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CAIRO, 31 octobre 2010 - Un migrant soudanais a été tué, samedi, par les forces de sécurité égyptiennes en tentant de franchir la frontière égypto-israélienne, selon une source officielle égyptienne.
Ce migrant a été touché par balles après avoir ignoré les appels et les tirs de sommation des gardes-frontières lors d'une tentative d'immigrer illégalement en Israël depuis une région, située dans le centre du Sinaï, précise la même source.
La même source ajoute que d'autres migrants africains ont été également arrêtés lors de cette opération.
D'après des chiffres publiés par l'ONU, une soixantaine de migrants ont été tués depuis deux ans et demi à la frontière égypto-israélienne, dont une vingtaine depuis le début de l'année, sans compter les nombreux blessés et disparus qui ont été recensés.
La grande majorité des migrants décédés viennent d'Afrique sub-saharienne, en particulier d'Erythrée, du Soudan et d'Ethiopie. Ils sont morts pour la plupart pendant l'été 2007, lorsqu'Israël a durci le contrôle des populations à la frontière du Sinaï.
Les 250 kilomètres de frontière séparant l'Egypte d'Israël, de l'extrémité sud de la bande de Gaza à Eilat, le long du désert du Sinaï, sont un important point de passage pour des migrants, des demandeurs d'asile ainsi que des trafiquants de drogue
Il blog di Gabriele Del Grande. Quattro anni di viaggi nel Mediterraneo lungo i confini dell'Europa. Alla ricerca delle storie che fanno la storia. La storia che studieranno i nostri figli, quando nei testi di scuola si leggerà che negli anni duemila morirono a migliaia nei mari d'Italia e a migliaia vennero arrestati e deportati dalle nostre città. Mentre tutti fingevano di non vedere.
31 October 2010
16 October 2010
Police investigate as man dies while being deported from UK
The Guardian
LONDON - Police are investigating the death of an Angolan man who became unwell when security guards attempted to deport him on a flight from Heathrow. The 46-year-old man was under escort by three civilian guards on BA Flight 77 preparing for departure from Heathrow airport to Luanda in Angola.
Ambulance and police were called to the flight just before 8.30pm on Tuesday. The man was taken to Hillingdon hospital, west London, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The guards are understood to have been working for G4S, a private firm contracted to assist with deportations for the Home Office.
A police spokesman said: "We know the identity of the deceased but await formal identification and confirmation that next of kin have been informed. A postmortem examination will be arranged in due course. Officers from Heathrow CID are investigating the death.
"At this early stage, we believe the deceased was being deported from the UK under escort by three civilian security guards. Inquiries continue to establish the full circumstances of the incident. There have been no arrests."
There was no reliable information about what led to the man's death or how he became unwell. But in the past, the Home Office's deportation policy has proved highly controversial.
Foreigners can be restrained in deportation flights, although there was no evidence available tonight about the treatment of the man who boarded the British Airways flight.
A UK Border Agency spokesman said: "We can confirm that a detainee was taken ill on a flight preparing to depart from the UK. Paramedics were called and he was taken to hospital where he died.
"The matter is being investigated by the police and the prisons and probation ombudsman."
BA Flight 77 to Luanda, an ordinary passenger flight, was postponed after the man became ill. It left Heathrow tonight at 7pm.
A statement released by G4S tonight suggested the man may have become unwell after the flight had taken off.
"We can confirm that a detainee became unwell whilst being escorted on a flight on 12 October 2010," it stated. "Our staff alerted cabin crew and the plane was immediately returned to Heathrow and the detainee taken to Hillingdon hospital by ambulance.
"Sadly, the detainee passed away upon arrival at the hospital. The matter is now in the hands of the police and we are assisting them with their investigations."
LONDON - Police are investigating the death of an Angolan man who became unwell when security guards attempted to deport him on a flight from Heathrow. The 46-year-old man was under escort by three civilian guards on BA Flight 77 preparing for departure from Heathrow airport to Luanda in Angola.
Ambulance and police were called to the flight just before 8.30pm on Tuesday. The man was taken to Hillingdon hospital, west London, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. The guards are understood to have been working for G4S, a private firm contracted to assist with deportations for the Home Office.
A police spokesman said: "We know the identity of the deceased but await formal identification and confirmation that next of kin have been informed. A postmortem examination will be arranged in due course. Officers from Heathrow CID are investigating the death.
"At this early stage, we believe the deceased was being deported from the UK under escort by three civilian security guards. Inquiries continue to establish the full circumstances of the incident. There have been no arrests."
There was no reliable information about what led to the man's death or how he became unwell. But in the past, the Home Office's deportation policy has proved highly controversial.
Foreigners can be restrained in deportation flights, although there was no evidence available tonight about the treatment of the man who boarded the British Airways flight.
A UK Border Agency spokesman said: "We can confirm that a detainee was taken ill on a flight preparing to depart from the UK. Paramedics were called and he was taken to hospital where he died.
"The matter is being investigated by the police and the prisons and probation ombudsman."
BA Flight 77 to Luanda, an ordinary passenger flight, was postponed after the man became ill. It left Heathrow tonight at 7pm.
A statement released by G4S tonight suggested the man may have become unwell after the flight had taken off.
"We can confirm that a detainee became unwell whilst being escorted on a flight on 12 October 2010," it stated. "Our staff alerted cabin crew and the plane was immediately returned to Heathrow and the detainee taken to Hillingdon hospital by ambulance.
"Sadly, the detainee passed away upon arrival at the hospital. The matter is now in the hands of the police and we are assisting them with their investigations."
14 October 2010
Migrant death in Samos
Ekathimerini
ATHENS - 14 october 2010 - Coast guard officers on Samos yesterday were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 23-year-old migrant who was beaten by a group of assailants at the island's main port.
ATHENS - 14 october 2010 - Coast guard officers on Samos yesterday were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 23-year-old migrant who was beaten by a group of assailants at the island's main port.
04 October 2010
Immigrazione: Algeria; 30 migranti salvati in mare, 5 dispersi
Swiss Info
ALGERI - Trenta migranti irregolari sono stati soccorsi in mare, al largo dell'Algeria, nella notte tra venerdì e sabato, mentre almeno cinque persone risultano disperse. Secondo quanto ha reso noto l'agenzia algerina Aps, 22 migranti sono stati tratti in salvo a 3,5 miglia al largo di Mostaganem, nell'ovest del Paese maghrebino, da dove salpano le imbarcazioni dirette in Spagna. Altri otto migranti sono stati recuperati da alcuni pescherecci mentre cinque non sono ancora stati ritrovati.
Tutti giovani algerini tra i 18 e i 36 anni, erano salpati a bordo di due piccole imbarcazioni che si sono poi capovolte in mare. Altri 12 migranti che si preparavano a partire sono stati arrestati nella stessa zona giovedì sera.
ALGERI - Trenta migranti irregolari sono stati soccorsi in mare, al largo dell'Algeria, nella notte tra venerdì e sabato, mentre almeno cinque persone risultano disperse. Secondo quanto ha reso noto l'agenzia algerina Aps, 22 migranti sono stati tratti in salvo a 3,5 miglia al largo di Mostaganem, nell'ovest del Paese maghrebino, da dove salpano le imbarcazioni dirette in Spagna. Altri otto migranti sono stati recuperati da alcuni pescherecci mentre cinque non sono ancora stati ritrovati.
Tutti giovani algerini tra i 18 e i 36 anni, erano salpati a bordo di due piccole imbarcazioni che si sono poi capovolte in mare. Altri 12 migranti che si preparavano a partire sono stati arrestati nella stessa zona giovedì sera.
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