In Memory of the Victims
List of 13.621 documented refugee deaths through Fortress Europe
Documentation on 13-04-2010 by UNITED
UNITED for Intercultural Action, European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees, http://www.unitedagainstracism.org
Years 2005-2010
found dead | num- ber | name | country of origin | cause of death | source |
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10/4/10 | 1 | N.N. (27, man) | Shri Lanka | stabbed by housemate in Venice (I), jealous of his permanent residency and work permit | LaNVenezia |
7/4/10 | 1 | N.N. (30, man) | Afghanistan | stabbed in canteen-queue fight in Sandholm Asylum Centre(DK) tension due to overcrowding | CPH |
2/4/10 | 1 | N.N. (30, man) | Chechnia | stabbed by breadknife by drunk asylum seeker, whilst in asylum centre in Mostviertel (A) | DerStandard/Salzburger Nachrichten |
in Apr 2010 | 1 | N.N. | unknown (minor) | suicide, depressed after asylum claim was rejected did not receive medical support | UNHCR/Sverinsge |
30/03/10 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, boat capsized 3 miles from Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt on way to Italy. 38 survivors | Le Monde/MP |
21/03/10 | 3 | N.N. | Somalia | bodies thrown overboard on the way to Sicily (I), 20 surivors rescued by border patrol | LR/FE |
17/03/10 | 1 | Alex Uzowulu (29, man) | Nigeria | died during deportation at Zurich airport (CH),weak from hunger strike,police forcibly restrain | AdnK/Swiss.ch/BBC/UNHCR/Augen Auf/DerBund/IPSNA/KZ/NI |
7/3/10 | 1 | David Mardiani (17, man) | Georgia | suicide, asylum seeker, hung himself in Hamburg deportation centre (D) after hunger strike | WSWS/Migreurop/CaucKnot/SP/jW |
6/3/10 | 3 | N.N. (2 men, 1 woman) | Kosovo | suicide, jumped from block of flats in Glasgow (GB). reportedly asylum claims were rejected | GuardianUn |
3/3/10 | 1 | N.N. (13 months, girl) | Nigeria | refused hospital treatment in Cernusco sul Naviglo (I) due to new discriminatory laws | Everyone Group |
11/2/10 | 6 | N.N. (men) | unknown | reportedly drowned, dinghy capsized off coast of Samos (GR) on the way to (GR) from (TR) | KI/FE/AP/Migreurop/ECRE |
11/2/10 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | reportedly drowned, dinghy capsized off coast of Samos (GR) on the way to (GR) from (TR) | KI/FE/AP/Migreurop/ECRE |
11/2/10 | 1 | N.N. (girl) | unknown | reportedly drowned, dinghy capsized off coast of Samos (GR) on the way to (GR) from (TR) | KI/FE/AP/Migreurop/ECRE |
11/2/10 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly missing, dinghy capsized off Samos Island (GR) on the way to (GR) from (TR) | KI/FE/AP/Migreurop/ECRE |
16/01/10 | 1 | M. El Abbouby (25, man) | North Africa | suicide, exhaled camping gas spray in his cell in S.Vittore prison, Milan (I) | LR |
10/1/10 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, suspected that boat capsized 6 days earlier, travelling from Turkey to Greece | Zaman/NOB |
4/1/10 | 1 | M. Yahya Tabbabi (31, man) | Tunisia | asylum-seeker, died in detention centre in Vottem (B) due to lack of medical treatment | Migreurop |
4/1/10 | 19 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, boat capsized when travelling from Turkey to Greece | Zaman/NOB |
31/12/09 | 22 | N.N. (7 women; 1 child, 2) | Asia | reportedly drowned on way from Turkey, boat shipwrecked off Alexandroupoli coast (GR) | FE/Migreurop/AP/Le Figaro/CDS/ANSA/Unita'/T |
25/12/09 | 1 | Carlos (34, woman) | Brazil | suicide, transexual hanged herself with a sheet in detention center of Milan (I) | EveryOne Group/LR/Migreurop |
15/12/09 | 1 | Maiouad (15, boy) | Afghanistan | stowaway, killed crossing a highway near Calais (F), trying to go to GB by hiding in a truck | NOB/FE |
12/12/09 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, boat sank off coast of Leros Island (GR), 25 rescued from rocky islet | NOB/TodZam |
9/12/09 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | stowaway, frozen to death in a lorry trying to go from Tangeri (MA) to Marseilles (F) | AP/FE |
in Dec 09 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found off Alexandroupoli (GR) when boat shipwrecked | KI |
24/11/09 | 1 | Ibrahim M.B. (35, man) | Senegal | murdered by his employer in Vercelli (I) as he did not want to pay him a 3 months salary | CDS |
24/11/09 | 23 | N.N. | Comoros Islands | reportedly drowned, boat sank between island Mayotte (F) and Comoros Islands | Publico/AFP/MigrantsOM |
20/11/09 | 1 | N.N. (30, man) | Bolivia | died after repatriation operation after 26 days spent inside detention center of Malaga (E) | Sur |
18/11/09 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned, fell from wooden boat in the sea off the coast of Tarifa (E) | EP/FE |
6/11/09 | 6 | N.N. (1m; 1 w; 3 childr; 1 baby) | Afghanistan | drowned, 5 died, 1 missing, overloaded boat sank off the coast of Bodrum (TR) | FE/Ansa/Le Monde/NOB |
6/11/09 | 1 | Abdelkader M. (19, man) | Algeria | suicide, jumped in Bilbao's river (E) escaping from policemen who took him for a thief | EP |
1/11/09 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | unknown | stowaway, suffocated, found in the back of a lorry entering the Channel Tunnel (F) to GB | FE/Mail Online |
29/10/09 | 3 | N.N. | Algeria | bodies found on a boat tracked southeast of Cartagena on Spain's southern coast | EXP/UnSarda/EarthT/EP/PUB/PICUM/NOB |
27/10/09 | 9 | N.N. (±30, 1 man; 3 w; 5 childr) | Afghanistan | drowned after wooden boat from TR collided with rocks on the island of Mytilini (GR) | LR/TDN/Le Figaro/CDS/Migreurop/ANSA/gara.net/Picum/NOB |
27/10/09 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | found on boat escorted to Sicily; I and M refused for 3 days to receive them in their territory | LR/Can7/Picum/NOB |
15/10/09 | 16 | N.N. (1 woman; 1 child) | Kosovo | drowned, 11 died, 5 missing, boat capsized trying to cross Serbo-H border via Tisza river | Picum/UNMIK/NOB |
10/10/09 | 1 | Mohammad Atif Kamran (25, m) | Pakistan | murdered, beaten, dragged in police station of Nikaia (GR) and tortured till death | Anarkismo |
6/10/09 | 7 | N.N. | Egypt/Somalia | drowned, 4 died, 3 missing, trying to swim from a dinghy to the coast of Gela (I) | Picum/EveryOne Group/NOB |
19/09/09 | 28 | N.N. (7 women; 1 man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, 8 found, 20 missing, small boat sank off the coast of MA near Perejil Island (E) | AFP/EP/DiarioVasco/Razon/ELM/ELC/PerCat/Xinhua/APDHA/NOB |
14/09/09 | 1 | Gagendeep Singh K. (32, man) | India | suicide, died of heart attack due to a month-long hunger strike in prison in Wien (A) | DerStandard/FRO/WIKO/Asyl in Not |
29/08/09 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | manner of death unknown, died during boat trip, found in Granadilla, Tenerife Island (E) | Diario de Noticia/ElDia/ABC/Verdad/DNG/Deia/gara.net/Diario de Navarra/PUB/DiarioV |
28/08/09 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | drowned during rescue operation in Birzebuggia coast (M) on her way from Africa | Gara/MUGAK/NOB |
24/08/09 | 1 | Mrs T. (32, woman) | Libanon | suicide, overdose to family being moved to an asylum seekers camp in Mittweida (D) | ARI |
20/08/09 | 72 | N.N. (55 man; 17 woman) | Eritrea | bodies thrown overboard after 23 days traveling from Libya to Lampedusa (I) | LR/CDS/GE/FE/MUGAK/EP/AFP/GARA/ANSA/Nouvel Obs/ASGI/NOB |
17/08/09 | 27 | N.N. (1 man) | Sub-Saharan Africa/Morocco | drowned,7 found, 20 missing, 10 survived, shipwreck near Trafalgar beach in southern Spain | LatinAHTribune |
12/8/09 | 2 | N.N. | Turkey | drowned, 2 died, motorboat sank off the coast of Kos Island (GR) on the way from TR | FE/Picum/Cesdop/NOB |
10/8/09 | 20 | N.N. | Somalia | murdered, guards opened fire during their escape attempt from det. cr. in Banghazi (LY) | FE/VOA |
9/8/09 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, body found on hallway Brindisi-Lecce (I) thrown over truck with 17 survivors | CDS/NOB |
9/8/09 | 12 | N.N. | Somalia | missing after Benghazi (LY) massacre by police, in detention centre along LY to Italy route | FE/GiovaniE |
9/8/09 | 6 | N.N. | Somalia | killed by police in Benghazi massacre (LY), when prisoners tried to escape detention centre | FE/GiovaniE |
8/8/09 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | 1 died, 11 missing, boat collided with Algerian coast guard vessel in the port of Annaba (DZ) | BBC/Migreurop/NOB |
6/8/09 | 1 | F.A. (27, woman) | Morocco | suicide, threw herself in the Brembo River in Bergamo (I) in fear of deportation | LR |
3/8/09 | 12 | N.N. (1 man) | Algeria | drowned, 1 died, 11 missing, wooden boat capsized 4 miles from Cabo de Palos (E) | EP/Verdad/ELM/RAZ/MUGAK |
27/07/09 | 1 | Arivan Osman Asis (20, man) | Iraq | murdered, beaten by border guards in his attempt to embark to reach I, died in GR hospital | AFP |
27/07/09 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, parts of a body found along la Fontanilla beach of Marbella Island (E) | FE/SUR |
25/07/09 | 1 | Luis Beltran Larrosa (56, man) | Uruguai | died of heart attack in Tenerife (E), employer did not call for assistance as Luis was illegal | Can7/VDG/ElDia/Publico |
14/07/09 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died at the hospital of El Hierro, Canary Islands (E), after boat arrived in La Estaca harbour | Verdad/Diario de Navarra |
12/7/09 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1 died on board during travel, 1 died at the hospital of El Hierro (E) because of dehydration | Publico/EP/Diario de Noticia/VDG/Gara/Verdad/Diario de Navarra |
1/7/09 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, body found 42 miles south of Cabo de Gata in Almeria (E) by Liberian ship | PICUM |
29/06/2009 | 10 | N.N. (3 w; 5 m; 1 child) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, wooden boat collided with rocks in Barbate Coast (E) | PICUM/SUR/Publico/EP/ELM/Verdad/DiarioV |
23/06/09 | 1 | Amir Rohol (19, boy) | Afghanistan | stowaway,fell from the truck he was hidden, died in hospital 3h later in Ancona (I) | PICUM/LR/MP/NOB |
19/06/09 | 1 | N.N. (20, man) | Ecuador | suicide in a cell in Barcelona (E) hanging himself with his own shirt, arrested because illegal | EP/AVUI/MUGAK |
17/06/09 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Algeria | 1drowned, 1missing after shipwreck due to storm waters 30 miles south Cartagena (E) | LV/Verdad/PICUM/NOB |
4/6/09 | 25 | N.N. (men, women, 8 babies) | Sub-Saharan Africa/Morocco | missing after their boat sank at 10 miles off Tarifa, Cadiz (E) on the way from Tanger (MA) | ABC/MUGAK/EP/ELM/LV/EFE/Diario de Navarra /GARA/DNG/V |
in Jun 09 | 1 | N.N. (16, boy) | unknown | suicide after his asylum claim was rejected in asylum seeker accomodation Varmland (S) | IRR |
27/05/09 | 1 | Mir Abbas Safari (36, man) | Afghanistan | suicide after 67 days in detention centre in Gavle (S) in fear of being deported | IRR/UPP/NewsD |
7/5/09 | 1 | N.N. (49, woman) | Tunisia | suicide in the detention centre of Ponte Gallera, in Roma (I) | IlMess |
30/04/09 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in the hospital in Tarifa (E) after Spanish authorities blocked a boat from Tanger (MA) | EFE/NOB |
23/04/09 | 35 | N.N. (26 men, 9 women) | Africa | drowned, bodies found after shipwreck 250 km east of Aden (Yemen) on way from Somalia | MUGAK/Can7/EFE/UNHCR/LR/GARA |
23/04/09 | 20 | N.N. | Africa | missing after shipwreck, 250 km east of Aden (Yemen), coming from Somalia, 165 survivors | MUGAK/Can7/EFE/UNHCR/LR/GARA |
23/04/09 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly died of hypothermia, found by Spanish authorities in the Strait of Gibraltar (E) | MUGAK/EFE/Diario de Navarra/PICUM/EHAR/NOB |
18/04/09 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | body found by Mauritanian guards on a boat near Nuadibu on way to Canary Islands (E) | MUGAK/EFE/ElDia/Diario de Navarra |
16/04/09 | 1 | Esat Ekos (19, pregnant woman) | Nigeria | died during rescue operation, boat waited 4 days before to be allowed to reach Italian coasts | MUGAK/TimesM/Diario de Navarra/Verdad/LR/PUN/VDG/LR/SIR/Deia/Nouvel Obs/T |
16/04/09 | 1 | N.N. (fetus) | Nigeria | died during rescue operation, boat waited 4 days before to be allowed to reach Italian coasts | MUGAK/TimesM/Diario de Navarra/Verdad/LR/PUN/VDG/LR/SIR/Deia/Nouvel Obs/T |
5/4/09 | 1 | N.N. (26, man) | Afghanistan | stabbed after a brawl in Villemin square, Paris (F), where he lived as asylum seeker | Reu/Ya.F/MSF/MRAP/CSE10/AFP |
3/4/09 | 2 | N.N. (1 man, 1 woman) | Africa | bodies found on a boat reportedly from LY at 60 km. off Lampedusa's Southern coast (I) | ANSA/AVV/NOB |
29/03/09 | 300 | N.N. (69 w., 2 child.) | Somalia/Morocco/Syria/Nigeria/Eritrea/Algeria/T | drowned, 21 bodies found, 3 boats sank due to stormy waters 30 km off Ly on way to I | ABC/MUGAK/Deia/DiariodeNavarra/DNG/APDHA/Berria/L |
29/03/09 | 500 | N.N. | Somalia/Morocco/Syria/Nigeria/Eritrea/Algeria/T | missing after 3 boats sank due to stormy waters 30 km off LY on way from Tripoli (LY) to I | ABC/MUGAK/Deia/DiariodeNavarra/DNG/APDHA/Berria/L |
29/03/09 | 1 | N.N. (20, man) | Iraq | stowaway, dead under a Bulgarian lorry he hang on to pass the border in Ancona harbour (I) | CDS/NOB |
26/03/09 | 1 | N.N. (20, man) | Iraq | asylum seeker was run over by a lorry in Venice harbor (I) reportedly trying to skip ID control | CDS/ANSA/AdnK/NOB |
22/03/09 | 2 | N.N. | Maghreb | missing when Spanish patrol transfered the passengers from their boat off Cabo de Gata (E) | MUGAK/EFE/PUB/NOB |
19/03/09 | 67 | N.N. | Africa | 17 deaths, 50 missing, after shipwreck near to Sfax (TN) on the way from Libya to Italy | LS/FE/ANSA/Ach/AFP/LSW/NOB |
19/03/09 | 1 | Salah Soudami (42, man) | Algeria | reportedly beaten on the Ponte Gallierra det. cr. Roma (I) after refusal of medical treatment | CARTA/ElW |
17/03/09 | 1 | N.N. (young man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | body washed ashore on the beach Linea de la Concepcion, Cadiz (E) | MUGAK/DNA/SUR/PUB/EFE/ELM/NOB |
16/03/09 | 11 | N.N. (7 men, 4 women) | Nigeria | died of thirst in AlGatrun desert (LY). had tried to reach Italy but authorities intercepted | NOB/LR |
6/3/09 | 1 | N.N. (±20, man) | Africa | tangled in razor wire trying to jump a border fence from Morocco to Ceuta (E) | REU/NOB |
in Mar 09 | 14 | N.N. (1 pregnant woman) | Nigeria, Africa | died giving birth with 13 more in Oran's desert (AR) after got lost ran out of fuel and water | FE/NAN/NT/ODILI |
21/02/09 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | died when vessel tried to land near Montril (E). 34 migrants survived | NOB/REU |
15/02/09 | 2 | N.N. (woman; pregnant woman) | Maghreb | drowned after boat crashed with a rock and sank 20 metres from Lanzarote's coast (E) | Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/Deia/EP/Raz/ELC/VDG/V |
