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Gavin Blackburn

Almost 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes in 2025, IOM says

Around 7,900 people died or disappeared on migration routes in 2025, taking the total dead and missing since 2014 beyond 80,000, the United Nations' migration agency said on Tuesday.

The UN's International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said people were being forced into dangerous, irregular journeys when safe pathways were out of reach and urged countries to find the political will to save more lives on migration routes.

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