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Over 3,000 migrants died in 2025 trying to reach Spain: aid group

Migrants wait to disembark from a fiber boat in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, 27 September, 2024. REUTERS - Borja Suarez

More than 3,000 migrants died while trying to reach Spain this year, a report released by a Spanish migration rights group said on Monday, a sharp decline from 2024 as the number of attempted crossings fell.

Caminando Fronteras (Walking Borders) said most of the 3,090 deaths recorded until 15 December took place on the Atlantic migration route from Africa to Spain's Canary Islands, considered one of the world's most dangerous.

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