15/02/09 | 1 | N.N. (8 months, fetus) | Maghreb | drowned after boat crashed with a rock and sank 20 metres from Lanzarote's coast (E) | Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/Deia/EP/Raz/ELC/VDG/V |
15/02/09 | 19 | N.N. (4-17, 15 boys; 4 girls) | Maghreb | drowned after boat crashed with a rock and sank 20 metres from Lanzarote's coast (E) | Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/Deia/EP/Raz/ELC/VDG/V |
15/02/09 | 4 | N.N. (men) | Maghreb | drowned after boat crashed with a rock and sank 20 metres from Lanzarote's coast (E) | Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/Deia/EP/Raz/ELC/VDG/V |
15/02/09 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | body missing after boat crashed with a rock and sank 20 metres from Lanzarote's coast (E) | Can7/ABC/Publico/ELM/DiariodeNoticias/Deia/EP/Raz/ELC/VDG/V |
2/2/09 | 3 | N.N. (men) | Gambia | reportedly dehydration, died after 4 days without water or food in boat near Canary Isl. (E) | ABC/EP/MUGAK/ELM/Diario de Navarra/SUR/Can7/ELC/Deia/Der Standard/AFP/NOB |
in Feb 09 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | body found in boat drifting for 2 days near the coast of Motril (E) with 34 survivors | AFP/MAG |
31/01/09 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Sub-Saharan Africa | body found by Moroccan navy in boat sailing near the coasts of Al Hoceima (MA) | Can7/MUGAK |
29/01/09 | 8 | N.N. | Tunisia | drowned, shipwreck due to storm waters in Tunisi's Bay (TN) | ANSA |
28/01/09 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | bodies washed ashore on the coasts near the town of Bodrum (TR) | AFP/REU/NOB |
22/01/09 | 1 | Vivede (19, woman) | Nigeria | died of burns and exposure after sailing by boat from Africa to Lampedusa (I) | LR/ASCA |
21/01/09 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | body found in the boat with 53 survivors on Cala Pisana's beach, Lampedusa (I) | LR/MP/AdnK/ANSA/NOB |
21/01/09 | 8 | N.N. | Libya | reportedly frozen to death on the sailing from Libya to Lampedusa (I) | LR/CDS |
19/01/09 | 26 | N.N. (20-30) | Tunisia | missing, after shipwreck off Tunisia on the way to Italy | LR/FE/LPC/PICUM/APDHA/CDS/AEDH/LIDU |
19/01/09 | 1 | N.N. (48, man) | Sri Lanka | frozen to death, body found under the Vittorio Emanuele Gallery in Messina (I) | Ansa |
14/01/09 | 4 | N.N. (19-32) | Algeria | reportedly missing when the boat capsized for motor problems after leaving Kristel (DZ) | QUOTI/FE |
13/01/09 | 1 | N.N. (18 months, child) | unknown | drowned off Syros Island (GR), after boat carrying 19 migrants capsized | FE/KI/NOB |
10/1/09 | 4 | N.N. (4, women) | Senegal | drowned, transferred to canoe after abandoning boat trip to (E), capsized off Senegal coast | NOB/FE |
9/1/09 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | run over by the truck he was hanged on to pass the border in Ancona (I) harbour | Adnk |
7/1/09 | 1 | N.N. (30, man) | Afghanistan | stabbed in fight between migrants attempting to get aboard the lorry to UK in Calais (F) | Telegraph/Mail Online/Evening Standard/PICUM/Congoo/Haaba |
3/1/09 | 1 | N.N. (30, man) | Bangladesh | manner of death unknown, body found in a ditch in Votanikos (GR), near the Aliens Bureau | KI |
1/1/09 | 1 | Alino (29, man) | Cameroon | died on way to hospital in Nador (MA) after being shot by border guards in Farhana (E/MA) | AI/Diversity/MUGAK/Connect/EP/Tribuna/ELM/L |
in Jan 09 | 12 | N.N. (20-30) | Algeria | reportedly missing, left Arzew's coast (DZ) on 2 January in bad weather conditions | QUOTI/FE |
24/12/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | body found in an advanced state of decomposition by a fisherman near off Melilla's coast (E) | MUGAK/Publico/SUR/NOB |
18/12/08 | 7 | N.N. | Somalia/Mauritania | drowned, 3 found, 4 missing, dinghy sank due to bad weather in Aegean Sea on way to GR | PICUM/AFP/ANSA/NOB |
10/12/08 | 1 | Rezai Mahumut (13, boy) | Afghanistan | was run over by the wheels of the lorry while clinching to it in Mestre, Venice (I) | CDS/ST/EpolisR/NOB |
7/12/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | body found in a boat rescued by the Spanish authorities near Arguineguin, Canary Isl. (E) | Publico/NOB |
6/12/08 | 4 | N.N. (3 men; 1 woman) | Palestine | drowned after dinghy sank off Ayvalik (TR), bodies were pulled from the water, 23 survivors | KI/FE/PICUM/NOB |
6/12/08 | 1 | N.N. (4, child) | unknown | drowned, dinghy sank trying to cross the sea between TR and Samos Island (GR) | EarthT/PICUM/NOB |
2/12/08 | 1 | Hamid al-Amrani (12, boy) | Morocco | suicide, father was repratiated, hanged himself with bathrobe belt in Madrid care centre (E) | AOL/Publico/Terra/ABC/adn/EPress/Kaoenlared/ASSI/Diagonal/DiarioRJ/MadD/20ME |
25/11/08 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found in a refrigerator truck with other 30 hidden people in a southern GR coastline | FE/IntHeraldTribune/NOB |
21/11/08 | 21 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, after shipwreck near the French island of Mayotte | N24/AFP/NOB |
19/11/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | died of heart attack in hospital after boat was intercepted near to Canary coast (E) | ABC/AFP |
13/11/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | missing, fell into the sea during rescue operation 9 miles south Lampedusa (I) | FE/AdnK/UnSarda/LS/NOB |
12/11/08 | 6 | N.N. (4 men, 2 women) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found by Algerian authorities in an advanced state of decomposition in Ardrar (S.E. Sahara) | PICUM/MNS/AlgerieMonde |
11/11/08 | 3 | N.N. (1 adult; 2 minors) | Africa | 1 died on the boat, 1 when arrived to El Hierro coast (E) and 1 in the hospital one week later | ElDia/Top News/ABC/FE/PICUM/Mugak/EFE/gara.net/DiarioV |
10/11/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in La Candelaria's hospital, in Tenerife (E), 5 days after his boat was intercepted | ElDia/Top News/ABC/FE |
5/11/08 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | found by boat in advanced state of decomposition in Mediterranean Sea, off Birzebbugia (M) | TimesM |
2/11/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | body found in an advanced state of decomposition in Mediterranean Sea, off Delimara (M) | TimesM/NOB |
1/11/08 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | body found in an advanced state of decomposition in Mediterranean Sea, off Delimara (M) | TimesM/NOB |
29/10/08 | 3 | N.N. (2 adults; 1 minor) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2 found in boat at La Gomera's coast (E), 1 died of hypothermia later in hospital | EP/NOB |
29/10/08 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, recovered by Greek border police in eastern Aegean facing the Turkish coast | PICUM |
26/10/08 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | injured in police violence, in asylum seekers queue outside Aliens' directorate in Athens (GR) | ECRE/ST/Vluchteling |
23/10/08 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | found by boat in advanced state of decomposition in Mediterranean Sea between M and LY | TimesM |
23/10/08 | 1 | N.N. (17) | Albania | drowned in a southern Albanian lagoon close to Greece after overloaded boat capsized | FE/Javno/NOB |
23/10/08 | 2 | N.N. (youngsters) | Albania | drowned in a southern Albanian lagoon close to Greece after overloaded boat capsized | Javno |
20/10/08 | 1 | N.N. (22, woman) | Albania | drowned in a lagoon in Southern AL after boat capsized trying to avoid police checkpoing | Reu/Picum/Javno/NOB |
20/10/08 | 1 | N.N. (3 month, baby) | Albania | drowned in a lagoon in Southern AL after boat capsized trying to avoid police checkpoing | Reu/Picum/Javno/NOB |
20/10/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | manner of death unknown, body found on boat with 92 survivors arriving in Gran Canaria (E) | NOB/TySp |
18/10/08 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Africa | body found in advanced state of decomposition in Mediterranean Sea, off Delimara (M) | TimesM |
12/10/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Serbia | suicide in the Vottem det. cr. (B) after hearing his asylum claim had been rejected | IRR/MNS/GRAPPE/CRACPE/VRF |
7/10/08 | 50 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, boat capsized due to stormy waters in Kenitra (MA) | MNS/NOB |
6/10/08 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Iraq | drowned, found between Evros River delta and Alexandroupolis port (GR) by fishing boat | NOB/KI |
5/10/08 | 18 | N.N. | Pakistan, Myanmar | stowaways, died from asphyxiation in a track from Istanbul (TR) to GR after traffic accident | Picum/Nt7/TodZam/NOB |
5/10/08 | 4 | N.N. (3 men, 1 boy) | Iraq | drowned, bodies found between Evros River delta and Alexandroupolis port (GR) | NOB/KI |
5/10/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | stowaway, struck by car after falling off the truck he was hidden under on highway A381 (E) | NOB/EP |
5/10/08 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | stowaway, body found by Civil Guard in Melilla, was hiding in car compartment to enter Spain | NOB/Verdad |
4/10/08 | 2 | N.N. (men) | unknown | decomposing bodies found by Rescue Guard along coast between Estepona and Casares (E) | NOB/Sur |
2/10/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iraq | drowned, body found by fishermen pulling in the nets near the shore of Alexandroupolis (GR) | NOB/KI |
in Oct 08 | 1 | N.N. (40, man) | Vietnam | suicide, hanged himself in detention centre in Bautzen (D) as he feared deportation | IRR/ARI |
in Oct 08 | 2 | N.N. (children) | unknown | drowned, bodies discovered by GR and TR authorities in north of Aegean sea | PICUM/NOB |
in Oct 08 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned, body discovered by GR and TR authorities in north of Aegean sea | PICUM/NOB |
in Oct 08 | 6 | N.N. | Iraq | drowned, bodies discovered by GR and TR authorities in north of Aegean sea | PICUM/NOB |
in Oct 08 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies discovered by GR and TR authorities in north of Aegean sea | PICUM/NOB |
27/09/08 | 4 | N.N. (2 men) | 2 Georgia, 2 unknown | accidentally entered a minefield in Kastanea near Evros (GR), on the way to GR from Turkey | NOB/KI |
12/9/08 | 25 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of thirst, found in advanced state of decomposition by Algerian apolice in Sahara (DZ) | MNS |
11/9/08 | 13 | N.N. | Africa | bodies thrown overboard during the travel from Libya's coast to Portopalo, Sicily (I) | RAI/FE/NOB |
8/9/08 | 33 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on the way to Canary Isl. (E), survivors were found by Moroccan sea patrol | PICUM/EP/NOB |
8/9/08 | 21 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | missing in the mined Sahara-Mauritanian border after been abandoned by Moroccan authority | PICUM/EP |
7/9/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | heart attack in hospital, he arrived by boat in La Gomera (E) with other 117 migrants | NOB/EP |
6/9/08 | 1 | Solyman Rashed (man) | Iraq | killed by car bomb in Kirkuk (Iraq) 2 weeks after volontary rempatriation from GB | IRR |
5/9/08 | 1 | N.N. (26, male) | Algeria | reportedly drowned on way to (I), body found at Oued Saboun beach near Skikda (DZ) | NOB/FE |
in Sep 08 | 12 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, shipwreck due to stormy waters , bodies found in Valletta (Malta) | ANSA, Jw/NOB |
in Sep 08 | 1 | Baj Singh (man, 33) | India | crashed by truck in Trent Vale (GB) hiding under truck's wheel | Ndtv |
in Sep 08 | 4 | N.N. (± 27, men) | unknown | bodies found in state of decomposition near the coast of Vega Baja de Alicante (E) | MNS/Picum |
in Sep 08 | 13 | N.N. | Ghana, Niger, Nigeria | drowned, thrown still alive into sea near Sicilian coasts (I) | AFP, Picum |
in Sep 08 | 14 | N.N. (men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | 13 bodies found in the boat, 1 later in Arguineguin (E) after 12 days of trip from Mauritania | ABC/MUGAK/PrensaLibre/ElDia/NOB |
30/08/08 | 14 | N.N. | Algeria | reportedly drowned, boat capsized in stormy waters between Algeria and Sardinia (I) | NOB/FE |
28/08/08 | 5 | N.N. | Tunisia | reportedly drowned, boat sank near Zembra off Sidi Daud (TN), on way to Italy | NOB |
26/08/08 | 20 | N.N. | Africa | at least 20 bodies thrown overboard to prevent boar from sinking on the way from MA to E | SP/JW |
25/08/08 | 70 | N.N.(m., 4w.,4 preg. w., 1c) | Eritrea, Ghana, Somalia, Sudan | drowned, the dinghy capsized near Malta's coasts | Telegraph/MaltaIndependent/Ia/PICUM/MNS/LR/NOB/WB/jW |
25/08/08 | 4 | N.N. (fetus) | Eritrea, Ghana, Somalia, Sudan | drowned, the dinghy capsized near Malta's coasts | Telegraph/MaltaIndependent/Ia/PICUM/MNS/LR/NOB |
23/08/08 | 56 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration in the Sahara Desert after 10 days of journey ran out of water and fuel | CMG |
21/08/08 | 35 | N.N. (men, women, children) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation, 25 survivors, boat found after living from Moroccan Coast to Almeria (E) | BBC/NYtimes/GuardianUn/PICUM/MSN/NOB |
18/08/08 | 1 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned, boat capsized off Didim town (TR), 31 other Somalian rescued by TR guardcoast | HURRIYET/NOB |
5/8/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | manner of death unknown, body found on the coast of Aguadu of Melilla (E) in North Africa | NOB/DiarioSur |
2/8/08 | 1 | N.N. (5, boy) | Africa | drowned, part of his body found in sea by Motril (E), likely to be travelling from Maghreb | NOB/Ideal |
in Aug 08 | 75 | N.N. | Somalia | missing, reportedly drowned on the way from Libya to Italy on two boats had faulty engines | Mareeg |
in Aug 08 | 2 | N.N. (children) | Nigeria | died of starvation, they were thrown overboard by their father in the Mediterranean sea (I) | Ua |
in Aug 08 | 1 | Adam Osman Mohammed (32,m) | Sudan | shot by militia in Calgoo, Sudan, where he returned when asylum claim was refused in GB | MNS/Independent/WP/Spits/Telegraph |
31/07/08 | 14 | N.N. (2 pregnant women) | Nigeria | drowned, shipwreck on way to Spanish coasts due to stormy waters | Ua/Raz/Mugak |
31/07/08 | 3 | N.N. (2 women, 1 man) | Africa, Iraq | drowned, brought ashore dead during Armed Forces rescue in seas between Malta and Libya | NOB/TimesM |
31/07/08 | 1 | N.N. (fetus) | unknown | drowned, mother brought ashore dead during rescue operation in waters between M and LY | NOB/TimesM |
30/07/08 | 13 | N.N. | Pakistan | stowaways, suffocated in overcrowded truck, bodies dumped in Istanbul field (TR) | HURRIYET/NOB |
29/07/08 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, after shipwreck near Lampedusa (I) | Picum/LR/NOB |
25/07/08 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | manner of death unknown, body found in boat carrying 79 migrants in La Gomera Island (E) | NOB/MAC |
