Gone but Not Forgotten: IOM’s installation hosted at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich sheds light on the many lives lost during migration journeys. 

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching “Missing Migrants: 63,000 Lives Too Many”, a temporary display hosted at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, to shine a spotlight on the number of lives lost during migration journeys worldwide, most of which on maritime routes. The installation, running from 10 to 24 June, seeks to raise awareness of one of the most pressing humanitarian crises of our time and honor the memory of those who have died seeking better lives.

The display by IOM in the United Kingdom and IOM’s Global Data Institute, as part of Refugee Week initiatives in the UK, features data and personal stories from IOM’s Missing Migrants Project. Established in 2014 following two catastrophic shipwrecks near Lampedusa that claimed over 600 lives, the project is the only global open-access database of migrant deaths and disappearances and the sole indicator on safe migration in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. From 2014 to 2023 more than 63,000 people lost their lives during migration, with more than 1,800 so far this year.

A recent report by the Missing Migrants Project showed that nearly 60 per cent of deaths documented during migration are linked to drowning with over 27,000 related deaths in the Mediterranean alone. Fatalities at sea contribute to more than two-thirds of unidentified deaths worldwide leaving families and communities grappling with uncertainties, living in limbo, unaware of the fate of their loved ones.

Join us to honor the memory of the missing migrants and advocate for urgent action to prevent further tragedies.

Visit:

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (London)
10-24 June | Free entry

For more information about this initiative contact: iomukevents@iom.int