{"id":56587,"date":"2025-12-19T09:10:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/nearly-70-000-migrants-have-died-or-gone-missing-en-route-since-2014-un\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T09:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:11:06","slug":"nearly-70-000-migrants-have-died-or-gone-missing-en-route-since-2014-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nearly-70-000-migrants-have-died-or-gone-missing-en-route-since-2014-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 70,000 migrants have died or gone missing en route since 2014: UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his message on International Migrants Day, observed annually on Dec. 18, Guterres said migration is a powerful driver of progress, lifting economies, connecting cultures, and benefiting countries of origin and destination alike.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yet when migration is poorly governed or misrepresented, it can fuel hate and division, endangering the lives of people seeking safety and opportunity,&#8221; he said, adding that with borders tightening and smugglers and traffickers thriving, &#8220;women and children are among the most at risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pointing to the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration adopted seven years ago, he said the international community &#8220;can and must harness the power of migration to advance sustainable development and build more resilient societies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This starts with challenging the narratives that dehumanize migrants, and replacing them with stories of solidarity,&#8221; Guterres said, calling on the international community to &#8220;stand together for the rights of every migrant, and make migration dignified and safe for all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In December 2000, the UN General Assembly, taking into account the large and increasing number of migrants in the world, proclaimed Dec. 18 as International Migrants Day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-99414\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/webp\/migrants-3.webp\" alt=\"Since 2014, nearly 70,000 migrants have died or gone missing along land and sea routes, with the true number likely far higher.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2014, nearly 70,000 migrants have died or gone missing along land and sea routes, with the true number likely far higher, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000099413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000099413,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/migrants-2.webp","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/webp","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/migrants-2.webp","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/migrants-2.webp","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/migrants-2.webp","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/migrants-2.webp","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/migrants-2.webp","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000099413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56587"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56587"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}