Record half-million migrants crossed Latin America’s dangerous Darien Gap in 2023
Panama CityReuters A record 520,000 migrants crossed the treacherous jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap in 2023, more than double the number reported the year before, according to government figures seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The migrants who made the journey that marks the start of the dangerous trek north from […]
Number of migrants crossing Panama’s Darien Gap surpasses 400,000 to record high
Panama City, PanamaReuters The number of people crossing the perilous Darien Gap linking Panama and Colombia has hit a record high of 400,000 in the year to September, official data showed, as migration to the United States intensified despite efforts to curb the flow. More than half of those migrants were children and babies, Panama’s […]
UN calls for regional solutions to curb record migration through Darien Gap
Panama City, PanamaReuters The United Nations on Wednesday called on countries to join efforts to contain the record-high traffic of US-bound migrants and refugees crossing the treacherous jungle region linking Panama and Colombia, known as the Darien Gap. Official data shows 248,901 people crossed the dangerous stretch between January and July, surpassing the record high […]
Migration through Panama’s perilous Darien Gap hits all-time high
Panama City Reuters The number of people crossing the treacherous Darien Gap linking Panama and Colombia hit an all-time high in the first seven months of the year, figures released on Monday showed, with July seeing a sharp jump despite recent efforts to curb the trend. Official data showed 248,901 people walked through the jungle […]
Into the jungle: For migrants, the Darien Gap is hell; for adventure tourists, it’s a magnet
LAURA GOTTESDIENER and DAINA BETH SOLOMON, of Reuters, report…
Child migrants crossing Darien Gap surge eightfold – UNICEF
Panama CityReuters The number of child migrants crossing a dangerous stretch of jungle dividing Colombia and Panama has rapidly increased during the first four months of this year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. The thick jungle terrain of the Darien Gap, which is also home to roving bands of criminals, has become a […]
“In the hands of God”: One Venezuelan family’s journey to the US; border crossings drop after Title 42 expiry
El Paso, Texas AP When Luis López was lost in Panama’s Darien Gap last year with his wife, then seven months pregnant, their two young children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them. “If I was bad, let me die here, but I came with my […]
Migration through Panama’s Darien Gap spikes despite US plan
Panama City, Panama Reuters The number of people arriving in the treacherous Darien Gap linking Panama with Colombia soared in April and early May, Panamanian government data shows, dealing a blow to US efforts to curb undocumented migration to the north. According to figures from Panama’s Security Ministry seen by Reuters on Tuesday, 40,297 migrants […]
At least 60,000 minors set to cross dangerous Panama-Colombia jungle gap in 2023, says UN
Panama City, PanamaReuters A substantial hike in children crossing the Darien jungle – linking Panama with Colombia – is expected this year, the United Nations said on Friday, amid a surge in migrants making the dangerous journey to reach the United States. By the end of 2023, more than 300,000 migrants are set to have […]
At least 39 migrants die in bus crash off Panama cliff; dozens of migrants missing off Libyan coast
Panama City Reuters At least 39 have died in Panama after a bus carrying more than 60 migrants fell off a cliff early on Wednesday, the country’s migration authorities said, marking the worst migration accident in the Central American country’s history. The bus, carrying migrants who had travelled through the Darien Gap, a dangerous stretch […]