More than 600 migrants have died at southern border so far in 2022

Authorities have found 609 bodies on the U.S. side of the southern U.S.-Mexico border, according to internal Customs and Border Protection data obtained since the start of the federal government's fiscal year 2022 in October, the Washington Examiner reported.

The 609 bodies counted surpasses the record of 566 set in all of 2021. It was also the highest ever, according to data detailed in U.S. Customs and Border Protection documents shared internally last week. This is the agency that oversees the Border Patrol, which is made up of 19,500 agents working at land ports of entry.

According to official data in fiscal year 2019, a total of 300 immigrants lost their lives and in 2020 the figure was 247. These results highlight the migratory crisis that is hitting the United States. In June of this year a total of 200,000 people in irregular status would have been detained.

On the other hand between October 2021 and June, agents have rescued 16,897, compared to 4,920 for the whole of 2019.

The country's southern border is the deadliest in the world

The U.S.-Mexico border is the deadliest land crossing in the world. That is the conclusion of the latest report from the United Nations International Organization for Migration. In 2021, more than 1,238 lives were lost during migration in the Americas. At least, 728 of these deaths occurred at the U.S.-Mexico border crossing.

"The number of deaths at the U.S.-Mexico border last year is significantly higher than in any previous year, even before covid-19," says Edwin Viales, author of the report. At least 51 of those killed were children, the pro-migration organization reports.