A new study has labeled the 2,000-mile (3,200km) border between the U.S. and Mexico the deadliest migration land route in the world. More than 700 migrants died or disappeared trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico last year.
The Missing Migrants Project recorded 854 deaths in 2019 and 798 deaths in 2020 The dangers of the crossing made headlines last week after the discovery of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas, containing 46 migrants who died and 16 who required immediate hospitalization. Some of those taken to the hospital died shortly after arrival. The victims came from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, highlighting the scope of the migration route. IOM reported that this brought the total number of victims along the border to 493 for 2022 alone.
Edwin Viales, author of the report, said. “Yet, this number remains an undercount due to the diverse challenges for data collection.” He added. “We cannot forget that every single number is a human being with a family who may never know what happened to them.”
According to the IOM, around half of those who died or disappeared throughout the Americas in 2021 remain unidentified.
U.S.-Mexico Border Is World’s Deadliest Land Route, Finds UN Migration Study| Countercurrents
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