This letter was written in the light of large numbers of asylum seekers being repelled from borders in Morocco and Spain, leading to the death of a number of would-be migrants.
This report raises particular concerns regarding the situation in Ceuta and Melilla, in Spanish North Africa.
This document is principaly concerned with the conditions of detention of illegal immigrants and failed asylum seekers prior to deportation.
This document states that foreign nationals entering Japan may be at risk of ill-treatment by immigration authorities during interrogations at Special Examination Rooms and by private security guards in detention facilities located at Japanese ports of entry, including Narita Airport.
Amnesty International learned of the death of a 30-year-old Sudanese national, Aamir Ageeb, during his forced deportation from Frankfurt airport to Khartoum on 28 May 1999. Aamir Ageeb is alleged to have died on the aeroplane in the presence of three officers from the federal border police (Bundesgrenzschutz). The organization wrote to the German authorities … Continue reading Germany: the death during forcible deportation of Aamir Ageeb
Samson Chukwu, a 27-year-old Nigerian asylum-seeker, died in a detention centre attached to Crêtelongue penitentiary, Granges (Canton of Valais), in the early hours of 1 May 2001, at the start of a forcible deportation operation. Following the death Amnesty International had an exchange of correspondence with the Valais authorities.