Migrant surge along Eastern Route despite risks and mounting deaths

Migrant journeys along the deadly Eastern Route, from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, have surged sharply in 2025, despite rising risks and mounting deaths.

Between January and June, over 238,000 migrants made the perilous trip, a 34% jump from last year. But it comes at a tragic cost at least 348 migrants dead or missing, many lost in Djibouti’s scorching Obock desert, drowned at sea, or caught in violent attacks by…