581 migrant deaths on the US-Mexico border in 2021

Every year, migrants die trying to enter the United States from Mexico. Their journey is often difficult, across dangerous terrain. Most counties along the U.S. side of the border recorded at least one death in 2021 – the highest was Pima County, Arizona, with 219 recorded migrant deaths that year.

Map: The Conversation, CC-BY-ND Source: International Organization for Migration