04/06/2000 | 2 | N.N. | Dominican Republic | stowaways, found dead in undercarriage of airplane at Stockholm Airport (SE) | taz/ICARE/Ananova/MNS |
04/06/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, 39) | Afghanistan | suicide, rejected asylum seeker set himself on fire in refugee home in Rüsselsheim (DE) | ARI |
02/06/2000 | 2 | N.N. | Dominican Republic | stowaways, froze to death while hiding in plane bound for Stockholm (SE) | BBC |
in June 00 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | stowaways, found dead on Maltese freighter, reportedly suffocated or poisoned | MUGAK |
30/05/2000 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Morrocco | died of injuries after falling from underside of truck near El Rinconcillo (ES) | MNS/EP |
19/05/2000 | 5 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned after vessel sank in the Strait of Gibraltar near Tarifa (ES) | ICARE/Town Crier |
19/05/2000 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 16) | North Africa | drowned after vessel sank in the Strait of Gibraltar near Tarifa (ES) | I Care/Town Crier |
19/05/2000 | 1 | Imre B. (man, 34) | Yugoslavia | shot by police during a drug raid in Vienna (Austria) | NR |
17/05/2000 | 1 | Hamid Sabur (boy, 5) | Afghanistan | died due to lack of medical attention in detention centre in Gols (AT), asylum seeker | MNS/Malmoe |
16/05/2000 | 9 | N.N. | Afghanistan | shot by police near Dogubayazit (TR) while trying to enter Turkey from Iran | ICARE news archive |
14/05/2000 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 2 men) | unknown | drowned in shipwreck near Cádiz (ES) | I Care/The Entertainer Online/ABC/Raz |
14/05/2000 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | missing, reportedly drowned after boat carrying migrants sank near Cádiz (ES) | ICARE/TheEntertainerOnline/ABC/Raz |
14/05/2000 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar | ICARE/TheEntertainerOnline |
12/05/2000 | 1 | N.N. (30) | Albania | jumped into 300 metre deep gorge trying to flee border police in Greece | MNS |
12/05/2000 | 6 | N.N. (1 boy, 16; 5 men) | North Africa | drowned after dinghy hit a reef and sank near Tarifa (ES) | MNS/EP |
10/05/2000 | 9 | N.N. | Afghanistan, Bangladesh | shot by Turkish border police while trying to cross Turkish-Iranian border | taz/DPA/AFP |
07/05/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned in the Oder River on Polish-German border near Kienitz (DE) | German Government |
07/05/2000 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | North Africa | drowned, bodies found in advanced state of decomposition near Tarifa (ES) | MNS |
07/05/2000 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after small boat capsized near Tarifa (ES) | MNS |
07/05/2000 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | missing, reportedly drowned after small boat capsized near Tarifa (ES) | MNS |
06/05/2000 | 1 | Naimah H. (woman) | Algeria | suicide, at Frankfurt Airport (DE) detention centre | taz/Pax Christi/FR/IRR/MNS |
05/05/2000 | 1 | Hytime Hadjari (18) | Albania | drowned after small boat collided with coast guards near Otranto (IT) | taz/Giuliano News Chronicle/AFP/IRR |
05/05/2000 | 1 | Sulko Yenci (25) | Albania | drowned after small boat collided with coast guards near Otranto (IT) | taz/Giuliano News Chronicle/AFP/IRR |
05/05/2000 | 13 | N.N. | Albania | drowned after small boat collided with coast guards near Otranto (IT) | taz/GiulianoNewsChronicle/AFP/LS/Vita/T |
05/05/2000 | 3 | N.N. | Albania | missing, reportedly drowned after small boat collided with coast guards near Otranto (IT) | GiulianoNewsChronicle/LS/Vita/TL |
04/05/2000 | 1 | Lubomir B. (man, 40) | Slovakia | died in police custody in Vienna (AT) after being arrested on suspicion of living there undocumented | SOS/Menschenrechte/Malmoe |
03/05/2000 | 12 | N.N. | Africa | drowned near Laayoune (EH) after small boat capsized on way to Canary Islands (ES) | taz |
02/05/2000 | 1 | Richard Ibekwe (man) | Nigeria | died in detention centre in Vienna (AT) after being beaten by police | AFP/AHDA/I Care/Malmoe |
02/05/2000 | 1 | Khouyi Mbarek (boy, 13) | Morocco | stowaway, found dead in Scicli (IT) after reportedly being thrown overboard | Giuliano News Chronicle |
02/05/2000 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | stowaway, found dead in Scicli (IT) after reportedly being thrown overboard | GiulianoNewsChronicle |
02/05/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Porajów (PL) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government |
01/05/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | blown up in minefield in Nea Vyssa region (GR) near Turkish border | MNS |
in May 00 | 7 | N.N. | Iran | drowned in the Sava River on Bosnian-Hungarian border trying to travel to Western Europe | MNS |
in May 00 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | found dead in Cádiz (ES), reportedly hit by van that had taken them to Spain | MUGAK |
30/04/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, run over by car after falling from underside of truck in Algeciras (ES) | Diario de Navarra |
29/04/2000 | 20 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned after small boat sank in storm near Tarifa (ES) on way to Spain | MNS |
29/04/2000 | 1 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned, body found in advanced state of decomposition near Tarifa (ES) | MNS |
23/04/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Romania | drowned, body found floating in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border | MNS |
23/04/2000 | 1 | N.N. (young woman) | China | stabbed to death in the Netherlands by compatriot asylum seeker fearing deportation | MNS |
23/04/2000 | 1 | N.N. (young woman) | China | suicide, in the Netherlands after killing asylum seeker out of fear of deportation | MNS |
22/04/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Algeria | drowned, found dead 200 metres off coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | EP |
19/04/2000 | 1 | Kalin Mohammed Fati (man, 26) | Kurdistan-Iraq | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after traffickers tried to escape border police near Italian coast | Giuliano News Chronicle |
15/04/2000 | 3 | N.N. (2 w. (1 pregnant); 1 m.) | Africa | drowned after boat sank near Canary Islands (ES) | AFP/MNS/Diario Vasco/TAZ |
15/04/2000 | 5 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned after boat sank near Canary Islands (ES) | AFP/MNS/DiarioVasco |
14/04/2000 | 1 | N.N. | Ukraine | reportedly drowned in the Oder River on Polish-German border near Lebus (DE) | German Government |
14/04/2000 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Morocco | stowaways, found dead in trailer of truck at the port of Almería (ES) | AFP/EP |
13/04/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | stowaway, jumped from ship to avoid border control in port of Genoa (IT) | Giuliano News Chronicle/ANSA |
08/04/2000 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | crushed to death by truck in Sussex (GB) while trying to reach to Britain | VK/No Pasaran/IRR/NCRM |
07/04/2000 | 1 | Kandan Ravi (boy, 12) | Sri Lanka | disappeared in suspicious circumstances after being released from detention centre in Berlin (DE) | ARI |
03/04/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | died after being rescued from small boat by border police near coast of Almería (ES) | MNS |
in Apr 00 | 1 | Glynnis Cowley (woman, 40) | South Africa | suicide, in Liverpool (GB) after her asylum claim was rejected, mother of 3 children | IRR/CARF/NCADC |
in Apr 00 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | drowned trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar in small boat | AFP |
in Apr 00 | 8 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar in small boat | AFP |
in Apr 00 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES), reportedly drowned while trying to reach Spain | MUGAK |
25/03/2000 | 6 | N.N. (3 women; 3 men) | Kurdistan-Iraq | drowned near Kos (GR) after vessel capsized | MNS/taz |
25/03/2000 | 3 | N.N. (3 children) | Kurdistan-Iraq | drowned near Kos (GR) after vessel capsized | MNS |
25/03/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | body found floating near port of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MNS |
24/03/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found near Nassau, Saxony (DE) close to Czech-German border | German Government |
24/03/2000 | 5 | N.N. (1 woman; 4 men) | unknown | drowned while travelling to Spain, found near Cádiz (ES) | Gara |
23/03/2000 | 1 | N.N. | Nigeria | died in suspicious circumstances in refugee centre in Györ (HU) | MGHR/Hungary |
22/03/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Romania | reportedly drowned trying to cross the Morava River, Slovakian-Austrian border, while travelling to AT | Salzburger Nachrichten |
22/03/2000 | 3 | N.N. (1 woman; 2 men) | Africa | drowned after small boat capsized near Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | MNS/GARA |
20/03/2000 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned trying to reach Italy, body found off coast of Brindisi (IT) | ANSA |
14/03/2000 | 1 | Nasim Sarbat (man) | unknown | died after a fire broke out, caused by rebellion at detention centre in Seraino Vulpitta di Trappani (IT) | ANSA/ILM/CDS |
11/03/2000 | 3 | N.N. (3 men) | Pakistan | drowned crossing the Donau River in Hungary trying to reach Austria | AFP/Salzburger Nachrichten/MNS |
11/03/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Afghanistan | drowned crossing the Donau River in Hungary trying to reach Austria | AFP/Salzburger Nachrichten/MNS |
10/03/2000 | 1 | Nassim (man) | Tunisia | died in a fire caused by rebellion at detention centre in Serraino Vulpitta di Trapani (IT) | MP/ARCI/L.B.CPT/GdV/quibla/INDi |
08/03/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, body found in water purification plant in Frankfurt an der Oder (DE) | German Government |
06/03/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Africa | jumped off ferry in Bari (IT) during deportation | ILM |
04/03/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found near Olbernhau (DE) near Czech-German border | German Government |
01/03/2000 | 1 | Zahid Mubarek (man, 19) | Pakistan | attacked in Prison Feltham (GB) 2 days before release, placed in a cell with known violent racist | IRR/BBC/Mojuk/Guardian/zahidmubarekin |
in Mar 00 | 1 | Sahin Coba (man) | Kurdistan-Turkey | suicide, in Weil im Schönbuch (DE) out of fear of deportation | AN |
in Mar 00 | 1 | Murat Islak (man) | Kurdistan-Turkey | suicide, in Kirchheim unter Teck (DE) out of fear of deportation | AN |
in Mar 00 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned while trying to enter Italy, bodies found in the Strait of Otranto | IRR |
in Mar 00 | 2 | N.N. | North Macedonia | died in a fire at undocumented workers' accommodation in Legnano (IT) | IRR |
in Mar 00 | 1 | N.N. (child, 2) | North Macedonia | died in a fire at undocumented workers' accommodation in Legnano (IT) | IRR |
in Mar 00 | 1 | N.N. (pregnant woman) | North Macedonia | died in a fire at undocumented workers' accommodation in Legnano (IT) | IRR |
in Mar 00 | 1 | Zdzislav Dudca (man, 40) | Poland | homeless migrant, died after empty carriage he slept in at Naples (IT) train station caught fire | IRR |
in Mar 00 | 1 | Bogdan Rajka (man, 40) | Polish | homeless migrant, died after empty carriage he slept in at Naples (IT) train station caught fire | IRR |
in Mar 00 | 1 | N.N. (child, 6) | North Macedonia | died in a fire at undocumented workers' accommodation in Legnano (IT) | IRR |
28/02/2000 | 2 | N.N. | Asia | died after boat was pursued by Italian coast guard | IRR |
19/02/2000 | 17 | N.N. (17 men) | Morocco | drowned in shipwreck near Canary Islands (ES) | GARA |
15/02/2000 | 1 | Sultan Dogan (21) | Kurdistan | suicide, owing to poor conditions in asylum centre near Albbruck (DE) | SAGA/ARI |
15/02/2000 | 2 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned while travelling to Spain, found near Bolonia (ES) | DiarioVasco |
09/02/2000 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after small boat disappeared in the Adriatic Sea near Italy | GiulianoNewsChronicle |
in Feb 00 | 1 | Djamel Hanoun (man, 28) | Algeria | died of acute asthma, afraid to see doctor in Corsica (FR) | No Pasaran |
30/01/2000 | 1 | Senida P. (woman, 26) | Bosnia | suicide, jumped out of 8th floor window in Frankfurt (DE) out of fear of deportation | ARI |
25/01/2000 | 1 | Ali Güzel (man) | Kurdistan | suicide, hanged himself in refugee home in Singen (DE) due to poor treatment and living conditions | ARI |
24/01/2000 | 1 | Robertus Grabys (man, 49) | Lithuania | suicide, hanged himself in Harmondsworth removal centre (GB) out of fear of deportation | NCADC/CARF/IRR |
18/01/2000 | 1 | Christian Elmarasi (man) | Egypt | suicide by intoxication in Landshut prison (DE) | IMEDANA |
14/01/2000 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 29) | Ukraine | froze to death in the Belles Mountains on Bulgarian-Greek border while trying to enter Greece | MNS |
