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The Mexico-US border was the most dangerous land migration route in the world last year, according to a UN analysis. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported in Geneva on Tuesday that 686 migrants had been killed or missing. However, there were probably many more deaths that were not recorded anywhere. That number was about eight percent lower than the year before.
In total, at least 1,457 migrants died in the Americas last year, the IOM said. The organization has been registering deaths and missing persons on all migration routes worldwide since 2014. Since then, the IOM has recorded a total of 58,447 deaths and missing persons. By far the highest number is in the Mediterranean Sea: 28,074 people since 2014.
Last year, 2,411 deaths and missing persons were documented on the Mediterranean routes. This year, there were already 2,325 on the routes from North Africa and Turkey to Greece, Malta, Italy, Cyprus and Spain (SDA) at the beginning of September.
Source: Blick
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