SHOCKING: 300 Migrants Missing At Sea Near Spanish Canary Islands

Three migrant boats carrying more than 300 people from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands have vanished.

Two boats, one with about 65 people on board and the other with between 50 and 60, have been missing for 15 days, according to the migrant relief organization Walking Borders, which made the announcement on Sunday.

The third boat, which had roughly 200 people aboard, reportedly left Senegal on June 27 in an attempt to reach Spain, according to the report.

The relatives of those on board have not heard from them since they departed their various locations, according to Helena Maleno of Walking Borders.

All three boats left Kafountine in the south of Senegal, which is about 1,700 kilometres (1,057 miles) from Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands.
“The families are very worried. There are about 300 people from the same area of Senegal. They have left because of the instability in Senegal,” Maleno said.

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The Canary Islands off the coast of West Africa have become the primary destination for migrants attempting to reach Spain, with a much smaller number also seeking to cross the Mediterranean Sea to the Spanish mainland.
Reuters disclosed that summer is the busiest period for all attempted crossings.

The Atlantic migration route, one of the deadliest in the world, is typically used by migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.

At least 559 people – including 22 children – died in 2022 in attempts to reach the Canary Islands, according to data from the United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration.

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