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Panama Wants The Trump Admin To Help Clean Up The Jungle Path Used By Migrants To Reach The U.S.
The Panamanian government closed in March the Darien Gap, the jungle path used by hundreds of thousands of migrants over the ...
The New York Times3mon
Locked in a Jungle Camp, Migrants Deported to Panama Face Uncertain Future
More than 100 asylum seekers from around the world sent to Panama from the United States have no sense how long they will be held or where they might eventually be sent. By Julie Turkewitz Farnaz ...
The Washington Post3mon
Turned away at the U.S. border, migrants make a dangerous trek in reverse
Gerald Bermúdez in Turbo and Andrea Salcedo in Panama City contributed to this report. TURBO, Colombia — The Venezuelan migrants had crossed a treacherous jungle and all of Central America.
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Panama Seeks Third Country for Deported Venezuelan Migrants Amid Growing Crisis
The NGO, known by its French initials MSF, reported an "extreme" level of brutality faced by migrants undertaking the dangerous trek through the jungle between Colombia and Panama on their way to ...
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The Darien Gap: Panama's new president moves to close deadly jungle migrant route in crackdown
Panama's new president has moved immediately to crack down on migrants using the treacherous Darien Gap jungle passage to reach the US. Former security minister Jose Raul Mulino, who has vowed to ...
The Atlantic10mon
Seventy Miles in Hell
Panama’s border patrol ... driving many to opt for the cheaper—and more dangerous—paths through the jungle. (Lynsey Addario for The Atlantic with support from National Geographic Society ...
Digital Journal5mon
Panama says 55 migrants have died crossing jungle this year
when a record 520,000 people made the dangerous journey, according to Panama’s government. Mulino said that “180 unaccompanied minors” have been abandoned in the Panamanian jungle this year ...
Reuters9mon
Panama launches US-backed deportation flights aimed at discouraging migrants
PANAMA CITY, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The first flight of deported migrants left Panama early on Tuesday, part of a new strategy to reduce the mostly U.S.-bound flow of people that crosses the ...
Politico4mon
Panama’s president ahead of Rubio’s visit: ‘I cannot negotiate’ on the canal
Panama is home to the Darien Gap, the treacherous jungle that countless Venezuelan and Colombian immigrants have crossed to seek asylum in the U.S. The visit to Panama will be Rubio’s first ...
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Panama deports 29 Colombian migrants on first US-funded repatriation flight
US Department of Homeland Security official Marlen Piñeiro urged migrants to stop trekking through the treacherous Darién jungle between Panama and Colombia to reach the US, saying ...
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Photos of Panamanians who say their migrant-related businesses have dried up
VILLA CALETA, Panama (AP) — The Trump administration’s crackdown on migration has ended the massive flow of people heading north through a treacherous jungle on the Colombia-Panama border ...