Migration, over 3 thousand people lost their lives or were missing along migratory routes around the world in the first 8 months of this year

ROME – Over 3 thousand people lost their lives, or were missing, along migratory routes around the world in the first 8 months of this year. Ten people dead or missing every day; 336 people died or missing in the Mediterranean Sea alone, in April 2022, according to data fromInternational Organization of Migration (IOM), United Nations agency. It is learned from Openpolis. This is a frightening and dramatic number, because it concerns women, men and minors who set out on a journey that is already difficult, in search of a better life. The data show that, despite the decline in the number of deceased or missing migrants in recent years, new public policies are needed with respect to a phenomenon that continues to cause suffering and death. People die everywhere, but more in the Mediterranean Last October 3, on the island of Lampedusa, the ninth anniversary of the sinking of a Libyan boat was commemorated which in 2013 caused the death of 368 people, almost all of Ethiopian and Eritrean nationalities. . An episode that struck public opinion to the point of establishing the “National Day in memory of the victims of immigration”.

21,082 dead or missing worldwide. Even if compared to the years of the “European migrant crisis” (2015-2017) there has been a decrease in deaths and missing along the routes, there are still thousands of people who lose their lives every day during the journey. 21,082 people were reported dead or missing along migration routes around the world, between 2015 and 2017. In the years of the crisis, more than 20,000 people would have lost their lives, according to project estimates “Missing migrants“Of theInternational Organization of Migration. The most dramatic year was 2016, when a total of 8,084 cases of dead or missing people were recorded. It should be noted that, according to the IOM’s own admission, these are downward estimates, since many incidents are not intercepted and therefore recorded.

A thousand dead alone along the North African route. From January to August 2022, 3,044 people died or were lost, of which over a thousand on the route from North Africa to Europe or the Middle East via the Mediterranean Sea. According to data from the UN agency, this is the most dangerous migration route in the world. In the first 8 months of the year, more than a thousand dead and missing in the Mediterranean The estimates of dead and missing between 1 January and 31 August 2022, in the main border areas crossed by migrants