Deaths of migrants on the Western Mediterranean Route 2014-2021
In 2020, 335 migrants died by crossing the Western Mediterranean route. The Mediterranean Sea recorded worldwide the largest number of deaths and missing cases of people who migrated.
Between January and September 2021, 238 people were reported to have died in the Western Mediterranean Sea.
2018 was the year in which the number of deaths on the Western Mediterranean Route peaked. 811 migrants died in the attempt to reach Europe through this route. The Western Mediterranean route includes migration flows from Morocco to Spain, the route from Morocco and from the Western coast of Algeria across the Alborán Sea as well as the route to two Spanish territories in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla.
Between January and September 2021, 238 people were reported to have died in the Western Mediterranean Sea.
2018 was the year in which the number of deaths on the Western Mediterranean Route peaked. 811 migrants died in the attempt to reach Europe through this route. The Western Mediterranean route includes migration flows from Morocco to Spain, the route from Morocco and from the Western coast of Algeria across the Alborán Sea as well as the route to two Spanish territories in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla.
