Dozens of migrants die in front of Morocco after boat accident

Dozens of migrants die in front of Morocco after boat accident

Bamako, Mali - According to the Malic authorities, at least 69 people, including 25 painting citizens, died on December 19, after a boat that was traveling from West Africa to Spain on the coast.

Details of the incident

The provisional boat transported about 80 people when it capsized. Only 11 people survived, as the Ministry for Malic Countries abroad announced in a statement on Thursday. You have collected information to reconstruct the incident.

facility of a crisis unit

To monitor the situation, a crisis unit was set up that will regularly report on further developments.

rising migration about the Atlantic

The Atlantic Migration Route from the west coast of Africa to the Canary Islands, which is often used by African migrants who want to get to Spain, has experienced an increase this year. Years of the conflict in the Sahel region, to which Mali belongs, high unemployment and the effects of climate change on agricultural communities are among the reasons why people venture the dangerous crossing.

dangerous migration routes

This route that leads along the Atlantic coasts of Mauritania and Morocco to Spain is one of the fatalest worldwide.

horrendous mortality rate

An unprecedented event occurred in the first five months of 2024 when almost 5,000 migrants died on the way to the Spanish archipelago at sea, as the migration right organization Walking Borders reported in June