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IOM: 2024 Marks The Deadliest Year On Record For Migrants
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
GENEVA, March 21 (KUNA) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed on Friday that 2024 has become the deadliest year on record for migrants with at least 8,938 people losing their lives on migration routes worldwide.
The figure marks a new record surpassing the 8,747 deaths recorded in 2023.
In a statement issued from Geneva, the organization noted that the number of fatalities on migration routes has been steadily increasing over the past five years, underscoring the urgent need for enhanced international efforts to prevent further loss of life.
IOM Deputy Director General for Operations Ugochi Daniels emphasized that the rising death toll highlights the necessity of a comprehensive global response. "The tragedy of the growing number of migrant deaths worldwide is both unacceptable and preventable. Behind every number is a human being, someone for whom the loss is devastating," Daniels said.
According to IOM data, several regions recorded significant increases in migrant deaths in 2024 registering in Asia: 2.778 deaths Africa, 2.242 deaths in Europe, 233 deaths and in the Mediterranean Sea 2452 deaths.
IOM stated that final figures for the Americas are still being compiled but at least 1,233 deaths have already been recorded including an unprecedented 341 fatalities in the Caribbean and a record 174 deaths of migrants crossing the Darien Gap.
IOM stressed that these numbers highlight the urgent need to strengthen search and rescue operations and provide safe and legal migration routes as alternatives to dangerous journeys.
IOM also reported that violence remains a major factor in migrant fatalities with nearly 600 people losing their lives while traveling through South and Southeast Asia in 2024 alone adding that since 2022 at least 10 percent of all documented migrant deaths have been attributed to violence.
IOM stressed that the actual death toll is likely much higher as many cases go undocumented due to a lack of official sources, the organization warned.
For her part, the coordinator of IOMآ's Missing Migrants Project Julia Black highlighted, "The rise in deaths is terrible in and of itself but the fact that thousands remain unidentified each year is even more tragic", adding that the lack of more complete data on risks faced by migrants hinders lifesaving responses.
IOM called on the international community to take urgent measures to prevent further loss of life by strengthening migration governance improving search and rescue capabilities and providing safer legal pathways for migration. (end)
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The figure marks a new record surpassing the 8,747 deaths recorded in 2023.
In a statement issued from Geneva, the organization noted that the number of fatalities on migration routes has been steadily increasing over the past five years, underscoring the urgent need for enhanced international efforts to prevent further loss of life.
IOM Deputy Director General for Operations Ugochi Daniels emphasized that the rising death toll highlights the necessity of a comprehensive global response. "The tragedy of the growing number of migrant deaths worldwide is both unacceptable and preventable. Behind every number is a human being, someone for whom the loss is devastating," Daniels said.
According to IOM data, several regions recorded significant increases in migrant deaths in 2024 registering in Asia: 2.778 deaths Africa, 2.242 deaths in Europe, 233 deaths and in the Mediterranean Sea 2452 deaths.
IOM stated that final figures for the Americas are still being compiled but at least 1,233 deaths have already been recorded including an unprecedented 341 fatalities in the Caribbean and a record 174 deaths of migrants crossing the Darien Gap.
IOM stressed that these numbers highlight the urgent need to strengthen search and rescue operations and provide safe and legal migration routes as alternatives to dangerous journeys.
IOM also reported that violence remains a major factor in migrant fatalities with nearly 600 people losing their lives while traveling through South and Southeast Asia in 2024 alone adding that since 2022 at least 10 percent of all documented migrant deaths have been attributed to violence.
IOM stressed that the actual death toll is likely much higher as many cases go undocumented due to a lack of official sources, the organization warned.
For her part, the coordinator of IOMآ's Missing Migrants Project Julia Black highlighted, "The rise in deaths is terrible in and of itself but the fact that thousands remain unidentified each year is even more tragic", adding that the lack of more complete data on risks faced by migrants hinders lifesaving responses.
IOM called on the international community to take urgent measures to prevent further loss of life by strengthening migration governance improving search and rescue capabilities and providing safer legal pathways for migration. (end)
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