UN Agencies, Almost 27 Thousand Dead Since 2014, Mediterranean Route More and More Deadly
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The central Mediterranean is confirmed an increasingly deadly route: almost 27,000 deaths from shipwreck since 2014. In 2026, while decreasing arrivals, however, increases mortality, with a tragic budget of one victim every 23 people arrived. (ANSA)
This year alone, migrants in the Mediterranean have died or are missing in the attempt to reach the European coasts – reports the Fondazione Ismu Foundation. In twelve years, more than 35,000 people have been killed on the routes across the inland sea.
(ANSA) ROME, 02 OTT The central Mediterranean is confirmed an increasingly deadly route: almost 27,000 deaths from shipwreck since 2014. In 2026, while decreasing arrivals, however, increases mortality, with a tragic budget of one victim every 23 people arrived. This is reported, in a joint statement, by the UN Agency for Refugees [...]
AGI - Almost 27,000 have been the victims in the Central Mediterranean since 2014. In 2026 the arrivals of migrants have decreased but the deaths have increased: one every 23 people arrived. These are the data provided by Unhcr, Unicef and Oim, present in Lampedusa to commemorate the victims of the shipwreck of 3 October 2013, which indicate that "in the face of a half of the arrivals by sea recorded during 2026 compared to the previous year, th…
Mortality on the migratory route of the Central Mediterranean has skyrocketed in 2026 to one person dead or missing for every 2 years.
(The following text is taken in full from the press note sent to the Agency Opinion) //// LAMPEDUSA, UNHCR-OIM-UNICEF: strengthen multilateralism and international cooperation to prevent further loss of life at sea. Almost 27,000 victims in the Central Mediterranean since 2014. In 2026 they decrease arrivals but increase the victims: one for every 23 people arrived. In the last 13 [...]
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