The International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) said on Saturday that there are approximately 284,400 missing people registered worldwide.
He also said that no less than 94,000 people were registered as missing only in 2024.
According to a statement of ICRC in commemoration of the International Day of the disappeared held every August 30, this figure is probably only a fraction of the true number. “
“In 2024, more than 94,000 people were registered as disappeared by their families with the network of family links, carrying the current number of missing persons registered at approximately 284,400.
“According to our experience, this is just a fraction of the true number of missing people,” he said.
Family Links Network, a ICRC program, is composed of 192 societies worldwide, ICRC delegations and IFFRC.
The statement urged interested parties to promote empathy by highlighting the impact that the people who disappear had on families and the community.
According to this, the issue of missing persons, including victims of forced disappearance, is one of the most devastating and durable consequences of armed conflicts and other violence, disasters and migration.
“Behind each missing person there is a family that lives in anguish and uncertainty, fighting with the pain of not knowing what has happened to their loved one.
“This suffering is aggravated by economic, legal, administrative, psychological and psychosocial challenges, as well as the need for their suffering to be officially recognized and that someone be responsible,” he said.
The statement said that Nigeria’s figure was 13,595 families (68 percent women), which continued to seek 23,659 missing people, 59 percent were lower at the time of disappearance, and that 67 percent occurred in the state of Born.
According to you, the ICRC is a humanitarian organization dedicated to protecting the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflicts and other situations of violence.
The statement advocated that families of missing persons should not be stigmatized, accused or excluded for their attempts to clarify the destiny and whereabouts of their missing persons.
“Solidarity and support initiatives created by families of missing persons must be supported.
“They constantly demonstrate great resistance to overcome the challenges caused by disappearance,” he said.
The statement said that the International Day of the Disappeared was a day to solidarize with those who sought to establish the destiny and whereabouts of their loved ones.
“As we commemorate this day, we renew our commitment to advocate the rights of the disappeared, require increased and continuous efforts to look for missing persons and provide responses to their families.
“Let us join, amplify the voices of the families of the disappeared and work towards a world where no one should support the pain of uncertainty.
“Continuous efforts are needed to look for those who are missing and provide information about their destiny and whereabouts to their families.
“Time does not cure, recognize, respond and respect,” he said.
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