Joint statement on last week’s deaths in the Channel

One week after 4 people seeking to reach the UK from France died in a shipwreck, Migreurop joins civil society organisations and activists from the UK, France, Belgium, and beyond to remember those who died and denounce the murderous policies faced by people on the move on both sides of the Channel.

A week ago, news broke that a major rescue operation was underway in the Channel to rescue people from a small boat who were trying to reach safety in the UK. Reports later confirmed that four (…)


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Dead and Missing Migrants, 2014 – 2021

This map shows the number of dead or missing people while migrating in this geographical area during the year 2021. Among them, there were at least 213 children.

Although there is no official count of the number of people who have died in migration, many projects have been launched since the 1990s to report on the deadly consequences of European migration policies. This map was made using data from the “Missing Migrants” project initiated from 2014 by the IOM.

On this map, each point (…)


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