Why are migrants risking it all to cross the deadly Darien Gap?
3 years, 4 months ago

Why are migrants risking it all to cross the deadly Darien Gap?

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, November 16 at 19:30 GMT: This year a record number of more than 100,000 migrants have risked their lives traveling through the Darien Gap, a treacherous jungle area between Panama and Colombia. The Darien Gap is one of the main routes for migrants heading from South America to the United States. The UN children’s agency reported last month that about 19,000 children have crossed the Darien Gap so far in 2021, an amount nearly three times higher than the total for the last five years combined. In this episode of The Stream, we’ll look at the dangers in crossing the Darien Gap and what’s being done to address the migrant crisis in Central America.

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Panama reports sharp drop in irregular migration through Darien Gap
3 months ago

Panama reports sharp drop in irregular migration through Darien Gap

Al Jazeera  

The Central American country notched a 41 percent decline in Darien Gap crossings in 2024 over the previous year. The number of migrants and asylum seekers traversing the Darien Gap — the treacherous strip of jungle connecting South and North America — has fallen by nearly 41 percent in the last year. “We work every day to ensure that illegal …

Panama says jungle crossing of U.S.-bound migrants down nearly 40%
4 months, 1 week ago

Panama says jungle crossing of U.S.-bound migrants down nearly 40%

Raw Story  

The number of U.S.-bound migrants passing through the Darien jungle has fallen by 39 percent so far this year, with a total of 294,000 attempting the dangerous journey since January, Panama's president said Thursday. In the same period last year, the number was 482,000 people crossing the jungle that separates Colombia and Panama, according to official data. "There has been …

Migration through Darien Gap increased in September, led by Venezuelans after the election
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Migration through Darien Gap increased in September, led by Venezuelans after the election

The Independent  

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Biden's migrant 'super-highway' revealed: Millions in US taxpayer cash turned the world's deadliest smuggling route into a 'safe' passage... how TODD BENSMAN was threatened for exposing it
6 months, 1 week ago

Biden's migrant 'super-highway' revealed: Millions in US taxpayer cash turned the world's deadliest smuggling route into a 'safe' passage... how TODD BENSMAN was threatened for exposing it

Daily Mail  

CAPURGANA, Colombia – 'Hey! I'd come to Capurgana, a dusty seaside village on the northwest coast of Colombia to investigate international efforts to shut down one of the world's most notorious human smuggling routes – the Darien Gap. They're met on the docks by foot soldiers of the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, a powerful paramilitary drug-trafficking cartel that rules …

Human rights group calls on governments to protect Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Human rights group calls on governments to protect Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday called on Latin American governments to improve protection schemes, grant legal status and reverse “onerous visa requirements” for millions of Haitians and Venezuelans who have struggled to find work, access to health care and education in South American host countries, forcing them to increasingly seek asylum in the United States. …

Panama arrests 15 people for smuggling Chinese migrants through the Darien Gap
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Panama arrests 15 people for smuggling Chinese migrants through the Darien Gap

The Independent  

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Heat, flash floods and bandits: Migrants risk it all on the treacherous Darién Gap
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Heat, flash floods and bandits: Migrants risk it all on the treacherous Darién Gap

NPR  

Heat, flash floods and bandits: Migrants risk it all on the treacherous Darién Gap TONYA MOSLEY, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. Last winter, she and photojournalist Lynsey Addario took three trips over six months to the Darien Gap, a 60-mile stretch of rainforest on the border of Colombia and Panama that's the only land route connecting Central and South America. …

10 migrants drown in rushing river crossing Darien Gap in Panama
8 months, 1 week ago

10 migrants drown in rushing river crossing Darien Gap in Panama

The Independent  

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10 migrants drown in rushing river crossing Darien Gap in Panama
8 months, 1 week ago

10 migrants drown in rushing river crossing Darien Gap in Panama

Associated Press  

PANAMA CITY — Ten migrants drowned trying to cross a rushing river in Panama’s Darien Gap that borders Colombia, Panamanian authorities said Wednesday. Before these 10 deaths were announced, at least 29 migrants had died trying to cross the Darien, according to Panama’s border police. The drownings last week came just days after the Panamanian government blocked some popular routes …

Ten people drown in Panama river as migration risks escalate
8 months, 1 week 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 …

