2019 / Editorial / General News

Southern Border

  • Photographer
    Marcos Moreno

They flee from misery, from war, from Islamic Jihadism, from abuses, from hunger, from diseases, and even some simply want to aspire to live better, sometimes, the price they pay is too expensive. When they arrive in Europe, the jobs they find are what Europeans they do not want to do, the only thing they find is freedom or death. Spain has become the European country with the most arrivals by sea in 2018. The progressive closure of the Libyan route, among other reasons, has made it exceed Italy or Greece. So far there are some 45,000 people arriving on Spanish coasts this year.