Darién Gap: Record number of migrants risk jungle crossing
This article is a summary of reporting by BBC News. Originally published August 1, 2023.
By August 2023, the number of migrants undertaking the dangerous overland trek through the Darién Gap had already surpassed the total recorded for the entire year of 2022. Panamanian authorities reported relentless flows of people, predominantly Venezuelans alongside Haitians and other nationalities, traversing jungle terrain fraught with natural perils and criminal syndicates. The milestone underscored the deepening humanitarian crisis across transit nations in Central America and the Caribbean.
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Official Panamanian figures showed more migrants crossed the Darién Gap in the first seven months of 2023 than in all of 2022.
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