23/07/08 | 24 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, 6 dead, 18 missing, boat sank between Mayotte (F) and Comoros Isl. | NOB/France24 |
22/07/08 | 1 | N.N. (±4, child) | unknown | found in an advanced state of decomposition on the river Algarrobo, Malaga (E) | EP/NOB |
20/07/08 | 1 | N.N. (3, girl) | Nigeria | died of starvation, body thrown overboard during the way to Italy | Reu |
19/07/08 | 1 | N.N. (boy) | Nigeria | died of starvation, body thrown overboard during the way to Italy | Reu/Picum |
18/07/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | manner of death unknown, decomposed body recovered from the sea off Malta | TimesM/NOB |
16/07/08 | 1 | David S. (23, man) | Armenia | suicide, cut wrists in Nuremburg(D) prison cell, was to be deported/separated from parents | ARI |
14/07/08 | 28 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, 3 died, 25 missing, as boat capsized in stormy seas near Lampedusa (I) | NOB/ItalyMAG |
11/7/08 | 6 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | manner of death unknown, bodies found on board a boat that landed in La Gomera (E) | IntHeraldTribune/NOB |
11/7/08 | 11 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies thrown overboard on the way to La Gomera (E) | GARA/FE |
10/7/08 | 15 | N.N. (1-4, 9 children) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly died of starvation, bodies found in Almeria (E) | Nation/IntHeraldTribune/Ia/Picum/MSN/NOB |
10/7/08 | 3 | N.N. (women) | Africa | drowned, after their boat capsized off coast of Malta | Picum/FE/TOM/NOB |
10/7/08 | 1 | N.N. (fetus) | Africa | drowned, after the boat capsized off coast of Malta | Picum/FE/TOM/NOB |
7/7/08 | 14 | N.N. (9 men, 4 women, 1 baby) | Africa | drowned after their vessel turned over off the coast of Motril, Granada (E) | MNS/EP/PICUM/NOB |
4/7/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Iraq | stowaway, found on a Greek ferry in the port of Venice (I) under truck where he was hidden | Reu./Picum/NOB |
in Jul 08 | 13 | N.N. | Myanmar, Pakistan | stowaways, died from asphyxiation in a track from Istanbul (TR) to GR after traffic accident | TodZam |
1/7/08 | 37 | N.N. | West Africa | drowned, wrecked boat and bodies found on seafront off Libreville, Gabon on way to Europe | NOB/REU |
29/06/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | no medical care despite his friends called guards for help, died in det. cr. of Caltanisetta (I) | PICUM/TL |
27/06/08 | 1 | N.N. (±40, man) | Iraq | stowaway, suffocated in a cucumber truck, found on ferry in Venice (I) coming from Greece | NOB/UNSarda |
26/06/08 | 3 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned, boat shipwrecked 32 miles south off Malta | NOB/FE |
22/06/08 | 1 | N.N. (±30, man) | Iraq | stowaway, died of starvation in a lorry sailing on a ferry from Patrasso (GR) to Venice (I) | CDS/LR/NOB |
21/06/08 | 1 | Abdel Karem Souli (41, man) | Tunesia | died of heart attack in Det. Cr. Vincennes (F) after calls for assistance were ignored for 2 h. | Mrap/IRR/BTB/Libération |
18/06/08 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | died in hospital in Tenerife Island (E) the day after their boat arrived, 78 survivors | NOB/Diario de Navarra |
15/06/08 | 6 | N.N. (adults, children) | Somalia | drowned, boat sank 50 km south of Malta, 28 survivors rescued by Italian fishing boat | NOB/LR |
15/06/08 | 1 | N.N. (baby) | Somalia | dead at birth due to travel hardships, mother was rescued from shipwreck 50 km from Malta | NOB/TEMPO |
12/6/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Somalia | shot dead in detention centre in Kirklareli (TR) during a riot against detention conditions | NOB/HURRIYET |
12/6/08 | 1 | Alex Darkwah Oppong (41, man) | unknown | jumped out of window when asylum-seeker centre set on fire in Klangenfurt, Carinthia (A) | Falter |
10/6/08 | 2 | N.N. | Afghanistan/Pakistan | died in accident, when bus carrying stowaways overturned in Dogubayazit (TR), 18 survivors | NOB/HaberT |
10/6/08 | 15 | N.N. | Somalia/Eritrea | drowned, boat capsized due to bad rescue operation by Italian Coastguard 56 miles off Malta | NOB/LR/EB/GuidaS/ANSA |
7/6/08 | 149 | N.N. | Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Morocco | drowned after boat sunk in the Mediterranean Sea near Tunisia | CDS/Giornale/Stampa/LR/SD/PICUM/NOB/NOB |
5/6/08 | 13 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat sank at 50 km off Libyan coasts, due to stormy waters | CDS/SP/NOB |
in Jun 08 | 6 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned after boat sunk due to stormy waters near Malta | LR/SD |
in Jun 08 | 3 | N.N. (2 men; 1 woman) | unknown | drowned after their boat sank when Italian fishing ship tried to rescue them off Italian coasts | HNS |
26/05/08 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Tunesia | stowaways, died of suffocation while traveling by boat from the port of Sfax (TN) | Sh/NOB |
26/05/08 | 3 | N.N. (men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration, 2 in the boat, 1 in the hospital when tried to arrived to Gran Canaria (E) | ABC |
26/05/08 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, boat capsized in rough seas 85 miles south east of Malta, 13 survivors | NOB/TimesM |
25/05/08 | 3 | N.N. (1 man) | unknown | 2 bodies found in a boat, 1 mile off Grand Canaria (E),1 died in hospital (E), 65 survivors | NOB/FE |
24/05/08 | 1 | Hassan Nejl (38, man) | Morocco | no medical care, died of pneumonia not cured by doctors of detention centre Brunelleschi (I) | LR/MP |
23/05/08 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found by Italian Coast Guard off Pozzalo near Ragusa, Sicily (I) | NOB/AdnK |
22/05/08 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned, body found in the sea 50 miles from Malta | TimesM/NOB |
22/05/08 | 2 | N.N. | Algeria | drowned whilst attempting to reach Spain, bodies found in sea close to Cherchell (DZ) | NOB/FE |
20/05/08 | 12 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned, 2 found, 10 missing off Malta's sea | NOB/TimesM |
10/5/08 | 47 | N.N. | Africa | died of starvation and cold after the engine of their boat broke down (TN) | Reu/Ftcr/EP/NOB |
9/5/08 | 1 | Abdelhakim Ajimi (22, man) | Africa | died in police custody under unclear circumstances after being arrested in Grasse (F) | IRR |
5/5/08 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, car he was transported in crashed after being chased by police in Xanthi (GR) | NOB/KI |
4/5/08 | 1 | Hamidur Rahman (31, man) | Bangladesh | suicide, took 40 antidepressant pills in Birkenfeld (D) as latest asylum claim was rejected | ARI |
1/5/08 | 1 | Ebenizer Folefack Sontsa (32,m) | Cameroon | suicide, hanged himself in sanitary room of det. cr. Merksplas (B) in fear of deportation | Hln/IRR/Afrik/MNS/Indymedia/NOB |
in May 08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Syria | hit by a car in Nicosia's motorway (CY) when he was running to escape an inmigration swoop | IRR/AFP/NOB |
28/04/08 | 36 | N.N. (2 women, 4 babies) | Nigeria (24), Cameroon (9) | drowned, Morocco's border guards broke with a knife the rubber dinghy (MA) | FE/Welt/ST/MNS/Picum/Reu/APDHA/MB/BBC/NOB |
23/04/08 | 4 | N.N. (men) | Iran, Syria | drowned, forced by Turkish police to swim across the river that separates TR and Iraq | Unhcr |
22/04/08 | 17 | N.N. (men) | Tunesia | 14 missing, 3 bodies found on board a boat from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/CPD/HNS/NOB |
22/04/08 | 1 | Hamza Ben Hammadi (21, man) | Tunesia | drowned, body washed ashore, found in Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/CPD/HNS |
22/04/08 | 1 | Mohamed Dalhoum (24, man) | Tunesia | drowned, body washed ashore, found in Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/CPD/HNS |
22/04/08 | 1 | Rachid Jebeniani (22, man) | Tunesia | missing, trying to cross the sea to Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/CPD/HNS |
22/04/08 | 1 | Abdelmounim Douiri (27, man) | Tunesia | missing, trying to cross the sea to Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/HNS/CPD |
22/04/08 | 1 | Maalek Zarga (21, man) | Tunesia | missing, trying to cross the sea to Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/HNS/CPD |
22/04/08 | 1 | Mourad Jlassi (man) | Tunesia | missing, trying to cross the sea to Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/HNS/CPD |
22/04/08 | 1 | Mohamed Jebeniani (22, man) | Tunesia | missing, unknown reason of death while trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/HNS/CPD |
22/04/08 | 1 | Ayman Ben Taieb Hassine(17,m) | Tunesia | missing, unknown reason of death while trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/CPD/HNS |
22/04/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Tunesia | drowned, body washed ashore; trying to reach Europe from Aouled al-Mabrouk (TN) | Ftcr/CPD/HNS |
21/04/08 | 2 | N.N. | Ivory Coast | stowaways, found on British container ship from Ivory Coast to Vigo port (E), 11 survivors | NOB/EarthT |
15/04/08 | 1 | Robert Weniaminov (43, man) | Armenia | depression, not given work permit, developed alcoholism whilst waiting for asylum decision | ARI |
7/4/08 | 16 | N.N. (20-25) | Algeria | drowned, coast guard found 11, 5 still missing in Arzew's coast (DZ) | KH/FE/NOB |
6/4/08 | 16 | N.N. (17-25; 21, men) | Algeria | drowned, 13 found, 3 missing, vessel sunk after leaving from Mers el Hedjadj beach (DZ) | MNS/Picum/FE |
4/4/08 | 1 | N.N. (29, man) | Mali | died of heart attack after jumping into river Marne in Paris (F) to avoid a police identy check | IRR |
in Apr 08 | 7 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died after deportation in Oujda's (MA) camp due to inhuman conditions | FE |
in Apr 08 | 1 | Shirazi Abdullah Juma (man) | Tanzania | suicide, set himself on fire in detention center of Luxembourg | ASTI |
30/03/08 | 1 | Alfredo Castano-Fuentes (24,m) | unknown | suicide, found hanged at Pentonville prison (GB), sentenced for having a fake passport | IRR/BBC/OBS |
29/03/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Maghreb | body found in a fishing platform in Melilla (E) reportedly after swiming from Beni Enzar (MA) | MUGAK/Sur/EFE |
29/03/08 | 1 | N.N. (30, man) | Vietnam | suicide, jumped from 19th floor of building in Berlin (D) after asylum claim rejected | ARI |
23/03/08 | 1 | Abdi Daud (40, man) | Somalia | no medical care, he got high dosages of cortisone in detention centre FG II in Zurich (CH) | NR |
19/03/08 | 1 | Ama Sumani (39, woman) | Ghana | died in Ghana of cancer after being removed from hospital (GB) because visa expired | BBC/WIK/Independent/Times |
19/03/08 | 40 | N.N. | Egypt/Senegal/Nigeria/Somalia/T | at least 40 drowned, overloaded boat sank near Zawia's coast (LY) on way to Lampedusa (I) | FE/CDS |
14/03/08 | 4 | N.N. | Palestine | drowned, shipwreck near Iskenderun's Kale village (TR) due to strong wind, 3 survivors | TP/NOB |
5/3/08 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | unknown death's reasons, found 2 bodies on boat carrying 59 travellers in Canary Isl. (E) | TySp/NOB/MPG/JA/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Ahmad Mahmud El Sabah (man) | Egypt | no medical care, died lacking adequate health treatment in det. boat Rotterdam (NL) | Statewatch/IN/IKN |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Ayse Abdurrahman (woman) | Somalia | drowned, after boat capsized off Turkish coast near Didim town trying to reach Europe | Xi/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 5 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned, after boat capsized off Turkish coast near Didim town trying to reach Europe | Xi/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Youcef (25, man) | Algeria | drowned, found in harbor of Bethioua (DZ), trying to reach Europe by boat | QUOTI/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Bilal (22, man) | Algeria | missing, trying to cross the sea to Spain, came from Bethioua's village (DZ) | QUOTI/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Nabil (25, man) | Algeria | missing, trying to cross the sea to Spain, came from Bethioua's village (DZ) | QUOTI/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Omar (24, man) | Algeria | missing, trying to cross the sea to Spain, came from Bethioua's village (DZ) | QUOTI/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 1 | Boubekeur (24, man) | Algeria | missing, trying to cross the sea to Spain, came from Bethioua's village (DZ) | QUOTI/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 3 | N.N. (±25) | Algeria | missing, disappeared trying to reach Europe crossing Mediterranean sea | QUOTI/NOB |
in Mar 08 | 3 | N.N. (±30, men) | Algeria | missing, left from Mostaganem (DZ) to reach Spain, all from Tiaret city (DZ) | FE/QUOTI |
in Mar 08 | 1 | N.N. (±25, man) | Algeria | drowned, his body found and repatriated from Spain, he was from Rahouia city (DZ) | FE/QUOTI |
in Mar 08 | 1 | N.N. (23, man) | Algeria | drowned, left from Algeria to reach Spain, he was from Tiaret city (DZ) | FE/QUOTI |
15/02/08 | 1 | John Maina (20, man) | Kenya | suicide, after failed asylum claim in Meudon, a western suburb of Paris (F) | MNS/IRR |
6/2/08 | 1 | N.N. (28, man) | India | stowaway, hanging on underside of touristic bus was crushed from bus' weels in Spain | AP/MUGAK/SUR |
5/2/08 | 1 | N.N. (man, 28) | India | crushed in Ceuta (E) by the wheels of a tour bus under he was hiding to cross Gibraltar | MNS/NOB |
3/2/08 | 1 | Rachid Abdelsalam (man) | Algeria | no medical care, died in detention of heart failure, treated with wrong medicine (NL) | Statewatch/VG/SCH/Dag |
2/2/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | drowned, body found on the coast of Barranco Hondo in Tarifa (E) | TySp/NOB |
29/01/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, decomposing body found in ship served Patras-Igoumenitsa-Venice route | KI/NOB |
29/01/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | drowned, body found in la Luz Coast (E) after shipwreck off Conil de la Frontera (E) | TySp/NOB |
23/01/08 | 1 | N.N. (30, man) | Algeria | manner of death unknown, body found on the beach of La Marsa (TR) | QUOTI/NOB |
23/01/08 | 17 | N.N. | Maghreb | drowned, 2 found, 15 missing, after boat sank one meter off the shore of Conil (E) | EP/MUGAK/Diario de Navarra/ELM/APDHA/Sur/EFE |
22/01/08 | 1 | N.N. (14, boy) | Afghanistan | stowaway, crushed to death in Panighina (I), hanging on underside of lorry from Greece | romagnaoggi/NOB/FE |
22/01/08 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 2 found, 6 missing, vessel carrying 32 migrants capsized off Luz's coast (E) | Picum/NOB |
15/01/08 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | drowned, fell into the frozen waters of Evros River (GR) after small boat sank | KI/ANA/PICUM/HR |
12/1/08 | 3 | N.N. | Africa | starvation, boat with 3 dead bodies arrived in Canary Island (E), carrying 88 migrants | EP/MFS/PICUM/NOB |
