Fatal Journeys Volume 2: Identification and Tracing of Dead and Missing Migrants

Author(s)
Brian, T., et al.
Publication language
English
Pages
108pp
Date published
14 Jun 2016
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Protection, human rights & security, Forced displacement and migration, Targeting, Identification and Profiling
Countries
Mexico, Afghanistan, Greece, Italy, Syria
Organisations
International Organization for Migration (IOM)

IOM reports in the latest edition of its publication Fatal Journeys Volume 2: Identification and Tracing of Dead and Missing Migrants that over 60,000 migrants are estimated to have died or gone missing on sea and land routes worldwide since 1996.

According to the report released today (14 June), an estimated 5,400 migrants died or were recorded as missing in 2015. In 2016, already more than 3,400 migrants have lost their lives worldwide, this year over 80 percent of those attempting to reach Europe by sea.

The true number of migrant deaths is surely greater, said Frank Laczko, Director of IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC). Laczko explained countless deaths remain unknown as a result of migrants dying at sea or in remote areas where fatalities seldom are witnessed or recorded.