Ten people drown in Panama river as migration risks escalate
5 months ago

Ten people drown in Panama river as migration risks escalate

Al Jazeera  

Panama border police agency does not specify nationalities of those who drowned or how they crossed into country. Ten people have drowned in a river near Panama’s border with Colombia, Panamanian border police say, as the rainy season increases the risks migrants and asylum seekers face along a popular migration route. More than 520,000 migrants and asylum seekers crossed the Darien Gap last year – more than double the total from 2022, according to figures from Panama’s government. In April, Human Rights Watch said Colombia and Panama had failed to protect people transiting through the Darien Gap or adequately investigated abuses that have taken place there, including sexual violence. “Colombian and Panamanian authorities can and should do more to ensure the rights of migrants and asylum seekers crossing their countries as well as of local communities that have experienced years of neglect,” Juanita Goebertus, the group’s Americas director, said at the time.

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