Eliud Nguli Nyenze born 1970 - died Oakington IRC 15th April 2010

Very little is known about Eliud apart from his name and the date of his demise. He had not been in Oakington for more than a few weeks as far as we know. Detainees, who could have given more details on what happened, have been moved out of Oakington, some to prison, others to other IRCs.

He died in the early hours of Thursday 15th April 2010. May have been from natural causes; rumours and they are rumours until the coroners court says otherwise of Eliud being denied medical attention, after complaining of feeling ill, may change cause of death from natural causes to death from medical neglect.

His death caused considerable distress to many of his fellow detainees. It is offensive beyond belief that 60 of Eliud's fellow detainees instead of receiving counselling in the immediate aftermath of the death were dispersed to prisons and other IRC's.

An inquest into his death was opened and immediately adjourned on Monday 19th April.

There was the usual bland press release from UKBA, not a word on the death, just the aftermath, ' "An incident occurred this afternoon at Oakington Immigration Removal Centre involving a number of detainees. There were no escapes. Staff at Oakington are working with National Offender Management Service and the police to manage the situation."

Eliud was the thirteenth death in immigration detention, 10 were suicides, one women was murdered, one death undetermined and Eluid as yet undetermined.

There was a demonstration outside Oakington IRC on Sunday 18th April, to remember Eliud and show solidarity with those detainees, still inside.



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Deaths from Self-Harm in immigration detention, murder, undetermined

Eliud Nguli Nyenze, from Kenya, born 1970 - died Oakington IRC 15th April 2010, death as yet to be determined.

Bereket Yohannes from Eritrea. Detainees at Harmondsworth IRC told NCADC that 26-year-old fellow detainee Bereket Yohannes was found hanged in the showers at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre at 5:25 pm on the afternoon of Thursday the 19th January 2006.

Manuel Bravo, a national of Angola living in Leeds was 'snatched' by immigration officials with his son Antonio on the morning of Wednesday 14th September. In the early hours of Thursday the 15th September 2005 Manuel was found hanging in a stairwell at Yarl's Wood Removal Centre. Manuel and Antonio had been living in Armley, Leeds for the last three years after leaving war-torn Angola. (Asylum-seeker killed himself so son could stay)

Ramazan Kumluca, (19), 27/6/05, a Kurdish asylum seeker from Turkey who was found hanged in Campsfield House removal centre in Oxford. He had been detained for five months and was said to be depressed after a bail application was rejected for the third time.

Kenny Peter, 7/11/04, a Nigerian asylum seeker who died in Charing Cross hospital, nearly three weeks after sustaining injuries during an apparent self-harm attempt at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre. It is believed that on 19 October, Kenny jumped from a landing and sustained serious injuries, from which he later died.

Tran Quang Tung, (23), 23/7/04, a Vietnamese man who was found hanged in Dungavel removal centre in Scotland just days after being transferred from Harmondsworth removal centre after the disturbance.

Sergey Barnuyck, (31), 19/7/04, a Ukrainian who was found hanged in Harmondsworth detention centre. His death sparked a night of disturbances at the centre and led to all of the detainees being transferred to prisons and other detention centres.

Kabeya Dimuka-bijoux from DR Congo, 01/05/2004 collapsed and died whilst exercising in the gym at Haslar IRC, Post mortem states cause of death 'undetermined'.

Olga Blaskevica (29) from Latvia, detained in Harmondsworth IRC, murdered by her husband on the 7th May 2003

Mikhail Bognarchuk, (42), 31/1/03, a Ukrainian asylum seeker who was found hanged at Haslar removal centre.

Robertas Grabys, 24/01/00, a Lithuanian asylum seeker who was found hanged in Harmondsworth detention centre on the day he was due to be deported. A report into his death criticised the private company that was in charge of Harmondsworth at the time.

Kimpua Nsimba, 24, 15/06/90, Pr, Zairean asylum-seeker found hanged in Harmondsworth detention centre; no-one had spoken to him in over 4 days,

Siho Iyiguveni, 26, 08/10/89, He and another Turk barricaded (5 October 1989) themselves in a bedroom in Harmondsworth detention centre and set light to bedding, died from injuries sustained.

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