Between January and May, a total of 4,808 immigrants died trying to reach Spain on unreliable boats along the Canary route, a rate of nearly 32 a day, according to Caminhando Fronteras.
Although the United Nations has long identified the various sea routes leading to the Canary Islands from the coast of Africa as the deadliest in the world, the figures presented this Wednesday by Caminando Fronteras are unprecedented: in just five months these figures are close to, according to the organization, in 2023 6,007 deaths were registered in the year.
If we compare these data with the arrival figures published by the Ministry of the Interior (17,117 as of May 31), we can see that in these five months every immigrant died or disappeared on boats heading to the Canary Islands. 3.5 who were saved. In 2023, when all arrival records were broken (39,910), the same rate was one death for every 6.6 survivors.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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