Rising migrant deaths worldwide top 4,470 in 2021
The UN migration agency has said that 4,470 migrants died along migration routes worldwide in 2021, exceeding the 4,236 deaths registered in 2020.
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Spain's Canary Islands draw more migrants despite dangers
A lack of prospects exacerbated by the pandemic has been leading tens of thousands of Africans to make the dangerous crossing to Spain's Canary Islands. It remains unclear how many have died in the attempt.
Two migrants dead en route to Canary Islands
Two more migrants have died trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands on a boat carrying 30 people, news reports confirmed Thursday. This is the third deadly incident off the Canary Islands since Sunday, bringing the number of confirmed deaths up to 13.
Tales from the Border (1/8): Senegal -- Crossing the vast Atlantic Ocean
The InfoMigrants podcast Tales from the Border starts in Senegal. Looking out over thousands of kilometers of Atlantic Ocean, towards the Canary Islands, many still dream of a better life in Europe. Meet those who tried to cross, those who failed, and those who made it.
Boy dies after sea rescue near Spain's Canary Islands
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.
IOM: Over 780 migrant deaths on Atlantic route this year
According to the UN migration agency, 785 migrants from mostly western African countries died in the first eight months of this year trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands via the Atlantic. The month of August was particularly deadly. Meanwhile, over the weekend, some 340 migrants arrived on the island group on a single day.
Spain, young migrant dies in waters off Ceuta
The route from Africa to Spain continues to claim victims. On Thursday last week, a young migrant died while attempting to swim from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, while a new shipwreck with 64 people missing was reported off the southern coast of Western Sahara.
Migrant death toll increases on Atlantic route to Canary Islands
The migrant route between Western Africa and the Canary Islands is proving to be increasingly deadly, as 29 people -- including seven children -- died last Friday out of a total of 55 who made the journey. Another incident took place Monday night, in which 13 people died off the coast of Fuerteventura. The NGO Caminando Fronteras denounced "a humanitarian crisis".
Dying to reach Europe: The Atlantic crossing
A tally of the numbers of migrants who die or go missing during their journeys is impossible to establish definitively, since so many go without telling people, and travel via illegal means. Deaths at sea are even harder to trace, because many of the bodies are never recovered. The Atlantic Crossing from West Africa towards the Canaries is one of the worst routes for this.
Alarming death toll of migrants trying to reach Spain by boat
Almost 2,100 migrants are estimated to have died trying to reach Spain by sea during the first half of 2021. The death toll is close to figures for the entire previous year, according to the non-governmental organization Caminando Fronteras.
Canary Islands: Mother of dead five-year-old girl asks for help
The mother of Yamila, a five-year-old migrant girl who died late on June 29 aboard a helicopter of the Spanish army, is asking for help to travel to France from the Canary Islands to attend her daughter's funeral.
Two men arrested on suspicion of steering migrant boat to Canary Islands
Spanish police have arrested two men suspected of "steering and navigating" a migrant boat that capsized last week off the Spanish Canary Islands archipelago. Four bodies were recovered following the accident.