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Mediterranean Update Missing Migrants Project 7 September 2015
Italy 119,619
Greece 256,458
Spain 2,166
Malta 100
Total 378,343
Estimates based on data from respective
governments and IOM field offices as of 7/9/15.
Data for Greece as of 3/9/15.
TOP FIVE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN 2015
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Italy Greece
Eritrea 25,657 Syria 88,204
Nigeria 11,899 Afghanistan 32,414
Somalia 7,538 Albania 9,713
Sudan 5,658 Pakistan 9,445
Syria 5,495 Iraq 5,421
Data for Italy and Greece as of 31/7/15. Data for Greece includes both
maritime and land arrivals.
2015
2014
January February March April May
Destination
Ori
gin
Co
un
try
SPAIN
DEATHS *25
Arrivals
2,166
Arrivals
119,619
Arrivals
100
Arrivals
256,458
MALTA
GREECE
DEATHS 105
DEATHS 2,630
Arrivals
Deaths Land migration routes Maritime migration routes
ITALY
77 12 24
359
10 69 50
1,265
329
95
MIGRANT FATALITIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
MIGRANT MARITIME ARRIVALS 2015
Total Arrivals: (to date) 378,343
*Running total to 7 Sept
2,223
2,760
Missing Migrants Project is a joint initiative of IOM’s Migration Research Division (MRD) and Media and Communications Division (MCD).
June
10
318
July
864
130
*Arrival figures refer to irregular maritime arrivals only
616 677
August
* includes deaths en route to Canary Islands
*Sept
77
GLOBAL OVERVIEW: 3,788 MIGRANT DEATHS TO DATE IN 2015 (est.)
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KEY DATA ON MIGRANT
FATALITIES
Central
Mediterranean
Route
NORTH
AMERICA
SOUTH
AMERICA SOUTH
AFRICA
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Caribbean
Central
America
US/Mexico
Border
Mediterranean
Horn of
Africa
Bay of
Bengal
South-East
Asia
99 Deaths
460 Deaths
15 Deaths
East
Asia
Deaths
2
2,760Deaths
112 Deaths
EUROPE
Deaths
46 Deaths
19
Deaths
133
SUPPORTING FAMILIES
OF MISSING MIGRANTS
GLOBAL INFORMATION
HUB ON MIGRATION
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the missing.
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of migrants and their families.
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response.
Deaths between 1 January to 7 September 2015
Regions Deaths a Mediterranean 2,760
Bay of Bengal 460
US/Mexico Border 133
Horn of Africa 86
Sahara 48
South–East Asia 99
Caribbean 46
Europeb 112
East Asia 15
Central America 19
Southeast Africa 8
Southern Africa 2
TOTAL 3,788
MISSING MIGRANTS PROJECT
Deaths during migration around the world
Legend:
(a) Figures refer to documented deaths. Documented instances, therefore, potentially depict
only a small share of actual stock. This map represents a base minimum.
(b) Includes deaths in Northern Europe, Southeastern Europe, and Western Europe.
* Data compiled by IOM’s Migration Research Division (MRD) and Media and Communications Division (MCD). All numbers are estimates based on data from respective governments and IOM field offices as of 7/9/15.
Sahara
Deaths
48 AFRICA
West
Mediterranean
Route
Deaths
86
Deaths
8