Migrant deaths hit record in 2024, with 10% violently killed, UN agency says


FILE PHOTO: People visit the Mexico-U.S. border fence at Playas Tijuana, in Tijuana, Mexico March 12, 2025. REUTERS/Aimee Melo/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -Last year was the deadliest on record for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people dying on perilous routes and one in 10 of those killed violently in incidents such as shootings, the U.N. migration agency said on Friday.

In 2024, at least 8,938 people died on migration routes, with Asian routes being the most deadly followed by the Mediterranean crossing and Africa, which includes the Sahara Desert.

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