Worsening Migrant Crisis in the Darién Gap and Beyond

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Issue Aug 30-Sep 05 2023: Beginning around 2010, the Darién jungle between Colombia and Panama (which still has no road linking South and Central America) emerged as a new migratory route for migrants headed for the United States. Generally characterized as “impassable,” the difficult and dangerous trek through the gap that millions of people from all over the world have already completed demonstrates the despair they feel, as well as their determination to seek a better life. As the number of migrants continues to rise, experts and pundits lament the dearth of viable solutions on offer.

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