Canary Islands, world's deadliest border: 6,007 people died trying to reach the islands in 2023
2024-01-13
The figures for the Canary Islands route are higher than those for other access routes to Spain.
The figures for the Canary Islands route are higher than those for other access routes to Spain. In 2023, 147 people died in the strait; 30 in the Alboran Sea and 434 on the Algerian route, according to data published Tuesday in the 2023 Right to Life Monitor by the Caminando Fronteras collective. Of the 6,618 people who died trying to reach Spain, 363 were women and 384 children.