The scientific experiments were led by Leibniz Institute of Animal and Wildlife (Leibniz-IZW) and chaired by Professor Richard A. Holland (Bangor University, UK) and Dr. Gunārs P ē tersons (Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technology). It shows that now the cornea of ​​the eye is the site of an important sense in bat migration. A bat’s directional sense is its eyes. If the cornea is anesthetized, the otherwise reliable sense of orientation will be disturbed while the ability to detect light remains unaffected. The paper was published in the scientific journal Communications Biology. In the bats of one experimental group, the scientists locally anesthetized the cornea with a drop of oxybuprocaine. This surfactant is widely used in ophthalmology, where it is used to temporarily desensitize the cornea when the human or animal eye is over-irritated. However, an effect on orientation has not been noted before. In another experimental group of bats, the team anesthetized the cornea of ​​one eye. Individuals in the control group were not given anesthesia, but were instead given isotonic saline as eye drops. All animals in this scientific experiment were captured in a migratory corridor on the Baltic coast and released individually in the open field 11 km from the place of capture. First, the scientists used bat detectors to ensure that no other bats were in the field at the time of releasing the test animals. The direction of movement of the released bats was observed without knowing how the bats were treated experimentally. Dr. Oliver Lindecke, first author of the paper, explains: “The control group and the anesthetized group with unilateral corneas clearly oriented to the expected south, while the bats with corneas were anesthetized. both sides fly in random directions.” He added: “This clear difference in behavior suggests that corneal anesthesia has disrupted the sense of direction, but orientation seems to still work well with one eye. The corneal treatment wore off after a short time, and the bats were able to continue their journey south after the trial.” To rule out the possibility that an irritated cornea also affects visual sensation and that the scientists could therefore draw erroneous conclusions, they performed an additional test. Again, they examined whether the bats’ response to light changed after anesthetizing the corneas on one or both sides. “We know from previous research that bats prefer a illuminated exit when leaving a simple Y-shaped maze,” explains PD Dr Christian Voigt, head of the Leibniz-IZW Department of Evolutionary Ecology . “In our experiment, animals that were anesthetized either unilaterally or bilaterally also showed this preference; we can therefore rule out that light vision has been altered after corneal treatment. The ability to see light will of course also affect long-distance navigation. ” For instance, many vertebrates such as bats, dolphins, whales, fish and turtles can safely navigate in the dark, whether it’s under the open night sky, when it’s cloudy at night or in caves and tunnels as well as in the depths of the ocean. For decades, scientists have searched for a sense or a sensory organ that enables animals to perform navigational and orientation tasks that seemed unimaginable to humans. Magnetic sensation, so far only demonstrated in certain mammalian species. Experiments show that iron oxide particles in cells can act as “microcompass needles”, as is the case with some species of bacteria. The team’s experiments on Lindecke and Voigt provide for the first time reliable data for determining sensory orientation in migratory, free-migrating mammals. Exactly what a bat’s cornea looks like, how it works, and whether it is a long-sought magnetic sense need to be pointed out in future scientific investigations.

