Since the beginning of 2021, more than 4.4 thousand migrants died when trying to get to countries where they were going to start a new life, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported, reports TASS.
According to information, since 2014, the number of deaths exceeded 45.4 thousand. Taking into account the dozens of those who died in an accident in Mexico last Thursday of migrants, the number of deaths in 2021 exceeded 4 470. This year, mortality is higher than in the past, when at least 4 236 migrants were killed.
According to the organization, the highest figure since 2018 has come to Europe in 2021 – 2,720 deaths. An attempt to get to European countries through the Mediterranean Sea took 1,315 lives, the route from Africa to the Canary Islands – 937, the road from Turkey to Greece – 41. 1,21 migrants were killed in America, which is also higher than last year.
“Mass tragedies associated with migration are increasingly turning into an ordinary phenomenon,” the organization was alarmed.
It is noted that States called on to develop policies and practices aimed at reducing the risk to which many people are forced to undergo migration routes.