10/1/08 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Somalia | murdered, swam in search of help but captain of the boat threw him overboard (I) | LR/NOB |
4/1/08 | 2 | N.N. (1 man; 1 woman) | Maghreb | drowned, bodies found floating near the coasts of Barbate (E) | Verdad/MUGAK/EP |
1/1/08 | 9 | N.N. (±23, 8 men; 1 woman) | Maghreb | drowned, after boat capsized near the beach of Cadiz (E) | EP/MUGAK/APDHA/PICUM/NOB |
1/1/08 | 1 | N.N. (28, man) | Tunisia | suicide on detention centre Berlin Grunau (D) after asylum claim was rejected | MNS/IN/jW/IRR |
in Jan 08 | 8 | N.N. (±20, men) | Morocco | drowned, bodies found near Los Barrios (E), relatives identified 3 bodies | EP |
30/12/07 | 1 | Mohamed Mechergui (28, man) | Tunisia | rejected asylum seeker hanged himself with his shoes laces in Berlin Köpenick (D) det. cr. | IRR/ARI |
28/12/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Georgia | drowned, after ship capsized near Evros (GR), 20 survivors, 7 swam to the TR side | IntHeraldTribune/NOB |
26/12/07 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies found on board a boat intercepted near E from yachts participating to regatta | EP |
23/12/07 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reason of death unknown, a fisherman found a body near Lesvos (GR) | TDN/NOB |
17/12/07 | 8 | N.N. | Afghanistan/Iran/Mauritania | drowned, overloaded boat sank in the Aegean Sea off Bodrum (TR) on way to Kos (GR) | TDN/KI/Ya.D/NOB |
13/12/07 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | stowaway, reportedly fell from wheel bay of plane found in garden in Val d'Oise (F) | MNS |
12/12/07 | 7 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned, 3 found, 4 missing, 19 rescued by a gas carrier 30 ml off Cap Falcon (DZ) | NOB/FE/QUOTI |
11/12/07 | 1 | Kamal X (28, man) | Iran | died after setting himself on fire in Amberg (D) | IRR/ARI |
9/12/07 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found on board a boat that arrived in EL Hierro (E) | EP/NOB |
9/12/07 | 50 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6 found, 44 missing, shipwreck off Dakhla (MA), on way from Mauritania to Canary Isl. (E) | EP/FE/NOB |
8/12/07 | 86 | N.N. | Iraq/Palestine/Somalia | 51 found, 35 missing, drowned off Seferihisar (TR) after their overloaded boat sank | ICARE/BBC/GuardianUN/SP/TheGlobe/DPS/IntHeraldT |
8/12/07 | 1 | N.N. (±25, man) | unknown | reportedly drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition, wearing life jacket | QUOTI |
8/12/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | found in advanced state of decomposition on board of boat in Dakar on way to E | SudQ |
7/12/07 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found on boat that landed on Crete (GR), the vessel disembarked from Egypt | AthensNewsAgency/NOB |
7/12/07 | 1 | N.N. (24, man) | unknown | suicide, asylum seeker set himself on fire in the Town Hall of Haren (NL) | NRC/Nopoliceraid/AD |
4/12/07 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found on board of vessel that landed on Los Cristianos de Tenerife (E) with 51 survivors | MUGAK/EP/NOB |
4/12/07 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | body found on vessel that landed on Los Cristianos de Tenerife (E) with 37 survivors | MUGAK/EP/ABC/Diario de Noticias/NOB |
4/12/07 | 10 | N.N. | Comoros Islands | drowned, 2 found, 8 missing, boat collided with French police ship near Mayotte Isl. (F) | Le Monde/NOB |
3/12/07 | 10 | N.N. | Algeria | drowned, 9 found, 1missing, boat collided with Dutch cargoship during rescue operation (I) | MNS/VK/NOB |
2/12/07 | 40 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hunger and thirst, bodies thrown overboard on way from Senegal to Europe | MNS/VK/NOB |
in Dec 07 | 50 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, 6 found, 44 missing, boat capsized on way from Mauritania to Canary Isl. (E) | DPA/MNS/EP |
29/11/07 | 1 | N.N. (±25, man) | unknown | reportedly drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition near Marsa sea (M) | QUOTI/NOB |
29/11/07 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found by Galican fishing boat which rescued 48 people from a boat near El Hierro (E) | NOB/TySp |
16/11/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | shot to death in the stomach during a police check for illegal migrants in Pyla, Cyprus (CY) | TDN/IRR/MNS/NOB |
14/11/07 | 36 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 30 missing, 6 found in shore of Sidi Ifni (MA), ship sank on way from MA to E | Can7/NOB |
10/11/07 | 3 | N.N. (2 men, 1 woman) | unknown | bodies found at Alboran on Andalusian coast (E) | ABC/MUGAK/NOB |
9/11/07 | 58 | N.N. (youths) | Gambia | drowned, after boat was engulfed with fire on way from Banjul (Gambia) to Spain | Afrol/APDA/MUGAK/ELM/Diario de Noticias/L |
9/11/07 | 5 | N.N. | unknown | died in the hospital of Nuadibu (Mauritania), part of group with 49 thrown overboard | ABC |
8/11/07 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | shot and killed by border guard trying to cross into northwestern Greece | Reu./PICUM |
7/11/07 | 52 | N.N. | Gambia/Mali/Senegal/Guinea | died of starvation and dehydration, boat motor broke down on way from Senegal to E | ELM/DiarioVasco/Diario de Navarra/MNS/Diario de Noticias/ABC/PUB/ELC/MUGAK/APDHA/PICUM/V |
in Nov 07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Ivory Coast | inanimate body washed ashore near Ghazaouet (DZ) | QUOTI |
in Nov 07 | 1 | Eid Shaaban (37, man) | Egypt | drowned after shipwreck on way from Egypt to Italy, familiars identified the body | LAT |
in Nov 07 | 57 | N.N. (men) | Egypt | drowned after shipwreck on way from Alexandria (Egypt) to Italy | LAT |
29/10/07 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 9 found, 8 missing after shipwreck near Catania (I) | MUGAK/AFVIC |
28/10/07 | 7 | N.N. (men) | Palestine | drowned, found off Roccella Jonica coast, Calabria (I) when boat capsized on way from Egypt | MNS/PICUM/LESP/jW/LR/MUGAK/AVUI |
28/10/07 | 9 | N.N. (1 child) | unknown | drowned, bodies found off Vendicari, Sicily (I) by coastguards after their boat sank | LR/MNS/PICUM/MUGAK/AVUI |
24/10/07 | 57 | N.N. | Mali/Giunea/Africa | discovered boat with 7 bodies, 50 still missing, tried to reach Spain from Cape Verde | Icare/EFE/EP/EPress/Le Soleil/AFVIC/MUGAK/T |
18/10/07 | 10 | N.N. | Mali | suicide, jumped into sea in desperation after vessel drifting, way from Mauritania to E | MNS/PICUM/Le Courrier |
17/10/07 | 1 | N.N. (25, man) | Maghreb | suicide, hanged himself in the garden of detention centre for migrants in Modena (I) | INDi/ASGI/GLOPRO |
16/10/07 | 49 | N.N. | unknown | manner of death unknown, bodies thrown overboard on the way from Mauritania to Spain | ABC |
15/10/07 | 1 | N.N. (young) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration in hospital in Tenerife (E) after 12 days sailing from Gambia | MNS/PICUM/Can7/EFE/MUGAK |
15/10/07 | 1 | N.N. (23, man) | Nigeria | suicide, hanged himself in his cell in Modena (I) detention centre | MP/INDi/ASGI/GLOPRO |
10/10/07 | 1 | Shaukat Ali (61, man) | Pakistan | suicide, after asylum claim rejected, he hanged himself at his flat in Birkby (GB) | HEXAM |
8/10/07 | 3 | N.N (man) | unknown | drowned,3 missing, coast guard found boat with 117 illegal migrants near Zakynthos Isl. (GR) | VK |
4/10/07 | 1 | Mike Osei (34, man) | Ghana | fell from the 7th floor running away from Police check in Amsterdam (NL) | Karawane |
in Oct 07 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, shipwreck near Balikesir (TR) crossing the border from TR to GR, 11 survivors | Kuna |
in Oct 07 | 3 | N.N. | Algeria | drowned, bodies pulled out of the sea near the Sejname coast (TN) | QUOTI |
in Oct 07 | 1 | N.N. | Shri Lanka | suicide under a train after asylum claim refused (GB), he lost his job, had a lot of debt | TheNews |
26/09/07 | 1 | Laucling Sonko (29, man) | Senegal | manslaughter, Spanish Guard brought him back to MA cutting his inflatable mattress | Guardian Un./ST/Telegraph/Picum/ELM/MUGAK |
26/09/07 | 1 | N.N. (±25, man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of exhaustion, after being rescued trying to swim from Morocco to Ceuta (E) | EPress |
25/09/07 | 3 | N.N. (20-32) | Algeria | reportedly drowned, decomposing bodies found by Ghazaouet coast (DZ), likely on way to E | NOB/FE |
24/09/07 | 2 | N.N. (1 man; 1 child) | unknown | drowned, bodies pulled out of the sea near Samos (GR) after wooden boat capsized | KI/NOB |
24/09/07 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies pulled out of the sea near Chios (GR) after boat capsized | KI/NOB |
23/09/07 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found on board a boat that reached Los Cristianos' harbour, Canary Islands (E) | ElDia/EFE/EP/Can7/ELM |
20/09/07 | 1 | Chulun Liua (51, woman) | China | left in a coma after throwing herself out of a window to avoid a police raid in Paris (F) | MNS/PICUM/IRR |
19/09/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Romania | suicide, put on fire on Castellon (E) after denial of help for voluntary repatriatiation | MNS |
16/09/07 | 6 | N.N. (men) | Algeria | drowned, 5 bodies found and 1 missing, after boat sank near Cabo de Gata, Almeria (E) | EP/ELM/EFE |
16/09/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, body found by Civil Guard off Nijar beach (E), likely from Cabo de Gata shipwreck | NOB/TySp |
14/09/07 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, thrown overboard by traffickers near the Pantelleria Isl. (I), sailing from LY | LR |
13/09/07 | 3 | N.N. (6, 10, 13, girls) | Chechnia | died of exhaustion and exposure at Polish border fleeing from Chechnia conflict | MNS/VK |
13/09/07 | 8 | N.N. | Egypt | drowned, after ship capsized off the coast of Edko (Egypt), trying to reach Italy | IntHeraldTribune |
8/9/07 | 1 | N.N. (25-30, man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | body found in the coast of Motril (E), reportedly came from a boat intercepted days before | ABC |
7/9/07 | 10 | N.N. | West Africa | at least 10 people drowned after their boat capsized off the island of Gran Canaria (E) | MNS/BBC |
4/9/07 | 19 | N.N. | Comoros Islands | 4 drowned, 15 missing, shipwreck near l'Ile d'Anjouan, trying to reach Mayotte Isl. (F) | JA |
1/9/07 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | 1 drowned, 3missing after boat from Libya sank next to Portopalo (I) | LR/CDS/Unita/RAI/ANSA/IlMess |
in Sep 07 | 30 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea on their way to Europe | HNS |
30/08/07 | 25 | N.N. (21 men; 4 women) | unknown | drowned, boat capsized while approaching by a Greek tug boat in Malta waters | MP/Reu/Gara.net/LV |
29/08/07 | 1 | Soran Ali Korshid (35, man) | Iraq | suicide, overdose of pills, suffered of depression in asylum seekers' hostel in Rostock (D) | IRR |
28/08/07 | 2 | N.N. (women) | Eritrea/Ethiopia | pregnant women died of starvation during the journey from Libya to Italy | FE/ilMess/KI |
25/08/07 | 1 | N.N. (25, woman) | Guinea | fell passing one balcony to an other attempting to avoid police control Geneva (CH) | MNS/Vivre/TribuneGeneve/LeCourrier |
25/08/07 | 45 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned, boat disappear after motor broke down on way to Sicily (I) | GARA/VK |
24/08/07 | 3 | N.N. | Gambia/Mauritania/Rwanda | reportedly drowned, vessel capsized near the town of Cesme (TR) on way to GR | MNS |
23/08/07 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, disappeared after their boat from Turkey sank off the coast of Chios (GR) | MNS |
21/08/07 | 13 | N.N. (11 adults; 2 minors) | Nigeria/Mali | died of dehydration and hypothermia during trip from Sahara Occ to Canary Isl (E) | EP/ELM/Deia |
21/08/07 | 6 | N.N. (2 woman; 4 man) | unknown | starvation, bodies thrown overboard found by military pilots 60 miles to Lampedusa (I) | ANSA/FE/LR/INF/MAG/CDS |
20/08/07 | 1 | N.N. (25, man) | Nigeria | illegal worker jumped from building trying to avoid police arrest, Thessaloniki (GR) | MNS/EarthT |
19/08/07 | 13 | N.N. (2 minors) | unknown | died of starvation, dehydratation and hypotermia on a boat going to Fuerteventura (E) | EP/MNS |
19/08/07 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia and dehydration, found on boat that landed in Gran Canaria (E) | ELM/Verdad/EP/LV/ElDia |
17/08/07 | 11 | N.N. | mostly Afghanistan | 6 drowned, 5 missing, boat capsized near Izmir (TR) trying to reach Greece | MNS |
14/08/07 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | at least 15 people died, recovered from the sea near the island of Lampedusa (I) | MNS |
14/08/07 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, died after truck carrying 34 migrants capsized near Yukari Bakracli (TR) | Anatolian |
14/08/07 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found by military pilots floating in sea near Lampedusa (I), wearing life jackets | MAG/CDS |
13/08/07 | 1 | Amru Aljiti (63, man) | Bosnia | died due to lack insuline 4 weeks after deportation to Mostar (BH) being ill during trip | IRR |
9/8/07 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Iraq/unknown | 1 drowned, 1 missing, boat heading to Lesvos (GR) sank off Ayvalik (TR) | MNS/KI |
7/8/07 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | stowaway, crushed to death under the weels of a lorry leaving the port of Algeciras (E) | EP |
4/8/07 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Shri Lanka | drowned, boat carrying other 12 immigrants capsized near Samos Island (GR) | NOB/PressTv |
1/8/07 | 45 | N.N. (4 women, 4 child, 33 men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned, boat capsized near Lampedusa (I) on the way from Libya, 1 survivor | ANSA/GazzettaSud/AdnK/FE/HNS/Migreurop |
1/8/07 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | shot by Moroccan police while trying to reach Canary Isl. (E), other 37 were detained | Afrik |
30/07/07 | 20 | N.N. | Comoros Islands | reportedly drowned, boat sank between island Mayotte (F) and Comoros Islands | NOB |
30/07/07 | 4 | N.N. | Comoros Islands | died in Mayotte hospital (F) after boat sank between Mayotte (F) and Comoros Islands | NOB |
28/07/07 | 8 | N.N. (1 woman) | unknown | 1 found, at least 7 missing; 21 migrants found on tuna pen near Libya | MNS |
25/07/07 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, at least 9 died after two vessels from Libya sank off the coast of Sicily (I) | MNS |
25/07/07 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | unknown death's reason, 3 among 46 persons on board died on the way from LY toI | MNS |
23/07/07 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 2 found, 1 missing near the coasts of Malta | DPA |
23/07/07 | 29 | N.N. | Comoros Islands | 2 died, 27 missing, boat sank off Mayotte Island (F) in Indian Ocean from Comoros Islands | NOB |
22/07/07 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 80 km from Libyan coast after their boat collided with a fisher boat | DPA |
