The Latest Breaking News from Darien Gap

Panama launches operation in Darien jungle targeting organized crime, migrant smugglers

Panama has launched a security operation along its shared border with Colombia to combat organized crime groups and migrant smugglers involved in record-setting migration through the perilous Darien Gap this year

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2023

Migration through Panama's Darien Gap spikes despite US plan

The number of people arriving in the treacherous Darien Gap linking Panama with Colombia soared in April and early May, Panamanian government data shows, dealing a blow to U.S. efforts to curb undocumented migration to the north.

Reuters · May 10, 2023

UN expects more than 400,000 migrants to cross perilous Darien Gap this year

More than 400,000 migrants could cross the treacherous Darien Gap linking Panama with Colombia this year, the United Nations said on Friday, well up from nearly 250,000 in 2022 as the number of people making the journey surged over recent months.

Reuters · Apr 14, 2023

Panama rejects allegations it violated migrants' rights

Panama's government rejected accusations it violated the human rights of U.S.-bound migrants who cross into the country irregularly through the dangerous jungle of the Darien Gap, the country's security ministry said on Monday.

Reuters · Feb 13, 2023

New U.S. migrant rules push down foot traffic in Colombia-Panama jungle, says IOM chief

The number of people making a perilous crossing on foot of the Darien Gap jungle between Colombia and Panama as they head north to try to get to the United States has dropped significantly since the U.S. government tightened its rules on migrants, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.

Reuters · Jan 27, 2023

Migrants arrive in record numbers in Panama in 2022, data shows

Migrants arrived at record numbers in Panama in 2022, the Central American nation said Sunday, with most of them leaving Venezuela and crossing the dangerous Darien Gap region in an attempt to reach the United States.

Reuters · Jan 1, 2023

Venezuelans halted in Panama by US policy change return home

With dashed dreams and empty hands, hundreds of Venezuelan migrants are stranded in Panama’s capital looking for a way home after surviving the crossing of the Darien Gap only to find that a United States policy change had closed the border to them

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Panama says record 150,000 migrants crossed dangerous Darien Gap this year

More than 150,000 migrants so far this year have made the treacherous crossing across the Darien jungle which links Panama with Colombia, a record figure according to official data.

Reuters · Oct 11, 2022

‘We didn’t have choice’: Thousands risk lives to cross Darien Gap

Aid workers say more health resources needed in Panama, as unprecedented numbers of refugees attempt perilous journey.

Al Jazeera · Jun 9, 2022

Venezuelans lead growing number of migrants crossing Panama's dangerous Darien

The number of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama more than doubled in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the year-earlier period, led by Venezuelans, Panamanian officials said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Apr 13, 2022