The bat’s sense of direction are the eyes. Mammals see with the eyes, hear with the ears, and smell with the nose. But which senses or organs allow them to direct their migration, sometimes beyond their feeding area and thus require extensive orientation? Scientific experiments led by the Leibniz Institute for Animal and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) led by Professor Richard A. Holland (Bangor University, UK) and Dr. Gunārs P ē tersons (Latvian University of Life Sciences and Technology). It shows that the cornea of ​​the eye is now an important sensory site for bat migration. If the cornea is anesthetized, another sense of reliable direction is disturbed while its ability to detect light remains unaffected. The article was published in the scientific journal Communications Biology. In the bats of an experimental group, the scientists localized the cornea with a drop of oxybuprocaine. This surface anesthetic is widely used in ophthalmology, where it is used to temporarily desensitize the cornea when the human or animal eye is overly irritated. However, the influence on the orientation has not been noted before. In another group of experimental bats, the team anesthetized the cornea of ​​one eye. Individuals in the control group received no anesthesia, but instead received an isotonic saline solution as eye drops. All animals in this scientific experiment were caught in a migration corridor on the Baltic coast and released individually in open fields 11 km from the capture site. First, scientists used bat detectors to ensure that there were no other bats in the field at the time of releasing the test animals. One observes the movement of the released bats not knowing how the bats have been treated experimentally. Dr. Oliver Lindecke, the first author of the paper, explains: “The control group and the one-sided corneal anesthetic group had a clear orientation to the expected south, while the bats with the cornea were anesthetized. the two sides fly in random directions. ” “This obvious difference in behavior suggests that corneal anesthesia disrupted the sense of direction, but the ability to orient seems to still work well with one eye,” he added. After a short time the corneal treatment ended, the bats were able to resume their journey south after the test. ” To rule out the possibility that an irritated cornea also affects visual sensations and so scientists could have come to the wrong conclusion, they performed an additional test. Again, they tested to see if a bat’s response to light changed after anesthesia on one or both sides. “We know from previous research that bats prefer a illuminated exit when leaving a simple Y-shaped maze,” explained PD Dr. Christian Voigt, head of the Leibniz-IZW Department of Evolutionary Ecology. . “In our experiment, animals under one or two side anesthesia also showed this preference,” he said; we can therefore rule out that light vision has been altered after corneal treatment. Light visibility will of course affect long-distance navigation as well. ” For example, many vertebrate species such as bats, dolphins, whales, fish and turtles can navigate safely in the dark, whether it is under the open night sky, when it is cloudy at night. or in caves and tunnels as well as in the depths of the ocean. For decades, scientists have been searching for the senses or a sensory organ that makes it possible for animals to perform navigation and navigation tasks that seem unimaginable to humans. The magnetic sensation has so far been demonstrated only in some mammals. Experiments have shown that iron oxide particles in a cell can act as “microscopic compass needles”, as is the case with some species of bacteria. The team’s experiments on Lindecke and Voigt provide, for the first time, reliable data for the determination of sensory orientation in free-migrating, migratory mammals. Exactly what a bat’s cornea looks, how it works, and whether it is a long-sought magnetic sense needs to be pointed out in future scientific investigations.

