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The report says the deaths are ‘likely only a fraction of the actual number of lives lost worldwide’ because of the difficulty in obtaining and verifying information
More than a decade ago, the death of 600 migrants and refugees in two Mediterranean shipwrecks near Italian shores shocked the world and prompted the UN migration agency to start recording the number of people who died or went missing as they fled conflict, persecution or poverty to other countries.
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Since tracking began in 2014, more than 63,000 people have died or are missing and presumed dead, according to the Missing Migrants Project, with 2023 the deadliest year yet when over 8,500 deaths were recorded. One in three migrant deaths occurs en route while fleeing conflict