We calculate that since November 2005 between 1200 and 1300 people have died at sea trying to reach the Canaries.

People are taking 10 times the risk to get out. It's like if the door is blocked, you try the window, and if the window's blocked, you try the roof.

We try to warn them of the risks but they are deaf to what we say.

They are prepared to commit suicide. It's a game of Russian roulette -- 'either I get there or I die'.

There were two shipwrecks from Saturday to Sunday.

People are taking 10 times the risk to get out. It's like if the door is blocked, you try the window, and if the window's blocked, you try the roof.