Walking Borders reports nearly 10,000 migrant deaths at sea in 2024 while attempting to reach the Canary Islands from West Africa, highlighting the deadliest migration route globally. The Atlantic route saw 9,757 deaths, with Mauritania emerging as the main departure point, surpassing Senegal. This surge in fatalities occurs despite EU efforts to reduce migration.
This photograph shows a boat that arrived with 41 people on board, including two minors, on the Canary island of Tenerife in July 2023.
Altogether, 10,457 deaths were recorded from Jan. 1 until Dec. 15, 2024. That includes routes connecting the North African coast to the Spanish mainland. But the vast majority of deaths were found in the Atlantic route, which connects a number of West African nations to the Canary Islands. According to Caminando Fronteras, the Atlantic route, with 9,757 deaths in 2024, remains the"deadliest in the world.
Helena Maleno is founder and spokesperson of Caminando Fronteras. She says the development of dangerous migration routes is directly connected to EU deterrence policies,"which increasingly expel people towards more dangerous migration routes," Maleno says. "We find the omission of the duty of rescue, with delays in the activation of rescue search means — even when authorities are provided with the geolocated position for distressed vessels. Migrants can be left to die, with the outsourcing of the responsibility to third countries such as Mauritania, Algeria, or Morocco."
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