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Missing Migrants Project retweeted
Tragic incidents off Lesvos & Samos have claimed 12 lives, including a woman and an infant.
Our thoughts are with the victims and their families. These tragedies are a reminder of the urgent need to prevent further loss of life and ensure safe and regular pathways for migration.
Missing Migrants Project retweeted
Supported by @IdacM, the new IOM report calls for better documentation of migrant deaths, especially those of children, and calls for improved data sharing.
Closing these gaps is essential to understanding the risks children face and saving lives.
👉 iom.int/news/over-4400-child…
Missing Migrants Project retweeted
At least 4,414 children died on migration journeys worldwide between 2014 and 2025, but true toll is likely much higher.
More than half of recorded migrant deaths and disappearances are missing age information.
We documented at least 4,414 child migrant deaths since 2014, but the true toll is unknown. More than half of migrant fatalities lack information on age.
Our new @IdacM report examines why so many children remain invisible in the data.
🔗 bit.ly/4B7bszK
ALT Report's cover photo.
Missing Migrants Project retweeted
Arrivals down. 📉 Deaths up. 📈
Nearly 2,300 people have died or gone missing on maritime migration routes to Europe in 2026, even as arrivals by sea have fallen.
Behind every number is a person. Every loss is one too many.
Read more 👉 iom.int/ZXp
Missing Migrants Project retweeted
13 anni fa, 368 persone morirono al largo di #Lampedusa.
Oggi, nella Giornata della Memoria e dell’Accoglienza, ricordare significa impegnarsi perché non accada più. Salvare vite in mare deve essere la priorità, così come garantire percorsi sicuri per chi cerca protezione
Missing Migrants Project retweeted
At #FragileLives2026, @MissingMigrants
contributed to a discussion on closing data gaps for children on the move. Andrea García Borja presented work on estimating migrant child deaths, underlining why data is essential for protecting children.
Stay tuned for the full report.
Many children who die during migration remain invisible in the data.
At #FragileLives2026 yesterday, we joined fellow @IdacM members to discuss how better data, new methods and stronger collaboration can help close these gaps and save lives.
More in our new report coming soon.
ALT photo of IDAC panel
Missing Migrants Project retweeted
El proyecto @MissingMigrants de @UNmigration le invita a unirse a la sesión “Naufragios Invisibles en el Caribe” Las organizaciones, instituciones, comunicadores interesados deben enviar un correo a [email protected] para recibir más información.
💻 Vía Zoom, solo en español.
"The development and adoption of the Guidelines should be regarded as the beginning, not the end of the process."
Opening remarks at today's AU's Inaugural Meeting on the Development of the Continental Guidelines on Missing Migrants in Africa.
The focus now is turning commitments into action: preventing disappearances, supporting families, strengthening cross-border cooperation and improving data.
@IOMatAU @_AfricanUnion @SwissAddisAbaba
Missing Migrants Project retweeted
Twelve migrants have died in a shipwreck off Tunisia. Two remain missing & one survived.
Our thoughts are with those affected.
With over 900 deaths reported on the Central Mediterranean route in 2026, this is another reminder of the need to strengthen efforts to protect lives.
Missing Migrants Project retweeted
At least 143 migrants are missing and feared dead after a shipwreck off the coast of Mauritania.
The tragedy is the deadliest on the West African Atlantic Route this year.
IOM calls for urgent action to save lives and strengthen protection.
Read more 👇 iom.int/Z8w
Missing Migrants Project retweeted
Over 500 people are feared dead after two boats reportedly capsized off Myanmar's coast. @UNmigration and @Refugees call for stronger action to save lives while working with national authorities to strengthen protection along key routes.
🔗 shorturl.at/c9HmF
Missing Migrants Project retweeted
Fewer arrivals. More deaths.
@DIEZEIT, @epd_news and @InfoMigrants are reporting on new @MissingMigrants data on migrant deaths and disappearances along routes to Europe.
👉infomigrants.net/en/post/722…
👉zeit.de/gesellschaft/2026-07…
Last week we went to the German Parliament to present the latest data on migrant deaths on routes to Europe. Read more here: bit.ly/44KYuZD
Im Deutschen Bundestag diskutierte IOM Germany mit Lars Castellucci (@DEonHumanRights) über Todes- und Vermisstenfälle auf Migrationsrouten nach Europa sowie die Bedeutung verlässlicher Daten für politische und humanitäre Entscheidungen.
Mehr unter: germany.iom.int
Missing Migrants Project retweeted
Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Lampedusa is a call to conscience.
Arrivals have declined in 2026, but at least 865 people have died or gone missing in the Central Mediterranean this year.
Behind every number is a human life.
Saving lives must remain the priority.
Missing Migrants Project retweeted
El proyecto @MissingMigrants de @UNmigration le invita a unirse a la sesión “Mujeres Migrantes Fallecidas durante el tránsito Migratorio en las Américas”.
Las organizaciones e instituciones interesadas deben enviar un correo a [email protected] para recibir más información.
The Atlantic is one of the least visible yet most deadly migration corridors. Limited reporting, fragmented data, and entire boats lost at sea, create gaps that obscure the true scale of loss.
Explore the data behind the silence: bit.ly/4vcgjfh
@OIM_LAC
¿Qué ocurre cuando embarcaciones de migrantes desaparecen sin dejar rastro?
Los “naufragios invisibles” revelan el costo oculto de la migracion en el Atlántico, donde la falta de datos significa vidas perdidas no contabilizadas.
Conoce más aquí: bit.ly/4f7nOiF
ALT Foto de un barco hundido sobre una foto del mar Caribe.