Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Migrants heading to the US recount traumatic stories of survival” – below is their description.
Many migrants along the Panama-Colombia border are hoping to reach the United States. They are crossing via a dangerous jungle known as the Darien Gap.
Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports from one of the communities in Panama that is receiving them.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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In This Story: Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a transcontinental country largely in the north of South America, with territories in North America. Colombia is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea, the northwest by Panama, the south by Ecuador and Peru, the east by Venezuela, the southeast by Brazil, and the west by the Pacific Ocean.
The capital is Bogotá, the country’s largest city. With over 50 million inhabitants Colombia is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse countries in the world. The Republic of Colombia was declared in 1886. Panama seceded in 1903.
Colombia’s territory encompasses Amazon rainforest, highlands, grasslands, and deserts, and it is the only country in South America with coastlines and islands along both the Atlantic and Pacific.