List of 34,361 documented deaths of refugees and migrants due to the restrictive policies of "Fortress Europe" Documentation by UNITED as of 5 May 2018
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N.N. (1 man) N.N. (2 men) N.N. (woman) N.N. (1 baby; 5 men) N.N. (man) N.N. (1 man) N.N. N.N. (1 boy; 10 men) N.N. (boy, 6 months) Snaid Tadese (woman, 19) N.N. (man, 30) N.N. N.N. (man) N.N. (man) N.N. (man) N.N. (man) N.N. Omar "Susi" (boy, 16) N.N. (woman) N.N. (man) N.N. (1 man) N.N. (man) N.N. (man) N.N. N.N. N.N. (7 men) N.N. (boy, 16) N.N. (woman) N.N. (man, 22) N.N. (man) N.N. (man) N.N. N.N. (9 children) N.N. (man) Mame Mbaye Ndiaye (man, 35) N.N. Tesfalidet “Segen” Tesfon (man, 22) N.N. (man, ±30) N.N. N.N. (man) N.N. (man) N.N. (2 babies; 4 women; 17 men) N.N. (2 women; 1 man) Lamin (man, 20) N.N. (man) N.N. (4 children; 1 woman; 1 man) N.N. (man) N.N. (man) N.N. (1 woman; 1 man) N.N. N.N. N.N. N.N. N.N. N.N. N.N. (man) N.N. (2 men) N.N. (man) N.N. (man) N.N. (4 children; 1 woman; 14 men) N.N. (man) Ayse Abdulrezzak (woman, 37) Ibrahim Selim (boy, 3) Aslı Doğan (woman, 27) Fahrettin Dogan (man, 29) Ugur Abdulrezzak (man, 39) Halil Munir Abdulrezzak (boy, 3) Enes Abdulrezzak (boy, 11) N.N. (man) N.N. (girl) N.N. N.N. N.N. (man) N.N. (3 men) N.N. N.N.
region of origin Africa unknown unknown unknown Algeria Africa Sub-Saharan Africa unknown Eritrea Eritrea unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown Maghreb unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown Eritrea unknown Algeria unknown unknown unknown Afghanistan, Iraq unknown Senegal unknown Eritrea unknown unknown unknown unknown Sub-Saharan Africa unknown Sierra Leone unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown Somalia, Eritrea unknown Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
cause of death 1 died off coast of Tripoli (LY) after Libyan coast guard banned NGO ships from approaching; 3 missing, 114 rescued bodies recovered in Gasr Garabulli (aka Castelverde) (LY) body recovered on Tajoura beach (LY) bodies recovered in Zuwara (LY) drowned trying to swim across the Kolpa River on Croatian-Slovenian border; 7 intercepted by police 16 drowned in shipwreck off Cap Falcon, Oran (DZ) on way to Spain; 3 missing, 19 rescued 5 drowned afer boat sank between Morocco and Spain near Alboran Island; 12 missing, 17 rescued drowned when rubber dinghy overturned in the Mediterranean Sea near Sabratha (LY); 83 rescued strangled by desperate mother who hanged herself afterwards in Eckolstädt asylum centre (DE) suicide, strangled her baby and hanged herself out of despair in Eckolstädt asylum centre (DE) electrocuted when he climbed on roof of freight train in depot outside Thessaloniki (GR) died in accident in Horasan (TR) when smuggler driving their truck saw control point and panicked died of cardiac arrest, body found near border fence in Anyera in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) died of cardiac arrest, body found near border fence in Anyera in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES) drowned in the Kolpa River near Črnomelj (SI) on border with Croatia drowned in the Kolpa River near Črnomelj (SI) on border with Croatia 6 presumed drowned off coast of Houara 20 km south of Tangiers (MA); 30 missing, 10 survived deliberately crushed by truck near Port of Ceuta (ES) after driver chased after refugees drowned, found on Jabonera beach in Tarifa, Cádiz (ES) presumed drowned, body found 6 nautical miles northwest of Port of Bouzedjar in Ain Témouchent (DZ) 4 drowned after boat capsized between Tangier (MA) and Tarifa (ES); 7 missing, 1 rescued presumed drowned, body found near Habibas Islands off coast of Ain Témouchent (DZ) presumed drowned, body found off coast of Al Hoceima (MA) presumed drowned, body found west of Sbiaat beach in Ain Témouchent (DZ) died in vehicle accident in province of Igdir province (TR) near border with Armenia; 33 survivors presumed drowned, unspecified location in the Strait of Gibraltar between Morocco and Spain died in hospital in Lille after jumping from truck on motorway near Port of Calais (FR) died of lack of access to medicines in hospital in Turin (IT) after being turned