Spanish relief organizations reported that 42 people died after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Western Africa.
"We must not get used to such tragedies," refugee relief organization CEAR said Friday on Twitter.
Malino Garzon explained that the boat sailed from Dakhla in Western Sahara, which is claimed by Morocco, and after only half an hour it was hit by a high wave and capsized.
She said that the fishermen witnessed the accident and informed the police, noting that the tragedy occurred last Tuesday, and according to the information, the passengers were heading to the Canary Islands, which are more than 400 kilometers away, in preparation for reaching Spanish territory.
Malino Garzon stated that her organization spoke to a desperate woman who lost her two children in the accident, adding that so far only the body of her drowned young daughter has been found.
The Caminando Fronteras organization recently announced that during the first six months of this year alone, at least 2,087 migrants died while trying to reach Spain, and thus the European Union, by sea.
She added that this is roughly equal to the number of bodies recovered or the number of migrants who have disappeared at sea over the past year (whose total number is 2,170).
