A girl dies after a boat with migrants sinks in Panama

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An eight-year-old girl from Venezuela died after the boat she was traveling on, along with 20 other people, sank near the community of Mansucum, Panama, the National Border Service reported on Saturday…

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The Panamanian border police reported that the shipwreck occurred on the night of Friday to Saturday "because of a strong swell caused by bad weather".

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Eight-year-old girl dies as boat with migrants blocked from US, sinks off Panama

PANAMA CITY, Feb 23 — A boat carrying 19 South American migrants blocked from entering the United States sank off the coast of Panama as they returned to their home countries, leaving an 8-year-old Venezuelan girl dead, authorities said yesterday. The boat went down Friday night “due to strong waves caused by bad weather” in Caribbean waters off northeast Panama, the country’s Senafront border service said. Aboard were migrants from Venezuela an…

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This group of migrants is part of what has been called "reverse migratory flow": they left their countries with the aim of reaching the United States, but the shielding of the Rio Bravo border and the anti-migrant crusade undertaken by Donald Trump forced their return. Read

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Migrant vessel capsizes in Caribbean, leaving 8-year-old dead

A boat carrying 19 migrants — part of a “reverse flow” of migrants who once hoped to reach the United States — capsized off the Caribbean coast of Panama on Saturday, claiming the life of an 8-year-old Venezuelan girl, border authorities said.

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8-year-old gril dies as boat carrying 'reverse flow' of migrants capsizes off Panama coast

A boat carrying 19 migrants — part of a “reverse flow” of migrants who once hoped to reach the United States — capsized off the Caribbean coast of Panama on Saturday, claiming the life of an 8-year-old Venezuelan girl, border authorities said.