Thousands of people used to cross the Darién Gap every day. Emerging from the rainforest, they would stop in small towns ...

The Darien Gap, a treacherous jungle that straddles Panama's border with Colombia, has long been a key route for irregular migration from South America to the U.S. southern border.

Likewise, in Panama, 2023 broke records for migrants and asylum seekers navigating the Darien Gap. An estimated 520,085 people passed through the perilous jungle, known for its steep terrain ...

Panama has placed barbed wire across several routes in the Darién Gap, the country’s Ministry of Public Security said in a statement Thursday, in a bid to block migrants making their way north.

Last year, a record 520,000 migrants risked life and limb, often at the hands of people smugglers, to traverse the Darien Gap, a dense jungle on Panama's border with Colombia.

Map Shows Where Migrants Could be Cut off from Darien Gap in US-Panama Deal. Published Jul 02, 2024 at 4:39 PM EDT. By . Dan Gooding is a Newsweek reporter based in New York City.

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panama's government expects to start deportation flights for migrants who crossed the country's dangerous Darien jungle in two to three months, the country's chief of ...

U.S. to help Panama deport migrants crossing Darién Gap 05:04. ... Aerial view of the Reception Center for Migrant Care in Lajas Blancas, in the jungle province of Darien, Panama on June 27, 2024.

PANAMA CITY, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A group of nearly 100 migrants deported from the U.S. to Panama last week has been moved from a hotel in the capital to the Darien jungle region in the south of the ...

Panama has placed barbed wire across several routes in the Darién Gap, the country’s Ministry of Public Security said in a statement Thursday, in a bid to block migrants making their way north.

Panama has placed barbed wire across several routes in the Darién Gap, the country’s Ministry of Public Security said in a statement Thursday, in a bid to block migrants making their way north.