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The info-graphic on the left displays
numbers of the recorded
deaths broken down by region
during 2015. It is visible that
84 percent of cases belong to
regions of Mediterranean and
South Asia.
Data is collected by Missing Migrant
Project, launched in 2013
by International Organization
for Migration (IOM) due to the
lack of data on migrants deaths.
A joint initiative of IOM’s Global
Migration Data Analysis Centre
(GMDAC) and Media and Communications
Division (MCD),
the project aims to track deaths
around the world during migration
and maintains a publicly
accessible online database.
While aiming to be as comprehensive
as possible, data,
particularly in some regions,
is severely lacking and figures
contained in the database are
minimum numbers and far from
complete. These data difficulties
are due to the nature of
deaths during clandestine migration
that leaves many – possibly
the majority – undetected
and unreported. Compiled and
analyzed at GMDAC, data is collected
from a variety of sources,
including authorities – mainly
coast guards, sheriff’s offices,
medical examiners and consulates
– and interviews with
survivors of shipwrecks, media
reports, NGOs and UNHCR.
59 DANGEROUS JOURNEY
79 50 46 30 15
tral America Carribean South East Middle East
East Asia
Africa
Notes: Numbers on the left refer only
to deaths about which IOM is aware:
for most regions, the data represents
a minimum of the actual number of
migrant deaths. The comprehensiveness
and quality of the data varies
by region. Precise values presented
reflect the data available to IOM
and do not claim to represent the
exact number of dead and missing
migrants in each region; all figures
are approximate.