Panama president says repatriation of migrants crossing the Darien Gap will be voluntary
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Panama president says repatriation of migrants crossing the Darien Gap will be voluntary

Associated Press  

PANAMA CITY — Panama’s President José Raúl Mulino said Thursday that migrants entering Panama through the treacherous Darien Gap will only be sent back to their countries if they agree to do so, potentially diminishing the impact of stricter immigration enforcement Mulino had pushed. Mulino said by way of explanation Thursday that processes for repatriation are governed by international agreements, …

US and Panama sign agreement that aims to close the Darién Gap to ‘illegal migrants’
9 months ago

US and Panama sign agreement that aims to close the Darién Gap to ‘illegal migrants’

CNN  

CNN — The US and Panama have signed an agreement on immigration issues that aims to “close the passage of illegal migrants” through the Darién Gap, the Central American government announced Monday. “In the agreement signed today by the Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha and the Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States Alejandro Mayorcas, the US government undertakes …

Panama’s next president meets migrants at the Darien Gap, promises to shut down the perilous route
9 months ago

Panama’s next president meets migrants at the Darien Gap, promises to shut down the perilous route

The Independent  

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Panama’s next president wants a deal with US on deporting migrants who cross the perilous Darien Gap
9 months ago

Panama’s next president wants a deal with US on deporting migrants who cross the perilous Darien Gap

Associated Press  

LAJAS BLANCAS, Panama — Panama’s President-elect José Raúl Mulino announced on Friday that he wants an agreement with the United States on deporting migrants who cross into the world’s busiest migration route, the perilous Darien Gap, along his country’s border with Colombia. The 65-year-old lawyer, who will take the reins of Panama on Monday, promised during his campaign to shut …

Are the Chinese building a bridge in Central America to fuel America's migrant crisis? Huge structure 'big enough for a column of tanks' springs up in Panama... but no-one is sure who is funding it
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Are the Chinese building a bridge in Central America to fuel America's migrant crisis? Huge structure 'big enough for a column of tanks' springs up in Panama... but no-one is sure who is funding it

Daily Mail  

A huge bridge said to be big enough for a column of tanks to cross is set to spring up in Panama in one of the most dangerous migrant crossing points in the world. Pictured: A video showing the early stages of the bridge's construction is seen in footage from CBN According to reports, the bridge is being built in …

Panama and Colombia fail to protect migrants on Darien jungle route, Human Rights Watch says
1 year ago

Panama and Colombia fail to protect migrants on Darien jungle route, Human Rights Watch says

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia and Panama are failing to protect hundreds of thousands of migrants who cross the Darien jungle on their way to the U.S. and have become increasingly vulnerable to robberies and sexual violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Wednesday. “Whatever the reason for their journey, migrants and asylum-seekers crossing the Darien Gap are …

Panama and Colombia fail to protect migrants on Darien jungle route, Human Rights Watch says
1 year ago

Panama and Colombia fail to protect migrants on Darien jungle route, Human Rights Watch says

The Independent  

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Colombia and Panama failing to protect migrants in Darien Gap: HRW
1 year ago

Colombia and Panama failing to protect migrants in Darien Gap: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch has urged the two countries to ensure the safety of people crossing the dangerous migration route. Colombia and Panama have failed to protect hundreds of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers crossing a dangerous yet popular jungle migration route between the two countries, Human Rights Watch has said. “Whatever the reason for their journey, migrants and asylum …

Migration through the Darien Gap is cut off following the capture of boat captains in Colombia
1 year, 1 month ago

Migration through the Darien Gap is cut off following the capture of boat captains in Colombia

The Independent  

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Walking to America
1 year, 4 months ago

Walking to America

Al Jazeera  

For those trying to reach the United States on foot, the deadly winds of the isthmus of Tehuantepec are just one of myriad existential obstacles. The family had joined up with the latest northbound migrant caravan to form in Mexico – although the caravan has since largely dissolved in accordance with divide-and-conquer tactics of the Mexican government and mafia outfits, …

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on Chinese migrants who traverse the Darién Gap to reach the US
1 year, 5 months ago

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on Chinese migrants who traverse the Darién Gap to reach the US

