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'Record number of Spain-bound migrants lost at sea in 2024'
It amounts to an average of 30 deaths per day, up from around 18 in 2023.
A 'cayuco' boat from Senegal with 136 migrants onboard arrives after being rescued at sea by a Spanish Salvamento Maritimo (Sea Search and Rescue agency) vessel, at La Restinga port on the Canary island of El Hierro, on November 28, 2024. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
MADRID - At least 10,457 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2024, an NGO said Thursday, more than 50 percent more than