Nine people died in asylum seeker accommodation last year, the highest annual figure since 2008, meaning 104 people have now died in the Direct Provision system since 2002
NINE PEOPLE DIED in asylum seeker accommodation last year, the highest annual figure since 2008, meaning 104 people have now died in the Direct Provision system since 2002.
It brings to 104 the number of people living in asylum seeker-related accommodation who have died since records were first gathered back in 2002, and is the joint highest annual number of deaths in that period. More than half of those are in emergency accommodation centres and at the latest count, 551 people did not have the offer of accommodation.
The cause of death includes cancer, circulatory illnesses and accidents poisoning and due to violence, although the cause of 31 deaths, the largest category, was described as not known.Brian Collins, advocacy service manager with Nasc, said any death in the system was a tragedy.“We do not currently have information on the causes of deaths from the past year. In many cases, however, this will mean people having died far away from their families and countries of origin, which is tragic.
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