14/01/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Romania | froze to death in the Belles Mountains on Bulgarian-Greek border while trying to enter Greece | MNS |
13/01/2000 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died in a fire during rebellion at detention centre in Serraino Vulpitta di Trapani (IT) | ILM/CDS |
13/01/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Albania | drowned after jumping from ferry named "Vega" in Brindisi (IT) in effort to escape repatriation | ILM |
13/01/2000 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Ivory coast | jumped from merchant ship named "Jolly Rubino" in Genoa (IT) in effort to escape deportation | ILM |
12/01/2000 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in hospital in the enclave of Melilla (ES), exhausted after getting caught in a storm on way to ES | EP |
07/01/2000 | 6 | N.N. (6 men) | Kurdistan | died in van accident while trying to reach Thessaloniki (GR) from Turkey | MNS |
07/01/2000 | 1 | Brahim Akrouk (man, 36) | unknown | died in a fire caused by rebellion in detention centre in Seraino Vulpitta di Trappani (IT) | ILM/CDS |
05/01/2000 | 1 | Vedat Yuksel (man, 22) | Turkey | died after hitting his head while boat captain was trying to escape border police near Otranto (IT) | ILM |
05/01/2000 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±25) | North Africa | drowned near Tarifa (ES) while trying to reach Spain by swimming to the coast from dinghy | EP |
04/01/2000 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, 20, 28) | North Africa | drowned trying to reach Spain by crossing the Strait of Gibraltar in small boat | MNS/EP |
03/01/2000 | 2 | N.N. (2 young men) | North Africa | drowned, bodies washed ashore near Cádiz (ES) | EP |
03/01/2000 | 1 | Nelson Quinones-Palacios (man) | Columbia | died in Mannheim Prison (DE) due to lack of medical treatment | ARI |
02/01/2000 | 3 | N.N. (young men) | Albania, China | 2 died, 1 missing when migrant boat from Albania arrived in Italy, traffickers pushed them overboard | ILM/IRR |
01/01/2000 | 1 | Artur Muradov (man, ±35) | Azerbaijan | suicide, hanged himself in psychiatric hospital in Mühlhausen (DE) | ARI |
in Jan 00 | 1 | Riza Karadag (man, 38) | Kurdistan | stowaway, died in airplane bound for the USA, was asylum seeker in the Netherlands | IRR |
in Jan 00 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Africa | died after jumping down cliff while trying to cross border into the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | MUGAK |
in Jan 00 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | drowned trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, body found near Tarifa (ES) | MUGAK |
in Jan 00 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | drowned, body found in the Strait of Gibraltar | MUGAK |
in 2000 | 1 | Mohsen Lalei (man) | Iran | died near Eskilstuna (ES); went into hiding after asylum claim was rejected | MNS |
31/12/1999 | 1 | Lenja Leci (woman) | Albania | missing, reportedly drowned in Adriatic Sea when rubber boat from Albania sank, trying to reach Italy | DPA/Morgengr./taz/VK/CDS/LS/TL |
31/12/1999 | 1 | Amed Agaj (man) | Albania | missing, reportedly drowned in Adriatic Sea when rubber boat from Albania sank, trying to reach Italy | DPA/Morgengr./taz/VK/CDS/LS/TL |
31/12/1999 | 57 | N.N. (incl 5 women) | Albania, China, Kurdistan, M | 2 drowned, 55 missing in the Adriatic Sea when rubber boat from Albania sank, trying to reach Italy | DPA/Morgengr./taz/Vita/VK/CDS/LS/TL/IR |
29/12/1999 | 1 | Jamel (man) | Tunisia | died in a fire caused by rebellion in detention centre in Seraino Vulpitta di Trapani (IT) | CDS/taz/MUGAK/MP/ARCI/L.B.CPT/GdV |
29/12/1999 | 1 | Nashreddine (man) | Tunisia | died in a fire caused by rebellion in detention centre in Seraino Vulpitta di Trapani (IT) | CDS/taz/MUGAK/MP/ARCI/L.B.CPT/GdV |
29/12/1999 | 1 | Rabah (man) | Tunisia | died in a fire caused by rebellion in detention centre in Seraino Vulpitta di Trapani (IT) | CDS/taz/MUGAK/MP/ARCI/L.B.CPT/GdV |
26/12/1999 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Tanzania | stowaway, died trying to swim to Sicily (IT) after being kept as slave on ship | ILM |
25/12/1999 | 1 | Mohamed Ben Said (man, 39) | Tunisia | given tranquiliser fatally incompatible with heroin addiction while awaiting deportation in detention in IT | ILM |
22/12/1999 | 1 | Marun Adeba (boy, 2) | Iraq | froze to death in refrigerated truck while trying to reach Greece from Turkey | NCADC |
22/12/1999 | 1 | Basil Adeba (boy, 4) | Iraq | froze to death in refrigerated truck while trying to reach Greece from Turkey | NCADC |
21/12/1999 | 1 | Maulut Rozga (boy, 3) | Iraq | froze to death in refrigerated truck while trying to reach Greece from Turkey | NCADC |
21/12/1999 | 1 | Zdravko Nikolov Dimitrov (man) | Bulgaria | shot by police in Braunschweig (DE) while resisting deportation | FR-NieSa/DIR-Büro/taz/Osnabr. Zeit/ARI |
21/12/1999 | 1 | N.N. | Vietnam | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Bad Muskau (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | BT-Drucksache |
18/12/1999 | 1 | N.N. (young woman) | Congo | suicide in detention centre in Luxembourg while awaiting expulsion | MNS |
in Dec 99 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | drowned near Canary Islands (ES) trying to reach Spanish territory in small boats | Informe Raxen |
in Dec 99 | 1 | N.N. (man, 22) | unknown | drowned near Fuengirola (ES) trying to escape police catching migrant boats | MUGAK |
in Dec 99 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after small boat travelling to Canary Islands (ES) sank near El Aaiun (EH) | MUGAK/ABC/Raz |
in Dec 99 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | went missing after small boat travelling to Canary Islands (ES) sank near Laayoune (EH) | MUGAK/ABC/Raz |
in Dec 99 | 1 | Lofti (man) | Tunisia | died in fire caused by rebellion in detention centre of Vulpitta in Trapani (IT) | MP/ARCI/L.B.CPT/GdV/quibla/INDi |
in Dec 99 | 1 | Ramsi (man) | Tunisia | died in fire caused by rebellion in detention centre of Vulpitta in Trapani (IT) | MP/ARCI/L.B.CPT/GdV/quibla/INDi |
25/11/1999 | 1 | H.S. (man, 30) | Tunisia | suicide, hanged himself in prison in Italy after receiving expulsion order | ILM |
20/11/1999 | 1 | N.N. | China | reportedly suicide, found hanged in bathroom of Frankfurt am Main Airport (DE) | BT-Drucksache |
19/11/1999 | 1 | Fode Kenate | Guinea | disappeared and presumed dead after being deported from Büren (DE) to Ghana | ARI |
19/11/1999 | 1 | Ibrahim Kante | Guinea | disappeared and presumed dead after being deported from Büren (DE) to Ghana | ARI |
19/11/1999 | 1 | Umar Balde | Guinea | disappeared and presumed dead after being deported from Büren (DE) to Ghana | ARI |
19/11/1999 | 1 | Ibrahim Camara | Guinea | disappeared and presumed dead after being deported from Büren (DE) to Ghana | ARI |
17/11/1999 | 1 | Hamida Mujanovic (42) | Bosnia | died of asthma and lack of medical treatment 3 months after she was forced to leave DE for Bosnia | ARI |
07/11/1999 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Syria, Iraq | drowned after boat travelling to Greece capsized off coast of Turkey due to stormy weather | AFP |
01/11/1999 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Albania | drowned after small boat sank near Brindisi (IT) | AFP/taz/ILM/FECL |
01/11/1999 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | Moldova | drowned after small boat sank near Brindisi (IT) while trying to reach Italy | AFP/taz/ILM/FECL |
01/11/1999 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after small boat sank near Brindisi (IT) while trying to reach Italy | AFP/taz/ILM/FECL |
01/11/1999 | 12 | N.N. | Kurdistan-Iraq | stowaways, died of toxic fumes on ferry from Patras (GR) to Lecce (IT) | ST/VK/Ya Basta!/taz |
31/10/1999 | 5 | N.N. | Kurdistan-Iraq | blown up in minefield while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border near Kipi (GR) | AP/taz |
31/10/1999 | 1 | N.N. | Kurdistan | drowned after traffickers fearing coast guards threw him into the water near Otranto (IT) | FECL |
28/10/1999 | 1 | Esawy Rashedal (25) | Kurdistan | drowned after being forced overboard by traffickers in waters near Otranto (IT) | IRR |
28/10/1999 | 1 | Ali Simsek (man, 29) | Kurdistan | died after falling into the Isonzo River while trying to cross Slovenian-Italian border | ILM |
22/10/1999 | 1 | Emad Fatihy Kafil Salem (man) | Palestine | suicide, denied asylum after discussion on repatriation, was psychiatric patient | VPRO |
12/10/1999 | 1 | N.N. (man, ±20) | unknown | stowaway, electrocuted while trying to exit freight train in Wembley (GB) | IRR |
01/10/1999 | 6 | N.N. (3 women; 3 men) | Romania | stowaways, found suffocated in ship registered to Cyprus in harbour in Seville (ES) | MNS/MUGAK |
in Oct 99 | 1 | Nestor Z. (17) | Burkina Faso | suicide, jumped from window of refugee hostel onto houseboat on the Elbe River in Hamburg (DE) | ARI |
27/09/1999 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Algeria | drowned while trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) in a small dinghy | MNS/MUGAK |
19/09/1999 | 1 | Roberto Garcia Q. (47) | Cuba | stowaway, found dead in wheel bay of Alitalia airplane at Milan Airport (IT) | MNS |
15/09/1999 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after small boat travelling to Spain capsized off coast of Tarifa (ES) | MNS/MUGAK |
07/09/1999 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | India | reportedly suffocated in van near Mantua (IT), undocumented workers | IRR/ILM |
07/09/1999 | 1 | Faiz Ahmed (43) | Pakistan | suffocated in van near Mantua (IT) while travelling to Germany, undocumented worker | IRR/ILM |
07/09/1999 | 1 | Nadeem Ahmad (26) | Pakistan | suffocated in van near Mantua (IT) while travelling to Germany, undocumented worker | IRR/IILM |
in Sep 99 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned near Cádiz (ES) while reportedly trying to reach Spain by boat | MNS |
30/08/1999 | 1 | Rachid Sbaai (19) | Morocco | suicide, set fire to himself in detention centre in Büren (DE) out of fear of deportation | MNS/ST/ARI |
29/08/1999 | 1 | N.N. | Sri Lanka | stowaway, found dead near Hajdu-Bihar (HU) in truck heading towards Italy | MNS |
26/08/1999 | 3 | N.N. | Kurdistan-Iraq | blown up in minefield crossing Turkish-Greek border near Nea Vyssa (GR) | MNS |
23/08/1999 | 1 | N.N. (31) | Algeria | reportedly drowned, found dead on coast of the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | MNS |
21/08/1999 | 1 | Felix Garcia (28) | Cuba | stowaway, found dead in wheel bay of British Airways plane at Gatwick Airport (GB) | MNS/Telegraph |
19/08/1999 | 1 | Ousmane Sow | Guinea | died from liver infection in hospital in Conakry (GN) after violent deportation from Düsseldorf (DE) | ARI |
16/08/1999 | 40 | N.N. | Kosovo (Roma) | drowned in the Adriatic Sea while trying to reach Italy in small boat | Romnews/Independent/Tampere Digest/L |
16/08/1999 | 60 | N.N. | Kosovo (Roma) | reportedly drowned in the Adriatic Sea while trying to reach Italy in small boat | Romnews/Independent/Tampere Digest/V |
12/08/1999 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 75) | Former Yugoslavia | died near Brindisi (IT) after 3 days spent trying to cross the Adriatic Sea | ERRC |
12/08/1999 | 1 | Manikam Thanividirasa (man, 40) | Sri Lanka | suicide, hanged himself after being released from detention centre in Büren (DE) to reapply for asylum | Hilfe MenschenAB |
04/08/1999 | 1 | Tau Zohrd (woman, 43) | Kurdistan-Iraq | drowned after being thrown by traffickers into the Adriatic Sea near Italy | Morgengr./IRR/MNS/ILM |
02/08/1999 | 1 | Koita Yaguine (boy, 14) | Guinea | stowaway, froze to death in undercarriage of airplane during flight from Conakry (GN) to Brussels (BE) | VK/Morgengr./Trouw/PUB/IRR/MNS/NCA |
02/08/1999 | 1 | Tounkara Fodé (boy, 15) | Guinea | stowaway, froze to death in undercarriage of airplane during flight from Conakry (GN) to Brussels (BE) | VK/Morgengr./Trouw/PUB/IRR/MNS/NCA |
in Aug 99 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Kurdistan-Iraq | stowaway, crushed to death in Dover (GB) while hanging onto underside of truck | IRR |
in Aug 99 | 1 | N.N. (young woman) | China | died before or after traffickers threw her into the Adriatic Sea near Brindisi (IT) | IRR/Giuliano News Chronicle |
in Aug 99 | 18 | Family A. (incl 9 children) | Albania (Roma) | drowned in the Adriatic Sea when boat sank on way to Italy | Rom e. V. |
30/07/1999 | 1 | Bogdan Wszedybil (46) | Poland | suicide, became desperate after having failed to get residence permit after 10 years in France | MNS/MUGAK/IRR |
24/07/1999 | 9 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned after small boat hit rocks while trying to reach Canary Islands (ES) | MNS |
24/07/1999 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 28) | Vietnam | died with her 2 children in a fire in refugee centre in Bad Kreuznach (DE) | ARI |
24/07/1999 | 2 | N.N. (2 children, 3, 6) | Vietnam | died with their mother in a fire in refugee centre in Bad Kreuznach (DE) | ARI |
15/07/1999 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Nieder Neuendorf (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government |
