List of Refugee Deaths
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List of 36 570 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of "Fortress Europe" Documentation by UNITED as of 1 April 2019 Death by Policy - Time for Change! Campaign information: Facebook - UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu, [email protected], Twitter: @UNITED__Network #AgainstRefugeeDeaths UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees Amsterdam secretariat: Postbus 413, NL-1000 AK Amsterdam, Netherlands, tel +31-6-48808808, [email protected], www.unitedagainstracism.org The UNITED List of Deaths can be freely re-used, translated and re-distributed, provided UNITED is informed in advance and source (UnitedAgainstRefugeeDeaths.eu) is mentioned. Researchers can obtain this list with more data in xls format from UNITED. found name, gender, age region of origin cause of death source dead number 28/03/19 2 N.N. (men) unknown drowned, bodies recovered off coast of Chios (GR), 36 rescued HelCoastG/IOM 27/03/19 1 Ali (boy, 18) Afghanistan suicide in shelter for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Geneva (CH), bad housing conditions Vivre/RTS/Le Courrier/TribuneGeneve 26/03/19 1 N.N. Sub-Saharan Africa drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition on beach near Tetouan, south of the Strait of Gibraltar (MA) El Pueblo de Ceuta/IOM 26/03/19 1 N.N. Sub-Saharan Africa drowned, found dead on beach in Azla (MA), presumably while trying to reach Spain FaroCeuta 26/03/19 1 N.N. Sub-Saharan Africa drowned, found floating in advanced state of decomposition in sea in Tarajal area of Ceuta (ES) FaroCeuta/Ceutaaldia/El Pueblo de Ceuta/IOM 26/03/19 4 N.N. (baby, 3 women) Afghanistan, Iran drowned when migrant ship sank on way from Ayvacik (TR) to Lesbos (GR); 11 rescued Reuters/DailySabah/HurriyetDN/ArabNews/TurkCoas 23/03/19 1 Hamza Ben Nasr (man, 26) Tunisia drowned in shipwreck on way from Mahdia, Tunisia to Italy TNnum/Kapitalis/IOM 23/03/19 1 Ftima (woman, 26) Tunisia drowned in shipwreck on way from Mahdia, Tunisia to Italy Kapitalis/IOM 23/03/19 1 Hanen Saidi (woman, 26) Tunisia drowned in shipwreck on way from Mahdia, Tunisia to Italy TNnum/Kapitalis/IOM 23/03/19 1 Ons Zaouali (woman, 26) Tunisia drowned in shipwreck on way from Mahdia, Tunisia to Italy; 3 other dead, 5 missing including her brother TNnum/Kapitalis/IOM/Shems 23/03/19 5 N.N. (young men) Tunisia missing after migrant boat sank on way from Mahdia (Tunisia) to Italy TNnum/Kapitalis/IOM/Shems 21/03/19 1 Sylla Noumo (man, 32) Senegal died in fire at new government-built migrant tent camp of San Ferdinando (IT) InfoMigrants 19/03/19 7 N.N. (1 baby) unknown 1 drowned, 6 missing when migrant ship capsized very soon upon leaving coast of Sabratha, Libya Ansamed/Libyan Express 18/03/19 3 N.N. Sub-Saharan Africa found dead on boat in distress in Alboran Sea off coast of Nador (MA); 53 people rescued HuffPostMaghreb/HelenaMaleno/IOM 17/03/19 19 N.N. Morocco missing in migrant shipwreck off coast of Sidi Warzeg (MA), while trying to reach Canary Islands Hams/Zoubeidi/IOM 14/03/19 45 N.N. (girl, 14; 6 w (incl. preg.)) Comoros, Congo, Mali, Maurita1 died, 44 missing in shipwreck off coast of Bouyafar (MA) on way to Spain; 22 people rescued AP/DailyMail/EurPress/ElDiario/WatchTheMed/IOM/H 12/03/19 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 10/03/19 1 N.N. (woman) unknown drowned, body found in rocky shore area near Agios Theodoros, Akra Korakas, Lesbos (GR) HelCoastG/IOMGreece 10/03/19 1 N.N. (girl 4-6) unknown drowned, headless body found on Vatera beach, Lesbos (GR) HelCoastG/IOMGreece 08/03/19 2 N.N. unknown drowned, body found on unspecified location off coast of Libya IOMLibya 08/03/19 1 K. A. (man, 30) Algeria stowaway, electrocuted while trying to board a train in Sid, Serbia for Croatia APCSerbia/IOMSerbia 08/03/19 1 N.N. (man, 20s) Ethiopia crushed between pallets in trailer of truck, probably during displacement at port of Calais (FR) VoixDuNord/IOM/Parisien 