Some maritime tragedies never appear in any report.

According to the IOM Missing Migrants Project, 79 043 people have died or disappeard on migration routes since 2024 - and this number represents only the cases we know about.

Many disappearances leave no distress alert, no witness, and no record. When a boat without communication equipment vanishes at sea, the event may never be documented. These invisible shipwrecks are a major blind spot in understanding risk at sea and planning effective SAR responses.

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