Two smugglers are sitting in the car with two migrants – who want to illegally cross into the US in the back seat. The target group will use that steel pole as a temporary ladder to lift two people who want to cross the wall and enter the United States. Each week, tens of thousands of people migrate to the United States, mostly unaccompanied minors. The increase in the number of migrants once again overwhelms the unprepared immigration system of the United States, which has faced over the years but has not yet addressed its dilemma – shortages. Equipment facilities, overcrowded refugee zones … That’s the consequence of a flourishing illegal trafficking activity again in this area. The border wall at the US-Mexico border separates El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Júarez, Mexico. Bringing smuggled migrants – a lucrative “business” industry The two smugglers mentioned above are brothers. They are the guys who specialize in bringing people into America with the help of his brother’s 14-year-old son. There is very little data available to accurately quantify the number of migrants who use the services of smugglers to take the journey they think will change their lives. But most experts agree that many have used a smuggler for at least part of their journey, in ways that can vary from taking a taxi between towns to a full package. migrate. According to a 2018 report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated that more than 800,000 migrants from around the world illegally crossed into Mexico and since then, smuggled or attempted to find your way into the US each year, based on a review of data from 2014 and 2015. Only a small fraction of migrants avoid being arrested before reaching their final destination in the United States, despite the hefty fees paid to make the trip. According to the report, costs can range from a few hundred dollars to tens of thousands of dollars depending on a number of factors, largely based on the total distance of the journey and how many borders need to be crossed. This amount can leave migrants penniless, many of them migrating in the first place due to extreme poverty in their country of origin. The UN report estimates that business attempting to bring people into Mexico and the United States illegally is worth about $ 4 billion a year, according to data from 2014 and 2015. A woman and three young children race toward a wall on the US-Mexico border in Ciudad Júarez, Mexico. Locations of cartel bosses According to investigative documents, a large portion of the money spent on smuggling will fall into the hands of organized crime, especially in Mexico. Victor Manjarrez, former Head of Border Patrol in El Paso, Texas, said: “Human smuggling is a multimillion-dollar industry and I would venture to guess it was moving toward an industry. billion USD. Manjarrez says organized crime groups have used the money to create sophisticated smuggling networks that, in some cases, operate across the country. “It’s almost like a Fortune 500 company tackling their supply chain,” he said. It is a ruthless business, people migrate as commodities, not people, and they are certainly exploited. ” One of the brothers interviewed by CNN, the Ciudad Júarez smuggler said he was recruited for the job after moving to his home on the border. “Some people asked me if I wanted to join, and I said yes. That’s why I’m here.” In this case, the “guys” he alluded to were members of the Júarez gang – one of Mexico’s oldest and most powerful organized crime groups – whose smugglers said they worked on duty. continued. The two brothers told CNN, each migrant must pay $ 2,000 to cross the border here. The smugglers then receive a salary, or commission for their work. It’s a system that operates across the US-Mexico border. Traffickers who operate in these areas almost always operate in one of two ways – working directly for the gang in charge of that individual or working independently but paying the gang a tax to get it. the right to transit the above smuggling line. “Most smugglers engage in complex activities either get to know each other due to kinship or friendship, or have entered into ad hoc partnerships with larger, well-resourced groups. more “, according to a 2018 United Nations report. US President Joe Biden has stopped building the US – Mexico border wall. Go north Tens of thousands of migrants have fled their homeland in Central America for a multitude of reasons, poverty and corruption continue to rage in countries like Honduras, and food insecurity is on the rise. like Guatemala, and gang violence continues to pervade El Salvador. Two major Category 4 hurricanes also hit the region late last year, destroying social infrastructure, and the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to devastate troubled regional economies. Stories of rape and abuse often occur in migrant areas along the border. Psychologist Claudia Grisel Villalobos Esparza, who works at Nohemí Álvarez Quillay, a shelter for unaccompanied minors in Ciudad Júarez, said. The families of the smugglers, led by the two brothers, told CNN they have heard of so many cases of abuse. They even brought up smugglers who, a few weeks earlier, had released two children across a border wall not far from their home – a case that caused a stir in America. While it is not possible to verify how they treat migrants, even if they treat migrants well, it is not for the sake of migrants. According to experts such as the psychologist at Ciudad Júarez, each time they are compensated for their work, these employees help maintain a system of kidnappings, rape, extortion, and even Murderous lice are rampant. While extensive data quantifying the specific threats migrants face smugglers is not available, the Human Rights First report released last month reported at least 492 attacks. public and abduction of asylum seekers. A 2017 report by Medicins San Frontieres found that nearly a third of the women migrating from Mexico interviewed had experienced some form of sexual abuse on their journey north, nearly 70% of all. interviewed had experienced violence in some form. The last stage of the journey CNN chose to document the smuggler’s progress to shed light on what’s happening along the daily border as the immigration debate is taking place within the United States. Returning to the blue sedan incident, after plunging from a side street, it stopped a few hundred meters on the road in front of us. The two men stepped out and went to get the makeshift ladder, which is the iron bar tied to the side mirror. The smugglers were looking for a good spot to try and cross, then they told us, a site where the US Border Patrol would be too far away to catch them. About 10 minutes drive, the sedan stops along a stretch of highway. One of the smugglers got out of the car with two migrants, one of whom grabbed a makeshift ladder, the border wall about 500 meters away. A quick dash off the road and the trio entered the sandy desert that was the hallmark of this arid landscape. The group of people forward, dragging the metal ladder, behind the exhausted gasp of migrants is the sound of the smuggler’s occasional instruction: “Get lower!” He screamed at one point when a Border Patrol truck drove across the border. Halfway through the wall, the group took a break, and we only had about 30 seconds to talk to the migrants. They are Ecuadorian, one man and woman, 18 and 20 years old, with nothing but clothes on their backs and two bottles of water. They have paid smugglers thousands of dollars to get there, and they hope to find work in South Texas. But the only way they could do it was to get past the wall. After gazing intently at a small bush, looking for any signs of law enforcement, the smuggler signaled it was time to push the final wall. Crouching in a low run, they made the final distance in about a minute. The 18-year-old then lifts the ladder and the smuggler helps him hook one end to the end of the fence, the ladder curves over the wall like a candy. The young man threw both bottles of water over the fence and immediately took the ladder, shaking hands quickly until it reached the top of the 15-20 feet high wall. He quickly lowered himself to the other side, dropped into what looked like an unused construction site, and then it was the young woman’s turn. Just a little slower, she did the same thing. They both passed through the desert on the other side and the traffickers were back on the highway. To the two migrants, there seems to be little plan on what to do next, confused and overwhelmed, both running towards an uncertain future. There is only a bit of desert on that side of the wall. Yes, they have made it to America, but far from the end of their journey, they obviously have a lot left to answer: Where are they going? What will they do? How will they make money? What if they are caught by immigration? These are questions that we cannot answer. For smugglers, those are immaterial queries – very simple in fact. They don’t know what happened to them on the other side and don’t really want to know. Their job is to get them over the wall and that’s it.

