A British-Roma teenager hanged himself after deportation notice

Evidence

In December 2016, Ondrej Suha, a 19-year-old who moved to the West Midlands from Slovakia aged four, received a letter from the Home Office telling him that he would be deported post-sentence. He then hanged himself in his cell in HMP Brinsford. Ondrej Suha grew up a few miles from Ricardo and spent time in HMP Brinsford for burglary: the same offence, in the same prison, at the same age. — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 66

Categorization

  • corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — Luke de Noronha, The conviviality of the overpoliced,…, 66
  • XREF: connects to: Worth-diminishing practices strip Roma of status others take for granted — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 738; European freedom of movement is only conditionally extended to Roma — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 150

Broader Connections