19/07/07 | 52 | N.N. | Ghana/Guinea/Liberia | drowned, 150 miles south Tenerife (E) in rough sea while Spanish boat tried to rescue them | Guardian Un./BBC/DS/AP/FR/VK/LR/MNS/EP/Raz/Mugak/SP/NOB/Berliner Zitg/EP |
18/07/07 | 16 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 4 died, 12 missing when boat sank 40 miles south of Lampedusa (I) | MNS/Reu/LR |
17/07/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | body found in a boat sailing for 10 days from Mauritania to Tenerife (E) | EP/EPress |
17/07/07 | 12 | N.N. | Africa | drowned 1 found, 11 missing trying to embark on Italian fishing boat near Libya | HNS/Migreurop/MSN |
14/07/07 | 3 | N.N. (±25, men) | Iraq | stowaways froze to death, found near Mestre (Italy) hidden in truck going to Germany | LR/Unita/CDS/Tgcom/AP/MNS |
8/7/07 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found from the Armed Forces of Malta in Maltese waters | MNS |
7/7/07 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, body found in advanced state of decomposition near Marsascala (M) | MNS |
7/7/07 | 1 | Luwan (19, woman) | Eritrea | car accident fleeing from the police, trying to cross the border from (F) to (GB) | Salam |
5/7/07 | 20 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, motor of the boat broke and sank off Ben Guerdne (LY) on way to Lampedusa (I) | NOB/REU |
4/7/07 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies found on a boat that reached Cristianos harbour, Canary Islands (E) | EP/EFE |
2/7/07 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, missing after boat sank near the coast of Azwen (DZ), 5 survived | QUOTI |
in Jul 07 | 12 | N.N. (11 adults; 1 child) | unknown | drowned, 1 found 11 missing, dinghy collided with fishing boatway from LY to I | LR |
in Jul 07 | 2 | N.N. | North Africa | drowned, dinghy collided with Italian fishing boat 80 miles from LY on way to I | LR |
30/06/07 | 11 | N.N. | Africa | drowned in waters between Libya and Malta after the boat sank | taz/MNS |
29/06/07 | 1 | Vera Filantova (47, woman) | Kirgistan | suicide, after asylum claim rejected, left alone to face her desperate life without status | SVZV |
28/06/07 | 3 | N.N. (1 man; 1 woman; 1 child) | unknown | died of starvation and dehydration, bodies thrown overboard on the way to Italy | LR |
27/06/07 | 1 | Mustafa Alcali (30, man) | Turkey | hanged himself in deportation custody in Frankfurt (D) after knowing he should be deported | FL/jW/IRR |
27/06/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | found death in a boat at 400 m. from Gran Canaria (E) with other 62 survivors | ELM/EFE |
22/06/07 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, missing after boat capsized near Lampedusa (I) | LR |
20/06/07 | 22 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, vessel capsized 100 km south the Island of Malta | MNS |
18/06/07 | 8 | N.N. | Africa | at least 8 migrants drowned after vessel capsized near the coast of southern Sicily (I) | MNS |
16/06/07 | 14 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in Sicily Channel waters (I), 11 bodies found, 3 still missing | LR/MNS |
16/06/07 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died in the course of rescue operation, survivors saved from fishing vessel near Libya | MNS |
14/06/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, asphyxiated on board a Formula1 powerboat from GR to Devon (GB) | BBC |
13/06/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | stowaway, manner of death unclear, found in truck on way from I to F with 3 migrants | Nouvel Obs |
11/6/07 | 1 | Moulay Mohammed (27, man) | Morocco | suicide, hanged himself in Remand Centre in Bordeaux (F), was under expulsion order | MNS/METROF/IRR |
9/6/07 | 1 | N.N. (fetus) | Africa | pregnant woman suffered abortion on a boat traveling to Spain, fetus left in the sea | ELM/EP/FE/adn |
9/6/07 | 2 | N.N. (± 21, men) | Africa | drowned trying to reach Greece from Turkey, bodies foud next to Samos (GR) | KI/FE/MNS |
9/6/07 | 1 | Osamyia Aikpitanhi (23, man) | Nigeria | suffocated by gag policemen put in his mouth during deportation from Spain to Nigeria | EP/ELM/APDHA/ProAsyl/IRR/AN/NBF |
7/6/07 | 1 | Sherry Alex (24, woman) | Angola | died of malaria after being deported from Germany to Luanda (Angola) | IRR |
5/6/07 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Gambia | bodies found among passengers on a boat near to Mogan harbour in Canary Island (E) | FE/MUGAK/Diario de Noticias/Can7/EP |
5/6/07 | 28 | N.N. | Algeria | drowned, 8 found, 20 missing between Tunisa and Algeria trying to reach Sardinia (I) | Reu./FE/Diario de Noticias |
1/6/07 | 21 | N.N. | Africa | drowned between Malta and Libya, bodies picked up by a French ship | FE/TI/Malta Independent/MP/LR/CDS/SP/ProAsyl/Reu/jW/MNS |
1/6/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | body found from Coast Guard in advanced state of decomposition near Lampedusa (I) | LR |
29/05/07 | 1 | N.N. | Algeria | died of hypothermia in hospital (TN), found in a boat drifting 15 miles off Tunisian Coast | NOB |
22/05/07 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly missing after a boat sank next to Malta coast | ANSA/LS |
22/05/07 | 3 | N.N. | Senegal | died bodies found aboard a boat adrift off Lompoul (Senegal) in direction to Spain | FE/TySp/Aps |
21/05/07 | 57 | N.N.(28 men;23 women;6 child.) | Eritrea | drowned between M and LY, Malta authorities alerted by a plane sent aid too late | FE/LR/BBC/EB/Reu./LS/ANSA/MNS/Indipendent/MM/UNHCR |
19/05/07 | 1 | Conrad Dixon (40, man) | Jamaica | suicide, failed asylum seeker set himself on fire in James Brindley Close (GB) | Se |
18/05/07 | 28 | N.N. (3 children) | unknown | 28 people are missing after their boat sank next to Malta coast sailing from LY to I | Reu./FE/TimesM/ANSA/MNS |
12/5/07 | 2 | N.N. (man) | Eritrea | bodies thrown at sea, dead during the route from Tripoli (LY) to Lampedusa (I) | FE/Tgcom/LS |
7/5/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Algeria | died in hospital in E after being rescued in the sea next to Gibraltar by a British ship | IRR/TheHerald/SC |
7/5/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Morocco | died of starvation, found on a dinghy next to Palermo coast (I) | ANSA/LR/Unita/MP/Alicenews |
30/04/07 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia and dehydratation after journey from Africa to Gran Canaria (E) | ELM/EP |
28/04/07 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on board a boat that sailed from Mauritania to Gran Canaria (E) | EP/FE/CadSER |
27/04/07 | 3 | N.N. (15, girl; 1, child; man) | Kurdistan | 1 drowned, 2 missing after smugglers throw them in sea next to Leros (GR) | KI/FE |
25/04/07 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on a boat that reached Tenerife | ELM/EP/EXP |
25/04/07 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in Archile's beach in Tenerife (E) after the travel from sub-saharan Africa | ELM/EP/EXP |
23/04/07 | 12 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly 11 bodies thrown at sea, 1 found on boat rescued next to Mauritanian coast | EXP/EP/jW |
23/04/07 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died after rescue operations in Mauritanian sea on board a boat from Africa to Spain | EP/EXP/jW/ELM |
23/04/07 | 132 | N.N. (men) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, they were all from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Abdoulaye Ba (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Ibrahima Mballo (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts,he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Ousmane Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Oumarou Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Hamidou Diallo (35, man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Hamady Sow (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Aliou Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Bouba Kande (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Oumar Diabouyel Balde (17,man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Saliou Seydi (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Amadou Kande (19, man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Moustapha Diallo (24, man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Ibrahima Diallo (22, man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Mokhtar Diallo (25, man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Alassane Diallo (20, man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Moustapha Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Djembarou Mane' (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Arfang Balde (26, man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Mamadou Balde (29, man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Nourou Balde (20, man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Ousmane Balde (24, man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Issaga Dieng (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Mahamadou Konte (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Sekou Omar Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Tidiane Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Yussuf Diao (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Lamine Balde (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
23/04/07 | 1 | Saliou Mballo (man) | Senegal | drowned, shipwreck off Morocco coasts, he was from the Kolda area (Senegal) | book:LosInvisiblesDeKolda/Mugak/ELM/FE |
22/04/07 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | 2 found, 1 missing; boat capsized during rescue operation of Armed Forces of Malta | MNS |
21/04/07 | 2 | N.N. | Algeria | drowned before their boat was rescued off Annaba (Algeria) on the way to Sardinia (I) | FE/LaN/ElW |
16/04/07 | 1 | N.N. (2 months, baby girl) | China | died of sudden infant death syndrome during an inmigration swoop in Aubervilliers, Paris (F) | IRR/REF/Libération |
11/4/07 | 1 | N.N. (34, man) | unknown | killed himself in a refugee camp in Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia (D) | IRR |
3/4/07 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Liberia | one missing, one death by hypothermia in hospital after found in boat near to Malaga (E) | EP |
in Apr 07 | 13 | N.N. (±22, men) | Morocco | drowned after their dinghy sank off Nador (MA), sailing towards Spain | FE/Bladi |
in Apr 07 | 3 | N.N. (men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on board of a small vessel during the crossing to Canary Islands (E) | Bladi |
27/03/07 | 7 | N.N. (men) | unknown | frozen to death after sneaking across Turkish-Iranian border trying to reach Europe | TDN/FE/TodZam |
18/03/07 | 1 | Uddhav Bhandari (40, man) | Nepal | suicide, put himself alight in fear of deportation from Glasgow (GB) | BBC/icS/EveningTimes/INDgb/Independent/TheHerald/SC/HimalayanT |
17/03/07 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | 7 people washed ashore, 4 missing, bodies found in Samos (GR) they left from Turkey | FE/KI/DPA |
17/03/07 | 1 | Marin Mogos (57, man) | Romania (Stateless) | suicide, hanged in Bucarest airport (RO) after his deportation from Germany | WSWS/DPA/IRR |
8/3/07 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found on boat near Tenerife (E) on way from Mauritania | EP/FE/Reu/EITB24 |
in Mar 07 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on a boat trying to reach Tenerife (E) from Mauritania, body thrown overboard | FE/EP |
21/02/07 | 19 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly missing, thrown over dinghy from LY to Sicily (I), death cause unclear | NYtimes/QNE/deleteTB/PICUM |
16/02/07 | 24 | N.N. (1 woman) | Somalia | drowned, 4 found, 20 missing, boat sank near Samos Islands (GR), way from TR to GR | Khaleej/PR/IntHeraldTribune/MNS/PR/IntHeraldT |
2/2/07 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 7 found, 10 missing after boat from Turkey sank off the island Samos (GR) | KI/AthensNewsAgency/Khaleej/NOB/MNS/PICUM |
in Feb 07 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found aboard a vessel drifting off the coast of Western Sahara on way to Canay Isl. (E) | News24/NOB |
30/01/07 | 1 | N.N. (31, man) | Nigeria | suicide, found hanged in his cell in Berne prison of Witzwil (CH) in fear of deportation | Vivre/Polbe |
22/01/07 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, found hidden under a coffin been trasported from in Kypoi (GR) | MNS/TP |
22/01/07 | 1 | N.N. (teenage boy) | South Africa | stowaway, body found in plane's wheel bay in Los Angeles (US), trying to reach London (UK) | NOB |
17/01/07 | 7 | N.N. (6 men, 1 woman) | unknown | drowned, 2 found, 5 missing boat from Turkey sank off the Samos island (GR) | KI/NOB |
15/01/07 | 1 | N.N. (±25, man) | Gambia/Senegal | stowaway, frozen in undercarriage of airplane from Gambia to Bruxelles (B) | AngolaPress/MNS/PICUM/Vivre |
7/1/07 | 1 | fetus (5 months) | Congo | mother physically weakened, arrested to prevent migration, abandoned on MA border | Statewatch/FE |
1/1/07 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | starvation, 2 thrown overboard, 1 body found on a boat docked on Canary Isl. (E) | FE/ELM/MNS |
in 2007 | 50 | N.N. (men, women, children) | unknown | died, smugglers forced them overboard to easily escape from Samos Coast Guard (GR) | GHM |
31/12/06 | 33 | N.N. (4 women) | Algeria | drowned, shipwreck near Algeria trying to reach Sardinia (I) | LaN/FE |
30/12/06 | 20 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, 9 found, 11 missing, 2 boats sank 60 km Sud of Laayoune (MA) way to Spain | APDHA/ABC |
23/12/06 | 1 | N.N. (young) | Sub-Saharan Africa | stabbed by MA police in Rabat, deportation operation to prevent migration to Europe | APDHA/ICARE |
20/12/06 | 24 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation, bodies thrown overboard boat wrecked in Yoff(Mauritania) way to E | Reu./WSWS |
16/12/06 | 126 | N.N. | West Africa | reportedly drowned, missing, boat capsized on way form Djiffer (Senegal) to Spain | TimesM/IntHeraldTribune/CNN/NOB/Vita/NA/EP/PR/FE/MNS/APDHA/PICUM/WSWS/Reu/INDgb/jW/DS |
14/12/06 | 5 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died trying to reach Canary Islands (E), boat found near Anfrift (MA) | APDHA |
13/12/06 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, boat with 29 survivors wrecked near Dakar (Senegal) way to Canary Isl. (E) | TimesM/IntHeraldTribune/PR/FE/APDHA/USA |
13/12/06 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | died in hospital, boat wrecked near Dakar (Senegal) on way to Canary Islands (E) | TmesM/IntHeraldTribune/PR/FE/USAToday/MNS/APDHA/NOB |
11/12/06 | 51 | N.N. | Egypt, Syria, Palestine | drowned after boat capsized near Seferihisar (TR) trying to reach GR coast | TDN/TP/Ya.D |