11/07/1999 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, body part found in Oder-Neisse River at PL-DE border near Keuner Wehr (DE) | German Government |
07/07/1999 | 38 | N.N. (16-26 y) | North Africa | drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar after ship captain refused to transport them | SOS |
09/06/1999 | 1 | Bouna Wade (child) | Senegal | stowaway, found dead in Abidjan Airport (Ivory Coast) while trying to reach France | MNS |
28/05/1999 | 1 | Aamir Mohamed Ageeb (man, 30) | Sudan | suffocated while being restrained with a helmet during deportation from Frankfurt Airport (DE) | taz/AP/SZ/CNN/VK/ST/Trouw/MNS/Reu./ |
27/05/1999 | 5 | N.N. (incl 2 children) | unknown | drowned after small boat collided with police boat in the Adriatic Sea near Otranto (IT) | MNS/AFP/LS/NCAs |
21/05/1999 | 19 | N.N. | Angola | conscientious objectors, missing since deportation from Portugal to Angola | IAADH |
18/05/1999 | 2 | N.N. | North Africa | stowaways, suffocated in Moroccan truck near French-Belgian border | MNS |
16/05/1999 | 22 | N.N. (incl 8 children) | Albania | drowned in the Adriatic Sea near Vlorë (AL) while trying to reach Italy | MNS/AFP/IRR/ILM/Vita |
16/05/1999 | 1 | Hajrije Imeraj (woman) | Albania | drowned in the Adriatic Sea near Vlorë (AL) while trying to reach Italy | MNS/AFP/IRR/ILM/Vita |
16/05/1999 | 1 | Iliriana Imeraj (girl, 3) | Albania | drowned in the Adriatic Sea near Vlorë (AL) while trying to reach Italy | MNS/AFP/IRR/ILM/Vita/NCAs |
16/05/1999 | 1 | Egzon Imeraj (boy, 5) | Albania | drowned in the Adriatic Sea near Vlorë (AL) while trying to reach Italy | MNS/AFP/IRR/ILM/Vita/NCAs |
10/05/1999 | 1 | Alabamou Mamah (30) | Togo | suicide, jumped into Main River in Würzburg (DE) after asylum application was rejected | ARI/ FR |
06/05/1999 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | 3 dinghies carrying 40 people sank 100km south of Azila (MA); 27 rescued | ELM |
05/05/1999 | 13 | N.N. (inc 2 women; 5 men) | Morocco | drowned trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar, bodies found on Moroccan coast | MNS/Informe Raxen |
in May 99 | 1 | Moshen Sliti (41) | Tunisia | died of heart attack in detention centre in Arenc (FR) after delay in medical care | MNS/IRR/EUMC |
01/05/1999 | 1 | Marcus Omofuma (man, 25) | Nigeria | suffocated after mouth was taped during deportation from Vienna (AT) to Sofia (BG) | ST/Morgengr./Ravage/IRR/AFP/BBC/Ros |
19/04/1999 | 12 | N.N. (4 children; 8 adults) | Pakistan, Afghanistan | reportedly drowned in the Tisza River while trying to cross Ukrainian-Hungarian border | taz/AFP/IRR/INexile |
16/04/1999 | 1 | K. Hamasediq Abdullah (45) | Iraq | found dead under bridge in Dessau (DE) after asylum application was rejected | ARI |
12/04/1999 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Görlitz (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government |
23/03/1999 | 1 | Veluppillai Balachandran (m, 39) | Sri Lanka | suicide, following hunger strike in deportation prison in Moers (DE), fearing deportation | NCADC/IRR |
20/03/1999 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, found dead on beach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | Informe Raxen |
12/03/1999 | 1 | Emin Acar (boy, 17) | Turkey | presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Stuttgart (DE) to Turkey | ARI |
04/03/1999 | 1 | N.N. | Poland | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Ostritz (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government |
03/03/1999 | 1 | Khaled Abuzarifeh (man, 27) | Palestine | suffocated after being gagged by police during deportation from Zürich Airport in Kloten (CH) | ST/Morgengr./Pressesp. Rassis./IRR/MN |
17/02/1999 | 1 | Azmon Qaka (baby, 29 days) | Kosovo | died in hospital in Maglie (IT) after being thrown in the sea by traffickers | ILM |
10/02/1999 | 1 | Amed Dauda (18) | Mali | stowaway, drowned in Guadalquivir River (ES) near Seville (ES) while trying to escape police | IRR/MNS |
03/02/1999 | 1 | Idris Tey (31) | Tunisia | drowned near Siracusa (IT) trying to swim ashore from vessel | MNS/ILM |
01/02/1999 | 2 | N.N. (2 babies) | Bosnia | died from poor hygiene conditions in refugee camp at Muratella (IT) | IRR |
31/01/1999 | 1 | E.L. (28) | Phillipines | suicide, hanged himself with a belt in München Prison (DE) | IMEDANA |
12/01/1999 | 1 | H. Merkebu Getachew (man) | Ethiopia | suicide, hanged himself in detention centre in Lübbecke (DE) | ARI |
11/01/1999 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Kurdistan | stowaway, crushed to death under wheels of lorry leaving ferry in Dover (GB) | MNS/IRR |
04/01/1999 | 1 | Berzan Öztürk (man) | Kurdistan | suicide, set fire to himself in Stammheim Prison, Stuttgart (DE) in solidarity with Kurdish prisoners | ARI/AP/ZAG |
01/01/1999 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 3 weeks) | Kosovo | body found by customs officer in truck in France | IRR |
in Jan 99 | 1 | Elvane Vuciterna | Kosovo-Albania | drowned near Brindisi (IT) after their small boat collided with another boat | IRR |
in Jan 99 | 1 | Tarik Vuciterna (baby, 18 mo.) | Kosovo-Albania | drowned near Brindisi (IT) after their small boat collided with another boat | IRR |
in Jan 99 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 15) | Kosovo-Albania | drowned near Brindisi (IT) after their small boat collided with another boat | IRR |
in Jan 99 | 3 | N.N. | Kosovo-Albania | drowned near Brindisi (IT) after their small boat collided with another boat | IRR |
in Jan 99 | 1 | Süleyman Aksoy (man) | Kurdistan-Turkey | killed in suspicious circumstances among TR army after deportation from NL, conscientious objector | AC/MNS/ARI/Fabel van de Illegaal |
in Jan 99 | 1 | Savas Cicek (man) | Kurdistan-Turkey | killed in suspicious circumstances among T army after deportation from NL, conscientious objector | AC/MNS/ARI/Fabel van de Illegaal/Nederl |
in Jan 99 | 1 | Ahmed F. (man) | Senegal | died in police custody during his arrest as part of a drug raid in Austria | NR |
in 1999 | 1 | Cipriano I. M. | Angola | died after falling from tractor in Caspe (ES), undocumented worker | IRR |
in 1999 | 1 | Margota (baby) | Romania | died of heart attack when police raided Roma camp in Casalino (IT) | IRR |
in 1999 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sri Lanka | suicide, jumped in front of train in Russelheim (DE), asylum seeker | ARI |
in 1999 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned while trying to enter Germany | ARI |
in 1999 | 1 | Ibrahim Barry | Guinea | died in a Guinea prison after violent deportation from Düsseldorf (DE) on 30 June | ARI/Org. Guinéenne des Droits de lHom |
in 1999 | 1 | Diallo | Guinea | died in a Guinea prison after violent deportation from Düsseldorf (DE) on 30 June | ARI/Org. Guinéenne des Droits de lHom |
in 1999 | 1 | N.N. | Guinea | reportedly died in Guinea prison after violent deportation from Düsseldorf (DE) on 30 June | Guineenne des Droits de l'Homme/ARI |
31/12/1998 | 2 | N.N. | Kurdistan | drowned after boat sank in the Aegean Sea near Greece | AFP/MNS |
31/12/1998 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | missing after boat sank in the Aegean Sea near Greece | AFP/MNS |
29/12/1998 | 1 | N.N. | Kurdistan | froze to death and mutilated by wolves in forest near Nymfopetra (GR) | MNS |
29/12/1998 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 39) | Ukraine | died of hypothermia in Avellino (IT) while being kept as slave in bakery | MNS |
26/12/1998 | 1 | Tesfa Bizuneh | Ethiopia | suicide, jumped out of 3rd floor hospital window in Munich (DE) out of fear of deportation | IMEDANA/ZAG |
23/12/1998 | 2 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned after small boat sank near Cádiz (ES) | MNS |
23/12/1998 | 22 | N.N. | North Africa | reportedly drowned after small boat sank near Cádiz (ES) | MNS |
21/12/1998 | 3 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned after small boat sank near Alboran Island (ES) | MNS/taz |
20/12/1998 | 3 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned after boat sank near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | AFP/MNS/taz |
20/12/1998 | 5 | N.N. | North Africa | reportedly drowned after boat sank near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | AFP/MNS/taz |
10/12/1998 | 30 | N.N. | North Africa | reportedly drowned after small boat capsized in the Strait of Gibraltar | MNS |
10/12/1998 | 1 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned when small boat capsized in the Strait of Gibraltar | MNS |
06/12/1998 | 8 | N.N. | Sierra Leone | drowned near Malta while travelling to Italy, reportedly thrown into the sea by traffickers | AP/MNS |
02/12/1998 | 1 | J. Danielle (pregnant woman) | Algeria | suicide, hanged herself at police station while detained in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | AFP/IRR/AI |
in Dec 98 | 1 | Lin Yan-Guang (man, 35) | China | suicide in hospital in Brentwood (GB), asylum seeker suffering depression | CARF/IRR/NCADC |
27/11/1998 | 3 | N.N. (1 baby; 1 woman; 1 man) | Albania | drowned after dinghy collided with speedboat near Brindisi (IT) | MNS/AFP/Reu |
27/11/1998 | 4 | N.N. | Albania | reportedly drowned after dinghy collided with speedboat near Brindisi (IT) | MNS/AFP/Reu |
25/11/1998 | 27 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned after small boat travelling to Spain capsized near Tanger (MA) | MNS/AFP/ST |
17/11/1998 | 1 | A. Rassal (34) | Iraq | hit by train near Soufli (GR) after swimming across the Evros River from Turkey | MNS |
14/11/1998 | 1 | Harrinder Singh Cheena (boy, 16) | India | suicide, hanged himself in youth prison in Halle (DE) out of fear of deportation | SDZ/MNS/ARI/ZAG |
09/11/1998 | 1 | Solomon Mforbei Fusi (boy, 15) | Cameroon | stowaway, fell from undercarriage of airplane in Lauchringen (DE), flight from Africa to Switzerland | AP/MNS/NZZ/ZAG |
02/11/1998 | 1 | Kamran Gord | Iran | suicide, in asylum centre in Slagharen (NL) | Trouw/Prime |
31/10/1998 | 1 | John Madu (man, 31) | Nigeria | bled to death in Liege (BE) after being denied medical treatment | BBC/MNS/IRR |
25/10/1998 | 4 | N.N. (1 baby; 2 women; 1 man) | Albania | drowned after dinghy leaving Port of Vlorë (AL) collided then caught fire | MNS/AFP/ARD/ZDF |
25/10/1998 | 16 | N.N. | Albania | missing, reportedly drowned after boat leaving Port of Vlorë (AL) collided then caught fire | MNS/AFP/ARD/ZDF |
20/10/1998 | 1 | Irini P. (woman, 20) | Belarus | suicide, in Thessaloniki (GR) after being forced to work as a prostitute | MNS |
06/10/1998 | 1 | Daniel Kassa Mehari (32) | Ethiopia | attempted suicide, died of injuries sustained by jumping from railway bridge near Magdeburg (DE) | ARI/ZAG |
in Oct 98 | 1 | Mehretab Kidane (man, 28) | Eritrea | suicide, hanged himself on day of final asylum appeal hearing in London (GB) | IRR/iN exile/CARF/NCRM/NCADC |
in Oct 98 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | China | died of heart failure while attempting to cross the Malse River into Austria from Czechia | IRR |
29/09/1998 | 1 | N.N. (man, 18) | Hungary | suicide, hanged himself in detention centre in Austria after being caught by border police | IRR |
22/09/1998 | 1 | Semira Adamu (woman, 20) | Nigeria | died from brain haemorrhage after resisting forcible deportation (BE), suffocated with pillow by police | VK/CCLE/AFP/MNS/IRR/AI/MN/Kein Men |
17/09/1998 | 1 | N.N. | North Macedonia | reportedly drowned body found near Polish-German border near Bahren-Zelz (DE) | ARI |
17/08/1998 | 1 | N.N. | Albania | shot by police during border patrol identity check carried out on train from Belgium to Italy | MNS/IRR |
06/08/1998 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Kurdistan | stoned to death by traffickers on the Adriatic Sea after refusing to pay extortion money | MNS |
in Aug 98 | 1 | N.N. (girl) | Morocco | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea during third attempt to enter Spain without required documents | IRR/ElPais |
in Aug 98 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea during third attempt to enter Spain without required documents | IRR/ElPais |
in Aug 98 | 1 | Saber Abdelh (girl) | Morocco | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea during third attempt to enter Spain without required documents | IRR |
30/07/1998 | 1 | Isuf Kosumi | Kosovo | died in car crash in Weisenborn (DE) while trying to escape border control on German-Czech border | Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/ST/OL/AR |
30/07/1998 | 1 | Valdet Rezita | Kosovo | died in car crash in Weisenborn (DE) while trying to escape border control on German-Czech border | Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/ST/OL/AR |
30/07/1998 | 1 | Xhevdet Krasnici | Kosovo | died in car crash in Weisenborn (DE) while trying to escape border control on German-Czech border | Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/ST/OL/AR |
30/07/1998 | 1 | Sali Emini | Kosovo | died in car crash in Weisenborn (DE) while trying to escape border control on German-Czech border | Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/ST/OL/AR |
