A total of 951 migrants died in the attempt to reach the coasts of Spain from Africa in the first half of this year, according to NGO Caminando Fronteras. Most migrant boats went missing on the Atlantic route to the Canaries.
At least 51 people have lost their lives in the latest boat tragedy when a boat with at least 55 migrants on board sank off the North African coast en route to Spain's Canary Islands.
Some 50 young Moroccan migrants have been missing for two weeks, after they boarded a boat bound for the Canary Islands. Their families don't know where to turn for help. Meanwhile, various NGOs continue to highlight shortcomings on part of Moroccan and Spanish authorities in many such cases, as another shipwreck on the same route made headlines just days ago.
More than 1,500 people died or went missing between 2018 and 2022 while trying to cross on boats from Algeria to Spain, according to the organization Caminando Fronteras.
More than 11,000 migrants have died trying to reach Spain in the past five years, equating to a daily average of six people. That's according to a new report by Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras.
At least 44 people, including several infants, drowned off Morocco's coast last week as they were trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands, an NGO has said.