The United Nations says the U.S. Mexico border is the deadliest migration land route in the world.

A new UN study found it accounted for more than half of the 1,200 migrant deaths last year.

The findings came a week after the deadliest human smuggling incident in U.S. history in San Antonio Texas.

CGTN's Nathan King has more on the migration crisis.

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