A boat with 19 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia and two crew sank off Panama, border police in charge of the rescue operation said Saturday.
They once braved the jungles of the Darien Gap, trekking days along the perilous migrant passage dividing Colombia and Panama with a simple goal: Seek asylum in the U.S. Now, boat-by-boat, those migrants – mainly from the Andean nations of Venezuela and Colombia – have given up after President Donald Trump’s crackdown on asylum,
Trump’s hard-line immigration policies have sparked a reverse migration wave, with migrants traveling south through Panama and Colombia.
A boat carrying 19 migrants — part of a “reverse flow” of migrants who once hoped to reach the United States — capsized off the Caribbean coast of Panama on Saturday, claiming the life of an 8-year-old Venezuelan boy,
They once braved the jungles of the Darien Gap, trekking days along the perilous migrant passage dividing Colombia and Panama with a simple goal: seek asylum in the U.S.
Panamanian police on Tuesday turned back dozens of migrants, mostly Venezuelans, trying to return home after abandoning their journey to the United States due to President Donald Trump's deportation policies.
They have given up trying to reach the US following President Trump's crackdown on unlawful migration. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A boat with 19 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia and two crew sank off Panama, border police in charge of the rescue operation said Saturday.
Migrants from Venezuela board a bus to Paso Canoas the border between Costa Rica and Panama after being stopped attempting to cross into the United States on Feb. 11, 2025. REUTERS In total ...
Panama has made progress stripping vessels from its registry that do not meet its flag's standards, the Central American nation's Maritime Authority said on Wednesday, responding to U.S. criticism that it allowed sanctioned countries to move ships with the Panamanian flag.
The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.
Dozens of Venezuelan migrants boarded small boats on an island off the Caribbean coast of Panama on Monday, setting off towards Colombia by sea as part of a reverse migration of families who have given up trying to reach the United States.