Mediterranean Update - Missing Migrants Project

Mediterranean Update
Missing Migrants Project 3 September 2015
ITALY
SPAIN
Arrivals
116,649
GREECE
Arrivals
2,166
Arrivals
245,274
DEATHS
*23
DEATHS
102
MALTA
DEATHS
2,576
* includes deaths en route to Canary Islands
Arrivals
Deaths
Arrivals
94
Land migration routes
Maritime migration routes
*Arrival figures refer to irregular maritime arrivals only
MIGRANT FATALITIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
2,701
2,223
1,265
864
359
12 77
24
January February
329
10
69
March
318
50
2015
2014
677
130
95
April
616
18
10
May
July
June
August *Sept *Running total to 3 Sept
TOP FIVE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN 2015
MIGRANT MARITIME ARRIVALS 2015
Total Arrivals: (to date) 364,183
Destination
Italy
116,649
Greece
245,274
Spain
2,166
Malta
94
Total
364,183
Estimates based on data from respective
governments and IOM field offices as of 3/9/15.
Data for Greece as of 1/9/15.
Eritrea
Origin Country
Italy
25,657
Greece
Syria
88,204
Nigeria 11,899
Afghanistan 32,414
Somalia
7,538
Albania
9,713
Sudan
5,658
Pakistan
9,445
Syria
5,495
Iraq
5,421
Data for Italy and Greece as of 31/7/15. Data for Greece includes both
maritime and land arrivals.
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GLOBAL OVERVIEW: 3,729 MIGRANT DEATHS TO DATE IN 2015 (est.)
112
Deaths
2,701
NORTH
AMERICA
EUROPE
Deaths
Mediterranean
US/Mexico
Border
Caribbean
Deaths
133
West
Mediterranean
Route
Central
America
Deaths
19
Sahara
Deaths
Deaths
46
48
SOUTH
AMERICA
15
ASIA
Central
460
Mediterranean
Deaths
Route
AFRICA Deaths
Horn of
Africa
Bay of
Bengal
Deaths
East
Asia
99
Deaths
South-East
Asia
86
Deaths
8
SOUTH
AFRICA
AUSTRALIA
Deaths
2
MISSING MIGRANTS PROJECT
Deaths during migration around the world
KEY DATA ON MIGRANT
FATALITIES
SUPPORTING FAMILIES
OF MISSING MIGRANTS
GLOBAL INFORMATION
HUB ON MIGRATION
Missing Migrants Project is
the only global database
sharing key data on deceased
and missing migrants around
the world. The aim is to
strengthen advocacy and support a more informed policy
response.
Missing Migrants Project empowers families of the missing by providing information
and guidance, including on
identification of the missing
and dead, with the aim of affirming the rights and dignity
of migrants and their families.
Missing Migrants Project underlines the global scale of
the crisis by sharing key information on migrants dying
along migratory routes
around the world. The platform also engages feedback
from migrants and families of
the missing.
Deaths between 1 January to 3 September 2015
Regions
Mediterranean
Bay of Bengal
US/Mexico Border
Horn of Africa
Sahara
South–East Asia
Caribbean
Europeb
East Asia
Central America
Southeast Africa
Southern Africa
Deaths a
2,701
460
133
86
48
99
46
112
15
19
8
2
TOTAL
Legend:
(a) Figures refer to documented deaths. Documented instances, therefore, potentially depict
only a small share of actual stock. This map represents a base minimum.
(b) Includes deaths in Northern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and Western Europe.
* Data compiled by IOM’s Migration Research Division (MRD) and Media and Communications
Division (MCD). All numbers are estimates based on data from respective governments and IOM
field offices as of 3/9/15.
3,729
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