06/03/19 3 N.N. (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 03/03/19 1 N.N. (man) unknown found dead in waters of the Gibraltar Strait off the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) EurPress/FaroCeuta/IOM 03/03/19 1 N.N. unknown body washed ashore the coast of Ceuta (ES) in the Strait of Gibraltar AlarmPhone 28/02/19 1 Mboma Alefta (man, 25) Cameroon drowned, 4 missing, rubber boat capsized close to Tangier (MA); body washed ashore days later AlarmPhone/IOM 28/02/19 1 N.N. (woman) Guinea drowned, 4 missing, rubber boat capsized close to Tangier (MA); body washed ashore days later AlarmPhone/IOM 28/02/19 4 N.N. unknown presumed drowned, missing after rubber boat capsized close to Tangier (MA) AlarmPhone/IOM 24/02/19 2 N.N. (men) Middle East 1 drowned, 1 missing; lost their way and tried to swim across Mreznica River, Croatia near Bosnia Ansamed/IOM/Xinhu/Vijesti 21/02/19 1 N.N. (man) Sub-Saharan Africa found dead in inflatable boat on the shore of Punta del Guadalmesi, Tarifa (ES) EuropaSur/IOMSpain 21/02/19 3 N.N. (women) unknown presumed drowned in Afrin River near Davutpaşa district, Reyhanli/Hatay, Turkey IOMTurkey 18/02/19 1 N.N. (men, 30-35) unknown frozen to death, body found near the Evros/Meric river in Ipsala Pasakoy village near TR-GR border CNNTurk/DailySabah/IOM 18/02/19 1 N.N. (men, 25-30) unknown frozen to death, body found in shed in Ipsala Paşaköy village near the Evros/Meriç river at TR-GR border CNNTurk/DailySabah/IOM 16/02/19 1 Moussa Ba “Aldo” (man, 29) Senegal died in fire at migrant “ghetto” tent camp in San Ferdinando (IT), spread from makeshift campfire RAI/CDS/LR/InfoMigrants/LocalIT 15/02/19 1 N.N. (man, 30-35) unknown body found at the Evros/Meriç river near a road, between Ipsala and Meric (TR) at TR-GR border CNNTurk/HurriyetDN/IOM 15/02/19 2 N.N. (men, 25) unknown body found by the Meriç river (TR) near Greece-Turkey border CNNTurk/HurriyetDN/IOM 14/02/19 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/Estrella/IOM 13/02/19 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 11/02/19 3 N.N. unknown drowned, rubber boat capsized close to Moroccan shore near Ashakkar; 9 rescued AlarmPhone/IOM 09/02/19 5 N.N. (2 men, 30s) Middle East, Maghreb 2 drowned, 3 missing in migrant shipwreck off coast of Kristel, Oran region, Algeria; 13 rescued Algerie360/ElW/TheHuffMaghreb/IOM 08/02/19 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 07/02/19 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 06/02/19 1 N.N. (child, 3) unknown found in advanced state of decomposition on “El Djebel” beach near El Kala, Algeria ElW/Algerie360/IntLignes/IOM 06/02/19 3 N.N. unknown 1 drowned, 2 missing in a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Tangiers (MA); 43 people rescued HelenaMaleno/El Diario/IOM 05/02/19 1 N.N. (young man) Sub-Saharan Africa froze to death, he got lost in inaccessible forest area of Vodni Dol (Croatian/Slovenian border) IndexHR/NoviList/IOM/Vijesti/Tvistra 03/02/19 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 22/01/19 1 N.N. (woman, 30s) unknown body found in advanced state of decomposition at Bahara beach, Ouled Boughalem, Algeria ElW/IOM 22/01/19 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 21/01/19 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 21/01/19 6 N.N. unknown presumed drowned near Al Khums (LY), 106 survived and brought to detention centre in Libya MSF/IOMLibya 21/01/19 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 20/01/19 2 N.N. unknown died after spending 24h on migrant boat off Libya; 140 survivors sent to Libyan detention centre Reuters/IOM 18/01/19 1 N.N. (man) unknown drowned after falling overboard migrant boat on way from Turkey to Farmakonisi island (GR) Watchthemed/IOM 18/01/19 117 N.N. (2 babies, 10 w (1 preg.)) Sudan, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Gdied in migrant shipwreck off coast of Garabulli (LY), rescue came very late, only 3 survivors BBC/UNHCR/Reuters/LR/IOM/CNN/WPost/Sun/Natio 17/01/19 53 N.N.