Panama News » Darien News Panama » Darien » Travel: Panama sends 97 deportees from US to the Darien camp after they refused to return to their countries
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama transferred about one-third of the deportees from various nations it had received from the United States to a camp in its Darien province Wednesday, an area that became the ...
News Panama » Darien » Travel: 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 » Travel: 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 » Travel: Panama eyes new measures as flow of migrants through Darien Gap hits 300,000 so far this year
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 ...
News Panama » Darien » Travel: Explore the indigenous Guna kingdom of Panama with local guides and return to the Scottish Darien scheme site
Get off the beaten track and discover indigenous cultures on Ullapool-based ethical travel company Nomadic Skies’ first adventure to Panama – and the site of the Darien expedition.
News Panama » Darien » Travel: 10 migrants drown in rushing river crossing Darien Gap in Panama
Ten migrants drowned trying to cross a rushing river in Panama’s Darien Gap that borders Colombia, Panamanian authorities said Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...
News Panama » Darien » Travel: Darien jungle, a treacherous route for migrants, becomes more accessible as Panama sees uptick in arrivals
About 400,000 migrants have arrived in Panama from Colombia this year. In order to arrive to Panama, migrants must travel through the Darien Gap, which houses one of the world’s most dangerous jungles ...
News Panama » Darien » Travel: Panama Deports Migrants Through Darien Gap Under U.S.-Funded Program
Panama deported 29 Colombian nationals with criminal records who had entered the country through the perilous Darien Gap. This move marked the first application of a new repatriation agreement signed ...
News Panama » Darien » Travel: Darién Gap crossings doubled last year despite U.S., regional efforts to slow migration
Migrants travel through the Darien Gap in the border between Panama and Colombia, Darien Omar Ornelas/ USA Today Network Omar Ornelas/ USA Today Network, USATNetwork via Imagn Content Services, LLC A ...
News Panama » Darien » Travel: 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 » Travel: 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 » Travel: How Panama plans to stop migrant-smuggling through the perilous Darien Gap
NICANOR, Panama — Panama has unveiled a new effort to control illegal migration through the treacherous Darien Gap that spans its eastern border with Colombia. Hundreds of thousands of migrants have ...