30/07/1998 | 1 | Artan Dauti | Kosovo | died in car crash in Weisenborn (DE) while trying to escape border control on German-Czech border | Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/ST/OL/AR |
30/07/1998 | 1 | Zaim Dauti | Kosovo | died in car crash in Weisenborn (DE) while trying to escape border control on German-Czech border | Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/ST/OL/AR |
30/07/1998 | 1 | Lumni Brahimi | Kosovo | died in car crash in Weisenborn (DE) while trying to escape border control on German-Czech border | Radio Bayern 5/ WB/ARD/ZDF/ST/OL/AR |
28/07/1998 | 5 | N.N. | Tunisia | stowaways, died in Genua (IT) after vessel caught fire | NOS/Reu./BBC |
26/07/1998 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | drowned near Cádiz (ES) while trying to reach Spain in small boat | IRR |
25/07/1998 | 1 | Mehmet K. (24) | Kurdistan | asylum seeker, died of anxiety and psychosis in emergency ward of clinic in Karlsruhe (DE) | MNS |
20/07/1998 | 8 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned near shore of southern Italy after being spotted by coast guards and forced overboard | AFP/CDS |
06/07/1998 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned while trying to swim across the River Tresa, crossing the border from Italy to Switzerland | NZZ |
06/07/1998 | 7 | N.N. | Morocco | bodies found on beach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) after boat capsized in Strait of Gibraltar | IRR/IPS/MNS |
05/07/1998 | 38 | N.N. | unknown | drowned near the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) while travelling to Spain | ELM |
01/07/1998 | 1 | Haydar Findik (man, ±27) | Kurdistan | died in asylum centre in Altenburg (DE) after being refused medical help | FR-Thüringen/taz/AN/ZAG |
in July 98 | 1 | Sofonias Alemseged (man, 22) | Eritrea | suicide, hanged himself in Brixton Prison (GB), asylum seeker | IRR/CARF/NCRM/NCADC |
30/06/1998 | 7 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) after small boat capsized | taz |
29/06/1998 | 2 | N.N. (2 children) | Africa | died of starvation on boat travelling from Lebanon to Cyprus | MNS |
22/06/1998 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | North Africa | drowned near Spain after small boat crashed into a rock | MNS |
01/06/1998 | 1 | Hasan Akdag (man, 21) | Kurdistan | suicide, set himself on fire in detention centre in Lingen (DE) after 2nd asylum application was rejected | FR-NieSa/MNS/Morgengr./ZAG |
in June 98 | 38 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned near the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) after small boat capsized while travelling to Spain | WSWS |
16/05/1998 | 1 | Karim Hassan (man, 27) | Palestine | suicide, hanged himself in his cell in Nieuwersluis (NL) after 8 months in detention | AC/VPRO |
15/05/1998 | 1 | N.N. | North Macedonia | drowned in the Oder River (DE) after jumping off bridge to avoid border guards who were chasing him | MOZ/ZAG |
14/05/1998 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sudan | fell or pushed from 4th floor window of detention centre in Breda (NL) | VK |
02/05/1998 | 3 | N.N. | Albania | drowned in boat accident near Vlorë (AL) while trying to cross the Adriatic Sea | MNS |
02/05/1998 | 1 | Nouredine El Amrani (man, 26) | Morocco | suicide, in detention centre in Kronach (DE) after 2 years of detention | taz/ZAG |
16/04/1998 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, 22, 26) | Morocco | blown up in minefield while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | MNS |
12/04/1998 | 1 | Asan Asanov (man, 51) | North Macedonia | died after being deported from Germany to Kocani (MK) while severely ill | ARI/ZAG |
08/04/1998 | 1 | N.N. | Bangladesh | died in car accident in Klingenthal (DE) near Czech-German border | ARI/ZAG |
03/04/1998 | 1 | N.N. (man, 23) | Algeria | shot by Dutch policeman after reportedly threatening detention guards with knife | MNS |
in Apr 98 | 1 | N.N. | Romania | stowaway, drowned in the Ostsee River (DE), jumped off ship after discovery | ARI/ZAG |
19/03/1998 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Nigeria | stowaway, suffocated on his way to Ireland in the hold of Jamaican vessel | MNS |
16/03/1998 | 13 | N.N. | North Africa | disappeared in the Strait of Gibraltar after Moroccan ship sank | PUB |
16/03/1998 | 10 | N.N. | North Africa | reportedly drowned near coast of Cádiz (ES) after boat capsized | MNS |
15/03/1998 | 1 | Sharif Hussein Ahmed (man) | Somalia | suicide in Graz (AT), refused right to reside in Austria even after winning a case against AT in ECoHR | MNS/UNHCR |
14/03/1998 | 1 | Adrian Lucian Cretu (17) | Romania | died in car accident in Burgenland (AT) after being chased by border police | Presse |
05/03/1998 | 1 | Edmond Kapraku (30) | Albania | killed by boat propeller after falling into the sea trying to reach Italy | IRR |
02/03/1998 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Romania | shot on the Bulgarian-Greek border during attempt to cross the border by car | MNS |
in Mar 98 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 47) | Ethiopia | suicide, in Italy out of fear that residence permit would not be renewed | IRR |
in Mar 98 | 1 | Aimer Busher | Tunisia | missing after jumping in the Strait of Messina and trying to swim ashore | IRR |
28/02/1998 | 1 | Muhamet Islami Gjeli (man, 70) | Kosovo | murdered in Likoshan (KV) by Serbian security forces after deportation from Germany | ARI/ZAG |
28/02/1998 | 1 | Naser Islami Gjeli (man, 37) | Kosovo | murdered in Likoshan (KV) by Serbian security forces after deportation from Germany | ARI/ZAG |
28/02/1998 | 1 | Beqir Sejdiu (man, 36) | Kosovo | murdered in Cirez (KV) by Serbian security forces, deported asylum seeker from Germany | IRR/ZAG |
21/02/1998 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 21) | Somalia | drowned, body found in the Rein River near Köln (DE) | ARI/ZAG |
13/02/1998 | 1 | Sadik Genc | Turkey | disappeared, presumed dead after deportation from Bremen (DE) to Turkey | ARI |
09/02/1998 | 5 | N.N. | Albania | drowned near Brindisi (IT) trying to cross the Adriatic Sea | MNS/IRR |
09/02/1998 | 5 | N.N. | Albania | reportedly missing near Brindisi (IT) after trying to cross the Adriatic Sea | MNS/IRR |
08/02/1998 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Azerbaijan | stowaway, found in Gatwick Airport (GB) in undercarriage of airplane from Baku (AZ) to London (GB) | IRR |
07/02/1998 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, found frozen in undercarriage of airplane, flying from Baku (AZ) to London Gatwick (GB) | MNS/IRR |
in Feb 98 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 50) | Armenia | suicide, in police cell in Renkum (NL), asylum application had been rejected twice | Respons |
in Feb 98 | 3 | N.N. | Iraq | drowned while trying to swim across the Evros/ Meric River between Turkey and Greece | GuardianUn. |
19/01/1998 | 1 | N.N. | Albania | mortally injured by boat propeller while travelling to Italy | FR/MNS |
08/01/1998 | 1 | Issah M. (30) | Togo | disappeared, presumed dead after deportation from Germany to Togo | ARI |
05/01/1998 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Kurdistan | suicide, set himself on fire after asylum application was rejected for second time (DE) | FR/MNS/ZAG |
in 1998 | 4 | N.N. | North Africa | found dead in irrigation ditch near La Jonquera (ES) | SOS |
in 1998 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | North Africa | stowaway, reportedly suffocated near Almería (ES) while hidden in a lorry | SOS |
31/12/1997 | 1 | Salko L. (man, 39) | Bosnia | suicide, hanged himself in psychiatric wing of detention centre in Tegel (DE) | CARF/ARI/ZAG |
13/12/1997 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Forst (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government/ZAG |
26/11/1997 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Oder River near Frankfurt (DE) while reportedly trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government/ZAG |
20/11/1997 | 12 | N.N. | Albania | reportedly drowned in the Adriatic Sea after dinghy travelling to Italy sprung a leak | MNS/VK/taz/AFP/Reu./FECL/Vita/LS/TL |
20/11/1997 | 5 | N.N. | Albania | died of hypothermia in the Adriatic Sea after dinghy sprung a leak | MNS/VK/taz/AFP/Reu./FECL/Vita/LS/TL |
07/11/1997 | 1 | Akim (man, 24) | Togo | jumped out of window to avoid police raid in his apartment block in Bremen (DE) | NCADC/Int. Menschenr. Ver. Bremen/ARI |
27/10/1997 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Görlitz (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government/ZAG |
22/10/1997 | 4 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned near Tarifa (ES) while travelling to Spain | EP/MNS/ST |
22/10/1997 | 13 | N.N. | North Africa | reportedly drowned near Tarifa (ES) while travelling to Spain | EP/MNS/ST |
18/10/1997 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in river Oder near Frankfurt (DE) reportedly trying to cross the Polish-German border | German Government/ZAG |
18/10/1997 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | frozen to death near Kipsdorf (DE) | German Government/ZAG |
in Oct 97 | 1 | Vikas Singh | Unknown | stowaway, froze to death in airplane wheel bay during flight to London (GB) | IRR |
16/09/1997 | 14 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned near Tanger (MA) while travelling to Spain | VK/taz/EP/MNS/ELM |
16/09/1997 | 10 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned near Tanger (MA) while travelling to Spain | VK/taz/EP/MNS/ELM |
15/09/1997 | 3 | N.N. | Iraq | killed by mines while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border; 11 injured | taz/AP/FR/IntHeraldTribune/MNS |
12/09/1997 | 1 | N.N. | Afghanistan | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Bahren/Forst (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/ZAG |
09/09/1997 | 1 | Afrim Magastena (man, 24) | Kosovo-Albania | suicide, hanged himself at refugee hostel in Prenzlau (DE) out of fear of deportation | CARF/ARI |
07/09/1997 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Deschka (DE) while trying to cross the Polish-German border | ARI/ZAG |
in Sep 97 | 26 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned while trying to cross the Strait of Gibraltar | Morgengr./IRR |
31/08/1997 | 1 | Kwame Osei (±30) | Ghana | jumped under train at Eberstadt (DE) when faced with threat of deportation | Morgengr./CARF/ARI/ZAG |
27/08/1997 | 1 | Zülfü Demirkan | Turkey | disappeared and presumed dead after being deported from Frankfurt (DE) to Turkey | ARI |
22/08/1997 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Ratzdorf (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | MOZ/ZAG |
16/08/1997 | 1 | Ali Polat (man) | Kurdistan-Turkey | presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Germany to Turkey | ARI |
09/08/1997 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Ratzdorf (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government/ZAG |
02/08/1997 | 7 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned near Pantelleria (IT) when boat sank on way to Italy | taz/DPA/TL |
01/08/1997 | 1 | Mohamed Boughnahmi | Tunisia | drowned, body found near Pantelleria (IT) | TL |
in Aug 97 | 4 | N.N. (4 men) | Morocco | found dead in ditch near Valencia (ES), reportedly asphyxiated while hidden in truck | MNS |
30/07/1997 | 1 | Ibrahim A. | Kurdistan-Turkey | reportedly dead, disappeared after being deported from Germany to Turkey | ARI |
26/07/1997 | 1 | Mihai Sandu (25) | Romania | suicide, found drowned near Oldenburg (DE) shortly after threat of deportation | FR/MNS/taz/NW/OL/ZAG |
11/07/1997 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Zentendorf (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government |
10/07/1997 | 1 | Halina Halim (44) | Afghanistan | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Guben (DE) close to PL-DE border, 10-year-old daughter missing | ZAG |
10/07/1997 | 1 | N.N. (girl, 10) | Afghanistan | presumed drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Guben (DE) close to PL-DE border, body mother found | ZAG |
04/07/1997 | 1 | N.N. (26) | Togo | drowned in the river Mosel near Schweich (DE) while trying to escape from police | Trierer Volksfreund/ZAG |
27/06/1997 | 1 | Liu Zen G. | China, unknown | killed in bus accident after German/Polish authorities forced their return | FFM/Pro Asyl/FR/MNS/ZAG |
27/06/1997 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | killed in bus accident after German/Polish authorities forced their return | FFM/Pro Asyl/FR/MNS/ZAG |
20/06/1997 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Hirschfelde (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government/ZAG |
17/06/1997 | 1 | N.N. | Afghanistan | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Bad Muskau (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government |
12/06/1997 | 24 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned near Tanger (MA) while travelling to Spain | AFP/taz/Tagesschau/EP/MNS/VK/MUGA |
12/06/1997 | 7 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned near Tangier (MA), while travelling to Spain | AFP/taz/Tagesschau/EP/MNS/VK |