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — The U.S. is seeing a big increase in Chinese immigrants arriving using a relatively new and perilous route through Panama’s Darién Gap jungle, thanks in part to social media posts and videos providing step-by-step guidance. “This wave of emigration reflects despair toward China,” said Cai Xia, editor-in-chief of the online commentary site of Yibao and a former …

Migrants pass quickly through once impenetrable Darien jungle as governments scramble for answers
1 year, 5 months ago

Migrants pass quickly through once impenetrable Darien jungle as governments scramble for answers

Associated Press  

BAJO CHIQUITO, Panama — Rain-swollen rivers only briefly slowed the otherwise uninterrupted flow of migrants through this jungle-covered border area separating Colombia and Panama and by midweek another 2,000 bedraggled migrants stumbled out of the Darien jungle. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas termed “strict consequences” for those who do not avail themselves of expanded legal pathways to enter the U.S. …

Migrants pass quickly through once impenetrable Darien jungle as governments scramble for answers
1 year, 5 months ago

Migrants pass quickly through once impenetrable Darien jungle as governments scramble for answers

The Independent  

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Panama to increase deportations in face of record migration through the Darien Gap
1 year, 6 months ago

Panama to increase deportations in face of record migration through the Darien Gap

Associated Press  

PANAMA CITY — Panama will increase infrastructure in the jungle area along its shared border with Colombia known as the Darien Gap — as well as ramp up deportations — to contain a record-breaking flow of migrants passing through there this year, Panama’s immigration chief said Friday. National Immigration Authority Director Samira Gozaine said President Laurentino Cortizo had authorized hiring …

Panama to increase deportations, efforts to halt Darien Gap crossings
1 year, 6 months ago

Panama to increase deportations, efforts to halt Darien Gap crossings

Al Jazeera  

Record numbers have crossed the Darien Gap, a strip of jungle between Panama and Colombia once seen as impassable. The Central American nation of Panama has announced new measures to crack down on migrants and asylum seekers entering the country, as a record number of people attempt to cross the inhospitable Darien Gap. On Friday, Panamanian authorities said that they …

Panama eyes new measures as flow of migrants through Darien Gap hits 300,000 so far this year
1 year, 7 months ago

Panama eyes new measures as flow of migrants through Darien Gap hits 300,000 so far this year

Associated Press  

PANAMA CITY — The government of Panama said Thursday it will launch a new campaign to stem the flow of migrants through the dangerous, jungle-clad Darien Gap, after crossings hit 300,000 so far this year. The plan, named “Darien is a jungle, not a road,” will be launched next week, officials said, but they could barely hide their frustration with …

Panama eyes new measures as flow of migrants through Darien Gap hits 300,000 so far this year
1 year, 7 months ago

Panama eyes new measures as flow of migrants through Darien Gap hits 300,000 so far this year

LA Times  

Migrants sit under a sign marking the Panama-Colombia border during their trek across the Darien Gap in May. The government of Panama said Thursday it will launch a new campaign to stem the flow of migrants through the dangerous, jungle-clad Darien Gap, after crossings hit 300,000 so far this year. The plan, named “Darien is a jungle, not a road,” …

Panama criticizes Colombia for not helping stem record flow of migrants through Darien Gap
1 year, 7 months ago

Panama criticizes Colombia for not helping stem record flow of migrants through Darien Gap

Associated Press  

PANAMA CITY — Panama’s top immigration official lashed out at Colombia on Sunday, saying it is not helping to slow the record flow of migrants through the dangerous jungle of the Darien Gap. Immigration Service Director Samira Gozaine said that in recent days, between 2,600 and 2,800 migrants per day have been moving through the gap, which connects North and …

Nearly 250,000 migrants crossed Panama’s Darien Gap so far this year, more than in all of 2022
1 year, 8 months ago

Nearly 250,000 migrants crossed Panama’s Darien Gap so far this year, more than in all of 2022

Associated Press  

PANAMA CITY — The number of migrants crossing Panama’s dangerous, jungle-clad Darien Gap swelled to almost 250,000 in the first seven months of 2023, surpassing the number that crossed in all of 2022, officials said Friday. Panama’s National Immigration service said 248,901 migrants had made the trip through July 31, and that 21% of those crossing were children or adolescents. …

