US EditionMigrations: Rising Deaths During Sea Crossings, Warning a Report From a Spanish Ngo
- On Monday, Caminando Fronteras reported more than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain this year amid a sharp decline in attempted crossings from 2024.
- Departures from Guinea have opened a longer, more dangerous route to the Canary Islands while boats from Algeria increasingly target Ibiza and Formentera alongside surges from Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan this year.
- Until 15 December, the group recorded 3,090 deaths mostly on the Atlantic migration route to the Canary Islands, including 437 children and 192 women, compiling data from migrants' families and official rescue statistics.
- Amid record 2024 deaths, Spain adopted a plan to relocate unaccompanied minors from the Canaries after at least 10,457 migrants died or disappeared in 2024.
- Observers note a contrast between Caminando Fronteras' tally of over 3,000 deaths and Spain's interior ministry's report of 35,935 migrants reached Spain until 15 December, with nearly half of fatalities via the Atlantic migration route from West Africa to the Canary Islands.
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More than 3,000 migrants lost their lives in 2025 trying to rally Spain, according to a report published on Monday 29 December by the NGO Caminando Fronteras.
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Magyar NemzetMore than 3,000 migrants have died trying to reach Spain this year, according to a report released Monday by a Spanish migration rights group. The number of deaths has fallen sharply compared to 2024, as attempts to cross the border have also fallen.
While the number of attempts to cross the sea to reach the Canary Islands is falling sharply, a new "more distant and dangerous" road to the archipelago has emerged with departures from Guinea, notes the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras.
Between January and December 15th, 2025, almost 3,100 people lost their lives trying to reach Spain, being the "Atlantic route", which ultimately has the Canary Islands, the most deadly.
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