Some 3,000 migrants die in Mediterranean in 2015 — IOM

The 2015 tally for Mediterranean arrivals now stands at 557,899, virtually double 2014’s full-year total of 219,000 migrants, IOM said. Read More

Majority Of Migrant Deaths Over The Last 10 Years From Drowning: UN

Drowning has been the biggest cause of recorded migrant deaths ... Organization for Migration (IOM). Of those deaths at sea, over 27,000 occurred in the Mediterranean -- a route followed over ... Read More

A decade of documenting more than 63,000 migrant deaths shows that fleeing is more lethal than ever

Nearly 60% of the deaths recorded by the IOM in the last decade were related to drowning. The Mediterranean Sea is the world's largest migrant grave ... Following the 2015-2016 migration crisis ... Read More

More than 63,000 migrants have died or gone missing since 2014, UN agency reports

Nearly 60% of the deaths recorded by the IOM in the last decade were related to drowning. The Mediterranean Sea is the world's largest migrant grave ... Following the 2015-2016 migration crisis ... Read More

8,541 migrants died in 2023 – IOM

According to the IOM report published on Tuesday, one in three migrant deaths happens while people ... The report said that along the Mediterranean Sea route alone – while arrivals this year ... Read More

At least 8,500 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, the most in a decade

GENEVA (AP) — At least 8,565 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, the highest number since the U.N. migration agency began counting deaths a decade ago. The biggest increase ... Read More

A decade of documenting more than 63,000 migrant deaths shows that fleeing is more lethal than ever

More than a decade ago, the death of 600 migrants and refugees in two Mediterranean shipwrecks near Italian shores shocked the world and prompted ... a spokesperson at IOM’s Global Data ... Read More