7,667 migrants died on dangerous routes in 2025 — and the real figure is worse, UN warns

Nearly 8,000 migrants died or went missing on dangerous routes last year, and the true toll is likely far higher as funding cuts hamper the monitoring of migration deaths, the UN’s International Organisation for Migration (IOM) warned on Thursday. The IOM recorded 7,667 deaths on migration routes in 2025, down from nearly 9,200 in 2024, […]

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