The Algerian migratory route to Ibiza, Formentera and the rest of the Balearic archipelago has claimed more than 1,000 lives in 2025, according to the annual report published on Monday by the organisation Caminando Fronteras.
According to the report, entitled Monitoring the Right to Life 2025, Spain’s various migratory routes recorded a total of 303 tragedies, resulting in 3,090 deaths. These are the figures confirmed by the organisation, which warns that the real numbers are likely to be higher.
The research documents that between January 1 and December 15, 2025, of all the deaths recorded at sea on the way to Spain, 437 were children and adolescents and 192 were women. The report also includes specific monitoring of 70 boats that disappeared without a trace.
As for the Algerian route, which has Ibiza and Formentera as two of its final destinations, 1,037 victims were documented in 121 maritime tragedies, reaffirming it as “one of the most dangerous routes due to its length and difficulty”.
“It is also one of the most opaque and invisible routes for institutions, which increases the lack of protection of the right to life, delays the activation of search and rescue systems and highlights the lack of cooperation between countries”, Caminando Fronteras warns.
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