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IOM's Fatal Journeys Reveals How Data Collection on Missing Migrants Can Be Improved

IOM's Fatal Journeys Reveals How Data Collection on Missing Migrants Can Be Improved

Since 2014, IOM’s Missing Migrants Project has documented more than 25,000 migrant deaths and disappearances around the world. However, a new report released by IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) today indicates that this figure does not reflect the true number of deaths which occur during migration worldwide. In many regions of the world anecdotal and unofficial reports indicate that many more migrant deaths and disappearances occur than are recorded.