10/12/06 | 1 | N.N. | Asia | drowned, after shipwreck near Restinga Smir (MA) trying to reach Ceuta (E/MA) | APDHA |
9/12/06 | 1 | N.N. (40, man) | Bulgaria | suicide on Detention Centre in Lamezia (I) waiting for deportation | LR/PR |
6/12/06 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died of dehydration and hypothermia, found in boat landed in Arguineguin (E) | NOB/Gaymengc/FE/ELM/TS/MNS/APDHA |
6/12/06 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died of dehydration and hypothermia in hospital after boat landed in Arguineguin (E) | FE/ELM/MNS/APDHA/NOB/TySp/Gaymengc/TS |
4/12/06 | 3 | N.N. | Afghanistan/Mauritania | drowned, missing, after boat carrying 29 sank off Turkey's West coast, way to Greece | TDN/FE/PR |
3/12/06 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | shot by Moroccan border guard trying to cross the border fence in Melilla (E/MA) | eltelegramma/APDHA |
2/12/06 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of dehydration and hypothermia in hospital after boat landed in Tenerife (E) | APDHA |
2/12/06 | 102 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, shipwreck near Dakar sea due to stormy waters, they left from Senegal | PR |
1/12/06 | 1 | Kazim Kustul | Turkey | suicide, hanged himself in Detention Centre in Marseille (F) waiting for deportation | INDm/Vatan/PR/MNS |
in Dec 06 | 50 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation thrown overboard boat landed on Yoff (Senegal) trying to reach E | MNS/APDHA |
in Dec 06 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Bosnia | stowaway, found in a truck in Ancona (I), suffocated by the gas-water in the truck | FE/LR |
30/11/06 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found on boat with 15 survivors rescued by ARC sailing ship, way from Africa to Spain | YatchingWorld/FE/ELM/MNS/APDHA |
26/11/06 | 13 | N.N. (11, children) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, found after boat capsized near Laayoune (MA) on the way to Spain | AFVIC/MP/Reu/ELM/FE/NOB/News24/CNN/MNS/APDHA/PICUM/AFVIC/News24/ABC/Raz |
26/11/06 | 23 | N.N. (adults) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, 3 found, 20 missing, boat capsized near Laayoune (MA) on way to Spain | AFVIC/MP/Reu/ELM/FE/NOB/News24/MNS/APDHA/PICUM/AFVIC/News24/ABC/Raz |
26/11/06 | 1 | Naji Dohatem (30, man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, young activist for human rights, boat sank near Laayoune (MA) on way to E | MP/ELM |
21/11/06 | 1 | Kone Watara (26, man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in Ceuta (E/MA) hospital, accepted for 2 weeks after boat on way from MA sank | APDHA |
19/11/06 | 3 | N.N. | Somalia/Palestine | drowned, 1 found, 2 missing, boat capsized off Izmir's (TR) coast on way to Greek | IntHerald/KI/FE/NOB |
in Nov 06 | 18 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | bodies thrown overborad, boat rescued by ARC sailing ship, way from Africa to Spain | MNS/APDHA/YatchingWorld |
27/10/06 | 6 | N.N. | Algeria | drowned sailing to Spain from Wahran (Algeria) | NOB/KUNA/FE/APDHA |
27/10/06 | 1 | Artur Aivazov (±40,man) | Azerbaijan | suicide, after waiting for asylum claim for 8 years in NL, having psychological trauma | Voorvlucht/Oz |
24/10/06 | 4 | N.N. (3 men;1 pregnant woman) | Maghreb | drowned, 3 found, 1 missing shipwreck 8 miles from Malta on way from Libya to Italy | MP/MM/FE/Unipa/TimesM |
12/10/06 | 1 | Berrais Fethi (30, man) | Tunesia | body found in advanced state of decomposition near the coast of Foukat (DZ) | QUOTI |
12/10/06 | 10 | N.N. (men) | Tunesia | reportedly drowned, 9 missing 1 found advanced state decomposition near Fouka (DZ) | QUOTI |
10/10/06 | 40 | N.N. | Afghanistan | reportedly drowned, missing after boat sank near Kithira Island (GR) | KI/MP/PICUM/ABC/FE |
9/10/06 | 1 | N.N. (±20, man) | Iraq | stowaway, asylum seeker fell from a lorry in carriageway near Folkestone, Kent (GB) | Mirror/BBC |
5/10/06 | 24 | N.N. | Maghreb | drowned after their rubber boat broke up trying to reach Canary Islands (E) | APDHA/BBC/Guardianun/Aljazeera/PICUM/NOB/MNS/FE/ELM/jW |
in Oct 06 | 2 | N.N. | Sudan | died on way to hospital after their boat capsized near Malta | MNS |
in Oct 06 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition near Malta | MNS/FE |
26/09/06 | 9 | N.N. | Middle East/North Africa | drowned, 6 found, 3 missing, reportedly thrown into Turkish sea by Greek coastguard | SC/TP/FE/TDN/MNS/FR-BB/NOB/PICUM/PR/jW |
23/09/06 | 2 | N.N. (woman; child) | unknown | drowned, shipwreck caused by overcrouding 40 miles off Lampedusa (I) | LR/FE/IntHeraldTribune/NOB/PICUM/Unipa |
23/09/06 | 25 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, after their boat sank near Kenitra (MA) on way to Spain | APDHA |
21/09/06 | 2 | N.N. | Morocco | 1 found, 1 missing, body floating near Tarifa (E), set off with jet ski from Morocco | NOB/APDHA |
17/09/06 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of lack of medical care in police custody after his boat landed in Los Cristianos (E) | ELM/FE/NOB/EITB24/PICUM/Kaosenlared/NODO50/APDHA |
17/09/06 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 1 found, 12 missing after shipwreck 115 miles South West Malta way Italy | FE/LR/MM/NOB/Unipa |
16/09/06 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | body found in a boat with 56 survivors landed on Los Cristianos, Canary Islands (E) | ELM/FE/NOB/EITB24/APDHA |
12/9/06 | 250 | N.N. | unknown | missing, boat at the mercy of the waves sent SOS signal near Lampedusa (I) | ANSA/Unipa |
10/9/06 | 2 | N.N. | Kurdistan | died in minefield after entered in Vyssas area, in Evros (Greek/Turkish border) | KI/FE/MNS/FR-BB |
9/9/06 | 17 | N.N. (9 m; 5 w; 3 ch) | Somalia | died of starvation, thrown overboard drifting ship on way from Libya to Italy | FE/agrigentoweb |
7/9/06 | 1 | Eugene Ejike Obiora (48, man) | Nigeria | asylum seeker strangled from policeman in social welfare office in Trondheim (N) | MNS/NR |
5/9/06 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies found on the beach of Torretta Granitola near Mazara del Vallo (I) | LR/FE |
3/9/06 | 1 | N.N. (19, man) | Algeria | stowaway, fell in a field in Vivantes (F) from the wheelbay of a plane from North Africa | MNS |
3/9/06 | 1 | Janvier Makiadi (44, man) | Congo | suicide, hanged under bridge, asylum claim refused (GB); known also as Paul Kiese | RochdaleObs |
3/9/06 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | found near Los Ancones (E), body thrown overboard by boat landed in Lanzarote (E) | APDHA |
2/9/06 | 8 | N.N. | Eritrea/Somalia | died of hunger and thirst, bodies thrown overboard during journey to reach Italy | LR/FE/MNS/PICUM/Unipa |
1/9/06 | 1 | N.N. (±30, man) | Pakistan | drowned, boat hit rocks near Hania (GR) on the way from Egypt to Italy | KI/FE/NOB |
1/9/06 | 3 | N.N. (2 adults; 1 minor) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died after been rescued off El Hierro, Canary Islands (E) after their boat sank | ELM/FE/MNS/NOB/Rawstory/PICUM/APDHA |
1/9/06 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, missing afer boat sank near the coasts of Crete Island (GR) | FE/FR-BB |
30/08/06 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | died in boat with 13 survivors, bodies thrown overboard during journey to reach Italy | LR/FE |
29/08/06 | 132 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, 84 found, 48 missing, shipwreck near Mauritanian coast of Nouakchott | EP/FE/NOB/News24/MNS/GuardianUn/daz/FR-BB/APDHA |
28/08/06 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Mali | died of dehydration after been abandoned in Sahara desert by Moroccan authorities | MNS/Reu/FE/BBC/NOB |
27/08/06 | 20 | N.N. | Africa | 15 found, 5 missing on Mauritanian coast, thrown overboard after died of dehydration | MNS/FE/EP/BBC/ELM/MAG/PICUM/CRIDEM/APDHA |
27/08/06 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Mali | died of dehydration, found on boat sailing from Mauritania to Canary Islands (E) | APDHA |
26/08/06 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | body found on a vessel intercepted near the coasts of Malta | MNS/Unipa |
26/08/06 | 8 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found on ship on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (E) | APDHA |
25/08/06 | 1 | N.N. (±30, man) | Eritrea | died of starvation during crossing, found in boat landed at Portopalo di Capopassero (I) | ANSA/FE/LR |
20/08/06 | 28 | N.N. (26 men; 5women; 1child) | unknown | drowned, 6 found, 22 missing; dinghy capsized near the coasts of Lampedusa (I) | CDS/IM/MET/LR/FIEI/Statewatch/NOB/Newsaust |
20/08/06 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | reportedly devoured by a shark after dinghy capsized near Lampedusa (I) | IM/LR |
20/08/06 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died after falling into the sea attempting to cross the Sicilian Channel | Statewatch/FE/Unipa |
19/08/06 | 50 | N.N. (4 women; 10 children) | Africa | drowned, 12 found, 38 missing, boat collided with Navy ship near Lampedusa (I) | ANSA/CDS/BBC/IM/Reu/GuardianUn/MNS/FE/LR/Statewatch/PICUM/AFVIC/IPL/NOB/FR-BB/Unipa/DS/ORF |
19/08/06 | 30 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, bodies missing, boat sank off the coast of Lampedusa Island (I) | PICUM/AFVIC |
17/08/06 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | found on a boat with 81 survivors rescued off Canary Islands (E) | Statewatch/FE/NOB/APDHA |
14/08/06 | 28 | N.N. | Africa | died of hunger and thirst on way from Senegal to Canary Islands (E) | NOB/APDHA/jW |
14/08/06 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | died of starvation in Mauritania hospital after rescue operation on boat on way to Spain | NOB/APDHA |
12/8/06 | 28 | N.N. | Africa | died of starvation in boat instructed to change route by Spanish coastguard | Statewatch/ELM/FE |
12/8/06 | 5 | N.N. | Maghreb | died of starvation: 4 thrown overboard boat on way from MA to E; 1 died in hospital MA | APDHA |
11/8/06 | 15 | N.N. | Senegal | died of injures bodies thrown overboard, gas bottle explosion on ship from Dakar (SN) | MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM/Boston/NOB/APDHA/DS |
11/8/06 | 3 | N.N. | Senegal | died of injures after gas bottle explosion, found on a ship from Dakar (SN) | MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM/Boston/NOB/APDHA |
6/8/06 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | died in detention centre in Bologna (I) sparking a revolt | Statewatch |
6/8/06 | 1 | N.N. (24, man) | Africa | reportedly drowned, missing, fell from boat during rempatriation leaving NL to Africa | VK |
6/8/06 | 1 | Mohamed Aloui (33, man) | Tunesia | found in Bologna det. cr. (I), overdose by antiepileptic medicine, he wasn't epileptic | MP/ADUC/SAP/AFFIT/GLOPRO/LESP/ILD |
5/8/06 | 1 | N.N. (man) | North Africa | found by Local Police officer on beach of the Caleta del Mero (E) | TS/APDHA |
4/8/06 | 2 | N.N. (man) | unknown | 1 thrown overboard, 1 found on boat with 66 survivors intercepted off Tenerife (E) | TS/ELM/FE/Statewatch/NOB/APDHA |
2/8/06 | 5 | N.N. | China | died in car accident trying to escape police in Germany after being smuggled from Cz | Berliner Ztg/MOZ/Tagesspiegel |
in Aug 06 | 1 | Karol (18 months, child) | Sierra Leone | died of starvation crossing from Libya to Lampedusa (I), parents throw her overboard | ANSA/LR |
in Aug 06 | 2 | N.N. (6 child; 8 child) | unknown | reportedly died of starvation on the way to Lampedusa (I), bodies thrown overboard | ANSA/LR |
1/8/06 | 28 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, bodies washed up near Blibilat coasts (MA), trying to reach Canary Isl. (E) | ELM/FE/BBC/TS/Statewatch/NOB/APDHA |
in Aug 06 | 4 | N.N. | Senegal | died in Mauritania Hospital after gas bottle explosion in ship from Dakar (SN) | MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM/Boston/NOB |
in Aug 06 | 1 | Zamira Sadigova (51, woman) | Azerbaijan | suicide, jumped from her 11th floor flat in Knightswood (GB), in fear of deportation | TheHerald |
1/8/06 | 1 | Van N. (29, man) | Vietnam | car accident in Dannenreich (D) fleeing from a police chase during an identity control | BF/VK/IN |
1/8/06 | 1 | Duc N. (24, man) | Vietnam | car accident in Dannenreich (D) fleeing from a police chase during an identity control | BF/VK/IN |
1/8/06 | 1 | Thi N. (23, woman) | Vietnam | car accident in Dannenreich (D) fleeing from a police chase during an identity control | BF/VK/IN |
in Aug 06 | 1 | Modjtaba Farahian (28, man) | Afghanistan | suicide, in his house in Vlissingen (NL) in fear of deportation | Oz |
30/07/06 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly died of sunstroke, bodies found on boat arrived in Los Cristianos (E) | NOB/TS |
30/07/06 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died of starvation after been hospitalized in Palermo (I) after shipwreck in Lampedusa | IPL/LR/FE/Statewatch/NOB |
29/07/06 | 13 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly died of starvation on a boat with 14 survivors drifting off Lampedusa (I) | BBC/IPL/FE/LR/Statewatch/MNS/NOB/Unipa |
29/07/06 | 17 | N.N. (5 men; 5 women; 7 ch.) | unknown | drowned after shipwreck near the coasts of Malta, Italian vassel rescued 12 survivors | MNS/LR/FE/IPL/Statewatch/NOB/MM/Unipa |
28/07/06 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned during rescue operation, boat was intercepted near Tenerife (E) | MNS/ELM/FE/Statewatch/NOB/Pravda/APDHA/taz/jW |
28/07/06 | 2 | N.N. (1 men; 1 young) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died on rescue ship, boat was intercepted near Tenerife (E) | MNS/ELM/FE/Pravda/NOB/APDHA/taz/jW |
28/07/06 | 34 | N.N. | unknown | drowned:12 found, 22 missing shipwreck on Senegalesian waters on way to Spain | APDHA |
27/07/06 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | died of starvation, found on boat arrived in Canary Isl. (E) carrying 111 survivors | Statewatch/APDHA |
26/07/06 | 17 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | reportedly drowned, all bodies missing, boat from Libya to Italy sank off Mahdia (TN) | Statewatch/ELM/FE/Reu/IPL |
26/07/06 | 1 | Sadedim (boy) | Macedonia | died without medical care in asylum centre Sweikhuizen, Geeuwenburg (NL) | VK |
25/07/06 | 2 | N.N. | Asia | died after explosion in minefield in Evros (GR) trying to cross Turkish-Greek border | PICUM/KI/MNS/NOB |
24/07/06 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead of hypothermia in boat with 48 survivors arrived Islands Gran Canaria (E) | MNS/ELM/FE/Statewatch/BBC/PICUM/NOB/APDHA/taz |
24/07/06 | 3 | N.N. (men; 24, woman) | unknown | reportedly drowned, bodies found by coast guards on a beach in Gela (I) | Statewatch/FE/CDS/IPL |
23/07/06 | 4 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation, thrown overboard boat with 48 survivors arrived Gran Canaria (E) | APDHA |
