The migratory tragedy along the “Canary Islands route”
22 October 2025 by Fernanda Gadea
Continue to give a voice to those who do not have one.
In a world where news changes at the speed of a click, it is easy for new conflicts to replace old ones, for tragedies to begin to fall into oblivion, and for the most fragile voices to return to silence.
But justice does not expire, and the pain of those who suffer does not disappear just because new headlines appear.
That is why continuing to give a voice to those who do not have one is an act of responsibility and memory. It means not allowing indifference or information overload to numb us. Each new crisis cannot erase the previous one; it must serve to remind us that solidarity, that “tenderness of the peoples” that Che Guevara speaks of, has no expiration date and that human dignity cannot be selective.
To continue speaking, writing, and acting on behalf of forgotten people is to keep our collective conscience alive. Because as long as there are people without a voice, there will be reasons to raise ours.
Hence, my humble contribution through a small presentation with the figures, analysis, and comments on the tragedy, during the years 2023 and 2024, of the deaths at sea (which are not deaths, they are murders) in their attempt to reach the Canary Islands from Africa. A tragedy that continues and continues, because nothing has been done to stop it and because migrating in search of a life worth living is, above all, an inalienable human right.
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