At least 8,565 people died on migration routes around the world in 2023. The Mediterranean crossing remains the deadliest route for migrants.
Just over half of deaths last year were due to drowning, 9% to car accidents and 7% to violence. The IOM's Missing Migrants project, created in 2014, is an open access database that records migrant deaths and disappearances.. Since its implementation, more than 63,000 cases have been recorded worldwide, but the real number is much higher.