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120,000 Minors Crossed Darien Gap Last Year In Bid To Reach US

Record numbers of migrants, including 120,000 minors, crossed the dangerous Darien gap jungle in 2023, with most fleeing economic hardship in Venezuela.
The number of migrants crossing the Darien Gap has more than doubled since 2022, reaching over 320,000 this year. Ecuadorians, Haitians, and Chinese citizens were among the largest groups making the trek.
Panama has implemented measures such as increased deportations to address the surge in migration. Migrants travel through multiple Central American countries before reaching the United States border.

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News18 India

Over 120,000 Minors Crossed Perilous Darien Gap Jungle Last Year to Reach US

The year ended with 520,085 people recorded as traversing the lawless, thick rainforest that straddles Panama and Colombia.

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More than half a million migrants crossed the Darién jungle in 2023:120,000 were minors

Venezuelans, Ecuadorians, Haitians and Chinese were the most common nationalities to cross the border crossing on their way north to reach the United States

4 months ago·C A B A, Argentina

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120,000 minors crossed Darien Gap last year in bid to reach U.S.

Record numbers of migrants crossing the hostile Darien gap jungle in 2023 included 120,000 minors, the Panama government said Monday.The year ended with 520,085 people recorded as traversing the lawless, thick rainforest that straddles Panama and Colombia, Panama's public security ministry wrote on Twitter.

4 months ago·United States

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