At least 289 children have died so far this year while trying to make the dangerous crossing, said Nicola dell'Arciprete, UNICEF's country coordinator for Italy.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/dead-missing-migrants-mediterranean-tripled-summer-un.1058214

Verena Knaus, UNICEF's global lead on and displacement, said the true figures were likely to be higher as many shipwrecks on the central Mediterranean leave no survivors or go unrecorded.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230715-un-says-at-least-289-children-died-trying-to-cross-the-mediterranean-this-year