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December 27, 2024

More Than 10,000 Asylum Seekers Have Died at Sea Attempting to Reach Spain in 2024
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The Spanish coast guard says it rescued dozens of asylum seekers from
five wooden boats just a few miles off the coast of the Canary Islands
on Christmas Day. The Canaries have registered the fastest increase in
arrivals by sea in the European Union this year, with nearly 44,000
asylum seekers. A new report by the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras, or
"Walking Borders," finds more than 10,000 migrants died while trying to
reach Spain this year. Victims were from 28 mostly African nations,
though some came from as far away as Iraq and Pakistan.


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