Panama News » Darien News Panama » Darien » Health: If Panama Closes the Darién Gap, Would Evangelicals Care?
(UPDATED) Migrant rights have been off-radar for many Panamanian Christians. But as pressures increase, some are speaking out ahead of this weekend’s general elections. Update (May 6, 2024): José Raúl ...
News Panama » Darien » Health: Panama launches operation in Darien jungle targeting organized crime and migrant smugglers
NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama launched a security operation along its shared border with Colombia on Friday to combat criminal gangs and migrant smugglers involved in record-setting migration through ...
News Panama » Darien » Health: Migrant Smugglers Threaten Panama’s Darién Conservation Plans
Panama has announced an initiative to combat environmental degradation in the Darién Gap, but entrenched criminal groups in the region will make these measures difficult to implement. Panama’s ...
News Panama » Darien » Health: Panama’s Darién Gap sees increase in migrant crossings, data shows
Panamanian figures show at least 174,513 migrants crossed the treacherous Darién Gap, a mountainous rainforest region connecting South and Central America, from January to June 6 of this year. The ...
News Panama » Darien » Health: Migration through Darien Gap increased in September, led by Venezuelans after the election
PANAMA CITY, Panama — The number of migrants crossing the Darien Gap — a rugged jungle passage between Colombia and Panama — increased sharply in September, according to Panamanian government data, ...
News Panama » Darien » Health: EXPLAINER: Panama launches operation against smugglers in Darien Gap
NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama unveiled a new effort to control illegal migration through the treacherous Darien Gap that spans its eastern border with Colombia on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of ...
News Panama » Darien » Health: Panama installs barbed wire to block migrants traveling through the Darién Gap
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. At ...
News Panama » Darien » Health: Panama halts migrant aid in Darien jungle: MSF
In 2023, a record 520,000 people crossed through the Darien, 120,000 of them children - Copyright AFP JACK GUEZ In 2023, a record 520,000 people crossed through the ...
News Panama » Darien » Health: Migrants in Panama deported from US moved to Darien jungle region
Rights groups fear for migrants' safety if they are returned to violent or war-torn countries Panama receives non-Panamanian deportees under U.S. agreement Lawyer representing deported Muslim family ...