They are exposed to violence and physical or sexual abuse. On Monday, the NGO Plan International published a study showing that children, adolescents, and young migrants crossing the dense Darien jungle, the natural border between Panama and Colombia, continue to face serious risks during a journey they undertake to reach the United States. RELATED: Ten […]

On Wednesday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that an increase in the number of children migrating through the dangerous Darien Gap so far this year puts the route on track for a fifth consecutive year of record levels of child migration. RELATED:  Haiti: Concern Over Unaccompanied Children Deported from DR In the first […]

This week, the administration of President Laurentino Cortizo ordered Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to suspend its activities in the Darien, the jungle traversed by thousands of migrants on their way to the United States. RELATED:  EPP Proposes Transfer of Asylum Seekers to Safe Third Countries Authorities argue that MSF does not have a valid collaboration […]