Most planets in the universe are not suitable for us to live in. With the current environment in the planets, imagine how, if we humans lived there, the body would change. Mars Gravity is lower on Mars than on Earth and it is further away from the Sun, so if we live on Mars, we will see less sunlight. Mars also lacks a protective magnetic field due to its thin atmosphere, everything there, including humans, is exposed to radiation. Occasionally, strong winds create dust storms that fly across the planet, and dust continues to settle for months to come. So if you go to live on Mars, you may be taller, stronger body to compensate for the poor gravity. You will have big eyes for better visibility when the Sun is too far away. In addition, the main pigment in your body changes from melanin to carotenoids (carrots, tomatoes and oranges). So your skin is likely to be orange. Jupiter Living on the surface of Jupiter is challenging because the planet has no real surface. It is purely air. However, this does not mean it is just a giant cloud suspended in space. If you travel through its atmosphere to deeper parts, the gas will become dense until it turns into a liquid. In a nutshell, Jupiter is an ocean layer made up of hydrogen instead of water. With such high pressure, extreme temperatures and liquid environments, humans would have to mimic creatures that live in deep water. We would be like animals with small legs and hard shells to protect the body from Jupiter’s radiation. Saturn Saturn is also a giant cloud of hydrogen and helium, with no soil or no wind. However, inside it is much denser and much smaller than Jupiter. Its iconic belts are made of countless ice particles, so nothing can live on this planet. The Saturn rings are innumerable ice particles. Saturn’s weight is too small, so it can float in a bath if there is a tub large enough to hold. The only way to get around in the dense mist of Saturn is to hover around like a jellyfish. Your body will not have a skeleton so that it cannot be crushed by the pressure. Mercury Life on Mercury is extremely difficult. This tiny planet is closest to the Sun, so the sunlight here is seven times bigger than Earth, no sunscreen can resist. Mercury’s temperature is extremely extreme, around 430 ° C during the day and -180 ° C at night. The planet is also prone to meteor shower and earthquakes. There is no atmosphere here to breathe. How must we change to accommodate Mercury? Meat and bones can never withstand the harsh conditions here. So to live in Mercury, our bodies must be made of something similar to the refractory metal, for example, titanium. There’s no need for a respiratory system, so your pretty metal face won’t have a nose. And your eyes will be like a thick sunglasses to protect them from the sun’s light. Venus If there’s a place that’s harder to live than Mercury, it’s definitely Venus. The temperature here is a whopping 471 ° C. The atmosphere is extremely thick, creating a greenhouse effect. The planet’s surface is very dry, there are many natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, hurricane winds and lightning. The pressure here is like you are 1 mile underwater, giving you constant headaches. Unfortunately, the only thing that can exist on Venus is bacteria. Venus corrode everything, even metal, making it impossible for human spacecraft to stop here. Venus’s atmosphere contains phosphine, which is toxic to any organism that breathes oxygen, but is very beneficial for bacterial growth. Uranus, Neptune Frozen, dark and plagued by strong winds, Uranus and Neptune are mostly made up of cold liquids – methane, water and ammonia. They do not have a solid surface, and their atmospheres slowly mix with the water around the cores of other planets. Gravity is stronger here than on Earth and puts more pressure on everything. With such a strong gravity, the human body living here would have to be shorter and muscular, muscular, and thicker in skin to resist the cold. And for the liquid environment here, the best form to live in is a cosmic dolphin or manatee, making it easier to navigate around the planet. The Pluto Pluto is the planet farthest from the Sun, covered with ice and snow. Gravity is extremely weak and the atmosphere is fragile. The sun seen from Pluto is just a dot on the horizon, like the Moon to Earth, so there won’t be much light. However, scientists believe that there may be ocean water below Pluto’s surface. If you live on Pluto, your body needs antifreeze, like some insects and fish. Low gravity causes muscles and bones to shrink, the space between the vertebrae expands and makes us taller. Human posture will also change as the spine is not doing too much. So you can be tall, thin, and somewhat spiderman with flexible limbs and a curved spine.

