Between 2014 and 2018, 678 children died in the attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea. Worldwide, the recorded deaths of children during migration amounted to 1,593. The largest number of records occurred in the Eastern Mediterranean.
In the same years, 40 children died while migrating within the European continent.
Number of recorded deaths of migrant children in the Mediterranean Sea and in Europe between 2014 and 2018
The Missing Migrants Project counts migrants who have died in the attempt to migrate to a country different from their country of residence. The count does not include the deaths of people occurred in immigration detention centers as well as deaths occurred after the deportation to the homeland. In addition, the project does not count the deaths of migrants occurred as a result of labor exploitation.
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