Fatal journeys : Tracking lives lost during migration / IOM.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

IOM.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migration.

Local Subjects:

Migration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : International Organisation for Migration, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In October 2013, over 400 people lost their lives in two highly publicized shipwrecks close to the Italian island of Lampedusa, but sadly, they are not isolated incidents. Estimates in 2013 and 2014 reach close to 6,500 lost lives of migrants in border regions around the world. Many deaths occur in remote areas and are never reported. This publication investigates how border-related deaths are documented, who is documenting them, and what can be done to improve the evidence base to encourage informed accountability, policy and practice. Included are migration routes through Central America to the United States, with a focus on the United States-Mexico border region; the southern European Union bordering the Mediterranean; routes from sub-Saharan Africa to North Africa; routes taken by migrants emigrating from the Horn of Africa towards the Gulf or Southern Africa; and the waters surrounding Australia.

Contents:

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Executive Summary

Counting migrant deaths: An international overview

Migrant deaths in the Americas (United States and Mexico)

Tracking deaths in the Mediterranean

From Sub-Saharan Africa through North Africa: Tracking deaths along the way

Deaths en route from the Horn of Africa to Yemen and along the eastern corridor from the Horn of Africa to South Africa

Counting and accounting for deaths of asylum-seekers en route to Australia

Annex.

ISBN:

9789210571173

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.