migrant routes: southeast asia 2015
DESCRIPTION
Map showing Southeast Asia migration routes, part IOM's humanitarian response at sea to rescue and bring to shore suffering migrants, many of whom are women and children who have been in life threatening conditions without water or food for days. IOM is charged to work rapidly with its partners to assist and support the irregular migrants. IOM has allocated USD 1 million to help provide medical, psycho-social assistance, food, water, shelter and non-food relief items. MissingMigrants.iom.int #MissingMigrantsTRANSCRIPT
Bay of Bengal/Southeast Asia statistics:
Total confirmed landed, since 10 May: 5,354
Nationalities of migrants landed in Indonesia,
Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand:
Bangladesh, Myanmar/Rohingya
Since January 2014: est. 94,000 have made the
journey, including 31,000 January to June/15
All figures are estimates as of 31/08/2015.
Compiled by International Organization for Migration (IOM) - Migration Research Division (MRD) and Media and Communications Division (MCD). Data on crossings are
estimates for the period January to June/15. Data on fatalities are estimates for the Bay of Bengal/Andaman Sea area for the period October/14 to May/15.
Names and boundaries indicated on map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by IOM. 31/08/15
1,100 est. Deaths
at sea
31,000
est. Crossing
Migrant Routes: Southeast Asia 2015
An est. 31,000 migrants
have made the journey by sea in
2015.
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