International migration of people is a momentous and complex phenomenon. Research on its causes and consequences, requires sufficient data. While some datasets are available, the nature of migration complicates their scientific use. Virtually no existing dataset captures international migration...

Ch. 1. Counting migrant deaths : an international overview / Tara Brian and Frank Laczko -- Ch. 2. Migrant deaths in the Americas (United States and Mexico) / Robin Reineke and Daniel E. Martínez -- Ch. 3. Tracking deaths in the Mediterranean / Tamara Last and Thomas Spijkerboer -- Ch. 4. From...