Noting that the fatality was highest since 2017, IOM said delays in state-led search and rescue (SAR) operations played a part in the perilous sea crossing from North Africa.Information Guide Nigeria
According to the IOM, the 441 known deaths were likely an undercount of the true number.
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“The complete absence of response to a seventh case claimed the lives of at least 73 migrants”, IOM chief, Antonio Vitorino, said in a statement, adding that non-governmental organisations’ SAR efforts have markedly diminished in recent months.NYSC Portal
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The UN agency’s Missing Migrants Project is also investigating several cases in which boats were reported missing, where there are no records of survivors, no remains and no SAR operations.
The fates of more than 300 people aboard those vessels remain unclear, the organisation said.
The IOM said that over the Easter weekend, 3,000 more migrants reached Italy.
“Numbers of boat landings have surged this year, with almost 32,000 migrants arriving on Italy’s shores since January, compared to 8,000 over the same period in 2022”, the Italian interior ministry said.JAMB Result