Deaths of migrants on the Western Mediterranean Route 2014-2022
2018 was the year in which the number of deaths on the Western Mediterranean Route peaked. 849 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.