Switzerland has halted special flights to deport asylum seekers after a Nigerian man on hunger strike died on the tarmac at Zurich airport.

Swiss police say they had shackled the 29-year-old man, who was being forcibly deported along with 15 other Nigerians whose asylum bids had been rejected.

When he fell ill on Wednesday the police took off his shackles and a doctor tried in vain to revive him.

Swiss authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.

Police said they had shackled the man because he had resisted deportation.

Two Nigerian witnesses quoted by the Swissinfo news website accused the police of inhumane treatment.

"They treated us like animals," said one, called Emmanuel.

"They shackled our feet, knees, hands, hips, arms and torso and made us wear a helmet like those worn by boxers. It was simply impossible to move," he said.

The man who died was a drug-dealer who had been on hunger strike for several days.

It is the third such death in Switzerland since 1999.

Last year there were 43 special repatriation flights from Switzerland, deporting some 360 people, mostly to the Balkans or Africa, Swissinfo reports.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8576085.stm

Another drug dealer. If you don't eat then you will eventually die! The Swiss people should not feel guilty for this, they just so many unwelcome Nigerians around the world causing many problems to the local people. stay home and this should solve the problem.

what did the man hope to achieve by the hunger strike? abeg jo. . .they should send his body to his family. . .

uktrader:

Another drug dealer. If you don't eat then you will eventually die! The Swiss people should not feel guilty for this, they just so many unwelcome Nigerians around the world causing many problems to the local people. stay home and this should solve the problem.

Don't be too quick to judge others since you were not there. He was[b] allegedly [/b] labelled a drug dealer. These people would say anything to back up their actions. We are talking about the death of a fellow Nigerian under suspicious circumstances. I bet you won't say the same thing if he was your brother.

This story sounds somehow. A drug dealer seeking for asylum? then he embarked on hunger strike when denied?
I guess some bits are missing in this plot.

Also, if the shackles described here are actually true, then the human rights watch organisations should do something about it. _{I know our government do not mind.}

Many Nigerians are being shipped/deported back to home land of Nigeria on a daily basis costing foreign counties $$$. why can't Nigerians obtain the right documents (Not Fake) or just stay put in the their lovely county. You are causing too much problems around the world more than any other minority group.

uktrader:

Many Nigerians are being shipped/deported back to home land of Nigeria on a daily basis costing foreign counties $$$. why can't Nigerians obtain the right documents (Not Fake) or just stay put in the their lovely county. You are causing too much problems around the world more than any other minority group.

CRAP, if you ask me. Loads of it.

otawa:

CRAP, if you ask me. Loads of it.

If this is crap then why do you need visa to to go to any country outside Africa. some counties are adopting stricter visa conditions on Nigerians. I have visited a lot of countries and Nigerians are the most undesirable people. for example, I now work in Thailand and I know that half of the foreign prisoners are from Nigeria. Why?

So he died, so what, who cares. He was an illegal alien and had no right to live in Switzerland. It was his choice that he starved himself to death.

No sympathy whatsoever

So he died, so what, who cares. He was an illegal alien and had no right to live in Switzerland. It was his choice that he starved himself to death.

No sympathy whatsoever

bro, you are cold.whaoh.

^^^
Cold, foo.lish and ignorant

If he is genuinely a drug-dealer being deported, then good riddance.

Thor:

So he died, so what, who cares. He was an illegal alien and had no right to live in Switzerland. It was his choice that he starved himself to death.

No sympathy whatsoever

May such a calamity befall you. Amen.

Considering you are located in Mogatissue, Somalia, I think you must already be dead, at least in spirit

Thor:

Considering you are located in Mogatissue, Somalia, I think you must already be dead, at least in spirit

BACK TO SENDER.====AMEN