{"id":85047,"date":"2026-02-16T19:06:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=85047"},"modified":"2026-02-16T19:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T19:06:01","slug":"deadliest-january-on-record-for-migrants-after-699-killed-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/16\/deadliest-january-on-record-for-migrants-after-699-killed-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadliest January on record for migrants after 699 killed worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1Wt14D.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6\" alt=\"January 2026 was the deadliest month on record for migrants (AFP via Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At least\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/crime\/andres-wilkinson-border-agent-arrest-texas-b2921108.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">699 migrants<\/a> were killed while fleeing their homes around the world in January 2026, marking the deadliest January since records began, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/deadliest-january-on-record-for-migrants-after-699-killed-worldwide\/ar-AA1WtabX?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69934d9c1c02402bad7e46ce450953b9&amp;cvpid=0da2b11604e94287a7cd268cff3f3de4&amp;ei=130\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>At least\u00a0699 migrants were killed while fleeing their homes around the world in January 2026, marking the deadliest January since records began,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-immigration"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rescue-Italy-Guards.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85048,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85047\/revisions\/85048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}