Migrant Report 2025: "1,878 deaths in the Mediterranean"

In 2025, at least 1,314 people died in the central Mediterranean and at least 1,878 along the entire Mediterranean route. Since the beginning of the year, the MH-FCEI Observatory has recorded continuous shipwrecks, at least 48 confirmed deaths, 101 missing, and other presumed shipwrecks. "Unfortunately, it will be difficult to ascertain the deaths or trace the number of missing. The survivors' testimonies, collected at the pier or inside the Lampedusa hotspot, speak of extreme suffering, forced journeys, and deportations to the desert, confirming a pattern of structural and predictable violence.