EL PASO, Texas -- The Border Network For Human Rights in El Paso is remembering migrants who have died while trying to cross the border from Mexico on Day of the Dead also known as All Saints Day.

The group and members from the community hosted a candlelight vigil in honor of the victims, they also placed wooden crosses along the border fence and marched along the border. Members of the Border Network for Human Rights are calling on the U.S. government to reform the immigration system.

Border Network officials said they are also asking Mexico’s government to create an environment where men and women are not tempted to risk their lives and the lives of their children to leave their country.

According to Border Network For Human Rights, more people are dying while trying to cross the border. There were 398 such deaths in 2007 and 390 deaths in 2008, Border Network For Human Rights members said. The group cited the San Diego Union Tribune as the source of the information.

Border Network For Human Rights said there have been 378 deaths in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2009, heading toward a total that is expected to top last year's, according to information they cited from the Associated Press.

In El Paso, nine migrants drowned at various spots in the American Canal and two were found in the desert, since January 2009, as per the records of the Mexican Consulate.