As illegal crossings at America’s border with Mexico have surged, so has the number of deaths
As illegal crossings at the border have surged, so has the number of deaths. In the past fiscal year, ending on September 30th 2021, border-patrol officers reported 1.7m encounters with migrants at the border, the highest annual total. Meanwhile at least 651 people died while attempting the journey last year, the largest toll since the International Organisation for Migration started keeping track in 2014. Many drown in the Rio Grande; hyperthermia is another big killer.
More people attempting the journey is just one reason why deaths have risen. The other is that crossing has become more perilous. Researchers at the University of Arizona analysed records from the medical examiner’s office in Pima county, in southern Arizona, to chart the rising fatality rate among migrants over the past three decades. Between 2000 and 2005, the office logged the remains of 32 migrants on average per 100,000 apprehensions by border patrols .
Policies limiting entry by legal channels have probably encouraged illegal crossings, too. Throughout the pandemic America has been expelling migrants without offering them the chance to apply for asylum, on public-health grounds. The Biden administration has unsuccessfully tried to end the policy, known asShare
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