Migrants dying in unprecedented numbers on Canary Islands route, NGO says

ARGUINEGUIN, Spain - An unprecedented nearly 5,000 migrants have died at sea in the first five months of 2024 trying to reach the Spanish Canary Islands, according to a report released by migration rights group Walking Borders on Wednesday (June 12). Between Jan 1 and May 31, 4,808 people died on the Atlantic voyage to the Canaries after departing from...

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