More than 244,000 migrants have crossed the dangerous Darien jungle this year.

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At least 244 243 migrants They crossed the dangerous jungle Dariencommon border between Panama And Colombiastill 2024 yeardecrease 110 056 pedestrians compared to the same period last year, representing a decrease of 31%, according to data released this Monday by the Panamanian government.

He National Immigration Service of Panama In a post on X, along with an infographic, he noted that they had been traveling through this jungle until Monday. 244 243 migrants while up to that date in 2023 there were 354,299 migrants, “variation» -31%.

Migration information emphasizes that “majority belonging migrants are native from Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia and China,” without specifying the numbers.

In the first nine days of September they passed 6058 people through this jungle Darienwhich is used daily by hundreds of migrants from the south of the continent to get to North America in search of better living conditions.

Darien Pass

Authorities Panama They estimate that around 320,000 migrants will pass through the jungle in 2024, a 38% drop from the historical record. 520,000 which they crossed last year and which are linked to the new migration control policy pursued by the new executive branch, whose powers began on July 1.

In February last year, after a wave of migration, Panama Migration warned of a possible increase 20% of the flow passers-by.

Panama’s new government has taken a number of measures to stop the migration flow through Darien considering it a humanitarian crisis, but also a security crisis.

Among them is the installation “Perimeter barriers(barbed wire fences) approximately 4.7 km away Darienwhere there were at least five unauthorized crossings or paths to “direct” the flow of migrants through the “humanitarian corridor.”

Another of these measures is an agreement with USA so the north american country is funding return flights migrants. So far, four groups of about 30 people have been sent to Colombia (3) and Ecuador (1), to which another one is being added to India with 130 migrants.

“These are very important messages that immigration it should be ordered, safe and heGk. And what we do is try to offer legal wayssafe and orderly, but at the same time ensuring compliance with the law,” he said in press statements on Monday. US Ambassador to Panama Marie Carmen Aponteabout this agreement between the two countries.

Some of these migrants have criminal records, according to Panamanian authorities, and many others are returned for entering the country without going through the normal immigration process.

EFE

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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