"These figures are evidence of a profound failure of rescue and protection systems," the group's founder, Helena Maleno, said in a statement. "More than 10,400 people dead or missing in a single year is an unacceptable tragedy."

The group also noted "the situations of extreme vulnerability" that push migrants "to throw themselves into the sea in very precarious conditions." These include "violence, discrimination, racism, deportations, and sexual violence," as well as "being forced to survive in extreme conditions" prior to departure.

They're evidence of the brutality of the global capitalist empire and the still-lingering tendrils of colonization, and the desperation it causes. It's pretty tiresome how many "groups" there are who are incapable of saying words like capitalism, imperialism, or colonization, and instead try talk around it into individualist causes.