Kenya Airways’ aircraft at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. Heartbreaking discovery On the afternoon of June 30, 2019, 31-year-old British software engineer Wil was outside his house in Clapham (southwest London), drinking beer while chatting with a friend, above his head. , the planes were also rushing to Heathrow airport to end their journey. Taking out his phone, Wil shows him an app that tells the user the route and pattern of any passing aircraft. When he saw an airplane passing by, he opened the application to view information, then raised his phone to shade the sun and squinted at the sky. Suddenly, Wil saw something falling from the sky. “At first I thought it was a bag, but after a few seconds, I discovered the object was quite large and fell very quickly,” Mr. Wil said. Wil thinks that the object could be part of the landing gear or the luggage in the cargo hold. However, he suddenly remembered a long-read article about people hiding tickets on planes. Wil does not want to believe in this possibility but cannot deny the object gets closer and closer. “In the final seconds before the object lands, I see limbs. I think it’s a person, ”continued Wil. Shortly thereafter, Wil opened the flight determination application, and his friend called the police to report the news. According to information on the phone application, the plane that has just passed over that area is Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying number KQ 100 of Kenya Airways. The man was dropped from a plane of Kenya Airways 1000m to the ground. After that, Wil drove his motorbike to find where the object fell, and mumbled to pray that he would only see a coat, a bag or something on the ground. When he went to the next route, he met a police car in the opposite direction and decided to follow. The destination is on Offerton Street, 300 meters from Wil’s house. When he arrived, Wil saw John Baldock, a gray-faced man standing dumbfounded outside a house. Looking through the window, Wil noticed that the inner garden was “completely destroyed”. “The first thing I told John was to ask if it was the same person, because I’m still not 100% sure. He said nothing, just looked at me and nodded, making my heart heavy, “Wil said. That man fell from a height of more than 1,000m to the ground. This is an airplane ticket evader. Hard search On the day of the incident, because the London Police Department’s unit in charge of searching for the missing people was overloaded, agent Paul Graves of the voluntary crime unit was in charge of the investigation. As an experienced senior detective, Graves has more than 30 years specializing in handling stabbing, shooting, kidnapping and murder conspiracy. He hopes to soon identify the man “fell from the sky” and return the body. After receiving the report, the police quickly went to Offerton Street, talked with Wil, John and people living in the area, and contacted Heathrow airport. The airport sent staff to inspect the landing gear – the area of ​​the aircraft’s landing gear will retract after takeoff – aboard a Kenyan Airways Boeing. There was barely enough room for one person to hide inside, and after checking in, an old backpack with the initials MCA was found there. The backpack does not contain any important clues, only contains a few pieces of bread, a bottle of soft drink, a bottle of water and a pair of sports shoes. “Food, water and shoes are the definition of survival for that person,” Detective Graves said. However, there was also some Kenyan coins in the backpack and a bottle of Fantamà, according to verification sold at a store in the country, showed that the stowaway was almost certainly on board there. The flight initially departed from Johannesburg, South Africa to Nairobi, Kenya. So the elimination of the possibility of a man getting on a plane from South Africa is a remarkable discovery: At the Lambeth Morgue, pathologists took samples of the man’s DNA and duplicate copies of his fingerprints. hand him and send it to the authorities in Kenya. However, the DNA determination later showed that it did not match anyone in Kenya. Graves hopes that he will have better luck with fingerprints as many problems in Kenya require candidates to have fingerprints. But the smuggler’s fingerprints were also not on the Kenyan police database. The incident meanwhile attracted the attention of public opinion. Because the situation of migrants betting their lives to reach Europe has appeared so often in the newspapers, and this is a completely different thing: an unidentified man, from a country about a third of the population lives on less than $ 2 a day, crashing the bottom of a plane into one of the wealthiest places in London. According to statistics of the US Federal Aviation Administration, from 1947 to February 2020, 128 people around the world tried to smuggle planes in this way. More than 75% of them were killed. The stowaway can fall off the plane during take-off, as in the case of 14-year-old Keith Sapsford falling from a cabin landing a Douglas DC-8 departing from Sydney, Australia for Tokyo, Japan, in January. 2/1970. Even if they survive the take-off, the stowaways can be crushed as they return, as Adonis Guerrero Barrios died in July 2011. The 23-year-old has climbed into the cockpit of the Airbus A340 from Cuba to Madrid, Spain. Even with luck avoiding the above possibilities, those who cling to the plane still face the cargo. Other deadly risk series. For example, within 25 minutes of take-off, most passenger aircraft reach an altitude of nearly 11 km, the outside temperature is approximately -54 degrees Celsius, the air pressure is about 4 times lower than normal, preventing the human lungs from getting enough oxygen from the air, which can cause heart failure and brain death. If the stowaway somehow managed to survive the journey, they would surely lose consciousness once the plane began to descend. Therefore, when the aircraft opens the door to lower the landing gear, usually within 8 km of the runway, they can fall freely. This is why bodies are sometimes found south of London, near Heathrow’s route, as in the case of Pakistani elder Mohammed Ayaz who died from falling from a British Airways flight into a Homebase parking lot. , also in Richmond in June 2001. There are also rare instances where some of the stowaways still survived that scientists have not fully explained these cases. In September 2019, three months after receiving the investigation, Agent Graves flew to Kenya, hoping to find out what details could help identify the mysterious but futile man. Dead end, he decided to use the last resort, thanks to the help and spread of the media, but failed. At the end of 2019, Kenyan officials decided to close the investigation. This is also seen as typical of the tragic cases of migrants. Many of them drowned at sea, were electrocuted in cross-strait tunnels, or assaulted to death by racist mobs. According to the Project Lost Migrants, 10,134 have been killed on the global migration routes since 2014. That might just be the tip of the iceberg.

