Record half-million migrants crossed Latin America's dangerous Darien Gap in 2023
A record 520,000 migrants crossed the treacherous jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap in 2023, more than double the number reported the year before, according to government figures seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The migrants who made the journey that marks the start of the dangerous trek north from South America to the United States last year were mostly from Venezuela, Ecuador, Haiti and China, according to the numbers from Panama's migration agency. Around a quarter of the migrants were minors, said Samira Gozaine, who heads the agency.
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