More than half of the migrants who lost their lives on the roads of exile over the last decade died at sea. Of the deaths at sea, more than 27,000 occurred in the Mediterranean, a route that many migrants take from North Africa to southern Europe.
More than two thirds of the people whose deaths were documented as part of the “Missing Migrants” project could not be identified, a painful situation for the families of the victims. In 2023, more. than 8,500 people died on the Roads of exile around the world, making it the deadliest year. since IOM began compiling this data.