Nearly 250,000 migrants crossed Panama's Darien Gap so far this year, more than in all of 2022
1 year, 8 months ago

Nearly 250,000 migrants crossed Panama's Darien Gap so far this year, more than in all of 2022

The Independent  

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Treacherous Darien Gap migration route sees record number of crossings
1 year, 8 months ago

Treacherous Darien Gap migration route sees record number of crossings

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 250,000 people have risked their lives crossing a perilous stretch of jungle between Colombia and Panama. The number of migrants and asylum seekers who have crossed an inhospitable stretch of Central American jungle known as the Darien Gap so far this year has surpassed the record total set in 2022, according to Panama’s government. “We are facing a humanitarian …

Panama’s Darien Gap a magnet for tourists, ‘hell’ for migrants
1 year, 8 months ago

Panama’s Darien Gap a magnet for tourists, ‘hell’ for migrants

Al Jazeera  

Deep in the Panamanian jungle, Venezuelan migrant Franca Ramirez was scrambling to reach higher ground as a rushing river broke its banks when something caught his eye: a group of young men snapping photos of the landscape. It is known as the “gap” on Panama’s Darien isthmus because it is the only missing section, running about 97km, on the Pan-American …

How Panama plans to stop migrant-smuggling through the perilous Darien Gap
1 year, 9 months ago

How Panama plans to stop migrant-smuggling through the perilous Darien Gap

LA Times  

Haitian migrants wade through water as they cross the Darien Gap from Colombia to Panama in hopes of reaching the U.S. Panama has unveiled a new effort to control illegal migration through the treacherous Darien Gap that spans its eastern border with Colombia. In April, as the U.S. prepared to lift pandemic-related restrictions that had allowed authorities to turn back …

EXPLAINER: Panama launches operation against smugglers in Darien Gap
1 year, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: Panama launches operation against smugglers in Darien Gap

Associated Press  

NICANOR, Panama — Panama unveiled a new effort to control illegal migration through the treacherous Darien Gap that spans its eastern border with Colombia on Friday. So in April, as the U.S. government prepared to lift pandemic-related restrictions that had allowed authorities to turn back asylum seekers at the border, it announced together with Panama and Colombia increased efforts in …

Panama launches operation in Darien jungle targeting organized crime, migrant smugglers
1 year, 10 months ago

Panama launches operation in Darien jungle targeting organized crime, migrant smugglers

The Independent  

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Migrants crossing dense Darien jungle at Colombia-Panama border find increasingly organized route
1 year, 10 months ago

Migrants crossing dense Darien jungle at Colombia-Panama border find increasingly organized route

Associated Press  

ACANDI, Colombia — Migrants who have hiked into the dense Darien jungle covering the Colombia-Panama border while the U.S. government moved to lift pandemic-related asylum restrictions have found an increasingly organized migration route. The Darien Gap is the most imposing physical barrier for migrants heading north until they reach the U.S. border. But on the Colombian side of the border, …

Migrants flow north to US border ahead of policy changes
1 year, 10 months ago

Migrants flow north to US border ahead of policy changes

Associated Press  

BAJO CHIQUITO, Panama — The long wooden boats packed with migrants in orange life jackets arrived one after another, pushed down the Tuquesa river by outboard motors. On May 11, the United States government will end pandemic-related restrictions on people requesting asylum at the border — also known as Title 42, under which migrants have been expelled from the U.S. …

Why nationalities matter as US braces for migration surge
1 year, 10 months ago

Why nationalities matter as US braces for migration surge

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — A decade ago, it was a safe bet that anyone stopped by U.S. authorities at the southern border was probably Mexican. CENTRAL AMERICA’S NORTHERN TRIANGLE Families and unaccompanied children from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador largely drove migration to the U.S. border throughout the last decade. Guatemala and Honduras accepted half of all U.S. removal flights last …

UN: As many as 400,000 migrants may cross Darien Gap in 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

UN: As many as 400,000 migrants may cross Darien Gap in 2023

Associated Press  

PANAMA CITY — Two U.N. groups said Thursday that the number of migrants crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama could soar to as many as 400,000 this year. The groups called it “an unprecedented movement through the Americas.” The United States pledged its forces will assist their Colombian and Panamanian counterparts with intelligence gathering to dismantle smuggling …

