New Water Stations to Be Installed in Arizona-Mexico Desert for Migrants GlobalPost
go to original May 21, 2014

Charles Ambrose, 55, looks around for trash as volunteer Gabriel Munoz refills one of Humane Borders' water stations near the border in Tucson, Ariz. (Humane Borders)

With the aim of saving the lives of undocumented migrants who venture into the Arizona desert during the summer, the Humane Borders organization will install five new water stations in the areas through which the greatest flows of immigrants pass.

"These stations will be placed near the Cabeza Prieta refuge, because we have noted that the deaths are being registered ... in the western zone," Juanita Molina, the executive director of the Tucson-based group, told Efe.

With the new stations, the group will have a total of 50 along the border between Arizona and Mexico.

The majority of the deaths of undocumented immigrants reported along the Arizona border occur mainly during the summer when temperatures easily exceed 110 F (43 C).

The lack of shade to protect people from the intense heat and walking for days without having sufficient water is a deadly combination for immigrants.

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