Maeve Higgins: We must offer migrants and asylum seekers legal and secure routes to safety

Desperate people are risking their lives to flee poverty and violence because migration laws make it impossible for them to get there safely

A man holds up a portrait of Wilmer Tulul, in Tzucubal, Guatemala, last week; Wilmer
and his cousin Pascual, both 13 years old, were among the dead discovered inside a trailer on the edge of San Antonio, Texas, almost two weeks ago. Picture: Moises Castillo/AP

IT’S been almost two weeks since 53 migrants were killed in Texas, suffocating in a trailer on their journey into the US.

We can now learn their names and see their faces because their families shared information and photos of some of the dead, back when they were alive and well.