Turned away at the U.S. border, Latin American migrants are going home via Panama

Turned away at the U.S. border, Latin American migrants are going home via Panama

Many Latin American migrants unable to get into the US are now returning to their countries. Many of them will have to go back through Panama. But is Panama ready for this reverse migration?

DOBLE LLAVE – Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, and his Panamanian counterpart, José Raúl Mulino, agreed in Panama to “collaborate” in order to give a “humanitarian treatment” to migrants returning to the south after failing to gain access to the United States. “We have also addressed the migration issue in detail, especially in view of the problems caused to both countries by the reverse migration (...), with the agreement also there to coll…