Article

Failing to Bring Back the Dead

Author
Kristian Hernández
Publication Year
2019
Region
The Americas
Thematic Area
Families / Forensics / The Search Process
Topic
Burial Site / Mass Grave / Family Needs / Identification / Information Management (Archive/Database/Register) / Recovery of remains / Excavation / Exhumation
Access
Open access

This article describes how international systems to identify and return the remains of migrants who die on their journeys to the United States continue to falter.