More than 950 migrants died trying to reach Spain this year
Riot police officers cordon off the area after migrants arrive on Spanish soil and crossing the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco in Melilla, Spain, on June 24, 2022
AT LEAST 951 refugees died while trying to reach Spain by sea in the first six months of 2023, a Spanish migrant rights group said today.
Walking Borders said the total includes 112 women and 49 children. The organisation compiles its figures from families of migrants and rescue statistics.
It said in a report issued on Thursday that official Spanish figures show that 13 more people died than in the first six months of last year.
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