Missing Migrants Project International Organization for Migration (IOM) So far in 2023, at least 1,104 migrants have died or gone missing along the routes America, what he believes should be a “call to action” for the region.

“This should be a call to action,” Edwin Viales, a regional observer for America’s Missing Migrants Project, said during a working meeting with organizations affiliated with the Missing Migrants Network of America.

Viales said there is a “great insufficient registration in data in areas such as the jungle Darien, which refers to South And Central America; and also on the border between Mexico And USA, which is considered one of the most dangerous on the planet according to migrants.

Data from the Missing Migrants Project as of this Friday shows that 1,104 migrants have died or gone missing along Americas routes so far in 2023, of which 370 involved drownings, 282 involved road traffic accidents, 148 involved environmental conditions, missing shelter, food or water; 77 as a result of acts of violence, 76 as a result of an accident, 34 due to illness or lack of access to medical care and 117 for unknown reasons.

This year, data shows 533 migrants have died or gone missing along the Mexico-United States border, 75 along the route Cuba in the USA, 42 in Darien, 41 between Dominican Republic And Puerto Rico and 4 between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. As for the remaining reported missing or dead persons, the route of the incident is unknown.

Since 2014, the year the Project collected this data, there have been 8,569 migrants reported dead or missing in America.

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Lorraine Morales from the editorial office of El Toque de took part in the meeting held this Friday. Cuba, which is implementing an initiative to document the disappearances or deaths of Cuban migrants, identify these people and tell their stories.

Morales said that since 2021, the outflow of Cubans to Cuba has increased Nicaragua due to the visa waiver, and from there continue your route overland to the United States.

El Toque data shows that since 2014, more than 234 Cubans have died and more than 627 have gone missing along migration routes to the United States.

IOM Operations and Emergency Officer Mariela Guajardo noted that the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration “raises the moral and humanitarian imperative to prevent loss of life and other tragedies and represents action for governments.”

However, he lamented that almost 5 years since the pact was approved, the goal remains poorly implemented around the world, adding that “the most tragic evidence of the lack of implementation is the death of migrants.”

During the session, participants emphasized the importance of approaching deaths and disappearances from a human perspective, rather than simply as statistics; provide support to the families of the victims, as well as the need to create historical memory and promote strengthened local, bilateral and regional coordination to prevent deaths and disappearances.

(EFE)