Cypriot media reported that a Syrian couple had to throw the body of their 6-year-old child into the sea after he died of hunger during the 10-day migration journey. He died of starvation during the migration journey to Cyprus.
Many Syrian asylum seekers die during migration journeys, and death is often due to drowning in the Mediterranean or Evros River on the land border between Turkey and Greece. The International Organization for Migration reported that nearly 100 people have died or disappeared in the central and eastern Mediterranean since July 2023.