Mediterranean Update Missing Migrants Project 15 September 2015

Italy 121,619

Greece 340,991

Spain 2,166

Malta 100

Total 464,876

Estimates based on data from respective

governments and IOM field offices as of

14/9/15. Data for Greece as of 8/9/15.

TOP FIVE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN 2015

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Italy Greece

Eritrea 30,708 Syria 175,375

Nigeria 15,113 Afghanistan 50,177

Somalia 8,790 Pakistan 11,289

Sudan 7,126 Albania 10,985

Syria 6,710 Iraq 9,059

Data for Italy and Greece as of 31/8/15. Data for Greece includes

land and sea arrivals. Italy and Greece receive 99% of arrivals in the

Mediterranean.

2015

2014

January February March April May

Destination

Ori

gin

Co

un

try

SPAIN

DEATHS *25

Arrivals

2,166

Arrivals

121,619

Arrivals

100

Arrivals

340,991

MALTA

GREECE

DEATHS 167

DEATHS 2,620

Arrivals

Deaths Land migration routes Maritime migration routes

ITALY

77 12 24

359

10 69 50

1,243

329

95

MIGRANT FATALITIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

MIGRANT MARITIME ARRIVALS 2015

Total Arrivals: (to date) 464,876

*Running total to 15 Sept

2,993 2,812

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June

10

318

July

864

130

*Arrival figures refer to irregular maritime arrivals only

616 678

August

* includes deaths en route to Canary Islands

*Sept

151

770

GLOBAL OVERVIEW: 3,840 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

2,812Deaths

112 Deaths

EUROPE

Deaths

46 Deaths

19

Deaths

133

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GLOBAL INFORMATION

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the missing.

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response.

Deaths between 1 January to 15 September 2015

Regions Deaths a Mediterranean 2,812

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 3,840

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Deaths during migration around the world

Legend:

(a) Figures on deaths are all estimates and refer only to those deaths that are documented. Documented instances potentially depict only a small share of the actual number. Thus, 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 15/9/15.

Sahara

Deaths

48 AFRICA

West

Mediterranean

Route

Deaths

86

Deaths

8