Amu: At least 1,492 Afghan nationals died or went missing during migration journeys worldwide in 2025, the International Organization for Migration said, underscoring the persistent dangers faced by migrants from Afghanistan. The figure makes Afghans the largest group among the 2,722 migrants from Asia and the Pacific who died or disappeared last year, according to the agency’s Missing Migrants Project. The findings, based on the organization’s annual regional overview, place Afghanistan ahead of Myanmar, whose nationals accounted for the second-highest number of fatalities, many of them Rohingya refugees. Most deaths involving Afghan migrants occurred along land routes between Afghanistan and Iran — a major transit corridor for those seeking to reach Turkey and, ultimately, Europe. The report said at least 1,323 Afghan deaths were recorded along this route alone. Click here to read more (external link).
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