23/07/06 | 4 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | suicide: abandoned boat during their way to arrive in Gran Canaria (E) | APDHA |
22/07/06 | 2 | N.N. (men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation in Hospital after had been rescued in ship arrived at Tenerife (E) | Statewatch/FE/ELM/PICUM/APDHA |
22/07/06 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found on board of a rescued boat on way to Canay Island (E) | Statewatch |
21/07/06 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | found on a boat with 43 survivors, arrived at the port Los Cristiano, on Tenerife (E) | MNS/ELM/FE/PICUM/APDHA |
18/07/06 | 1 | Adams John (7 months, child) | unknown | reportedly died heart failure caused by hypotermia, after arriving Fuerteventura (E) | PICUM/ELM/MNS/Statewatch/FE/NOB/APDHA |
16/07/06 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | Russia | suicide, asylum seeker detained at Foreigners' Registration Crentre, Pabrade (LT) | MNS |
7/7/06 | 9 | N.N. (1 child) | unknown | bodies found on the coasts of Canary Islands (E) | APDHA |
7/7/06 | 3 | N.N. (men) | Africa | found when boat arrived on Tenerife (E), died by dehydration during crossing | PICUM/MNS/Statewatch/FE/EP/NOB/APDHA/jW |
6/7/06 | 3 | N.N. (man;±30, woman;±3, ch) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, on way Canary Islands (E), found by fishermen off Cape Bojard (MA) | MNS/PICUM/LV/ICARE/APDHA |
5/7/06 | 1 | Abiy Fessfha Abebe (35, man) | Ethiopia | suicide, found hanged at Greenbank Drive Centre (GB) after asylum claim refused | IRR/icliverpool |
3/7/06 | 30 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, 26 found, 4 missing, shipwreck near El-Ayun (MA), way of Canary Isl. (E) | Vita/MNS/Picum/Statewatch/FE/ELM/IPL/NOB/AFVIC/APDHA/NYtimes/VK |
3/7/06 | 3 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died climbing border fence in Melilla (E/MA), reportedly one shot by border guards | Statewatch/FE/ELM/ICARE/VITA/PICUM/IPL/MP/NOB/AI/AFVIC/APDHA/jW/NYtimes |
in Jul 06 | 11 | N.N. | Africa | died during attempts to reach Canary Islands (E) from Mauritanian coast | Statewatch |
in Jul 06 | 30 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, bodies washed up onto the Atlantic sea after a boat sank off Western Sahara | NYtimes |
29/06/06 | 16 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned, 3 found, 13 missing after shipwreck 200 km near El Aaiún (MA) way to E | MNS/APDHA |
27/06/06 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on a fishing boat with 266 survivors near the coasts of Malta on way to I | EB/Statewatch/FE |
26/06/06 | 5 | N.N. (3 children; 2 adults) | unknown | drowned after shipwreck, found by Turkish Coast Guard near Kusadasi (MA) | Statewatch/TP/NCAs |
19/06/06 | 1 | N.N. (±25, man) | India | stowaway, died from heat exhaustion 2 weeks later found in roadside in Essex (GB) | BBC/PICUM/NOB/IRR/EADT |
19/06/06 | 1 | Majid Samari (37, man) | Iran | suicide, found hanged in Asylum Centre in Hansthholm (D) after asylum claim rejected | CPH/MNS/NR/UNHCR |
12/6/06 | 1 | N.N. (±25, man) | India | stowaway, died from heat exhaustion in back of a truck in a roadside in Essex (GB) | BBC/essexchronicle/GuardianUn/PICUM/NOB/IRR/EADT |
10/6/06 | 1 | Oleksiy Baronovsky (34, man) | Ukraine | suicide, reportedly selfharm, kept in HMP Rye Hill (GB) under Imm.Act pending depor. | NCADC/UNHCR |
9/6/06 | 11 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, 3 found, 8 missing; shipwreck caused by overcrouding near Malta (M) coasts | LR/Le Monde/GuidaS/MNS/Statewatch/Reu/FE/NOB/Unipa/IntHeraldT |
6/6/06 | 1 | N.N. (6, boy) | Somalia | drowned, after boat sank 2.5km of Island Samos (GR) sailing with 22 saved by vassel | PICUM/KI/NCAs/Statewatch/MNS/FE/NOB/TP |
5/6/06 | 1 | N.N. | Maghreb | body found on board of a boat near Cabo de Gata (E) | APDHA |
4/6/06 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, 1 found, 14 missing after boat capsized 111 miles off Malta's coasts | FE/Statewatch/NOB/Unipa |
3/6/06 | 4 | N.N. (men) | unknown | drowned, bodies found off the coast of Ragusa (I) | Statewatch/FE/NOB |
2/6/06 | 15 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after shipwreck in the Mediterranean sea | MNS |
30/05/06 | 1 | N.N. | Moldova | died in minefield crossing Turkish-Greek border | IMK |
30/05/06 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | died bodies rempatriated from Spain to Morocco with other 433 migrants | APHDA |
19/05/06 | 42 | N.N. (±25) | Afghanistan/Bangladesh | stowaways, small truck crashed into parked trailer on highway near Osmaniye (TR) | FECL/IPL/Ya.N/PICUM/MNS/FE/TDN/NOB/AFP |
18/05/06 | 7 | N.N. | unknown | found on boat caught up in storm near Sfax (Tunisia) on way from Libya to Italy | IPL/Statewatch/FE/Unipa |
15/05/06 | 1 | Ese Elizabeth Alabi (29,woman) | Nigeria | no medical treatment, got lower priority for heart transplant than GB citizens | IRR/BBC |
13/05/06 | 37 | N.N. | unknown | 26 missing, 11 found mummified in boat drifting near the Caribbean on way to Spain | MNS/IRR/IPL/Statewatch/FE/EP/NOB/APDHA |
13/05/06 | 1 | Sivanthan Gowthaman (29, m) | Sri Lanka | suicide, jumped under train, he lost work permit after refusal of asylum claim (GB) | Thenews |
11/5/06 | 1 | N.N. (±20, man) | unknown | reportedly stowaway hidden under vehicle, dead body found on A3 near Clanfield (GB) | IRR |
8/5/06 | 1 | N.N. (woman, 57) | China | hung herself in fear of deportation in a detention centre in Neuss (Germany) | ProAsyl/PICUM/Hiergeb |
2/5/06 | 2 | N.N. (men) | unknown | drowned, 1 found, 1 missing, shipwreck near Kusadasi (TR) on way to Samos Isl. (GR) | Statewatch/IPL/MNS/NOB/Pravda/AFP |
27/04/06 | 1 | S. D. (31, man) | Morocco | died of asthma attack in detention Centre in Trajal, Ceuta (E/MA) awaiting espulsion | Statewatch/FE/ELM/NODO50 |
25/04/06 | 1 | N.N. (40, man) | Algeria | body found on the shore of El Tarajal (E) trying to arrive in Ceuta (E/MA) | APDHA |
25/04/06 | 25 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after shipwreck near Kenitra (MA) trying to reach Spain | APDHA |
23/04/06 | 1 | N.N. (±24, man) | Asia | reportedly stowaway, fell from truck dragged a mile along A14, Cambridegeshire (GB) | IRR |
14/04/06 | 1 | Dominique Koumadio (woman) | Africa | murdered, shot by the police during a street riot in Germany | Sparta |
4/4/06 | 34 | N.N. | unknown | drowned in shipwreck on way from Mauritania to Canary Islands (E) | Statewatch/FE/ELM/NOB/APDHA |
in May 06 | 1 | Seiny Dabo (man) | Africa | died of starvation, boat found adrift after leaving from Cape Verdian to Canary Isl. (E) | VK |
in May 06 | 1 | Bouba Cisse (man) | Africa | died of starvation, boat found adrift after leaving from Cape Verdian to Canary Isl. (E) | VK |
in May 06 | 1 | Diaw Sunkar Diemi (man) | Africa | died of starvation, boat found adrift after leaving from Cape Verdian to Canary Isl. (E) | VK |
in May 06 | 8 | N.N. (men) | Senegal/Guinee-Bissau/Gambia | died of starvation, boat found adrift after leaving from Cape Verdian to Canary Isl. (E) | VK |
18/03/06 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | bodies found on the shore of Cabo Blanco (E) | APDHA |
17/03/06 | 13 | N.N. (youths) | Africa | missing, disappeared on way from Laayoune (MA) to Canary Islands (E) | Statewatch/AFVIC/APDHA |
16/03/06 | 1 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found by Guardia Civil near the port of Spanish north African enclave Melilla (E/MA) | Statewatch |
15/03/06 | 26 | N.N. (men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned on way to Spain, bodies retrieved in the waters of Mauritania by Spanish ship | MAG/Statewatch/FE/ELM/NOB/APDHA/VK |
12/3/06 | 12 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead on a drifitng boat off Capeverdian islands on way to the Canary Island. | MNS/PUB/APDHA |
9/3/06 | 1 | Naser Al Shdaida (36, man) | Syria | suicide, under train in London (GB) fearing deportation after refusal of his asylum claim | IRR/Streathamguardian |
7/3/06 | 45 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, 2 small boats capsised on way to Spain, one crashed with coast guard vessel | MAG/NRC/IND/Statewatch/FE/ELM/NOB/APDHA/MNS/INDd |
7/3/06 | 3 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, found dead on a lorry arrived in Bari (I) from Durazzo (AL) | Statewatch/LR/FE |
5/3/06 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned, shipwreck off Ahrax Point (M) on way to I, fled from Hal Far and Safi det.cr. | Statewatch/NOB |
5/3/06 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, shipwreck off M on way to I, fled from Hal Far and Safi det.cr. | Statewatch/NOB/Unipa |
4/3/06 | 1 | N.N. | Gambia | drowned triying to reach the coasts of Tenerife (E) | APDHA |
22/02/06 | 16 | N.N. | Morocco | found on a boat, died of hypothermia, starvation and epileptic crises on way to Spain | AFVIC |
22/02/06 | 4 | N.N. | unknown | stowaways, died of asphyxia, found on a ship arrived in Canary Isl. from Ivory Coast | Statewatch/MNS/APDHA |
20/02/06 | 1 | Yadav Krishnakumar (child) | Sri Lanka | baby of asylum family died of dehydration in Fairfield Hospital (GB), no medical aid | Manchester |
19/02/06 | 12 | N.N. (11 young m.; 1 young w.) | Morocco | drowned after boat with 36 migrants capsised off Almeria (E) | AFVIC |
19/02/06 | 12 | N.N. (11 young m.; 1 young w.) | Morocco | drowned, after boat with 32 left from Jbel Boudinar and capsised off Spanish coast | AFVIC |
19/02/06 | 1 | N.N. (25) | Afghanistan | drowned, dinghy carrying 6 Afghans sank off Chios (GR) on way from Turkey | Statewatch/FE/KI |
19/02/06 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, pantera with 24 passengers capsized off Island of Alboran/Almeria (E) | MNS/Statewatch/APDHA/NOB |
18/02/06 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned, after shipwreck off the Libyan coast on way to Italy | Statewatch |
15/02/06 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | unknown | frozen, died while crossing the Bulgarian-Greek border on mount Falakon | Statewatch/MNS |
13/02/06 | 1 | N.N. | Afghanistan | died of a shock after his cousin was beaten up by border guards in Patras port (GR) | Statewatch/MNS |
10/2/06 | 1 | Taufik Al-Karazeh (27, man) | Syria | suicide, asylum seeker hanged himself in his flat in Rochdale (GB), fear of deportation | IRR/RochdaleObs |
in Feb 06 | 2 | N.N. (±27, men) | Pakistan | murdered, fell while crossing border Iran-TR, trafficker cut their throat as they couldn't go on | witness (Sarfraz Ali Khan) |
in Feb 06 | 1 | N.N. (±30, man) | Bangladesh | leg broken when running between Iran and TR, the group had to leave him behind | witness (Sarfraz Ali Khan) |
30/01/06 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned near Algerian coast, disappeared in an attempt to reach Spain | Satewatch/Aujourd'hui/FE |
30/01/06 | 1 | Salehdeim Fahssahi (38, man) | Algeria | died after arson attack on detention Centre Schrassing (L) | Odysseus/PlaZa |
24/01/06 | 1 | Nuur Saed (22, man) | Somalia | died after falling from balcony, escaping police search in his flat in Plumstead (GB) | IRR |
23/01/06 | 8 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned, 3 bodies found, 5 missing, boat capsised off the coast of Al-Hoceima to Spain | AFVIC/MNS/Statewatch/APDHA |
21/01/06 | 3 | N.N. | Pakistan/Bangladesh | found frozen on dinghy from TR to GR carrying migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh | Statewatch/KI/FE/NOB |
19/01/06 | 1 | Bereket Yohannes (26, man) | Eritrea | suicide, found hanged in Harmondsworth Immigr. Removal Cr. (GB) facing deportation | Statewatch/NCADC/IRR/NOB |
11/1/06 | 1 | N.N. | Iraq | died of heart attacked during police custody in Athens (GR) in fear of deportation | MNS |
4/1/06 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned while swimming to the island of Lesvos (GR), after boat sank 80m from coast | NOB/MNS/Statewatch/KI/FE |
in 2006 | 1 | Ali Amen Nader (man) | Yemen | murdered by Yemeni authorities, rempatriated after asylum claim was refused in NL | IHRC |
1/1/06 | 1 | Mhedy Aliy (30, man) | Tunesia | died in detention centre Pian Del Lago (I), administered high ammount of placating | ILM/MP/Lib |
27/12/05 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned, body found by a scuba diver and retrieved by the Spanish Sea Rescue Team | Statewatch |
25/12/05 | 1 | N.N. (30, man) | Morocco | drowned, found next to plastic bins tied together that helped him cross Spanish waters | Statewatch/ELM/FE |
24/12/05 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found by authorities on the beach of Cadiz (E) | MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM |
24/12/05 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned, found by authorities on the beach of Cadiz (E) | Statewatch/FE/ELM |
21/12/05 | 2 | N.N. | Nigeria | stowaway, died during journey to Kallo (NL), thrown from cargoship by compatriots | MNS/News24/FE/VK |
19/12/05 | 30 | N.N. | Mauritania/Senegal | reportedly drowned after vessel capsised off the Canary Islands, only 4 bodies found | MNS/Statewatch/NOB |
10/12/05 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Africa | found dead on a boat carrying immigrants in Gibraltar Strait by Spanish authorities | Exodus |
10/12/05 | 22 | N.N. | Africa | reportedly drowned, missing in stormy waters in the Gibraltar Strait on way to Spain | Exodus |
9/12/05 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | blown in minefield at the TR-GR border. Bodies found by authorities in Kastanies (GR) | MNS/KI/FE |
8/12/05 | 1 | Mohammed Hanif (27, man) | Bangladesh | suicide at asylum centre in Hechtel-Eksel (B), previously attempted suicide twice | Universal Embassy (B) |
30/11/05 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found in advanced state of decomposition on Tarifa beach by Guardia Civil | Statewatch |
28/11/05 | 18 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, 6 found, 12 missing after boat capsized off the coast of Gran Canaria | MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM/ABC/Raz/MUGAK |
28/11/05 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | shot by police, minivan way to Europa refused to stop at check point on Carikci (TR) | FE |
27/11/05 | 22 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, reportedly fallen from duckboat due to strong winds off the coast of Almeria | MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM/NOB/PICUM |
27/11/05 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | found on duckboat carrying 36 migrants off the coast of Almeria during rescue attempt | MNS/Statewatch/FE/ELM |
25/11/05 | 1 | N.N. (4, boy) | Romania | died after falling off a window at Villa Salus Reception Cr. for migrants in Bologna (I) | LR |
25/11/05 | 3 | N.N. (men) | Asia | died of hypothermia in attempt to cross the border between Ukraine and Slovakia | State Border Service (UA) |
24/11/05 | 20 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after shipwreck near the coast of Scicli, Sicily (I) | FE/LR/NOB |
