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UN agency: US-Mexico border world's deadliest land crossing for migrants

A March 2, 2021, shows skeletal remains of migrants who crossed the nearby U.S.-Mexico border. [AP Photo]

The U.S.-Mexico border is the world's deadliest land migration route, according to the United Nations migration agency.

The most recent report from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) shows hundreds of people die each year attempting to get to the United States through the dangerous deserts.

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