Aid group says more than 10,000 migrants died at sea while trying to reach Spain in 2024

Euronews ^

[nickcarraway]

Spanish migration rights group Caminando Fronteras says 10,457 migrants died at sea while trying to reach Spain in 2024, a 58% increase in deaths compared to last year.

More than 10,000 migrants have died while attempting to reach Spain by sea in 2024, according to a report released on Thursday by Spanish migration rights group Caminando Fronteras (Walking Borders). 9,757 deaths, the vast majority of the 10,457 reported by Caminando Fronters up until 15 December 2024, took place along the so-called Atlantic route, which is considered the world's most dangerous. The group reported 700 deaths amongst people attempting to reach Spain via Mediterranean routes.

The Atlantic route saw tens of thousands of people leave the shores of nations in western Africa, such as Mauritania, for the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago located near the African coast that has increasingly been used as a gateway to mainland Europe. The total number of deaths represents a 58% increase compared to the previous year, the report added.

[libh8er]

They emigrated to the ocean bed.

[Ex gun maker.]

The only problem I see here is that too many still made it.
STAY HOME - STAY ALIVE!
Fix your own country.

[SaxxonWoods]

10,000. That’s a nice round number. Wonder where it came from.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

Fix your own country.

Mauritania didn't ban slavery until 1981. In this case, it's Arabs shipping African blacks, former slaves and their descendants, to Spain and Europe.

[wildcard_redneck]

10,000 is a good start, now send them back by the same crappy boats and create 10,000 more.

[Surrounded_too]

“. Wonder where it came from. “”

Heinz 57

[blackdog]

We’re they all named “Bob” and “Bobbie”?

[Twotone]

Actually 10,457. That’s a very specific number, not just an estimate. And yes, how would they know?

[maddog55]

Crab food...

[jacknhoo]

Nobody going to blame the NGOs or their funders?

[Valpal1]

My pet theory is that this route has contributed to the orcas sinking yachts and fishing boats phenomena.

Bump the boat till tasty treats fall out.

[No name given]

My thoughts exactly.

[DesertRhino]

Ok, so skip the Moroccan and Mediterranean sardines? Got it.

[NFHale]

Gee, that’s a shame.

Stay in your own country and that won’t happen.

[Lee25]

1) I don’t believe the number 2) Spanish government did right thing

[Sequoyah101]

Should be some well fed sharks.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Gee. 10,457 in only 350 days (when this “report” came out. 30 per day. Every day.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Anyone with me in thinking that this number comes from an organization that has something to gain by inflating that number?

[RKV]

Exactly.