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7,900 Died, Disappeared on Migration Routes in 2025: UN
The agency said aid cuts and information restrictions made missing migrants harder to track as 340,000 family members were estimated to be affected.
- 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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Since 2014, when the International Organization for Migration began collecting this data, more than 80,000 people have died on migration routes around the world.
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The record of dead or missing migrants on global migration routes shows a slight decline in 2025, while highlighting the persistence of a major humanitarian crisis About 7,900
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