Data from UN agency’s Missing Migrants Project should serve as ‘wake-up call’, say officialsA record number of children died in the Channel last year according to UN data shared with the Guardian that officials have said should serve as a “wake-up call”.Last year, the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) Missing Migrants Project recorded the highest number of deaths and missing persons in the Channel, with 82 people losing their lives, at least 14 of whom were children – also a record high. Continue reading…
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Author : Diane Taylor
Publish date : 2025-02-25 12:32:00
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Record number of children died crossing Channel last year, says UN
