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In all, at least 1,874 people were killed or missing in the first six months of the year, according to data from the UN Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Missing Migrants Project. Last year there were 1,108 in the same period. Business Insider previously reported, citing the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), that 1,859 people had died in the Mediterranean in the first six months of this year.
According to the Missing Migrants Project, at least 2,278 migrants died on the three Mediterranean routes in 2017, compared to 2,946 in 2016. According to this information, at least 27,633 people have died on the Mediterranean routes since 2014. The IOM emphasizes that the true numbers are likely higher. Presumably boats went down too, no trace of which was ever found.
The worst tragedy so far this year was the sinking of an overcrowded boat off the coast of Greece in May, killing hundreds.
Source: Nachrichten
