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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

 

The week around the world in 20 pictures

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– the most striking images this week

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Fri 2 Dec 2022    16.41 GMT

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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