00:00Nearly 8,000 people died or were missing on migration routes last year,
00:05according to new data from the International Organization of Migration, or IOM.
00:10The agency warns that shrinking legal pathways for migration
00:14are pushing people into the hands of smugglers.
00:20The IOM is among several aid groups hit by major U.S. funding cuts,
00:25forcing it to scale back or close programs.
00:28While the death toll fell from nearly 9,200 in 2024,
00:33the organization warns the decline doesn't mean journeys are any safer.
00:38Instead, the IOM said it reflects reduced access to information and funding shortfalls,
00:44which make it harder to track and verify fatalities.
00:48Restrictions on search and rescue data, particularly along sea routes to Europe,
00:53have left many deaths unverified.
00:55The IOM also notes fewer people attempted irregular and dangerous journeys last year,
01:00particularly across the Americas.
01:02But sea routes remain among the deadliest.
01:05At least 2,100 people died or went missing in the Mediterranean,
01:09and about 1,000 on the Atlantic route to Spain's Canary Islands.
01:13Let's get out.
01:14We'll get started.
01:15All of this happened before we got another method that went off the procedures,
01:15and be했어요s?
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