国际移民组织（IOM）周三表示，2014年至2025年间，全球至少有4414名儿童在迁徙途中死亡，但实际死亡人数“可能要高得多”。
At least 4,414 children died during migration journeys worldwide between 2014 and 2025, but the actual toll is "likely much higher," the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday.
该联合国机构在一份新报告中称，其失踪移民项目记录了该期间近81000起移民死亡和失踪案例，其中44862起，占55.5%，缺失年龄信息。这表明官方统计中仍有未被识别的未知数量儿童死亡案例。
The UN agency said in a new report that its Missing Migrants Project recorded nearly 81,000 migrant deaths and disappearances during the period, with 44,862 cases, or 55.5%, lacking information on age. That suggests an unknown number of child deaths remain unidentified in official statistics.
该机构表示，在中地中海航线上，2024年儿童占抵达意大利和马耳他人数的19%，但仅占记录在案死亡人数的2%，凸显数据存在显著缺口。
On the Central Mediterranean route, the agency said children represented 19% of arrivals in Italy and Malta in 2024 but only 2% of recorded deaths, highlighting significant data gaps.
“每一个在迁徙途中死亡的儿童都应被计入统计，但太多儿童却缺失于数据之中，”IOM数据、洞察与政策首席战略官斯图尔特·坎波表示。“我们无法保护儿童免受我们看不见的危害。”报告发现，医学检验员和执法部门的记录仅占已记录移民死亡案例的18%。
"Every child who dies on a migration journey deserves to be counted, yet too many are missing from the data," said Stuart Campo, IOM's chief strategy officer for data, insight and policy. "We cannot protect children from dangers we cannot see." The report found that records from medical examiners and law enforcement accounted for just 18% of documented migrant deaths.
IOM呼吁各国政府改善移民死亡案例的记录工作，系统性记录受害者年龄，并在保护个人数据的前提下，加强当局与人道主义组织之间的信息共享。
IOM urged governments to improve documentation of migrant deaths, systematically record victims' ages and strengthen information sharing among authorities and humanitarian organizations while protecting personal data.