[1/2] A gap in the U.S.-Mexico border fence near Sasabe, Arizona, U.S., May 10, 2022.
REUTERS/Rebecca Noble/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsGENEVA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The U.S.-Mexico border is the world's deadliest land migration route, according to U.N. migration agency figures published on Tuesday, with hundreds losing their lives attempting to make perilous desert crossings.
Paul Dillon, spokesperson for IOM, said that the figures recorded "represent the lowest estimates available."
IOM said that nearly half of the deaths recorded last year were linked to the crossing of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts.
The Darien Gap, a jungle border crossing between Panama and Colombia, saw 141 documented migrant deaths last year, according to IOM.
Persons:
Rebecca Noble, Paul Dillon, Dillon, Gabrielle Tétrault, Farber, William Maclean
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REUTERS, Rights, Organization for Migration, IOM, Thomson
Locations:
U.S, Mexico, Sasabe , Arizona, Texas, Geneva, Americas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Darien, Panama, Colombia