IOM’s Missing Migrants Project has documented more than 72,000 deaths and disappearances on migration routes worldwide since 2014. Crisis-affected countries are the site of 54 per cent of all deaths and disappearances documented during migration since 2014. People from countries in crisis separately make up 27 per cent of the global total. This evidence underscores the need for action to save the lives of the migrants in some of the world’s most precarious situations.
Since 2014, more than half of the 72,000 people who died or went missing during migration occurred in countries experiencing violent upheavals or disasters, including Libya, Iran, and Myanmar. One in four were from countries affected by humanitarian crises, with the deaths of thousands of Afghans, Rohingya, and Syrians documented on migration routes worldwide. The rising death toll during migration, and the contributing impacts of crisis-affected countries, highlights the need for including migrants in humanitarian responses and lifesaving activities. | IOM Missing Migrants Project 2024 annual report
