The borders USA – of Mexico it is the deadliest on land migratory passage in the worldaccording to figures announced today by the UN migration agency, with hundreds of people losing their lives trying to make the dangerous desert crossing.
THE International Organization for Migration (IOM/IOM) recorded 686 deaths and disappearances among migrants at the border last year, but the true number is likely higher due to missing data, including data from the Texas Border Coroner’s Office and the Mexican Search and Rescue Agency.
In a region of vast deserts, canyons and cactus-studded hills, migrants often suffer from heatstroke in the summer months and hypothermia in the winter, according to US Border Patrol officials. Some bodies are never found.
Paul Dillon, IOM spokesman, reported that the figures recorded ‘represent the lowest available estimates’. “The alarming figures are a stark reminder of the need for decisive action to establish regular legal migration routes,” he told reporters in Geneva.
The IOM reported that about half of the deaths recorded last year were linked to crossing the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts.
The number of deaths and disappearances recorded by IOM along the border represents nearly half of the 1,457 incidents recorded across the Americas last year. “One of the most troubling trends IOM has seen in the Americas has been the increase in deaths on the migration routes in the Caribbean,” said Dillon.
He said 350 deaths were recorded in 2022, compared to 245 in 2021. Most of the victims on the Caribbean migration routes are people from the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba.
According to the IOM, 141 migrant deaths were recorded in the Darien jungle between Panama and Colombia last year. “The remote and dangerous nature of the area and the presence of criminal gangs along the route mean that this number may not represent the true number of lives lost,” Dillon said.
Source: News Beast
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