Inquests into 3 deaths in Immigration Detention

There have been 10 deaths in Immigration Removal centres in the last six years. Robertus Grabys, Mihail Bondarchuk, Sergey Baranyuk, Tung Tran Quang, Peter Kenny, Ramazan Kumluca, Manuel Pereira Bravo and Bereket Yohaness all died from self-harm; Kabeya Dimuka-bijoux died in Haslar IRC, cause of death 'undetermined' and Olga Blaskevica was murdered in Harmondsworth IRC.

Home Office figures released earlier this year show that across the detention estate, there was one serious attempt at self-harm every 36 hours.

An inquest into the death of Kenny Peter takes place today. Inquests for Manuel Pereira Bravo and Sergey Barnuyck are due to take place in the next four weeks.

Peter Kenny, from Nigeria - Inquest 11th September at *West London Coroners Court - died in hospital on 7 November 2004 after throwing himself from the third floor at Colnbrook IRC.

Manuel Pereira Bravo, from Angola - Inquest 19th September at **Bedford Coroners court, found hanged at Yarl's Wood IRC on 15 September 2005.

Sergey Baranyuk, from Ukraine - Inquest 9th October at *West London Coroners Court, a Ukrainian asylum seeker found hanged in Harmondsworth IRC on 19 July 2004. Sergey's death sparked a 17 hour-long disturbance that lead to the closure of Harmondsworth for several months.

If people want more info or are planning to attend any of the inquests, can they please email/phone Harmit Athwal or they can also contact Catherine Hayes from INQUEST.


Harmit Athwal (IRR)
 mit@irr.org.uk
07854 922 062

Catherine Hayes (INQUEST)
07815 886 202

*West London Coroners Court
Coroner's Court
25 Bagleys Lane
Fulham
London
SW6 2QA
Tel : 020 8753 6800

**Bedford Magistrates' Court
3 St Paul's Square
Bedford MK40 1SQ
01234 319100

42 asylum seekers/migrants in the UK, have taken their own lives.10 in Immigration Removal Centres, 6 in prisons, 26 in the community
 http://www.ncadc.org.uk/resources/selfharm.html

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NCADC