10/06/1997 | 1 | N.N. | Afghanistan | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Guben (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government/ZAG |
09/06/1997 | 1 | F.F. (27) | Egypt | suicide, with a belt in Augsburg Prison (DE) | IMEDANA/ZAG |
04/06/1997 | 1 | Bektas Heval (26) | Kurdistan | burned, died in assumed arson attack at refugee hostel in Friedrichshafen (DE) | taz/DPA/Querblick/MNS/CARF/ZAG |
02/06/1997 | 1 | N.N. (baby) | Afghanistan | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Görlitz (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | taz/German authorities/FR/MNS/SDZ/ZA |
in June 97 | 23 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned after boat travelling to Spain capsized near Tanger (MA) | EP/MNS |
in June 97 | 1 | Dinari Elai Ben Lazar (man, 33) | Tunisia | died in Italy after 3 month hunger strike protesting detention without trial | CARF |
22/05/1997 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Oder River near Frankfurt (DE) reportedly trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government/ZAG |
06/05/1997 | 1 | N.N. (16) | Bosnia | suicide, in asylum centre in Chur (CH) | Bündner Tagblatt/SFH |
05/05/1997 | 17 | N.N. | Iraq | drowned between Turkish harbour Kusadasi and Greek island Samos | Haarlems Dagblad |
in May 97 | 1 | N.N. (man, 33) | Russia | suicide, in Halle penal institution (Saale, DE) out of fear of deportation | ARI/ZAG |
26/04/1997 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Bad Muskau (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government/ZAG |
15/04/1997 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Senegal | died in hospital after being found with hypothermia and frostbite near Deutschneudorf (DE) | ARI/ZAG |
03/04/1997 | 1 | Peter San Pedro (man, 25) | unknown | runover by lorry, after release by police suspicious of legal status who damaged vision during arrest | NCRM |
01/04/1997 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Köbeln (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | German Government/ZAG |
28/03/1997 | 87 | N.N. | Albania | drowned after refugee boat capsized due to collision with Italian army ship | Reu./taz/VK/MNS/SD/ST/LS/MP/Vita |
23/03/1997 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 12) | Kenya | stowaway, killed by airplane wheels on flight from Nairobi (KE) to London Gatwick (GB) | CARF/Guardian/IRR |
16/03/1997 | 11 | N.N. | Morocco, Lebanon | pressed between boxes during van accident in Figueres (ES) | DPA/taz |
16/03/1997 | 18 | N.N. | Iran, Iraq | drowned after boat capsized between Kas (TR) and Kastellorizo (GR) | MNS/FR/Libération |
in Mar 97 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Nigeria | stowaway, froze to death in airplane wheel bay during flight from Nigeria to London (GB) | IRR |
15/02/1997 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found frozen or drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Ostritz (DE) close to Polish-German border | SDZ/ZAG |
02/02/1997 | 2 | N.N. | North Africa | stowaways, bodies found in Pasaia (ES) on Cypriot ship named "Deike" | taz/DPA/ST |
02/02/1997 | 1 | Ivan Zamecznik (man, 35) | Croatia | suicide, civil war refugee in Regensburg (DE) fearing deportation | taz/ARD/ZDFvideotxt/MNS/CARF/IMEDA |
in Feb 97 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | stowaway, found suffocated in ship in Delfzijl (NL) from Cameroon | AD |
22/01/1997 | 1 | Bouasrai Benothmane | Algeria | thrown out of window during arrest in Algeria after deportation from Belgium | Vers l'Avenir/Solidaire/IRR/CARF |
11/01/1997 | 3 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar when small boat sank | taz/EP/MNS |
11/01/1997 | 7 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar when small boat sank | taz/EP/MNS |
10/01/1997 | 1 | Egzona Kastrati (girl, 4) | Kosovo | died in Monheim (DE) in a fire in refugee container with no fire protection, 3 sisters died | taz/Monitor/Berliner Ztg./ARI/CARF/ZAG |
10/01/1997 | 1 | Herbert Gabbidon (man, 68) | Jamaica | died in police custody in Walsall (GB) as efforts were being made to deport him | NCADC |
10/01/1997 | 1 | Vllaznnin Kastrati (baby girl, 3m) | Kosovo | died in Monheim (DE) in a fire in refugee container with no fire protection, 3 sisters died | taz/Monitor/Berliner Ztg./ARI/CARF/ZAG |
10/01/1997 | 1 | Hidajet Kastrati (girl, 3) | Kosovo | died in Monheim (DE) in a fire in refugee container with no fire protection, 3 sisters died | taz/Monitor/Berliner Ztg./ARI/CARF/ZAG |
04/01/1997 | 1 | Jean Masinga | Zaire | suicide, caused by depression in detention centre in Neuenburg Cernets (CH) | SFH/IRR/CARF |
in Jan 97 | 1 | Vasyl Balakin (man, 26) | Ukraine | suicide, hanged himself from scaffolding in Trieste (IT) after receiving expulsion order | IRR |
in Jan 97 | 1 | Tarek Ben Abdelatif Refgui(m,27) | Tunisia | died of head injuries while trying to land in Lampedusa (IT) with group of refugees | ILM/IRR |
in Jan 97 | 2 | N.N. | Tunisia | died in the Mediterranean Sea on ship to Lampedusa (IT) | ILM/IRR/Italian authorities |
in Jan 97 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | stowaways, died of hunger while in container of Kenyan ship in Antwerp (BE) | Le Soir/La Libre Belgique/MNS |
in Jan 97 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | stowaways, died from inhaling insecticides on Ghanaian ship in Saint-Malo (FR) | Le Monde/Libération/MNS |
in 1997 | 1 | M'Bicha | Zaire | suffocated with a pillow at Brussels Airport (BE) during expulsion procedure | Público |
in 1997 | 3 | N.N. | Nigeria, Liberia | stowaways, died of toxic gas while on board Danish vessel | BAZ |
in 1997 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Africa | stowaways, died of toxic gas in hold of cargo ship while travelling to Amsterdam (NL) | AmsStadsblad |
in 1997 | 40 | N.N. | unknown | shot and buried by police after getting caught crossing the Turkish-Iranian border at Baskale (TR) | StreetJ/NoHuman |
25/12/1996 | 283 | N.N. (children; women; men) | India, Pakist., Sri Lanka | drowned near Malta after Greek captain intentionally sank vessel carrying refugees | taz/UNHCR/DPA/MNS/ZDF/LR/VK/FR/IR |
25/12/1996 | 1 | Anpalagan Ganeshu (17) | Sri Lanka | drowned near Malta after Greek captain intentionally sank vessel carrying refugees | MNS |
06/12/1996 | 1 | P. Subramaniyam (woman, 35) | Sri Lanka | died of cold and exhaustion, found frozen on Czech-German border near Eggersberg (DE) | VK/SDZ/Morgengr./BGS/ZAG |
in Dec 96 | 1 | Mustafa Diffalah (man, 32) | Algeria | suicide, jumped from window in France after residence permit was denied | CARF |
24/11/1996 | 1 | Alfa Biyao Sabi Touré (man, 35) | Togo | suicide, hanged himself in Lörrach Prison (DE) out of fear of deportation and persecution | ProAsyl/MNS/ZAG |
06/11/1996 | 1 | Mohammed Sharkeri (man) | Iran | suicide, in Stockholm (SE) when faced with repatriation | FARR/MNS |
04/11/1996 | 1 | Senad Becirovic (man) | Bosnia | suicide, in Berlin (DE) after he was ordered to leave Germany | SDZ/FR/MNS/ZAG |
03/11/1996 | 3 | N.N. (3 young men) | China | hit by train near Ventimiglia (IT) while trying to walk to France along railroad tracks | IRR |
27/10/1996 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in the Oder River near Lebus (DE) while trying to cross the Polish-German border | MOZ/FFM/ARI/GermanGovernment/ZAG |
21/10/1996 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead by police near Cádiz (ES) | MUGAK |
16/10/1996 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | found dead by police near Cádiz (ES) | MUGAK |
14/10/1996 | 1 | Vijay Sainu (man, 19) | India | stowaway, froze to death in airplane wheel bay during flight New Delhi (IN) to London Heathrow (GB) | IRR/OBV/MNS/ITV/Independent |
11/10/1996 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | found dead by police near Tangier (MA) | MUGAK |
09/10/1996 | 25 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned in the Strait of Gibraltar after small boat sank | ELM |
in Oct 96 | 1 | Mohamed Korrich (man, 25) | Algeria | suicide, jumped from train near Opicina (IT) out of fear of deportation to Slovenia | CARF/IRR/ILM |
23/09/1996 | 1 | Ahire Naruna Awaifo (man, 25) | Nigeria | killed in demonstration in Guinea Bissau after expulsion from Spain | MNS/EP/AI |
21/09/1996 | 1 | N.N. (36) | Ukraine | died in arson attack on refugee hostel in Menden (DE) | ZAG |
12/09/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | stowaway, drowned in bay of the River Seine (FR) after jumping from ship | MNS/Le Monde |
09/09/1996 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Oder River near Frankfurt (DE) trying to cross Polish-German border | BT-Drucksache/ZAG |
08/09/1996 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, body found in fuselage of airplane in Frankfurt am Main (DE) | BT-Drucksache/jW/ZAG |
07/09/1996 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Görlitz (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | SDZ/FFM/ARI/GermanGovernment/ZAG |
05/09/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | shot dead while trying to enter Spain through the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | ABC |
04/09/1996 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Bangladesh | found dead, reportedly suicide in court of youth refugee centre in Berlin (D) | ARI/ZAG |
02/09/1996 | 1 | Ibrahim Demiri | Albania | drowned near Puglia (IT) after falling off motorboat while being pursued by customs/border police | ILM/IRR |
in Sep 96 | 1 | N.N. | Russia | stowaway, found frozen to death in airplane wheel bay on flight from Russia to Rome (IT) | MNS |
25/08/1996 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Görlitz (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | BT-Drucksache/ZAG |
22/08/1996 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Guben (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | BT-Drucksache |
06/08/1996 | 1 | Lenley Nestor Yengnagueba(m25) | Togo | jumped out of window of his home in Stockholm (ES) after immigration police rang doorbell | Svenska Dagbladet/Dagens Nyheter/FAR |
01/08/1996 | 1 | N.N. (man, 32) | Albania | suicide, shot himself in Gelsenkirchen (DE) | ZAG |
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in Aug 96 | 1 | Metin Akbel | Turkey | presumed dead, disappeared after being deported from Germany to Turkey | ARI |
in Aug 96 | 1 | Ivica Matic (34 ) | Serbia | stepped on mine after agreeing to "voluntary" deportation to Sarajevo from Germany | ZAG |
In Aug 96 | 1 | Mohammed Yaqoob (man, 49) | Pakistan | died in Pakistan after British officials blocked trip to GB for bypass operation in case of visa overstay | IRR |
29/07/1996 | 1 | El Hassam Rizk | Ghana | body found with many wounds on head in Cieza (ES) | ELM/Diario Vasco |
29/07/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Ghana | stowaway, found suffocated in Coruña (ES) | ELM/Diario Vasco |
28/07/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | found dead with multiple wounds in Aitona (ES) | Diario Vasco/Egin |
16/07/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Kurdistan | suicide, hanged himself in Kassel Prison (DE) | IRR |
14/07/1996 | 1 | Juri Palienko (man, 49) | Ukraine | suicide, in detention centre in Erding (DE) | AN/JW/ARI/ProAsyl/ZAG/Blackbox |
01/07/1996 | 1 | Amir Salehi (man, 24) | Iran | suicide, set himself on fire in Crailo (NL) out of fear of deportation, died in Beverwijk Hospital (NL) | VK/Fabel van de Illegaal |
in July 96 | 1 | N.N. | Nigeria | suicide, hanged himself in Kassel prison (DE) | jW/IRR |
30/06/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Iraq | died in minefield near Alexandropolis (GR) | Diário de Notícias |
30/06/1996 | 3 | N.N. | Iraq, Algeria | died in minefield while trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | Diário de Notícias/BRC |
30/06/1996 | 1 | Reza Hashemy | Iran | died under mysterious circumstances after repatriation, Dutch authorities rejected asylum claim | MNS/NRC/AD/Trouw/CARF |
29/06/1996 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, 18, 21) | Romania | fell to his death in Altenberg (DE) while fleeing Czech-German border control | SDZ/ZAG |
25/06/1996 | 1 | Victor Onag Hnor | Nigeria | jumped in the Havel River, Berlin (DE) after threat of deportation | Asyl in der Kirche/ARI/ZAG |
10/06/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Nigeria | died under suspicious circumstances in refugee centre at Ter Apel (NL), fearing traffickers | VK/Focus |
06/06/1996 | 1 | Jude Akubakar (boy, 16) | Sierra Leone | drowned in Hamburg (DE) while fleeing people he assumed to be police | ND/OL/FR-H/ARI/ZAG |
in June 96 | 1 | Mohamed S. | Iran | suicide, after authorities in Sweden wanted to review his successful asylum claim | Artikel14 |
27/05/1996 | 1 | Yemu Kebede (man, 27) | Ethiopia | suicide, hanged himself at Hellersen Hospital in Lüdenscheid (DE) | ARI/ZAG |
26/05/1996 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Sagar, Krauschwitz (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | BT-Drucksache |
