Home Office admits it does not tell families when asylum seekers die in their care

Home Office says it does not want to reveal details of deaths publicly in case it ‘endangers relatives’ mental health’

The Home Office has revealed that it does not routinely inform family members when asylum seekers die in their care and does not want to supply details of these deaths publicly in case it upsets them and “endangers their mental health”.

The disclosure comes at a time when there have been 176 deaths from all causes since 2020 and a doubling in the number of suicides over this period with at least 23 people taking their lives.