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

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

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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.

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

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