For a few days, the incident became the town’s gossip. However, police have struggled to identify the person who died from the burns that were so severe. Public interest gradually faded. The woman’s name seems to be forever unknown.

In China’s megacities, large numbers of unclaimed corpses have become a pressing problem. Although country figures are not available, the total is at least in the tens of thousands. Urban morgues, funeral homes and hospitals complain that they have been stretched to full capacity.

But Truong Dai Dung could not let the incident sink. The intelligent man who once dreamed of becoming a scientist was unable to fulfill his dream of suffering from ankylosing spondylitis, a form of weakness of the spine.

According to Truong, he could not move without much pain. Zhang had to lie in bed, “detained in a home prison”. His thoughts often returned to the mysterious corpse, wondering where the woman had come from.

Then one day, Truong discovered an advertisement in a local newspaper. Post by a man searching for his missing wife, last seen wearing a red coat. Zhang contacted the man and the Luoyang police later confirmed that the body was in fact his wife.

Truong found his god.

Truong looks for information on the internet

The 57-year-old has since spent decades identifying the unidentified corpses languishing in the city’s morgues.

From his bedroom in Luoyang, Zhang built a website called an anonymous dead database, containing records of more than 3,300 corpses.

The 57-year-old has since spent decades identifying the unidentified corpses languishing in the city’s morgues.

