Multiple web search results cite the IOM reporting that nearly 8,000 people died or disappeared on migration routes in 2025. This figure is reported across different search snippets, indicating corroboration from multiple sources reporting the same data point.

Both web search results (from Reuters and other snippets) report the claim that more than four in every 10 deaths and disappearances occurred on sea routes to Europe, attributed to a UN agency.

This claim combines elements confirmed by multiple sources: 1) Nearly 8,000 deaths/disappearances in 2025 (Claim 0), 2) Sea routes to Europe being the most deadly (Claim 1), and 3) Attribution to the UN/IOM. The combination is consistently reported across the web search results.

Multiple web search results attribute the statement that many victims were lost in 'invisible shipwrecks' to the IOM releasing new figures in a report on Tuesday.

Multiple web search results explicitly state that the IOM reported the figure of 7,904 for 2025, and that this constituted a fall from an all-time high of 9,197 in 2024.

Multiple web search results report that the drop in reported deaths/disappearances was partly due to 1,500 suspected cases that remained unverified because of aid cuts.

Two separate web search results cite the figure that total deaths since 2014 exceed 82,000, and that about 340,000 family members were estimated to be directly affected.

This claim is nearly identical to Claim 1. Multiple web search results attribute the statement that more than four in every 10 deaths and disappearances occurred on sea routes to Europe to the IOM/UN agency.

The claim is directly corroborated by a single cross-reference source (Nypost) which reports that the West African route accounted for 1,200 deaths, and Asia reported record deaths including Rohingya refugees.