Panama estimates that in 2024 the number of migrants passing through the Darién will drop by 38% to 320,000

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Panama estimates that 200,000 fewer people will cross the Darién this year than in 2023

Panama City. Some 320,000 people will have crossed the Darién jungle at the end of this year, a figure much lower than the 520,000 who ventured on that inhospitable migrant route in 2023, said the Minister of Security of Panama, Frank Ábrego, in Washington on Thursday. They are “242,000 people until today morning” and “an average of 320,000 is expected at the end of the year,” said the official during the annual conference of CAF, the developmen…