New IOM Data: Since 2014, 52,000 Migrants Died Fleeing Humanitarian Crises

Click here to access the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Missing Migrants Project 2024 annual report.  The IOM press release for the report states that it “reveals that most people who die while migrating are not taking dangerous journeys purely out of choice, but out of desperation – fleeing insecurity, conflict, disaster, and other humanitarian crises. 

Since 2014, more than 52,000 people have died while trying to escape crisis-affected countries. That’s nearly three-quarters (72%) of all migrant deaths recorded globally during this period. These include over 39,000 people who died within crisis zones, often while trapped in unsafe conditions, and more than 13,500 who died while trying to flee conflict or disaster.” 

KJ