away on Italian-French border stowaway, got stuck between 2 vehicles at Zeebrugge port (BE) while trying to get to Great Britain presumed drowned, body found on shore of Tripoli (LY) drowned, body recovered on beach in Rota, Cádiz (ES) died in vehicle acccident on highway near Xanthi (GR) near Bulgarian border; 7 survivors 16 drowned after migrant boat capsized off coast of Agathonisi (GR); 3 missing, 3 rescued presumed drowned, body found on beach in Tinajo, Lanzarote, Canary Islands (ES) died of heart attack after police chased street vendor through Madrid (ES) until he collapsed went missing during rescue operation in the sea near Tangiers (MA); 9 rescued died of tuberculosis and malnutrition after being rescued from boat; had been trapped in Libya for 18 months found dead in delta of the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border found dead on sinking boat in the Alboran Sea between Morocco and Spain; 22 rescued drowned, body recovered on beach in Rota, Cádiz, (ES) drowned in the Evros River near Edirne (TR) near Greek border 2 found dead on boat, presumed drowned off coast of Libya; 21 missing, 30 survivors drowned, bodies found off coast of Benzú in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta (ES); 2 survivors died due to lack of medical care in Passau (DE), had previously been deported to Italy despite severe illness found dead by coast guard near Bouzedjar beach in Ain Témouchent (DZ) died of hypothermia near the Mergasur River (IQ) close to Turkish border; 4 survivors died of cardiac arrest, body found in Tarifa, Cádiz (ES) presumed drowned, body found at Levante beach in Cádiz (ES) presumed drowned, bodies found 25 nautical miles north of Béni-Saf in Ain Témouchent (DZ) presumed drowned, bodies found 8 nautical miles north of Bouzedjar beach in Ain Témouchent DZ) drowned, body found 10 km off coast of Benabdelmalek Ramdane in Mostaganem (DZ) presumed drowned, body retrieved in Zawiyah (LY) presumed drowned, body retrieved in Tripoli (LY) presumed drowned, body found on Madagh beach, Aïn El Kerma, west of Oran (DZ) presumed drowned, bodies retrieved in Zuwara (LY) presumed drowned, body found on Bouzedjar beach in Ain Témouchent (DZ) presumed drowned, bodies found on Andalouses beach, Bousfer, west of Oran (DZ) presumed drowned, body found on Sbiaat beach in El Messaid, Ain Témouchent (DZ) presumed drowned, body found on Sassel beach near Ouled Boudjemaa, Ain Témouchent (DZ) died in vehicle accident 60 km southeast of Bani Walid (LY); 159 survivors drowned, body found at Sidi Mejdoub beach, west of Mostaganem (DZ) drowned when boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; teacher fleeing crackdown in Turkey missing after boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; was fleeing post-coup crackdown in Turkey missing after boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; was fleeing post-coup crackdown in Turkey missing after boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; was fleeing post-coup crackdown in Turkey missing after boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; was fleeing post-coup crackdown in Turkey drowned when boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; son of teacher fleeing crackdown in Turkey drowned when boat sunk in the Evros River on Turkish-Greek border; son of teacher fleeing crackdown in Turkey drowned, body found near Port of Cabopino in Málaga (ES) presumed drowned, unspecified location in the Strait of Gibraltar between Morocco and Spain drowned, bodies found 22 miles off Cape of Three Forks in Nador (MA); 29 survivors drowned, body found off Bahara beach, Ouled Boughalem, 90 km east of Mostaganem (DZ) drowned, body found at Zeralda beach, near Algiers (DZ) died of hypothermia, 27 miles off Alboran Island in Alboran Sea between Morocco and Spain; 32 survivors presumed drowned, bodies retrieved in Zuwara (LY) drowned, body found off Kaf Lasfer beach, between Sidi Lakhdar and Hadjadj, 36 km east of Mostaganem (DZ)
Attributed to the fatal policies of “Fortress Europe” (border closures, asylum laws, accommodation, detention policies, deportations, carrier sanctions)
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