Mediterranean Update Missing Migrants Project 3 September 2015

Italy 116,649

Greece 245,274

Spain 2,166

Malta 94

Total 364,183

Estimates based on data from respective

governments and IOM field offices as of 3/9/15.

Data for Greece as of 1/9/15.

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 *23

Arrivals

2,166

Arrivals

116,649

Arrivals

94

Arrivals

245,274

MALTA

GREECE

DEATHS 102

DEATHS 2,576

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) 364,183

*Running total to 3 Sept

2,223

2,701

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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

18

GLOBAL OVERVIEW: 3,729 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

2,701Deaths

112 Deaths

EUROPE

Deaths

46 Deaths

19

Deaths

133

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GLOBAL INFORMATION

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response.

Deaths between 1 January to 3 September 2015

Regions Deaths a Mediterranean 2,701

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 3,729

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 3/9/15.

Sahara

Deaths

48 AFRICA

West

Mediterranean

Route

Deaths

86

Deaths

8