"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."
Key words
Americas; Biology; Causes Of Death; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Illegal Migrants; International Migration; Latin America; Mexico; Migrants; Migration; Migration Policy; Mortality; Mortality Determinants; North America; Northern America; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Risk Factors; Social Policy; United States
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Public Policy
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Transients and Migrants
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Risk Factors
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Mortality
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Cause of Death
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Emigration and Immigration
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
En
Journal:
Int Migr Rev
Year:
1999
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
United States