UN: As many as 400,000 migrants may cross Darien Gap in 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

UN: As many as 400,000 migrants may cross Darien Gap in 2023

The Independent  

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US would support Colombian, Panama forces to slow migration
1 year, 11 months ago

US would support Colombian, Panama forces to slow migration

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — United States forces will assist their Colombian and Panamanian counterparts with intelligence gathering to dismantle smuggling rings operating in the dense jungle of the Darien Gap, a key route for migrants heading to the U.S. from South America, a senior Biden administration official said Wednesday. U.S. forces could assist in targeting smugglers for arrest and locating “stash houses” …

US, Panama and Colombia aim to stop Darien Gap migration
1 year, 11 months ago

US, Panama and Colombia aim to stop Darien Gap migration

Associated Press  

PANAMA CITY — The United States, Panama and Colombia announced Tuesday that they will launch a 60-day campaign aimed at halting illegal migration through the treacherous Darien Gap, where the flow of migrants has multiplied this year. According to Panama’s government, more than 87,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap in the first three months of the year, mostly from Venezuela, …

US-led plan to ‘end’ migration through Darien Gap spurs questions
1 year, 11 months ago

US-led plan to ‘end’ migration through Darien Gap spurs questions

Al Jazeera  

Deal with Panama, Colombia seeks to stem ‘illicit crossings’ of dangerous jungle route used by US-bound asylum seekers. The US Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday that a deal had been reached with the Panamanian and Colombian authorities to address “irregular migration” through the so-called Darien Gap. How exactly do they intend to end migration thru the Darien Gap …

US, Panama and Colombia aim to stop Darien Gap migration
1 year, 11 months ago

US, Panama and Colombia aim to stop Darien Gap migration

The Independent  

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Big jump in migrants crossing Panama’s dangerous Darien Gap
2 years ago

Big jump in migrants crossing Panama’s dangerous Darien Gap

Associated Press  

PANAMA CITY — Panama’s government said Wednesday that 50,000 migrants crossed the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama in the first two months of 2023, five times more than in the same period last year. The People’s Defense Office said 9,683 migrants younger than 18 crossed the jungle-clad Darien route in January and February. The office and U.N. rights …

Rise in number of migrants crossing Panama's Darien Gap
2 years ago

Rise in number of migrants crossing Panama's Darien Gap

The Independent  

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Panama reports a sharp increase in migrants crossing the dangerous Darien Gap
2 years ago

Panama reports a sharp increase in migrants crossing the dangerous Darien Gap

LA Times  

Ecuadorian migrants cross the Darien Gap from Colombia into Panama in October, hoping to reach the United States. Panama’s government said Wednesday that 50,000 migrants crossed the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama in the first two months of 2023, five times more than in the same period last year. The People’s Defense Office said 9,683 migrants younger than …

Nearly 250,000 migrants crossed treacherous Darien in 2022
2 years, 2 months ago

Nearly 250,000 migrants crossed treacherous Darien in 2022

Associated Press  

PANAMA CITY — Nearly 250,000 migrants crossed the treacherous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama in 2022 on their way north, a figure that was nearly double the number from a year earlier, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday. At least 36 migrants died during the journey, but the United Nations’ migration agency said the real number is likely …

Behind the Lens: On migration paths in Latin America
2 years, 3 months ago

Behind the Lens: On migration paths in Latin America

Associated Press  

Associated Press photographers talk about their 2022 assignments, and share some of the stories behind the images. ___ THE PLACE: Darien Gap, on the border of Colombia and Panama THE STORY: Tracking the path of migration THE PHOTOGRAPHER: Fernando Vergara ___ ON WHO HE ENCOUNTERED: The first time we were in the Darien Gap, we were covering the migration crisis …

The Darién Gap: A deadly extension of the US border
2 years, 5 months ago

The Darién Gap: A deadly extension of the US border

Al Jazeera  

This year, a record number of United States-bound migrants and refugees have risked their lives to cross the Darién Gap, the 66-mile mountainous stretch of spectacularly inhospitable jungle between Colombia and Panama. I had the opportunity to hear first hand of the horrors of the Darién when, in July 2021, I was briefly imprisoned for visa irregularities in the women’s …

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