More 8 thousand 500 people They died in 2023 migration routes from around the world, estimated International Organization for Migration (IOM), which counts last year deadliest since records began to be collected ten years ago.

2023 is over 8565 deathswhich is 20 percent more than in the previous year and higher 2016 record, when 8,084 deaths were reported. In any case, these are approximate figures, since the agency itself assumes that thousands of people disappear without a traceboth on land and at sea.

More than half of deaths occur in cases drownand 9% comes from road accidents and 7% violenceaccording to a report published this Wednesday.

The death toll last year was also 20% higher than in 2022.

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Along the routes Mediterranean continues to be the deadliest with 3,129 deaths, the highest since 2017, but statistics have also worsened in Asiawith 2,138 cases, including hundreds of Afghan and Rohingya refugees. Africafor its part, 1866 deaths have accumulated: most of the deaths occur during the crossing of the Sahara Desert and sea ​​route to the Canary Islands.

In 2014, IOM created its Missing Migrants Projectafter two shipwrecks off the coast of Lampedusa, and during this time he accounted for more than 63 thousand deaths. To reduce this number, it called for policy measures such as creating safe routes and methods so that populations in need can move to another country.

The agency’s deputy director, Ugochi Daniels, said in a statement that “each” of the victims “a terrible human tragedy”. In addition, they are “a reminder that we must commit to greater action that can guarantee safe migration for all“so that “people don’t have to risk their lives in search of a better life,” he added.

(according to information from Europe Press And Reuters)