26/05/1996 | 2 | N.N. (2 men, 20) | Algeria | died in fire in Kassel Prison (DE), calls for help ignored, authorities claim they barricaded cell | FR/JW/BerlinerZtg/ZAG |
21/05/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned, body found by police near Cádiz (ES) | MUGAK |
17/05/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned, body found by police near Cádiz (ES) | MUGAK |
11/05/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | drowned near Sana Amaro in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) on his way to Andalusia (ES) | SOS/Egin/Police |
26/04/1996 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found off coast of Lampedusa (IT) | TL |
25/04/1996 | 1 | Apedo Lossou-Gavo (man) | Togo | suicide, hanged himself in Landshut (DE) after his asylum application was rejected | MNS/ProAsyl/AG3F/JW/ZAG |
25/04/1996 | 26 | N.N. | Sri Lanka, Africa | drowned near Vieste (IT) when 2 boats entered rough waters | taz/TL |
25/04/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Iran | suicide, hanged himself in Haarlem (NL) after asylum application was rejected | VK |
25/04/1996 | 4 | N.N. (4 men) | Sri Lanka | drowned in rough waters near Vieste (IT) | TL |
25/04/1996 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | Sri Lanka | drowned in rough waters near Vieste (IT) | TL |
24/04/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Romania | drowned in Le Havre (FR) trying to board Canadian ship | MNS/Le Figaro |
24/04/1996 | 1 | Tatjana I. Kabakchieva | Bulgaria | drowned in the Oder River trying to cross the Polish-German border | FFM/ND/Uckermark-Kurier/ZAG |
23/04/1996 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned trying to cross Polish-German border via the Oder River near Frankfurt an der Oder (DE) | BT-Drucksache |
22/03/1996 | 1 | Abdellah E.K. (man) | Morocco | drowned near Barbate (ES) after jumping overboard fearing police inspection | SOS/Egin |
22/03/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned near Barbate (ES) after jumping overboard fearing police inspection | SOS/Egin |
16/03/1996 | 1 | Ibrahima Sey (man, 29) | Gambia | died after being teargassed with CS-spray while handcuffed at police station in London (GB) | MNS/NCRM |
15/03/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Iraq | drowned after jumping off cargo ship near Hamburg (DE) | Jelpke/jW |
15/03/1996 | 1 | Noorjahan Begum (woman, 35) | Bangladesh | fell from balcony of her home while fleeing immigration officers (GB) | NCADC/IRR |
11/03/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Albania | drowned trying to cross the Strait of Otranto | ILM |
02/03/1996 | 1 | N.N. | Sudan | died trying to evade port officials in the Spanish enclave of Melilla (ES) | Diario de Noticias/IRR |
29/02/1996 | 4 | N.N. | Liberia | drowned after being forced to jump from Maltese ship in Gran Canaria (ES) | Egin |
22/02/1996 | 1 | Jean-Baptiste Malan (man, 33) | Ivory Coast | suicide, in Murrhardt (DE) out of fear of deportation the same day | taz/Morgengr./jW/ZAG |
25/01/1996 | 1 | Enver Bolut (45) | Kurdistan | suicide, in Delmenhorst (DE) out of fear of deportation | taz/Morgengr./ARI /ZAG |
23/01/1996 | 1 | Thavalojan Kandasamy | Sri Lanka | suicide, in detention centre/police prison at Linz (AT) out of fear of deportation | Der Standard/SOS Mitm./Asylkoord. |
22/01/1996 | 1 | Mohamed Chetef (man, 26) | Algeria | died in a fire he instigated as cry for help after being held at Bergen prison (Norway) for 9 months | CARF/Samora/Svenska Dagbladet/ST/Be |
18/01/1996 | 1 | Christelle Makodila Nsimba (girl,6) | Zaire | died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (DE) | IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG |
18/01/1996 | 1 | Christine Makodila (woman, 19) | Zaire | died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (DE) | IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG |
18/01/1996 | 1 | Françoise Makodila Landu (w, 27) | Zaire | died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (DE) | IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG |
18/01/1996 | 1 | Jean-Daniel Makodila Kosi (boy, 1) | Zaire, Germany | died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (DE) | IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG |
18/01/1996 | 1 | Legrand Makodila Mbongo (boy,4) | Zaire, Germany | died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (DE) | IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG |
18/01/1996 | 1 | Miya Makodila (girl, 12) | Zaire | died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (DE) | IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG |
18/01/1996 | 1 | Monica Maiamba Bungo (w, 27) | Angola | died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (DE) | IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG |
18/01/1996 | 1 | Nsuzana Bunga (girl, 6) | Angola | died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (DE) | IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG |
18/01/1996 | 1 | Rabia el Omari (boy, 17) | Lebanon | died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (DE) | IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG |
18/01/1996 | 1 | Sylvio Bruno C. Amossou (m, 27) | Togo | died in arson attack against refugee hostel in Lübeck (DE) | IRR/Independent/BAIN news/ZAG |
17/01/1996 | 1 | Igor Horvat | Bosnia | suicide, hanged himself at the Den Bosch Prison (NL) | IRR/VK |
14/01/1996 | 1 | Peter Quarson | Ghana | died after spending 3 months in a coma following police interrogation in Antwerp (BE) | Chris de Stoop |
11/01/1996 | 3 | N.N. (2 children; 1 woman) | Iraq | drowned after being thrown off Turkish boat near Kos (GR) | Ta Nea/MNS |
09/01/1996 | 1 | N.N. | India | died in forest near Varena (LT) while trying to enter Lithuania | MNS |
03/01/1996 | 1 | A. Yhan (man, 25) | Kurdistan-Turkey | suicide, hanged himself with phone cord, fearing deportation from France, asylum application rejected | IRR/Libération |
in Jan 96 | 1 | N.N. | Albania | drowned near Valona (IT) after small boat got caught in stormy weather | IRR/ILM |
28/12/1995 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | stowaways, found dead when boat reached the port of Antwerp (BE) | MNS/Le Soir/CRIDA report |
17/12/1995 | 1 | Naeen Akram (man, 24) | Pakistan | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Bahren-Zelz (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | LausitzerR/TS/ND/FFM/LRBrand/ZAG |
15/12/1995 | 2 | N.N. | Benin | found dead on German cargo ship in Antwerp (BE) | Le Soir/MNS |
13/12/1995 | 1 | Necmettin T. (boy, 17) | Kurdistan | suicide, set himself on fire in Hamburg (DE) after asylum application was rejected | ZAG |
01/12/1995 | 2 | N.N. | Albania | drowned after boat capsized near Santa Cesarea Terme (IT) | VK/IRR/ILM/CDS/FECL/TL |
01/12/1995 | 17 | N.N. | Albania | missing after boat capsized near Santa Cesarea Terme (IT) | VK/IRR/ILM/CDS/FECL |
30/11/1995 | 19 | N.N. | Albania | drowned after dinghy sank off the Strait of Otranto near Italy | TL |
19/11/1995 | 1 | N.N. | Zaire | jumped from the window of apartment building in the Netherlands to avoid police arrest | Trouw/MNS |
16/11/1995 | 1 | N.N. (man, 24) | Algeria | suicide, hanged himself in prison in Dresden (DE) fearing deportation planned the following week | BT-Drucksache/ZAG |
09/11/1995 | 1 | Masut Iqubal (man, 24) | Pakistan | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Podrosche (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | FFM/ZAG |
08/11/1995 | 1 | N.N. | New Zealand | died, fell from ferry in Harwich, Essex (GB) after immigration request was rejected | The Standard/IRR |
05/11/1995 | 1 | Esser F. (man, 35) | unknown | suicide, hanged himself in prison in Holstenglacis, Hamburg (DE) out of fear of deportation | ARI/ZAG |
in Nov 95 | 1 | Garim Fokassian | Armenia | suicide, in Vienna (AT) after asylum claim was rejected | Asylkoordination Österreich |
28/10/1995 | 1 | Djemal Flissa (man, 29) | Algeria | died after 44 day hunger strike, tied to stretcher in air ambulance deportation from GB to Algeria | CARF/IRR |
25/10/1995 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | 1 drowned, 1 disappeared near Gibraltar (GB) after small boat capsized | EP |
25/10/1995 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 16) | Bangladesh | hit by car in Regensburg (DE) after being abandoned by traffickers at night | ZAG |
24/10/1995 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | drowned in Canal Saint-Denis in Paris (FR) while fleeing from police check | Le Monde/MNS |
22/10/1995 | 1 | Bayeh Arefayne (man, 19) | Ethiopia | suicide, set himself on fire in London (GB) after asylum application was rejected | CARF/NCRM/IRR |
07/10/1995 | 1 | N.N. (23) | Algeria | fell to death trying to escape from detention centre in Paris (FR) | Le Monde/MNS |
06/10/1995 | 1 | Solomon Mersha Mergia (man, 32) | Ethiopia | suicide, drowned himself in the Rhein-Main-Donau canal in Bamberg (DE) | IMEDANA/ZAG |
in Oct 95 | 4 | N.N. | Pakistan | drowned in Oder-Neisse River while trying to cross Polish-German border | LausitzerR/TS/ND/FFM/LRBrand. |
in Oct 95 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Iran | killed after deportation from Turkey to Iran following failed attempt to seek asylum in Turkey | TAZ |
24/09/1995 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | drowned near the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) while attempting to flee to Spain | El Pueblo de Ceuta |
19/09/1995 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after jumping from ship, bodies found in the Gulf of La Spezia (IT) | GiulianoNewsChronicle/ANSA |
13/09/1995 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Oder River near Brieskow-Finkenheerd (DE) close to Polish-German border | FFM/ZAG |
13/09/1995 | 4 | N.N. | Pakistan | killed in minefield near Kastanies (GR) by the Turkish border | ANA |
11/09/1995 | 3 | N.N. | Albania | drowned after dinghy caught fire and capsized in the Strait of Otranto | VK/taz/CDS/FECL/TL |
11/09/1995 | 12 | N.N. | Albania | reportedly drowned after dinghy caught fire and capsized in the Strait of Otranto | CDS/FECL/TL |
29/08/1995 | 2 | N.N. | Ghana, Chad | died in arson attack in Ulm (DE) | ZAG |
25/08/1995 | 1 | Muttavel Vasananthan (man, 25) | Sri Lanka | suicide, hanged himself in Norwich Prison (GB), he was a Tamil asylum seeker | CARF/IRR/Searchlight |
25/08/1995 | 1 | N.N. (man, 60) | Poland | suicide, hanged himself in deportation centre in Frankfurt am Main (DE) | taz/ZAG |
22/08/1995 | 1 | N.N. (man, 21) | Morocco | suicide, hanged himself in deportation centre in Frankfurt am Main (DE) | taz/ZAG |
20/08/1995 | 1 | Todor Bogdanovic (boy, 8) | Former Yugoslavia (Roma) | shot by French police on mountain pass while entering from Italy, he was Roma | Reu/AP/AFP/Vk/ST/IHFHR |
16/08/1995 | 1 | Selliah Jeyakularajah (man, 35) | Sri Lanka | suicide, by climbing an electricity pole and touching a cable in Görisried (DE) | ZAG/Blackbox |
16/08/1995 | 1 | Louis I. (man, 29) | Nigeria | suicide, hanged himself in Wolfenbüttel detention centre (DE) out of fear of deportation | TAZ/Morgengr./SDZ/Pro asyl/ZAG |
10/08/1995 | 1 | Djouabi Azzeddine | Algeria | drowned, possibly murdered, near Angulo (ES) while trying to escape deportation | El Pueblo de Ceuta |
26/07/1995 | 1 | N.N. (man, 36) | Bosnia | suicide, by jumping from the window of his appartment on the 6th floor in Berlin (DE) | Berliner Zeitung/ZAG |
20/07/1995 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | died of dehydration in Spanish vehicle coming from Tangier (MA), found in Castres (FR) | Libération/MNS |
17/07/1995 | 1 | Abdullah A. (man) | Afghanistan | reportedly suicide, found strangled in Trausnitzstrasse refugee centre in München (DE) | ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Chandima Endirisinghe | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Chinteka Silva | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Haridar Kuman | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Jaya Kumar F. Pulle | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Manoj Arizrathan | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Ormandas | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Pradeepan | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Prince Fernando (man) | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Raja Dhama | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Rames Sobramanium | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Rilwan Abdul Salam | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Sitrambalam V. Murthy | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Siwa Loganathan | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Sumanasena | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Tennekoon | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Tusara Fernando | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Ukkuwa Malkanthi | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
15/07/1995 | 1 | Vasu | Sri Lanka | suffocated in sealed trailer in Györ (HU) | Reu/AP/DAZ/Budapestsun/ZAG |
14/07/1995 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Oder River near Eisenhüttenstadt (DE) close to Polish-German border | FFM/ZAG |
