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Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared trying to migrate in 2025

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21-04-2026 | 07:32

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Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared trying to migrate in 2025

Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes last year, with sea routes to Europe the most deadly and many victims lost in "invisible shipwrecks," a U.N. agency said on Tuesday.

"These figures bear witness to our collective failure to prevent these tragedies," Maria Moita, who directs the International Organization for Migration's humanitarian and response department, told a Geneva ⁠press briefing.

Though the 7,904 people dead or missing was down from an all-time high of 9,197 in 2024, the IOM said that was partly due to 1,500 suspected cases that went unverified due to aid cuts.

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