United Nations: The year 2023 witnessed the largest number of migrants killed in a decade. At least 8,565 people will die on migration routes around the world in 2023.
Crossing the Mediterranean remains the deadliest route for migrants, with at least 3,129 deaths and disappearances recorded last year. Slightly more than half of the deaths last year were due to drowning, 9% due to car accidents, and 7%due to violence. The IOM's Missing Migrants Project, established in 2014, is an open database that records migrant deaths and disappearsances.