In a report printed on Wednesday, the rights group Strolling Borders writes that 4,808 individuals died between January and Might on the perilous route throughout elements of the Atlantic from Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia in an try to achieve the Canary Islands. That makes that route the deadliest between Africa and Spain.
In the identical interval, the variety of migrant arrivals to the archipelago elevated to 16,500, a fivefold improve in comparison with final 12 months, the Spanish Ministry of the Inside says.
33 deaths per day
The second deadliest path to Spain is throughout the Mediterranean. 175 individuals died en route from Algeria to the southeastern coast of Spain. As well as, there are 71 deaths on the Strait of Gibraltar and Lake Alboran, which is the title of the westernmost a part of the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Spain.
On common, 33 individuals died per day making an attempt to cross the assorted stretches of sea from Africa to Spain, in line with the report.
– We can not normalize such figures. We should demand that the assorted nations put security at sea and the protection of the correct to life greater than immigration management, says coordinator Helena Maleno in Strolling Borders.
17 land
The victims come from 17 totally different nations. Most are from the African mainland, however there are additionally individuals from the island state of Comoros within the Indian Ocean and from Pakistan. There have been 154 ladies and 50 kids among the many useless, the report states.
The top of the Purple Cross within the Canary Islands, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Verona, says the Atlantic route is probably the most harmful as a result of harsh climate and tough seas can simply capsize the customarily fragile vessels utilized by the migrants.
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2024-06-15 03:21:43