For several hours each week, Zhang peered into the archive of press archives, police notices and public documents to update the website, moving himself around with the help of a metal ring hanging from the ceiling. Bedroom. He runs the project entirely by himself and receives little remuneration for the work.

But Truong says the website gives meaning to his life. Although he rarely hears from users, he knows the hundreds of people who regularly check the database, flipping from page to page on the list.

“I am part of a disadvantaged group,” Truong told reporters. Finding even more disadvantaged people, that at least gives me consolation. ”

However, there are many more families that Truong is helpless to help.

In China’s megacities, large numbers of unclaimed corpses have become a pressing problem. Although country figures are not available, the total is at least in the tens of thousands. Urban morgues, funeral homes and hospitals complain that they have been stretched to full capacity.

The problem is partly the result of massive internal exodus that China has experienced in recent decades. Many of the unidentified deaths are believed to be wanderers or unregistered migrants, who flooded the cities during China’s economic boom. While some died from violence, others drowned, had an accident or died in hospital.

China’s lack of a consistent system for identifying the dead and handling anonymous corpses has exacerbated the problem. Across the country, a large number of anonymous cadavers remain unresolved, and bodies are left long ago in refrigerating equipment.

China does not have a national database equivalent to the national system of missing and unidentified Americans. According to the China Newsweek, a state-run magazine, China’s Ministry of Public Security maintains internal records of missing persons and unidentified death records, but they are not linked together and cross-checking is difficult. . These records are also not accessible to the public.

When it comes to identifying victims, even the Chinese police often feel helpless – especially those in underdeveloped areas. Although forensic technology has improved significantly in recent years, the results of an investigation ultimately depend on the records investigators have access to.

Winsome Lee, a forensic anthropologist based in Hong Kong, said: “We will do a lot of analysis and modeling, but ultimately it depends on having a relative providing clues or DNA to we match or not. Our role is really limited. ”

Tian Chen, a policeman from Xining, Qinghai Province, northwest China, recalls an unsolved case he handled last year. When a male body was found in the village, Dien’s team was assigned to identify the deceased.

Officers collected samples, conducted DNA analysis, and searched Thanh Hai province records of dead bodies and unidentified people. They also posted missing person notices on China’s WeChat social app and on local media. But these things did not yield any results.

“We can only test big data within Thanh Hai province,” Dien said.

After three months of fruitless work, the group was forced to close the file and cremate the body, as the local funeral home refused to keep it. “The funeral homes here are full of corpses,” Dien said.

These problems are not unique to Tay Ninh. In cities across China, unclaimed and unidentified bodies are filling morgue and funeral homes, while authorities are arguing over how to handle them.

Vu Tu Hai, in charge of social affairs at the Luoyang Interior Bureau, said unclaimed corpses consume about 15% of the city’s funeral home capacity. Some of the bodies were there for a decade and forgotten by the police.

Vu said: “The police only sent the body there, then no one bothered to follow it.”

The problem is partly the result of massive internal exodus that China has experienced in recent decades. Many of the unidentified deaths are believed to be wanderers or unregistered migrants, who flooded the cities during China’s economic boom. While some died from violence, others drowned, had an accident or died in hospital.

Facing this situation, in January 2021, the Central Executive Committee of the Vietnam Women’s Union issued a Resolution “Supporting international integration of women until 2030” to guide activities to support women. international integration, creating conditions for associations at all levels to propose mechanisms and resources for related activities. This is also the basis for the Vietnam Women’s Union (Women’s Union) to advise the Party, the Government, the National Assembly and coordinate with departments, ministries, branches and localities to promote the role of women and organizations. Association in international integration.

Resolution of the XIII Congress of the Party clearly stated in the national development orientation for the period 2021-2030 is to continue implementing the foreign policy of independence, autonomy, multilateralization and diversification; proactively and actively integrating into the world in a comprehensive, extensive and effective manner; maintaining a peaceful and stable environment, constantly improving Vietnam’s international position and reputation, … along with key tasks such as maintaining independence, autonomy, continuing to improve quality and effectiveness. results of foreign activities, international integration…; Arousing aspirations for prosperous and happy country development; promote the cultural values, the strength of Vietnamese people in the cause of national construction and defense, international integration …

Therefore, the Women’s Union’s Resolution 18 was born to raise awareness and capacity of international integration of association officials, members and women to participate and contribute to the process. integration of the country and turn the association into an influential regional and international organization. The resolution offers groups of tasks and specific solutions in 3 areas, including: (1) Culture, society and science – technology. (2) Economy. (3) Security, defense and foreign affairs.

