Mediterranean Missing: Understanding Needs of Families and Obligations of Authorities
In 2015 and the first half of 2016, over 6,600 refugees and migrants drowned or went missing in the Mediterranean after their boats capsized while trying to reach Europe. The crisis is ongoing. A new report: Missing Migrants in the Mediterranean: Addressing the Humanitarian Crisis, authored by the University of York, City University London and IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre in Berlin, shows that many of the bodies are never identified, and families at home face never finding out what has happened to their loved ones. For more details, click here.
The Mediterranean Missing research project will be launching its final reports from August 31st, and holding launch events in Greece, Italy and Brussels in August and September.
For copies of reports see here. Here is the latest.
Launch dates are as follows:
- Lesbos: Aug. 31st, Hotel Elysion, Mytilene, 11.00 am
- Athens: Sept. 1st, Hotel Poseidon (Palio Faliro), 10.00 am
- Palermo, Rome, Brussels: The week of Sept. 26th
These are public meetings and all are welcome. Watch this space for more details.
Click here for the latest data briefing from International Organization for Migration, the increasing dangers of international migration, and how the Mediterranean remains the most dangerous route.
KJ