Panama News » Darien News Panama » Darien » People: Panama arrests 15 people for smuggling Chinese migrants through the Darien Gap
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Border police in Panama said Wednesday that they have arrested 15 people who allegedly ran a smuggling ring to move Chinese migrants through the Darien Gap. The dangerous, ...
News Panama » Darien » People: 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 » People: Once a migratory highway, the Darien Gap has been left empty under Trump crackdown
A little more than a year ago, the small Panamanian river port of Lajas Blancas was filled with a crush of people trying to make their way to the United States. Now, the makeshift migrant camp has ...
News Panama » Darien » People: Panama is using barbed wire to try to block a major route for U.S.-bound migrants
In a bid to block U.S.-bound migrants, Panama has installed barbed-wire fencing along the Darien Gap, sparking panic among migrants trying to cross the jungle that links South and Central America — ...
News Panama » Darien » People: Map Shows Where Migrants Could be Cut off from Darien Gap in US-Panama Deal
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. With over 170,000 people passing through a notorious jungle pass in ...
News Panama » Darien » People: 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 » People: Panama reports drop in migration across perilous Darien Gap
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Panama says it saw a drop in the number of migrants crossing the perilous Darien Gap in 2024. The land bridge links South ...
News Panama » Darien » People: Panama's next president to shut down Darien jungle migration route
Panama is on the verge of a dramatic change to its immigration policy that could reverberate from the dense Darien jungle to the U.S. border. President-elect José Raúl Mulino says he will shut down a ...
News Panama » Darien » People: Panama deportations unlikely to be enough to curb Darien crossings
PANAMA CITY, July 3 (Reuters) - An agreement between Panama and the United States to try to deter migrants from crossing the treacherous Darien jungle, by repatriating those that enter the Central ...
News Panama » Darien » People: Migrants crossing Panama's Darien Gap in increasing numbers
PANAMA CITY, June 6 (Reuters) - Just over 170,000 migrants crossed the perilous Darien Gap that connects Panama to Colombia over the first five months of this year, Panama's migration agency said on ...
News Panama » Darien » People: 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 ...