08/07/1995 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Peru | hit by train in the French Alps in Menton (FR) while walking on tracks to Italy | Libération/MNS |
in July 95 | 1 | Mohamed Bezgour (man) | Morocco | drowned after being thrown overboard by traffickers in Marbella (ES) | ELM/EP/IRR |
in July 95 | 2 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned after boat capsized near Tarifa (ES) | ELM/EP/IRR |
26/06/1995 | 1 | Celal Akan (man, 36) | Kurdistan | died from liver disorder in Celle (DE) after refusing to pay for operation | taz/DPA/MNS/ZAG |
22/06/1995 | 1 | Eisam Chandin (9) | Lebanon | died from smoke poisoning after arson attack on refugee home in Bochum (DE) | ARI |
17/06/1995 | 1 | Dalb Abad | Iraq | stowaway, reportedly drowned off coast of Spain after being forced to leave Cypriot ship | CEAR/Spanish authorities |
17/06/1995 | 1 | Majar Abrahem (man) | Iraq | stowaway, reportedly drowned off coast of Spain after being forced to leave a Cypriot ship | CEAR/Spanish authorities |
17/06/1995 | 1 | Vo Xuan Cuong (man, 38) | Vietnam | died while police were hounding black market sellers in Berlin (DE) | jW/BeZe/Was geht ab?/ZAG |
14/06/1995 | 1 | Suppiah Selvarajah (man, 31) | Sri Lanka | suffocated when his dwelling in the slum in Madrid (ES) caught fire | Egin/Diario Vasco |
13/06/1995 | 1 | Moses Ganaja (man, 30) | Sudan | suicide, hanged himself in the deportation centre in Halle (DE) | Pro Asyl/ZAG |
11/06/1995 | 1 | Kondeca Dealmeda (man, 30) | Zaire | suicide, hanged himself in detention centre Volkstedt (DE) in fear of deportation; aka Mapasi Jeancy | FR-SA/ADN/DPA/Pro asyl/ZAG |
07/06/1995 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Lodenau (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | FFM/ZAG |
03/06/1995 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Oder River near Brieskow-Finkenheerd (DE) close to Polish-German border | FFM/ZAG |
in June 95 | 1 | Mrs. Rostas (woman) | Romania | drowned in Oder-Neisse River while trying to cross Polish-German border | Aktion Zuflucht/ZAG |
in June 95 | 1 | N.N. (child) | unknown | drowned in Oder River on PL-DE border after its mother tied her child to her waist and tried to swim | ZDF/ZAG |
27/05/1995 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Hohenwutzen (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | FFM/ZAG |
19/05/1995 | 1 | Jaswant Singh (man, 33) | India | suicide, hanged himself in Regensburg (DE) out of fear of deportation | ESG/Pro Asyl/taz/SDZ/BT-Drucks./IMEDA |
09/05/1995 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Görlitz (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | FFM/LRBrand/ZAG |
01/05/1995 | 1 | Brahim Bouraam (man, 29) | Morocco | drowned in the River Seine (FR) after being caught by skinheads at Front National rally | CARF/IRR/Searchlight |
in May 95 | 1 | N.N. (baby) | Zaire | died in labour after doctor refused to help at first aid station near Caserta (IT) | CARF/IRR/Searchlight |
30/04/1995 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Oder River near Aurith (DE) close to Polish-German border | FFM/ZAG |
28/04/1995 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found dead at Swiss mountain Monte Caprino (CH) | TA/Arbeitsstelle für Asylfr. |
17/04/1995 | 1 | Ahmed Polap (man, 23) | Kurdistan-Turkey | suicide, jumped under train in Munich (DE) out of fear of deportation | ESG/ARI/SDZ/IMEDANA/ZAG/CARF |
17/04/1995 | 1 | N.N. | Iran | suicide, at asylum centre in Haarlem (NL) | Parool/MNS |
08/04/1995 | 1 | Kassimou-Djibril Ouro-D.T.(m, 27) | Togo | suicide, hanged himself with a blanket in prison in Hamburg (DE) out of fear of deportation | taz/Hamburger Abendblatt/ZAG |
29/03/1995 | 1 | N.N. | Albania | shot dead by Greek border control while entering from Albania | Trouw |
28/03/1995 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | unknown | stowaways, bodies found in Romanian ship at seaport in Amsterdam (NL) | VK |
20/03/1995 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned after jumping into the water after being discovered by Spanish police | SOS |
12/03/1995 | 1 | El Kadaoui (man, 22) | Morocco | suicide, while awaiting deportation in youth prison in Wiesbaden (DE) | taz/JW/FR/Konkret/pro asyl/ZAG |
09/03/1995 | 1 | N.N. | Ivory Coast | stowaway, drowned in Le Havre (FR) after being sent back by French police | Libération |
07/03/1995 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, suffocated in Valencia (ES) on ship that had arrived from Ivory Coast | EP/Egin/Diario/ST |
06/03/1995 | 1 | N.N. | Liberia | stowaway, suffocated in Valencia (ES) on ship that had arrived from Ivory Coast | EP/Egin/Diario/ST |
06/03/1995 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, suffocated in Valencia (ES) on ship that had arrived from Ivory Coast | EP/Egin/Diario/ST |
in Mar 95 | 1 | N.N. (baby) | unknown | died after doctors refused to offer free help at hospital near Rome (IT) | CARF/IRR/Searchlight |
26/02/1995 | 1 | Abiyou Tilaye (man, 37) | Ethiopia | suicide, in detention centre in Würzburg (DE) | taz/SDZ/AN/ESG/ProAsyl/ZAG |
26/02/1995 | 1 | N.N. | Albania | shot by a policeman near Florina (GR) when 11 Albanians were arrested | Libération/MNS |
13/02/1995 | 1 | Bat Bold | Mongolia | died in Löwenströmska Hospital (SE) after falling ill in detention centre, lacking appropriate healthcare | FARR |
10/02/1995 | 1 | N.N. | Gambia | stabbed to death on train from Hamburg to Bremen (DE), asylum seeker | CARF/IRR/Searchlight |
09/02/1995 | 1 | Yohannes Alemu (man, 27) | Ethiopia | suicide, in the Donau River in Regensburg (DE) out of fear of deportation | Morgengr./AN/ESG/ZAG |
02/02/1995 | 1 | Sammy Nelson (man, 26) | Liberia | beaten to death by police during blitz operation in container camp in München (DE) | Was geht ab?/IRR/ZAG |
in Feb 95 | 1 | Valentina Featherstone (w, 39) | Latvia | suicide, in County Durham (GB) out of fear of her mother's deportation | Independent/NCRM/IRR |
in Feb 95 | 1 | Zinaida Mitzofanova (woman, 63) | Latvia | suicide, in County Durham (GB) out of fear of deportation | Independent/NCRM/IRR |
21/01/1995 | 1 | Kazim Kustul (man, 23) | Turkey | froze to death in Rehefeld/Erzgebirge (DE) on flight from Czech Republic to Germany | Infobrief ASYL /GSA Pirna/ZAG/PrivateSo |
20/01/1995 | 1 | Amar M. Tair (man, 26) | Algeria | suicide, hanged himself in detention centre Wittlich (DE) 2 days after interview with Algerian Consulate | jW/Was geht ab?/Morgengr./ProAsyl/ZAG |
17/01/1995 | 2 | N.N. (2 men) | Ghana | stowaways, found poisoned by pesticides in a cargo ship in St. Malo (FR) | CARF/MNS |
15/01/1995 | 1 | Papie Mukuna | Zaire | suicide, at asylum centre in Den Helder (NL) out of fear of deportation | PRIME |
08/01/1995 | 3 | N.N. (3 children) | Serbia | died in a fire caused by arson attack in refugee centre in Mellendorf near Hannover (DE) | Guardian/taz/ARI/ZAG |
08/01/1995 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 27) | Serbia | died in a fire caused by arson attack in refugee centre in Mellendorf near Hannover (DE) | Guardian/taz/ARI/ZAG |
04/01/1995 | 2 | N.N. (2 girls, 2, 4) | Kosovo | died in a fire at refugee centre in Zell im Wiesental (DE) | Konkret/ZAG |
01/01/1995 | 1 | Akim Mama (man) | Morocco | suicide, hanged himself in police headquarter in Paris (FR) while awaiting deportation | CARF/IRR/Searchlight |
in 1995 | 1 | Mathias Zohere (man) | Ivory Coast | suicide, hanged himself in Ivory Coast prison after asylum claim was rejected in Germany | ZAG |
28/12/1994 | 1 | M.D.D. (woman) | Dominican Republic | suicide, in Bilbao (ES) out of fear of expulsion | Egin |
23/12/1994 | 1 | Mamoudu (27) | Guinea | stowaway, found in Santurtzi (ES) locked in cabin of ship that travelled to Russia, Germany, Belgium | Egin |
16/12/1994 | 1 | Shiji Lapite (man, 34) | Nigeria | suffocated after being put in headlock during arrest by London police (GB) | Independent/MNS/Searchlight/1990/NCR |
16/12/1994 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died while travelling with 63 refugees on 3 rubber rafts in Baltic Sea near Gotland (SE) | FECL |
01/12/1994 | 1 | Jeyakumar R. | Sri Lanka | suicide, in St. Gallen (CH) out of fear of deportation | Arbeitsst. Asylfragen/TA |
in Dec 94 | 1 | N.N. | Iraq | died during voyage to Sweden; 62 refugees survived and reached Gotland island (SE) | MNS |
29/11/1994 | 4 | N.N. | Algeria | stowaways, drowned after jumping into the River Seine (FR) following their discovery in Le Havre (FR) | Le Monde/MNS/De Stoop |
17/11/1994 | 9 | N.N. | Rwanda | drowned after 2 Turkish boats carrying migrants sank near Pserimos (GR) | Ta Nea |
in Nov 94 | 1 | Moussa Touibregueba (man) | Algeria | presumed dead, disappeared after deportation from Frankfurt (DE) to Algeria | ARI |
26/10/1994 | 1 | N.N. | Albania | drowned after boat carrying 17 refugees capsized in the Adriatic Sea | MNS |
23/10/1994 | 1 | Joseph Nnalue (man, 31) | Nigeria | died after falling from 4th floor of building in London (GB) during immigration raid | Guardian/IRR/MNS/Indep./CARF/NCADC |
18/10/1994 | 2 | N.N. (2 babies) | Kurdistan | found dead after shipwreck near Cesine-Otranto (IT) | TL |
16/10/1994 | 1 | Abdullah J. (man, 35) | Morocco | suicide, hanged himself with T-shirt in Ludwigsburg Prison (DE) out of fear of deportation | ProAsyl/SZ/ZAG |
12/10/1994 | 2 | N.N. (2 women) | Albania | drowned after 2 boats capsized in the Strait of Otranto (IT) | MNS/FECL/TL |
12/10/1994 | 10 | N.N. | Albania | missing after 2 boats capsized in the Strait of Otranto (IT) | MNS/FECL/TL |
12/10/1994 | 1 | N.N. (child) | Albania | reportedly drowned after boat capsized in the Strait of Otranto (IT) | TL |
06/10/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sri Lanka | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Gross Gastrose (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI /ZAG |
01/10/1994 | 2 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned in the Mediterranean Sea before reaching Pantelleria (IT) | ILM/IRR |
30/09/1994 | 2 | N.N. | Morocco | missing after boat carrying 30 refugees capsized near Pantelleria (IT) | MNS |
28/09/1994 | 1 | Romni Bukurjie Haliti (woman, 23) | Kosovo | died in a fire caused by arson attack in refugee camp in Herford (DE) | taz/Jelpke/CARF/ZDF/ARD/Berliner Ztg. |
28/09/1994 | 1 | Navgim Haliti (boy, 11) | Kosovo | died in a fire caused by arson attack in refugee camp in Herford (DE), he was Roma | taz/Jelpke/CARF/ZDF/ARD/Berliner Ztg. |
27/09/1994 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman ±70; 1 man, ±70) | Bosnia | fell to their death while walking through German Alps, trying to reach their daughter in Hessen (DE) | ZDF/BGS/German Government/ZAG |
04/09/1994 | 1 | Lampo. Kanapathippillai | Sri Lanka | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Zasieki (PL) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/Morgengr./ZAG |
04/09/1994 | 1 | Mosses Raian | Sri Lanka | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Zasieki (PL) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/Morgengr./ZAG |
04/09/1994 | 1 | Pava Sathiarathi | Sri Lanka | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Zasieki (PL) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/Morgengr./ZAG |
04/09/1994 | 1 | Sellaiah Subathira | Sri Lanka | missing, reportedly drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Zasieki (PL), trying to cross Polish-DE border | ARI/Morgengr./ZAG |
04/09/1994 | 1 | Sutharsan Kanthasamy | Sri Lanka | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Zasieki (PL) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/Morgengr./ZAG |
04/09/1994 | 1 | Thevek Pathmanathan | Sri Lanka | missing, reportedly drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Zasieki (PL), trying to cross Polish-DE border | ARI/Morgengr./ZAG |
04/09/1994 | 1 | Alosies Jeyaratnam | Sri Lanka | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Zasieki (PL) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/Morgengr./ZAG |
04/09/1994 | 1 | Arunagiri Rasaiah | Sri Lanka | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Zasieki (PL) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ZAG |
30/08/1994 | 1 | Kola Bankole (man, 30) | Nigeria | died at Frankfurt Airport (DE) after being gagged and sedated in preparation for deportation to Nigeria | taz/pro asyl/IRR/ST/NCADC/VRF/ZAG/Bl |
25/08/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Nepal | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Forst (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/BGS/ZAG |
23/08/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Algeria | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Guben (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/BGS |
22/08/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Guben (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/BGS/ZAG |
21/08/1994 | 2 | N.N. (2 minors) | Kosovo | froze to death near Swedish refugee camp after police refused efficient search | Svenska Dagbladet/MNS |
13/08/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Morocco | stowaway, drowned while attempting to escape after reaching Antwerp (BE) | Le Soir/MNS |
