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Death at the border
The International Migration Review
|September 27, 2002
Abstract:
"Debates about United States border control policies have generally ignored the human costs of undocumented migration. We focus attention on these costs by estimating the number, causes and location of migrant deaths at the southwest border of the United States between 1993 and 1997.... Deaths from hyperthermia, hypothermia and dehydration increased sharply from 1993 to 1997 as intensified border enforcement redirected undocumented migration flows from urban crossing points to more remote crossing areas where the migrants are exposed to a greater risk of death."
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AmericasBiologyCauses Of DeathDemographic FactorsDeveloped CountriesDeveloping CountriesIllegal MigrantsInternational MigrationLatin AmericaMexicoMigrantsMigrationMigration PolicyMortalityMortality DeterminantsNorth AmericaNorthern AmericaPolicyPopulationPopulation DynamicsPopulation PolicyRisk FactorsSocial PolicyUnited StatesRelated Concept Videos
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