7,900 Died, Disappeared on Migration Routes in 2025: UN
Sea routes to Europe accounted for more than 40% of fatalities, and the agency said aid cuts left 1,500 suspected cases unverified.
- On Tuesday, April 21, the International Organization for Migration reported 7,904 migrant deaths and disappearances in 2025, describing the figures as a continuation of a global failure to prevent these losses.
- Documented deaths and disappearances since 2014 have now surpassed 80,000, with the IOM citing unprecedented aid cuts and restricted information that rendered many migrants invisible during 2025.
- Families of missing migrants include an estimated 340,000 people directly affected by the "ongoing crisis of missing migrants," facing psychological, social, legal, and economic impacts from unresolved disappearances.
- Urging countries to find the political will to create safe pathways, the IOM warned that people are increasingly forced into dangerous, irregular journeys when legal alternatives are unavailable.
- May 2026's International Migration Review Forum presents a critical opportunity to change global dynamics and improve safety on migration routes, the IOM noted as a pathway forward.
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Death of nearly 8000 migrants in 2025 is ‘nothing short of a tragedy’ says bishop
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) released a report on Tuesday that found approximately 7,900 migrants died or went missing in 2025, bringing the total since 2014 to over 80,000 deaths. “With more than 80,000 deaths and disappearances documented during migration worldwide since 2014, the nearly 8,000 deaths documented in 2025 mark a continuation and escalation of a global failure to end these preventable deaths,” the UN agency s…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that some 8,000 migrants around the world died or lost in 2025, raising the total number of deaths or losses since 2014 to more than 82,000. The organization explained that, based on the findings of its migration tracking matrix, its new report on migration routes, and the analysis of the missing migrants project, at least 340,000 of their families were directly affected.
According to the International Organization for Migration IOM, almost 8,000 people died or lost on escape routes last year.
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