Over 52,000 people died fleeing crisis-affected countries since 2014: UN

A new report by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has revealed that the majority of migrant people who died on the move had not migrated by choice, but out of desperation caused by conflict, insecurity, disasters and other humanitarian crises. More than 52,000 people have died globally since 2014 while fleeing crisis-affected countries, accounting for nearly 72 per cent of all recorded migrant deaths during this period, according to the report released yesterday. The…

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