A record 10,457 people - or nearly 30 people a day - died attempting to reach Spain this year from all routes, according to the report.

Boats have been coming from further away in West Africa, with smugglers packing in up to 300 people on each craft.

Yali Fall, president of the fishing association in the southwestern town of Ndiago, said on Friday the death toll stood at 105 and that locals had bee...