Revealed: Eastern Africa’s most dangerous migration route
International Organisation for Migration (IOM) East, Horn and Southern Africa Deputy Regional Director Nihan Erdogan addresses journalists during the closing session of the 3rd Igad Ministerial Conference on Labour, Employment and Labour Migration at the Argyle Grand Hotel in Nairobi on October 22, 2025.
Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea have been identified as countries where human traffickers thrive, using dangerous routes to facilitate illegal migration.
According to data from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), illegal labour migration along the Eastern Route -- Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia and Yemen -- increased during the first eight months of 2025.
