Migrant Deaths Double On Central Mediterranean Route As Arrivals Fall In 2026- IOM

Migrant deaths more than doubled along the Central Mediterranean Route and tripled along the Eastern Mediterranean Route in the first four months of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, even as the number of people arriving in Europe fell sharply.
This development was based on a new data released on Wednesday by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), as the new route-based data show that severe weather, conflict, economic pressure and changing migration policies reshaped migration journeys across multiple regions during the first four months of 2026.
The data shows that along the Central Mediterranean, 821 people died or went missing, an increase of 111 per cent, w...