According to the International Organization for Migration, more than 1,000 refugees died or disappeared in the Mediterranean?

Sputnik reported on 28th April that the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on 28th April that more than 1000 people had died or disappeared in the Mediterranean since the beginning of the year.

According to the data on April 28th, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) recorded 65,438+0,089 migrants and refugees killed or missing in the Mediterranean. At the same time, 43,357 people have arrived in Europe through this route this year.

According to the report, the death toll peaked at 427 in April. Compared with 2065438+April 2005, this figure decreased by two thirds, when the death toll reached 1222.

According to the communique, most migrants' accidents at sea occurred in the central Mediterranean connecting Libya and Italy, which made this route more dangerous than any other route. People smuggling and traffickers using unseaworthy ships greatly increase the possibility of tragedy in the process of smuggling. According to the statistics of the International Organization for Migration, although the number of immigrants to Italy and Greece is similar this year.