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America's refugee crisis: death, danger and the border crackdown

  • Arizona’s Sonoran Desert and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

    Arizona's Organ Pipe park is a 'paradise' for tourists but a death trap for migrants

    The death of a park ranger at the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in 2002 put the area at the forefront of America’s border crackdown, bringing it two different types of visitor: one seeking recreation, the other survival
  • Murals at Altar’s migrant shelter show the dangers faced by border crossers.

    Altar, Mexico: how the 'migrant oasis' for would-be border crossers became a trap

    When the US increased border security after 9/11 the town of Altar became a hub for those taking the remoter, more perilous desert route. Then la mafia moved in
  • MEXICO-MIGRATION-FEATURE<br>Migrants use a makeshift raft to cross the Suchiate river, natural border between Mexico and Guatemala, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico on August 31, 2014. Migrants use rafts on their way to the United States. AFP PHOTO/ Yuri CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

    Mexico's migration crackdown escalates dangers for Central Americans

    Last year’s wave of unaccompanied children migrating to the US helped spark a crackdown in Mexico, forcing people to take alternative routes north as they face armed robbers, corrupt officials and sexual violence
  • Customs And Border Protection Agents Patrol Near U.S.-Mexico Border. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

    US government deporting Central American migrants to their deaths

  • HONDURAS: Daily Life - Immigration - Violence - Safety<br>04 Sep 2014, San Pedro Sula, Honduras --- Central America - Honduras, San Pedro Sula: Underage kids are taken into custody suspected of committing various crimes including being members of a gang. Honduras is ranking #1 on a recent report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime among the most violent. The country is part of what is considered the Central American Northern Triangle which includes El Salvador, Guatemala and now Belize, combined they all totaled approximately 15,000 homicides in 2013. --- Image by © Juan Carlos/Corbis

    The migrants who fled violence for the US only to be sent back to their deaths

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