in Aug 94 | 1 | N.N. | Bosnia | suicide, in Gelsenkirchen (DE) after request to move to relatives for family reunion was rejected | ZAG |
25/07/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Croatia | suicide, in police station in Bayern (DE) 2 days before he was due to be deported | Jelpke/ZAG |
25/07/1994 | 1 | J.K. (man) | Former Yugoslavia | suicide, hanged himself in hospital at Wasserburg am Inn (DE) | ZAG |
18/07/1994 | 1 | Mohamed F. B. (boy, 14) | Morocco | drowned, fell into the water while climbing aboard Transmed shipping vessel to Spain | Egin |
09/07/1994 | 1 | Gabriel Juliao Mavonda (man, 21) | Angola | suicide, jumped off scaffolding on building in Berlin (DE) out of fear of deportation | taz/ZAG |
03/07/1994 | 1 | Sinathamby Mohanadas (man, 26) | Sri Lanka | suicide, hanged himself in the forest in Hattorf (DE) out of fear of deportation | taz/ProAsyl/ARI/Stern/ZAG |
03/07/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iran | suicide, hanged himself in Bützow Prison in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (DE) | wib/FR Nie-Sa/ZAG |
30/06/1994 | 1 | Halim Dener (boy, 17) | Kurdistan | shot by off-duty policeman while hanging ERNK posters in Hannover (DE) | ZAG |
29/06/1994 | 1 | Moussa Daoudi (man, 28) | Algeria | suicide, jumped from window in detention centre in Homberg (DE) after rejected asylum application | ProAsyl/ARI/ZAG |
29/06/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man, 19) | Kurdistan | suicide, hanged himself in penal institution in Vechta (DE) out of fear of deportation | KlaroFix/ZAG |
22/06/1994 | 1 | Mohamed Badaoui (boy, 9) | unknown | died from toxic fumes after arson attack on refugee centre in Bochum (DE) | ARI |
15/06/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man, 19) | Romania | shot in the head by policeman in Kyritz (DE) | ARI/ZAG |
02/06/1994 | 1 | Zhou Zhe Gun (man, 43) | China | suicide, strangled himself in Volkstedt detention centre (DE) after asylum application was rejected | ProAsyl/OL/CARF/ZAG |
in June 94 | 1 | N.N. | North Macedonia | tortured to death in North Macedonia after expulsion from the Netherlands | AD/MNS |
29/05/1994 | 1 | Kuldeep Singh (man) | India | killed by airport police in New Delhi (IN) 2 days after deportation from Germany | ProAsyl/OL/ZAG |
24/05/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Görlitz (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/BGS/ZAG |
09/05/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man, 20) | Algeria | died of injuries after attempting suicide by fire in deportation prison cell in Dresden (DE) | ARI/Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Ju |
07/05/1994 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after small boat capsized between Malabata (MA) and Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) | DiarioVasco |
05/05/1994 | 1 | Owusu Mensa (man, 26) | Ghana | suicide, hanged himself with towels in Stadelheim detention centre in Munich (DE) | Pro Asyl/ESG/ZAG/Blackbox |
in May 94 | 1 | N.N. | Turkey | found hanged in police station in Hengelo (NL) after threat of deportation | CARF |
27/04/1994 | 1 | Kwanele Eldah Siziba (woman, 27) | Zimbabwe | fell to her death in Borough of Islington, London (GB) while fleeing police out of fear of deportation | IRR/MNS/Voice |
25/04/1994 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Romania | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Rothenburg (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/BGS/ZAG |
20/04/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man, 40) | Albania | died in a fire caused by arson attack on refugee centre in Gieboldehausen (DE) | Konkret/ZAG |
in Apr 94 | 1 | N.N. | Angola | died jumping from train near Cierna nad Tisou (SK) during deportation | UNHCR |
in Apr 94 | 1 | N.N. | Ghana | stowaway, beaten to death and thrown overboard by Danish crew on boat near Ghana | MNS/Libération/Le Nouveau Quotidien |
22/03/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Guben (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/BGS/ZAG |
16/03/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man, 22) | Kosovo | shot in head by police chasing his car near Bad Endorf (DE), he was an asylum seeker | taz/CARF/IRR/ZAG |
12/03/1994 | 1 | Jasminka (girl, 11) | Bosnia | died during arson attack against her Roma family in refugee centre in Humboldt-Gremberg (DE) | ARI/ZAG |
11/03/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River near Zittau (DE) while trying to cross Polish-German border | ARI/BGS/ZAG |
25/02/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man, 18) | Romania | shot in the back by policeman near Trebnitz (DE) during car inspection | ARI/ZAG |
07/02/1994 | 1 | Raina Jovanovic (woman, 61) | Bosnia | died during arson attack on her Roma family at refugee centre in Humboldt-Gremberg (DE) | ARI/ZAG |
01/02/1994 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Zaire | stowaway, drowned after being thrown overboard by crew of German cargo ship | OL/ZAG |
in Feb 94 | 5 | N.N. | Kurdistan | missing, reportedly drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while travelling to Italy | ILM/IRR |
31/01/1994 | 1 | Okwudiliri Collins | Nigeria | stowaway, died after "falling" off Russian ship Sovetstivk Hudozhuik near Tangier (MA) | Diario Vasco |
27/01/1994 | 1 | Son Ha Hoang (man, 25) | Vietnam | suicide, set himself on fire in München-Ramersdorf (DE) after asylum claim was rejected | IRR/CARF/ESG/SP/FR-NRW/ProAsyl/ZA |
01/01/1994 | 4 | N.N. | Romania | stowaways, suffocated in container in Felixstowe (GB) | De Stoop/IRR |
01/01/1994 | 1 | N.N. | Syria | suicide, at hospital in Norway after waiting 2 years for asylum decision | CARF |
01/01/1994 | 1 | N.N. (baby) | Kurdistan | run over in the dark by a car after reaching the Italian beach | Il Manifesto/IRR Race Audit |
01/01/1994 | 2 | N.N. | Romania | drowned while trying to escape detention centre in Fort Walem (BE) | De Stoop |
01/01/1994 | 1 | Lejla Ibrahimovic (woman) | Bosnia | suicide, in Birmingham (GB) after Home Office refused to grant her husband a visa, leaving 2 children | Guardian/ST/IRR |
01/01/1994 | 1 | N.N. | Romania | crushed by trash collector while hiding in container in Niesky (DE) | Spiegel/OpenGrenzen/SZ |
01/01/1994 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in the Donau River near Hungarian-Austrian border | ZDF/Hungarian authorities |
01/01/1994 | 2 | N.N. | Rwanda | stowaways, drowned after being thrown overboard by Dutch ship captain while travelling to Greece | Eleftherotipra/MNS |
in 1994 | 1 | N.N. | Peru | suicide, jumped from train going from Freiburg (DE) to Basel (CH) to avoid arrest by border police | ZAG |
in 1994 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | suicide, in Türingen (DE) out of fear of detention | ZAG |
25/12/1993 | 1 | Emanuel Thomas Tout (man, 23) | Sudan | died from injuries stemming from attempted suicide at detention centre in Herne (DE) | ProAsyl/taz/SP/WIB/FR-NRW/ZAG |
25/12/1993 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Turkey | died during arson attack on refugee centre in Kaltenkirchen (DE) | CARF/ZAG |
11/12/1993 | 1 | Ignace Mabassa (man, 37) | Gabon | died in prison for "illegals" at Bois-d'Arcy (FR) after failing to receive proper medical care | Libération |
08/12/1993 | 1 | N.N. | Former Yugoslavia | suicide, by jumping into the sea from detention boat in Hellevoetsluis (NL) | CARF |
08/12/1993 | 1 | Emmanuel Ehi O. Omah (man, 23) | Liberia | suicide, hanged himself at the Regensburg (DE) detention centre out of fear of deportation | ESG/OL/CARF/ProAsyl/ZAG |
23/11/1993 | 1 | Haydar Kaya | Kurdistan-Turkey | missing, reportedly dead after deportation from Munich (DE) to Turkey | ARI |
12/11/1993 | 1 | N.N. (boy, 2) | Former Yugoslavia | died of toxic fumes during a fire at asylum centre in Bad Waldsee (DE) | ARI/ZAG |
10/11/1993 | 1 | Mihail Bunja (man, 23) | Romania | froze to death after jumping from train in Schwandorf (DE) escaping deportation by border police | IMEDANA/OL/ZAG |
25/10/1993 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Ethiopia | suicide, in Diedersdorf (DE) out of fear of deportation | Diakonie Seelow/Büro für Asylfragen/ZAG |
15/10/1993 | 1 | Massivi Daniel Lobez (man, 27) | Angola | suicide, hanged himself in detention centre in Trier (DE) | ProAsyl/OL/ZAG |
in Oct 93 | 1 | N.N. | Kurdistan | murdered by militiamen in Turkey after deportation from Switzerland | Caritas/DAZ |
10/09/1993 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Macedonia | drowned in the Rhine River near Altenrhein (AT) trying to cross border from Austria to Switzerland | TA/OAZ |
02/09/1993 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) | unknown | died after jumping from window to escape a fire at asylum centre in Biberach (DE) | ZAG |
in Sep 93 | 1 | André Nkala (man, 23) | Zaire | drowned in the Seine River in Paris (FR) while fleeing police residence check | CARF |
15/08/1993 | 1 | N.N. | Angola | drowned in a river in Paris (FR) while trying to avoid police identity check | MNS |
09/08/1993 | 1 | N.N. (child, 2) | Lebanon | died in a fire, caused by overheating of bedroom light at refugee centre in Emstek (DE) | ZAG |
01/08/1993 | 1 | Joy Gardner (woman, 40) | Jamaica | died of brain damage after struggle with immigration officials on deportation in her flat in London (GB) | IRR/MNS/Times/Independent/ST/NCADC |
23/07/1993 | 1 | Nazmieh Chahrour (woman, 23) | Palestine | suicide, in prison in Berlin (DE) after being told she would be deported | CARF/AR InfoNetw/taz/ZAG |
17/06/1993 | 1 | Abdi Atalan (man, 41) | Kurdistan | shot by neo-Nazis in front of refugee hostel in Dülmen (DE) | CARF/Konkret/ZAG |
10/06/1993 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Mozambique | died after injuries sustained during a fire at refugee centre in Dresden (DE) | ZAG |
26/05/1993 | 1 | N.N. (baby, 1y) | Eritrea | died in suspected fascist arson attack in Heppenheim in Hessen (DE) | CARF/ZAG |
26/05/1993 | 1 | N.N. | Eritrea | died in suspected fascist arson attack in Heppenheim in Hessen (DE) | CARF/ZAG |
26/05/1993 | 1 | N.N. (child, 4) | Eritrea | died in suspected fascist arson attack in Heppenheim in Hessen (DE) | CARF/ZAG |
06/05/1993 | 1 | Miroslawa Kolodziejska (w, 59) | Poland | suffocated by border police when detained at Frankfurt Airport (DE) on way from pilgrimage in Rome | Wib/FR-NieSa/FR/ProAsyl/ZAG |
01/05/1993 | 1 | Yilma Wondwossen B. (man, 31) | Ethiopia | suicide, drowned himself in Teltow Canal in Berlin (DE) after asylum application was rejected | taz/ProAsyl/ZAG |
23/04/1993 | 1 | N.N. (man, 25) | Senegal | suicide, hanged himself in police cell in Eislingen (DE) out of fear of deportation | IRR/CARF/ZAG |
07/04/1993 | 1 | N.N. | Zaire | shot point blank during interrogation at police station in Paris (FR) | Le Monde/MNS |
01/04/1993 | 2 | N.N. (28; 35) | Albania | hit by train in Balerna (CH) Swiss Alps while walking on tracks to Switzerland | TA/NZZ |
23/03/1993 | 1 | N.N. (man, 27) | Afghanistan | suicide, jumped out window of refugee centre in Germany | ARI |
20/03/1993 | 1 | N.N. (22) | Albania | hit by train in Coldrerio (CH) in the Swiss Alps while walking on tracks from Italy to Switzerland | TA/DAZ/NZZ |
16/03/1993 | 1 | Turan Pekoz (man, 43) | Turkey | suicide, set fire to himself at immigration office in Croydon (GB) | IRR |
03/03/1993 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Turkey | suicide, at penal institution in Dinslaken (DE) | WIB/FR-NieSa/ZAG |
26/01/1993 | 1 | Bush Bacuma | Sri Lanka | suffocated in bus compartment near Vienna (AT) | Asylkoordination Austria/SP |
26/01/1993 | 2 | N.N. | Sri Lanka | suffocated in bus compartment near Vienna (AT) | AsylkoordinationÖsterreich/SP |
26/01/1993 | 1 | Pieris | Sri Lanka | suffocated in bus compartment near Vienna (AT) | Asylkoordination Austria/SP |
26/01/1993 | 1 | Wasantha di Barrova | Sri Lanka | suffocated in bus compartment near Vienna (AT) | Asylkoordination Austria/SP |
21/01/1993 | 1 | Lorin Radu (21) | Romania | shot in front of police station in Saxony-Anhalt (DE) during escape attempt | taz/Konkret/jW/ZAG |
20/01/1993 | 1 | Robert Karandja-Kouria (m, 39) | Kenya | suicide after asylum was rejected, jumped onto tracks in München (DE), hit by passing train | ARI/ZAG |
04/01/1993 | 1 | Kwaku Agyei (man, 35) | Ghana | suicide in Moosach near München (DE) after being told he would be deported | IRR/CARF/ESG/ZAG |
in 1993 | 1 | Jaffarzadeh | Iran | died after deportation from Austria to Evin Prison in Tehran (IR) | Asylkoordination Austria |
in 1993 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Oder-Neisse River while trying to cross Polish-German border | Jelpke/German Government |
in 1993 | 1 | N.N. | Former Yugoslavia | body found at the German-Austrian-Czech border | Jelpke/German Government |
in 1993 | 1 | Gerry Johnson (man) | Liberia | died of exhaustion/exposure in rail container in Feldkirch (AT) | Neue Vorarlberger Tageszeit. |
in 1993 | 11 | N.N. | Albania | drowned after boat collided with a cliff and capsized in the Strait of Otranto | CDS/MNS/TL |
in 1993 | 2 | N.N. (1 woman, 18; 1 man, 25) | Romania | died in arson attack at refugee camp in Baden-Württemberg (DE) | ZAG |