23/11/05 | 1 | N.N. (27, man) | unknown | jumped from balcony anf fell in Den Haag (NL), in fear of arrest for deportation | MAG/PICUM/Oz/NU |
18/11/05 | 9 | N.N. | Africa | drowned after boat capsized off the coast of Sicily. Ignored by Maltese coast guards. | LR/MP/AD/MNS/Statewatch/FE/CDS/NOB/Unipa |
15/11/05 | 1 | N.N. (20, man) | unknown | stowaway, driver lost control over truck attempting to escape police in Prevenza (GR) | KI/FE |
12/11/05 | 1 | Delroy Edward | Jamaica | murdered by a shotgun in Kingston (Jamaica) 9 days after being deported from GB | IRR/WIK |
10/11/05 | 1 | Lizwane Ndlovu (29, woman) | Zimbabwe | died in Birmingham hospital, after release from Yarls Wood Detention Centre (GB) | IRR |
2/11/05 | 30 | N.N. | unknown | 12 drowned, 18 missing boat with 36 migrants to Greek capsized near Cesme (TR) | MNS/Statewatch/Ya.N/KI/FE/NOB |
31/10/05 | 2 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found on a drifting vessel off the coast of Adra (Almeria, E) | MNS/Statewatch |
26/10/05 | 1 | Maribel M. Rodriguez (30, w) | Dominican Republic | burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR |
26/10/05 | 1 | Kamal Shahin (51, man) | Turkey | burnt alive after fire in detention centre at Schipol Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/Oz |
26/10/05 | 1 | Taras Bilyk (30, man) | Ukraine | burnt alive in detention cr. at Schiphol(NL).He was also known as Vitaly Khvylovyy. | LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/ASKV/CR |
26/10/05 | 1 | Mehmet Avar (41, man) | Turkey | burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR |
26/10/05 | 1 | Vladislav Leniev Petrov (31, m) | Bulgaria | burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR |
26/10/05 | 1 | Lofti Al Swaee (32, man) | Libya | burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR |
26/10/05 | 1 | Robert Jules Arah (34, man) | Suriname | burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR |
26/10/05 | 1 | Naiva Apensa (43, man) | Suriname | burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR |
26/10/05 | 1 | Gheorge Sas (21, man) | Romania | burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR |
26/10/05 | 1 | Oksana Nynych (29, woman) | Ukraine | burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR |
26/10/05 | 1 | Dato Khidiritsj Kasojef (20, m) | Georgia | burnt alive after a fire in detention centre at Schiphol Airport (NL) | LR/MAG/MNS/Statewatch/VK/Vivre/ASKV/FE/PICUM/NRC/NOB/Parool/CR |
25/10/05 | 7 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, after vessel submerged off the coast of Malta | MNS/MM/FE/NOB |
25/10/05 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | body found by greek coastguard aboard boat with 150 migrants on way to Italy | NOB |
21/10/05 | 1 | Michail Sh. (32, man) | Russia | suicide, hanged himself with bed sheets while in police custody in Hamburg (D) | ARI |
12/10/05 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, in the attempt of swimming to the shore of Adra (Almeria) | Statewatch/ELM/FENOB |
6/10/05 | 6 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died in the attempt of entering the enclave of Melilla (E/MA) | MNS/AFVIC/VK/LR/FE/ELM/NOB/AI |
4/10/05 | 1 | Yankuba Ceesay (18, man) | Gambia | suicide, found dead in a security cell in Linz (A), hungerstrike in fear of deportation | TheStandard/NR/MNS/ORF/PICUM/WIKO |
1/10/05 | 1 | N.N. (38, man) | Algeria | died at friends' house, beaten by security guards when he refused to be deported | Le Matin/Vivre |
1/10/05 | 17 | N.N. | unknown | drwoned, 3 found, 14 missing after boat capsised off Fuerteventura in rescue attempt | Statewatch/MUGAK/ABC/Raz |
1/10/05 | 1 | Hassan Mohammad (30, man) | Afghanistan | suicide, killed friend and her son, jumped from 5th floor in NL, fear of rempatriation | VK/aduc/Diario de Noticias/Diario de Navarra |
1/10/05 | 2 | N.N. (35, woman; 8, boy) | unknown | murdered, pushed down from 5th floor in NL by friend in fear of rempatriation | VK |
in Oct 2005 | 1 | Suleiman Dialo (30, man) | Guinea | suicide, asylum seeker suffering from depression killed himself in Newcastle (GB) | Cpgb |
29/09/05 | 1 | N.N. (30, man) | Africa | found off the coast of Agrigento (I), drowned after a massive disembarkment | LR |
28/09/05 | 5 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died shot by Moroccan border guards, attempting to enter in Ceuta (E/MA) | NR/NRC/VK/NOB/AI/Terra |
27/09/05 | 34 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, after boat capsised in stormy waters off the North coast of Cyprus | ILM/NOB |
27/09/05 | 1 | N.N. (20, man) | Palestine | drowned, jumped off stranded boat off the coast of Sicily, near marina di Palma (I) | LS/GDS |
21/09/05 | 18 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned off the coast of Morocco, near Dakhla, on their way to Canary Islands | AFVIC/NOB |
21/09/05 | 4 | N.N. | Africa | found dead on a boat off the coast of Tunisia, traveling from Libya to Italy | PICUM |
19/09/05 | 1 | N.N. | Syria | shot by a Turkish coast guard while on a boat on its way to Greece | MNS/Spiegel/NOB |
15/09/05 | 1 | Manuel Bravo (35, man) | Angola | suicide, found hanged at Yarl' s Wood Removal Cr. (GB) so that his son could stay in GB | NCADC/BBC/MNS/Statewatch/TI/Leedstoday/IRR |
15/09/05 | 1 | N.N. | Congo | died in Melilla Hospital (E/MA) after attempt to enter the Spanish enclave | AFVIC/AI |
14/09/05 | 1 | Edmore Ngwenya (26, man) | Zimbabwe | suicide,found drowned at Salford Quays (GB) | NCADC/Manchester Evening News/IRR |
13/09/05 | 1 | N.N. (24, man) | Liberia | found dead, on a street in Geneva (CH), expelled from immigration centre | Le Courrier/Vivre |
11/9/05 | 11 | N.N. | Eritrea | drowned, off the coast of Italy near Gela, traffickers - 7 Egyptians - were caught | Unita/MNS/GDS/MP/LS/BBC/NOB/Unipa |
10/9/05 | 11 | N.N. | Eritrea | found dead on Licata Beach (I), drowned after boat got stranded south of Gela (I) | MNS/LR/VK |
10/9/05 | 1 | N.N. (44, woman) | Albania | shot by Greek border guard near the border with Macedonia | MNS |
29/08/05 | 2 | N.N. | Cameroon | died of injuries sustained attempting to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla (E/MA) | APDHA/MP/IND/NOB |
19/08/05 | 26 | N.N. | Sudan | drowned, after boat capsized south of Malta | MNS/NOB/Unipa |
16/08/05 | 2 | N.N. | Africa | drowned, jumped off the boat while disembarking in Lampedusa (I) | G.Sicilia/Unipa |
13/08/05 | 4 | N.N. (men) | Sub-Saharan Africa | stowaways, suffocated in container coming from Casablanca (MA) in Rotterdam (NL) | PICUM/NOB |
8/8/05 | 9 | N.N. | unknown | 2 drowned, 7 missing after boat capsized off the coast of Lesvos (GR) | PICUM |
6/8/05 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | drowned after his boat sank off the southern coast of Crete (GR) | PICUM/NOB |
4/8/05 | 23 | N.N. (men) | Mali, Senegal | found dead on the coast of Tarfaya (Ma), drowned after boat capsized on way to E | MNS/PICUM/NOB |
3/8/05 | 1 | N.N. (±30, man) | unknown | stowaway, found frozen in the landing gear of a plane in Brussels (B) | BBC |
20/07/05 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | drowned after small boat capsised in attempt to reach Kos island in the Aegean Sea | ORF |
13/07/05 | 3 | N.N. | Somalia | drowned, after their boat capsized off the coast of Turkey near Izmir | MNS/NOB |
7/7/05 | 1 | Babak Ahadi (33, man) | Iran | suicide, set fire to himself at accommodation cr.in Bristol (GB) in fear of deportation. | NCADC/IRR |
2/7/05 | 1 | Nusrat Raza (22, woman) | Pakistan | suicide, set herself on fire in Bradford (GB), depression after losing asylum appeal | YP/IRR |
1/7/05 | 1 | N.N. (22, man) | Iraq | died of overheating, found on a parking place in Ludwigsfeld (D), smuggled paid $5000 | ARI |
27/06/05 | 1 | Ramazan Kumluca (19, man) | Kurdistan | suicide, found hanged at Campsfield Removal Cr.(GB) after 3rd as. claim was refused | TI/IRR/NCADC/BBC/PICUM/Independent |
26/06/05 | 2 | N.N. | Tunesia | drowned, after boat capsized off the coast of Turkey near Dikili | MNS/NOB |
23/06/05 | 27 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned in stormy waters off Malta; Maltese rescue-team came too late | ORF/Unipa |
13/06/05 | 12 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, after their boat sank off the coast of Morocco on their way to Spain | APDHA |
13/06/05 | 14 | N.N. (2men,6 women,6 minors) | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned, after shipwreck off the coast of Tanger on their way from Morocco to Spain. | BBC/APDHA/AFVIC/NCAs/IstitutoInnocenti/NOB |
29/05/05 | 2 | N.N. | Georgia | blown in a minefiled between Turkey and Greece while crossing border | MAG |
27/05/05 | 11 | N.N. | unknown | died from dehydration near Algerian border after vehicle broke down in desert | NOB/Thestar |
25/05/05 | 16 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found in the Sicilian Channel (I), drowned after boat capsized south of Lampedusa (I) | LR/NOB/Unipa |
12/5/05 | 3 | N.N. | Africa | stowaways, found dead in a container on a Danish ship between Morocco and Spain. | MAG |
11/5/05 | 1 | N.N. (minor) | Morocco | found dead on a ship transporting migrants, stopped near the coast of Andalusia (E) | AngolaPress |
3/5/05 | 1 | N.N. | unknown | drowned, found dead on the beach of Morro Besudo, Canary Islands (E) | MNS |
25/04/05 | 1 | Shiar Ahmad (28, man) | Syria | suicide, found hanged after 2 months detention once repatriated to Syria from CH | Tagesanzeiger/Swiss Parliament |
15/04/05 | 24 | N.N. | Africa | 5 drowned, 19 missing, after boat sank on its way from Libya to Italy | PICUM |
10/4/05 | 2 | N.N. | Morocco | died of starvation on way to Spain,found on a boat drifting off the coast of Algeria | AFVIC |
10/4/05 | 16 | N.N. | Morocco | reportedly drowned off the coast of Algeria on way to Spain | AFVIC |
9/4/05 | 1 | Limbaya Ndinga (32, man) | Congo | suicide, found hanged in his flat in Middleton (GB) after asylum claim was refused | Middleton Guardian/IRR |
4/4/05 | 1 | N.N. | Mauritania | blown in minefield in attempt to cross the Turkish-Greek border | TI/MAG/DPA/taz |
4/4/05 | 1 | N.N. | Tunesia | blown in minefield in attempt to cross the Turkish-Greek border | TI/MAG/DPA/taz |
1/4/05 | 1 | N.N. (3 months, child) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of hypothermia in his mother's arms on their boat to Spain | PICUM |
31/03/05 | 13 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation on a boat drifting near El-Hierro (E) | taz/NOB |
31/03/05 | 1 | N.N. (man) | Sub-Saharan Africa | died of starvation on a boat drifting near El-Hierro (E) | APDHA/ORF/MAG |
25/03/05 | 5 | N.N. (men) | China, Mongolia | drowned, thrown off boat by smugglers 15 miles from Punta Secca (I) | STR |
25/03/05 | 1 | N.N. (woman) | China, Mongolia | drowned, thown off boat by smugglers 15 miles from Punta Secca (I) | STR |
25/03/05 | 3 | N.N. (men) | China, Mongolia | reportedly drowned, thrown off boat by smugglers 15 miles from Punta Secca (I) | STR |
24/03/05 | 6 | N.N. | China | drowned, after they were forced to jump off, found off the coast of Sicily (I) | PICUM/Statewatch/MNS/NOB/Unipa |
12/3/05 | 11 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | found dead near the coast of Fum Wad, El-Aiun, West Sahara (MA) | ACN/AFVIC/PICUM |
12/3/05 | 50 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned in attempt to reach Canarias from Fum al-Wad, West Sahara (MA) | ACN |
12/3/05 | 30 | N.N. | Sub-Saharan Africa | drowned,found dead near coast of Fum Wad, El-Aiun, West Sahara (MA) | AFVIC/APDHA |
11/3/05 | 11 | N.N. | Bangladesh | found dead on a boat from Morocco to Spain | MAG/MNS |
1/3/05 | 1 | Ali Jafari (25, man) | Afghanistan | missing, after being deported to Afghanistan, after a 18 months asylum in BG | Evening Gazette |
26/02/05 | 35 | N.N. (20-28, men) | Morocco | reportedly drowned near Oran (DZ) on the way from al-Hoceima (MA) to Spain | AFVIC/ATMF/NOB |
26/02/05 | 2 | N.N. (20-28, men) | Morocco | died at hospital in Oran (DZ) after boat was found drifting off the coast of Tunisia | AFVIC/ATMF/NOB |
25/02/05 | 1 | N.N. | Morocco | drowned, found dead in a boat drifting 12 km from Cap Blanc, Oran (DZ) | YABI/AFP |
25/02/05 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on a boat drifting near Oran (DZ), from Morocco to Almeria (E) | AFP/YABI |
25/02/05 | 1 | Ramazan Kaya (26, man) | Turkey | suicide, jumped out of window, depressed because couldn't get staying permit in D | taz/ARI |
22/02/05 | 1 | Ben Habra Saharaouis (man) | Algeria | suicide, found hanged during period of remand, Authorities tried to suppress the case | NR |
21/02/05 | 1 | N.N. (man) | unknown | died of hypothermia shortly after arriving in Alboran (E) by boat | MNS |
18/02/05 | 9 | N.N. | Egypt | drowned, after shipwreck off the coast of Libya, on way to Italy | LR/CDS/PICUM |
18/02/05 | 26 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after shipwreck off the coast of Libya, on way to Italy | CDS/LR |
14/02/05 | 1 | Vincent Shem (32, man) | Ghana | suicide, found hanged in HM Prison in Wandsworth (GB) | Inquest/IRR |
7/2/05 | 39 | N.N. | unknown | reportedly drowned after 10-day sail from Al-Hoceima (MA) to Spain | APDHA |
in Feb 05 | 2 | N.N. | Senegal | drowned, after shipwreck off the coast of Morocco near El-Ayunan on way to Spain | Le Monde |
25/01/05 | 1 | Vladislav Babayan (man) | Armenia | suicide, found hanged in Merksplas (B), in fear of deportation | De Gentenaar |
23/01/05 | 1 | N.N. (25-30, man) | unknown | suicide, found hanged in prison in Sarnen (CH) | Vivre |
19/01/05 | 10 | N.N. | unknown | found dead on a boat drifting 480 km suth of Canary Islands (E) | PICUM/PAJOL/MAG/APDHA/MNS/NOB |
11/1/05 | 1 | Said Zigoui (44, man) | Morocco | suicide, jumped from hospital after recovered for self harm in Lamezia Terme (I) Cr. | MP |
7/1/05 | 1 | Oury Jalloh (21, man) | Sierra Leone | burnt alive, found tied to a bed in a police cell in Dessau (D), case under investigation | VRF/IND/St.W/VRF/SP/AN/MDR/ARI/PR/Afr.Courier |
7/1/05 | 1 | Laye-Alama Kondé | Sierra Leone | died in Bremen (D), forced to drink medication by police in search for drugs | VRF/Statewatch/Karawane |
5/1/05 | 1 | N.N. | Africa | died of exhaustion, found dead on a beach in Fuerteventura (E) | ANA/APDHA/NOB |
2/1/05 | 1 | N.N. | Iran/Somalia | drowned, after boat carrying 15 people sank off Turkish coast | TP/PICUM/NOB |
2/1/05 | 1 | N.N. | Iran/Somalia | reportedly drowned, after a boat carrying 15 people sank off Turkish coast | TP/PICUM/NOB |
in 2005 | 2 | N.N. | unknown | suicide, found dead at Schipol Airport detention centre (NL) | Nova TV(27/10/2005) |
in 2005 | 1 | Abdullah Tokhi (35, man) | Afghanistan | murdered after forced rempatriation from GB to Afghanistan, asylum claim refused | Independent |
TOTAL | 7.384 |
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