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 Alb |