BLACK STATISTICS: Almost 8,000 lives extinguished on the way to Europe and America!
The number of legal ways to migrate is decreasing, causing more people to turn to smugglers, said the International Organization for Migration (IOM), as Europe, the United States and other regions strengthen border controls and invest in deterring migrants.
TL;DR
- Legal migration routes are decreasing, forcing people to rely on smugglers.
- Nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared on migrant routes last year.
- Budget cuts have reduced humanitarian aid and made tracking deaths more difficult.
- Maritime routes, particularly the Mediterranean Sea, remain the deadliest.
- The IOM is affected by significant reductions in US financial aid, impacting its activities.
- Deaths in Asia and across the Red Sea have also been recorded, with a sharp increase in the latter.