Nearly 8,000 migrants were reported dead or missing worldwide in 2025 while trying to reach safety or seek a better future, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday, Anadolu reported. Maria Moita, director of the agency’s Department of Humanitarian Response and Recovery, told reporters in Geneva that the figures reflected a worsening global situation. “More deaths than ever were recorded in Asia, with hundreds of Rohingya and Afghans among those affected,” Moita said and that migration pressures had not eased, but that routes had shifted due to conflict, climate shocks, labour demands and policy changes. Read: More than 7,600 migrants died or went missing in 2025, UN agency says “What we are seeing instead is that routes are […]
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Read Full Article on Middle East Monitor →![A rubber boat carrying 54 migrants, including six women and three children, from Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Mali, is located in the Central Mediterranean after departing Libya on September 3, 2025. [Joan Galvez - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/AA-20250904-39014315-39014308-NGOS_RESCUE_54_MIGRANTS_IN_CENTRAL_MEDITERRANEAN_AFTER_DEPARTURE_FROM_LIBYA-1.jpg)
