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Number of migrants crossing the Darien reaches historic highs

Number of migrants crossing the Darien reaches historic highs
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February 10 |

The Colombian Ombudsman’s Office reported Friday that the number of migrants who have crossed the Darien Gap into Panama in search of North America has quadrupled, reaching historic highs.

According to the report, while in January 2022 the passage of 4,702 people had been reported, by the first month of 2023 this figure rose to 21,307 migrants, most of them Haitians, Ecuadorians, Venezuelans, Chinese and Indians.

In view of this situation, the Ombudsman, Carlos Camargo, called on the governments of Colombia and Panama to address the situation of migrants in order to reduce the risk of rights violations.

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“It is urgent that the authorities implement actions to attend to this population group together with the transit and host communities, which means establishing medical care points, assistance for children and the elderly, as well as controls by the authorities so that migrants do not become victims of migrant smuggling and human trafficking networks, among other risks associated with migratory processes,” said Camargo.

The official made “a call to the Ministry of Transportation and the Superintendence of Transportation to intensify surveillance and controls on the mechanical condition and permits of the buses that are transporting migrants, and avoid situations such as the accident of a special transport bus in the Llorona Canyon, between the municipalities of Dabeiba and Mutatá, which was carrying 38 migrants”.

Camargo was referring to the controls on those who offer transportation services to migrants to take them to the Colombian town of Necoclí, the last step before reaching neighboring Acandí, Colombia, the entry point to the Darién Gap.

The nationalities that crossed this dangerous jungle corridor linking South America with Central America in 2022 were Venezuelans, with 150,327; Ecuadorians, 29,356; Haitians, 22,435; Cubans, 5,961; and Colombians, 5,064. Other persons of extra-continental and Caribbean origin accounted for a total of 247,284 migrants.

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