Reading time 1 minTwenty years after the 2006 migration crisis, the Atlantic route between Senegal and the Canary Islands remains one of the most dangerous for migrants. During the 2006 migration crisis, hundreds of canoe-shaped small boats attempted to cross the Atlantic from the Senegalese coast to the Canary Islands. Those words became reality for thousands of people whose lives were lost, swallowed up in the waves of the exodus. 2024 saw a record high number of deaths on the Atlantic route: more than 10,000 dead or missing, even more than in 2006. Watch moreSenegalese migrants attempt dangerous crossing to Spain's Canary IslandsFor the majority of victims, their tragedy is anonymous.