From New York Times, I'm Michael Borrow.

This is Adali.

Over the past year, a record 2,000 migrants from Africa have drowned trying to reach Spain

and the promise of a better life in Europe.

My colleague, Madrid Bureau Chief Nick Casey, tells the story of a man who has committed

himself to returning their bodies home to their families.

It's Wednesday, November 10th.

Nick, tell me about this reporting that you've been doing on migrants in Spain.

Well, I arrived to Spain at the beginning of this year in February and one of the first

things that really caught my attention was these headlines that you'd see in the newspapers.

This improvised alter remembers 23 young Moroccans who died trying to reach Spain in November.

About the drownings of migrants at sea.

There are concerns more migrants and refugees will attempt the dangerous crossing when weather

and sea conditions improve.

They're coming in boats that aren't much bigger than canoes and these are rickety vessels

going through areas with really strong currents.

So many of the people who decided to make the journey don't make it, the boats sink their

bodies float in the ocean for a couple of days, sometimes it's weeks, and then the bodies

wash ashore.

And Nick, where are these migrants coming from?

Well, the migrants are largely from North and West Africa with a lot of people coming from

Morocco.

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