At least 80 people, including a baby, have been found dead on a boat that had been adrift for 26 days off Spain's Canary Islands. ^[1] The International Organization for Migration (IOM) stated that its Collaborative Data Platform against Trafficking identified more than 230,000 victims and survivors from 199 countries between 2002 and 2024. ^[2] Spain's news agency EFE Noticias reported that the victims were discovered in a small vessel off the islands, which lie off the coast of northwest Africa. ^[3] The boat, which was rescued on Thursday morning, was carrying around 128 people. ^[4] The Migration's Missing Migrant's Project reported that lives lost on the western Africa to Canary Islands route rose by 480 percent between 2019 and 2025, increasing from 202 to 1,172. ^[5] According to the IOM, 58% of registered cases involve sexual exploitation, whereas forced labor accounts for 40% of cases. ^[6] The IOM reported that 73% of registered victims globally are women, while this proportion increases to 82% in the Americas. ^[7] The article states that the number of Venezuelans living abroad now approaches 7.9 million. ^[8] The author recalls that during much of the 20th century, Colombians crossed the border to Venezuela seeking work and better opportunities, a history she says Colombians are forgetting. ^[9] UNHCR (ACNUR) recognizes the Venezuelan exodus as one of the world's largest population displacement crises. ^[10] The IOM reported that 57% of cases involved psychological, physical, and sexual abuse. ^[11]