It can be said that the Resolution on supporting women for international integration until 2030 was born at the right time and has important significance when the policy of international integration continues to be strongly affirmed at the XIII Party Congress. . At the same time, this is the basis for the Women’s Union at all levels to determine and synchronously implement effectively policies, encourage and promote women’s international integration, and at the same time arouse aspirations for development and innovation. promote the initiative and creativity of Vietnamese women in general and the Vietnam Women’s Union in particular.

Accordingly, in the field of culture, society and science – technology, it is necessary to promote the role of women in preserving the national cultural identity and absorbing the cultural quintessence of humanity. Propagate and mobilize women to actively participate in preserving, promoting and transmitting fine traditional cultural values ​​of the nation. Promote cultural diplomacy, attach importance to and promote cultural exchanges as one of the priority activities of people’s diplomacy, considering culture as a soft power in international competition. Promote cultural – art, physical training – sports movements in the community to help women adapt and become more confident in the process of international integration. At the same time, to support women in family and social issues to meet the requirements of international integration and promote women to participate in science – technology, …

In the economic field, it is necessary to raise women’s awareness of economic integration and sustainable development, in particular, to focus on raising awareness of opportunities and challenges from international economic integration. General and free trade agreements (FTAs) in particular for women to actively prepare luggage to meet new requirements to help take advantage of opportunities and overcome barriers. In addition, it is necessary to develop a network to support women’s economic integration such as developing a network of female entrepreneurs and producers in the form of groups, groups, clubs, associations and associations; participating in connecting domestic female entrepreneurs with international partners and overseas Vietnamese, supporting women’s economic integration through trade promotion; attach importance to improving the quality of female human resources, and at the same time promoting women’s participation in the digital economy; research, propose policies and participate in training to improve skills and skills for female workers, focus on highly skilled workers, occupations where women can be strong, occupations capable of shifting in ASEAN , …

At the same time, strengthen the role of Vietnamese women in the fields of security, defense, regional and international foreign affairs, especially actively sharing with the international experiences and achievements of Vietnam and the contribution of Vietnamese women in traditional security (assisting victims of war, rebuilding the country, joining peacekeeping forces …) as well as non-traditional security respond to climate change, prevent and combat epidemics, safe migration …). Coordinate with regional and international women’s organizations to speak up and contribute to maintaining an environment of peace, stability and cooperation in the world. Coordinate to raise awareness, foster knowledge and skills, and recommend women to participate in regional and global political and security organizations and cooperation mechanisms. Honoring women in security – defense and foreign affairs. Increase women’s effective participation at international forums, conferences, seminars, …

Deeply aware of the opportunities and challenges of international integration as well as the role and position of women in modern life, more than anyone else, Women’s Unions are actively implementing many necessary measures. in order to support women’s international integration and consider this an important strategic task, in which the Vietnam Women’s Union plays a pivotal role as the representative organization for all strata of Vietnamese women. strive to become an influential organization in the region and the world.

In order to realize this important task, each union official, member, woman and community needs to raise their awareness of international integration. Every association officer, especially full-time external relations officer, needs to strengthen international integration capacity. Make the most of technical support from international experts, volunteers and organizations; enhance the application of information technology and digital transformation in the management, administration and organization of association activities. In particular, each level of the association now needs to focus on effective investment in foreign affairs and international integration in both breadth and depth; building a favorable legal environment for women in international integration; increase resource mobilization for international integration. At the same time, associations at all levels actively put into annual work plans to propose authorities at all levels to facilitate resources for activities to support women in international integration; approach and mobilize international sponsorships, mobilize socialization funds from domestic and foreign businesses and individuals.