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2014 2015 2016<br />
South East Asia<br />
750<br />
789 61<br />
Horn of Africa<br />
265<br />
108<br />
80<br />
North Africa/Sahara<br />
324<br />
374 483<br />
US - Mexico border<br />
230<br />
333 219<br />
64 REFUGIUM<br />
Carribean<br />
68 50<br />
Mediterranean<br />
3308<br />
3770 3165<br />
4945<br />
5424 4038<br />
The info-graphics above are showing approximate numbers of deaths in waters worldwide. The accuracy varies considerably<br />
by region, with the Mediterranean perhaps being the most documented, given the swivel of the world’s eye<br />
on it in the past few years. Even so, figures are uncertain and are estimates. With no passenger lists, with boats sinking<br />
without the knowledge of authorities and bodies washing up on shore with no identifying information, it is next to<br />
impossible to have a precise count. Along the US- Mexico border, the numbers are produced only for the US -side by<br />
the patrol, while the death data on the Mexican side are not consolidated by the authorities. In Africa, however, there<br />
is almost no information; the data is collected from media reports and is a huge underestimation of real numbers.<br />
Similarly the regions of Bengal Bay and Andaman sea where the numbers presented are a vague estimate on lives lost<br />
during the crossing.
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