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African migrants and asylum seekers heading to the United States are flying into Nicaragua to bypass the Darien Gap, a dangerous jungle isthmus connecting Panama and Colombia, according to ...
Officials say that one out of five migrants who made the dangerous trek are young children, many traveling without their own parents. They said the crossing is made under horrific conditions.
Over 300,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap into Panama in 2024, 42% fewer than the record number who made the perilous jungle crossing from South America a year earlier, Panama's migration ...
In April the U.S., Panama and Colombia announced a 60-day mission to end the movement of migrants and drugs in the Darien, boost the economies and reduce the poverty of the jungle’s border towns ...
The 66-mile (106-kilometer) hike through the Darien Gap brings migrants from Colombia to Panama and is a crucial passage for those hoping to reach the United States and Canada.
The hazards are both those of traversing a difficult and dangerous jungle without tracks—the Darién Gap is one of the rainiest and most physically dangerous places on the planet—and, more recently, those of a lawless, unpoliced region with many criminals including drug smugglers, and sometimes political rebels.
Child migration through Panama’s dangerous Darien Gap is up 40% so far this year, according to a report released Wednesday by the U.N. children's agency. UNICEF said an estimated 30,000 children ...
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 ...