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.
Between Jan. 1 and May 31, 4,808 people died on the Atlantic voyage to the Canaries after departing from Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, making it the deadliest route between Africa and Spain, with 95% of migrant deaths, according to the group.
Arrivals to the archipelago in that period soared five times to over 16,500 from a year ago, Interior Ministry data showed.
There are various different channels and people who film and interview people illegally crossing. I’ve just never seen a malnourished group of illegal migrants on any news platform. It’s just not common at all. Ive even just now tried finding it and I can’t. The vast majority wear new clothes and new shoes. Which leads me to imagine it’s not all that hard surviving where they come from. They just want more new shoes and clothes and more soda to gulp in their fat stomachs.
Again, anecdotal. YouTube videos and news channels show you what they want to show you.
Well you have not showed me a single crap. I only know what I know I can’t know what I don’t. And I’ve tried looking for what I don’t and didn’t find it, as I said.
Sounds like a very faith-based outlook on life.