Last year was the deadliest for migrants in the Middle East and North Africa since 2017, the United Nations said Tuesday. About 3,800 people died on migrants' sea and land routes within and from the region, according to data released by the International Organisation for Migration's Missing Migrants Project. The data show that the region accounted for more than half of the 6,877 deaths the project documented across the world. On the region's land routes, the IOM's project documented over 1,025 deaths, while the rest occurred on sea routes to Europe, particularly in the East Mediterranean, which is one of the deadliest in the world. Most of the deaths occurred in Yemen's northern province of Saada, a stronghold for the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 13, 2023 15:38 UTC