At least 464 people died or went missing last year while attempting to reach Spain by crossing the Western Mediterranean from Algeria, according to a new report from Caminando Fronteras titled "wall of indifference" (muro de indiferencia).

The organization said that there is "limited knowledge of this route connecting the Northern coast of Algeria with Eastern Andalusia and Murcia, the coast of the Levant and the Balearic Isles [in Spain]". But they pointed out that even though the route was relatively little known, they counted 1,583 victims of the Western Mediterranean route between 2018 and 2022.

Migrants and refugees trying to reach Spain

The report, the NGO said, was created by its "collective" with the help of "migrants, family networks, community leaders, civic organizations and representatives from the public administration."

Caminando Fronteras is a non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on migrants' rights. Their work includes the tracking of deaths and disappearances primarily en route to Spain in the Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean between northwestern Africa and the Canary Islandas.

In December, the organization reported that within less than four years more than 11,200 migrants and refugees had died or gone missing in an attempt to reach Spain.

You can find the latest Caminando Fronteras report on the Western Mediterranean Route (in Spanish) here.