Experts in Baku urge action as missing persons surge worldwide and in Ukraine
- Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide remain missing in wars, as experts who met in Baku warned that political will, not technology, is the obstacle to identifying them.
- The figures have continued to grow, rising 70% between 2019 and 2024, according to the ICRC.
- In Ukraine alone, around 280,000 people are registered as missing as of September 2026, with an estimated 10,000 new cases added every month, according to the same data.
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- Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide remain missing in wars, as experts who met in Baku warned that political will, not technology, is the obstacle to identifying them.
- The figures have continued to grow, rising 70% between 2019 and 2024, according to the ICRC.
- In Ukraine alone, around 280,000 people are registered as missing as of September 2026, with an estimated 10,000 new cases added every month, according to the same data.
Sources: Euronews