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Gran Canaria, Spain

Three men on the rudder of the Alithini II oil tanker off Las Palmas

after surviving an 11-day journey from Lagos to the Canary Islands.

Local emergency services said

the men were dehydrated and needed hospital care

Photograph: Salvamento Maritimo

AFP/Getty Images

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Atlantic crossing

Record numbers attempted

the perilous Atlantic crossing last year (2023)

after other routes to Europe

across the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea

became more heavily policed.

Over 39,900 people reached

the Canary Islands from West Africa,

an all-time high,

according to Spain’s interior ministry.

Most were from Senegal

or neighbouring Gambia.

But rickety boats,

motor failures and bad weather

are just a few of the dangers

that too often lead to disaster.

At least 6,007 people are believed

to have died on this route in 2023,

according to migrant rights group Caminando Fronteras

(Walking Borders).

Others likely left and were lost without trace.

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/
migration-senegal-survivor/ - April 25, 2024

Atlantic ocean route        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/05/
at-least-89-migrants-dead-
after-boat-capsizes-off-mauritania-state-news-agency-says

Atlantic migrant route        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/08/
the-vanishing-peril-haunts-the-canaries-migrant-freedom-route

adrift on the Atlantic Ocean

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/
migration-senegal-survivor/ - April 25, 2024

drifting migrant boat

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/
migration-senegal-survivor/ - April 25, 2024

capsize        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/05/
at-least-89-migrants-dead-after-boat-capsizes-off-mauritania-
state-news-agency-says

Canary Islands,

a Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic        FR / UK / USA

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/30/
senegal-boats-sinks-off-canary-island-atlantic

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/
migration-senegal-survivor/ - April 25, 2024

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/230224/
de-l-afrique-de-l-ouest-aux-canaries-
de-plus-en-plus-d-embarcations-disparaissent-en-mer

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/22/
people-rescued-from-boats-near-canary-islands-refugees

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/dec/02/
week-around-the-world-20-pictures

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/26/
974007502/in-canary-islands-tensions-are-high-over-african-migration

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/20/
979594970/temporarily-sheltered-in-canary-islands-
migrants-fear-what-comes-next

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/271220/
aux-canaries-
l-errance-des-migrants-pieges-par-la-fermeture-des-frontieres

https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/011120/
eva-ottavy-
la-route-des-canaries-se-reactive-parce-que-d-autres-ont-ete-fermees

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/
story.php?storyId=5773861 - September 6, 2006

tanker > rudder        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/dec/02/
week-around-the-world-20-pictures

emigrate from Senegal        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/
world/africa/senegal-migrants-europe.html

reach the U.S.        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/06/22/
483081488/via-cargo-ships-and-jungle-treks-africans-dream-of-reaching-the-u-s

boat > adrift        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/08/
the-vanishing-peril-haunts-the-canaries-migrant-freedom-route

boat > drifting        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/08/
the-vanishing-peril-haunts-the-canaries-migrant-freedom-route

die        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/19/
at-least-55-migrant-fatalities-in-shipwrecks-off-north-african-coast-this-week

die of hunger, thirst and exposure         UK

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/08/
the-vanishing-peril-haunts-the-canaries-migrant-freedom-route

die from heat and exhaustion        UK

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/
world/africa/senegal-migrants-europe.html

on a rickety fishing vessel bound for Spain        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/
world/africa/senegal-migrants-europe.html

perilous journey        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/
world/africa/senegal-migrants-europe.html

try to reach Europe        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/02/
world/africa/senegal-migrants-europe.html

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