A total of 778 people died on the Canary Island route between January and June of this year. This makes it the deadliest route in the country. This is revealed by the figures provided by the Caminando Fronteras collective in the publication of the latest report of Monitoring the Right to Life, which compiles the number of people who have died or disappeared in the Atlantic trying to reach the coasts of the Canary Islands.
According to the data presented by this collective, 28 precarious boats have shipwrecked en route to the Archipelago, more than in all the other irregular migration routes to the country combined. In detail, eleven boats shipwrecked in the Strait of Gibraltar; in Alborán, two; and on the route from Algeria, eight.
Also, on all routes to Spain, 19 boats have disappeared with all occupants on board. By nationality, people from Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Ethiopia, Comoros Islands, Mali, Morocco, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Syria, Sri Lanka and Sudan have died trying to reach the Spanish coasts.
February and June have concentrated the highest number of victims.
