Leading causes behind migrant deaths in 2025

TBS Report

06 May, 2026, 03:05 pm

Last modified: 06 May, 2026, 03:21 pm

Leading causes behind migrant deaths in 2025

TBS Report

06 May, 2026, 03:05 pm

Last modified: 06 May, 2026, 03:21 pm

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

The International Organization for Migration's Missing Migrants Project has recorded over 80,000 migrant deaths and disappearances since 2014, including 7,897 deaths in 2025 alone. Among the deaths were at least 3,371 men, 683 women, and 368 children on migration routes worldwide.

Source: International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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