8,000 died or vanished on migrant routes in 2025: UN

BERLIN: At least 7,667 people died or went missing last year on migration routes around the world, but the true death toll is likely higher, the UN’s migration agency reported on Thursday. The figure was down on 2024 when almost 9,200 deaths were recorded, but the International Organi­sation for Migration (IOM) said numbers nonetheless reflected the “global scale” of the crisis faced by migrants. “The continued loss of life on migration routes is a global failure we cannot accept as normal,” ...

By none@none.com (AFP)