MEDITERRANEAN: Dead and Missing at sea January 2015 –31 January 2017
more data on: data.unhcr.org/mediterranean
Number of Dead and Missing by Route 2017 2016
222 4,578
30 77
2 441
Source for coordinates: missingmigrants.iom.int
Key Figures
Jan 2016
Western Med 30 12%
254
Dead and missing / 1000 arrivals
Dead and missing (as of 31 January – 2016 and 2017)
Distribution per route (2017)
Missing
Jan 2017
Dead
140 Eastern Med 2 1%
Dead and Missing in 2017 (as of 30 November)
42.6 34.7
5,096
201 221
Central Med 222 87%
Dead and Missing in 2016
2.5 46
Central Mediterranean Route
2016
1.4
Greece
2017
Italy
Dead and Missing
Arrivals
2,913
4,578
222
Dead and Missing in 2015
Dead and Missing in 2016
Dead and Missing in Jan 2017
250,000 1,240
153,846
200,000
181,436
4,467
Arrivals in 2016
Arrivals in Jan 2017
1,141
Arrivals in 2015
1,400 1,200 1,000
150,000
800
704 657
600
100,000 50,000
437 359
332
400
222
200
164 87
42
0
Eastern Mediterranean Route
Arrivals
Arrivals
250,000
0
0
0
0
Dead and missing
799
441
2
Dead and Missing in 2015
Dead and Missing in 2015
Dead and Missing in Jan 2017
856,732
171,785
1,399
Arrivals in 2015
Arrivals in 2016
Arrivals in Jan 2017
Dead and Missing
1,400 1,200
200,000 1,000 150,000
800 600
100,000
400 50,000
274 222
200 27 14
56
0
2 0
Arrivals
0
0
0
0
Dead and missing
Figures included in the dead and missing file are compiled from a variety of sources, including report from survivors and family members collected by UNHCR staff governments, Coast Guard or Navy vessels. News, Media and Civil Society are also an important source of information. Because of the varying quality and reliability of data, every effort has been made to ensure that all statistical information is verified and figures on dead and missing at sea represent conservative estimates of a number that could possibly be higher than reported.
