The remains of at least 6,000 migrants have been found in U.S. desert land since U.S.-Mexico border policies were implemented in the 1990s. Some groups estimate that for each set of remains recovered, those of 10 more people are lost to the harsh desert elements. Advocates and authorities attribute the escalating number of deaths not only to rising heat but also to ever-tightening border security forcing migrants into more remote and dangerous terrain. Deserted calls on viewers to recognize these deaths as a humanitarian emergency and human rights crisis.

The video includes chilling images of a morgue in Tucson, Arizona in which row after row of body bags contain human remains that may never be identified, of people whose families may never know what happened to them.

As we come up to United Nations’ International Migrants Day, observed on December 18 to recognize the efforts, contributions and rights of migrants worldwide, we must recognize this human rights crisis that is taking place at our border.

Watch and share this video, and take action against this human rights crisis at No More Deaths and Coalition de Derechos Humanos.