Jimmy Mubenga (Cont’d)

A recently published report by the Institute of Race Relations, “Driven to Desperate Measures: 2006-2010”, catalogues the deaths of 77 asylum seekers and migrants over the last five years, which is attributed to direct or indirect racism resulting from government immigration policies.

Of the 77 they note, “44 died as an indirect consequence of the iniquities of the immigration/asylum system—by taking their own lives when claims were not allowed, by meeting accidental deaths evading deportation or during the deportation itself (Jimmy Mubenga), by being prevented medical care, by becoming destitute in the UK”.

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Follow-up News:

Jimmy Mubenga death: G4S guards will not face charges
17 July 2012

Justice for Jimmy Mubenga
9 December 2010

Jimmy Mubenga family call for inquiry into deportation system
1November 2010

In memory of Jimmy Mubenga
30 October 2010

Witness video shows ‘deportee in apparent distress’ on flight to Kenya
22October 2010

Security guards accused over death of man being deported to Angola
14 October 2010

Various articles from The Guardian >