UN migration study deems US-Mexico border 'deadliest' land route in the world based on 2021 numbers

A new study has labeled the border crossing between the U.S. and Mexico the deadliest migration land route in the world. 

The study, conducted by the Missing Migrants Project and published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), recorded at least 1,238 deaths during migration in the Americas in 2021, with at least 728 of those deaths occurring on the U.S-Mexico border. 

"The number of deaths on the United States-Mexico border last year is significantly higher than in any year prior, even before COVID-19," Edwin Viales, author of the report, said. "Yet, this...