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ARGUINEGUIN, Spain - An unprecedented nearly 5,000 migrants have died at sea in the first five months of 2024 trying to reach the Spanish Canary Islands, according to a report released by migration rights group Walking Borders on Wednesday (June 12). Between Jan 1 and May 31, 4,808 people died on the Atlantic voyage to the Canaries after departing from...

The victims come from 17 different countries, mostly from the African mainland but also the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean, as well as Pakistan

In the first five months of 2024, nearly 5,000 migrants died at sea attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands. The Atlantic route from Africa has become the deadliest, accounting for 95% of these deaths. The situation demands urgent safety protocols and highlights the complex political and economic conditions driving the crisis.

An unprecedented nearly 5,000 migrants have died at sea in the first five months of 2024 trying to reach the Spanish Canary Islands, according to a...

A fisherman turned smuggler told Sky News around 200 people in the area died trying to get to the Canary Islands, but demand is higher than ever.

Nine people rescued from boat sailing perilous Atlantic route that reportedly left Senegal with 60 people onboard nine days ago

Adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, the migrants from West Africa resorted to drinking seawater to quench their unbearable thirst. Then they started dying one by one. Disposing of the... -April 25, 2024 at 04:29 am EDT - MarketScreener

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Civil Guard has arrested 14 people for allegedly seeking to profit from the families of missing migrants from North Africa, promising them to find, identify and repatriate their bodies in return for money, it said on Wednesday.

The number of migrants boarding rickety boats from West Africa and reaching Spain's Canary Islands has risen seven-fold so far this year from the same period of 2023, Interior Ministry data showed on Friday. A total of 11,704 irregular migrants reached the Atlantic Ocean archipelago between Jan. 1 and Feb. 15, compared with the 1,602 who arrived in the same period in 2023, the ministry said. If the current trend were to continue, the islands could receive 70,000 migrants this year after ...

MADRID (Reuters) – The number of migrants from West Africa who braved the sea in fragile boats to reach Spain’s Canary Islands jumped more than 1,000% in January from a year ago, data released by the country’s interior ministry on Thursday showed. A total of 7,270 irregular migrants reached the archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean…