An average of about five migrants per day lost their lives attempting to cross the dangerous Atlantic Ocean to Spain between January and July 2022, the organization Caminando Fronteras has said.
Algeria said Wednesday it was suspending a decades-old co-operation treaty with Spain, after Madrid backed the position of the North African country's arch-rival Morocco on the disputed Western Sahara.
Spain and Morocco are seeking to cooperate in reducing irregular border crossings after resolving a year-long diplomatic crisis over a dispute relating to the territory of Western Sahara.
At least 44 migrants drowned on Sunday when their boat capsized off the coast of the Western Sahara, migrant aid agency Caminando Fronteras said.
Around 25 people -- including several babies -- are feared dead after their boat capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain's Canary Islands on Monday. The Spanish coast guard rescued 36 people from the stricken dinghy.
At least 220 migrants have been rescued from small boats south of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria in the Atlantic Ocean. Local authorities say the rate of crossings from Africa is rising.
Following the deaths of nine migrants headed towards the Canary Islands in March 2021, two people have each been sentenced to nine years in prison. Two young children were among those who died.
The bodies of eight people who died on the journey from Africa to the Spanish Canary Islands were brought to Gran Canaria at the weekend, along with dozens of survivors. Emergency services also rescued more than 75 people on board two other boats.
Emergency agencies in Spain have reported that a young boy, who was among dozens of migrants rescued from a boat in the Atlantic Ocean heading to the Canary Islands, has died.
Up to 47 people are feared dead after their boat’s engine failed en route from Western Sahara to the Canary Islands. The missing migrants include three children.
A young girl has died during a rescue operation to save migrants trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands in a small boat. The boat, carrying 36 migrants, drifted for more than two weeks before it was found by a merchant tanker.
More than 40 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands from West Africa have reportedly died in shipwrecks in the past few days. Several hundred others made the crossing to arrive in Spanish territory.