More than 63,000 people dead or missing while migrating over last decade, IOM says; Myanmar numbers among the worst

GENEVA/YANGON (Reuters): At least 63,285 people have perished or disappeared on migration routes around the world between 2014 and 2023, with most deaths caused by drowning, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday.

A report published by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on its Missing Migrants Project showed that the majority of deaths and disappearances - 28,854 - occurred in the Mediterranean, followed by Africa and Asia.