Al Jazeera English published this video item, entitled “Panama FM: More migrants crossing dangerous border jungle” – below is their description.
The number of undocumented migrants travelling through Panama en route to the United States has been rising for months.
Thousands of people are stuck on the Colombian side of the border.
Now, the flow of exhausted migrants taking a route through one of the world’s most dangerous jungles, the Darien Gap in southern Panama, has spiked.
Many people have died trying to cross the pass separating Colombia from Panama.
Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo spoke to Panama’s Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes over plans to contain the movement of migrants.
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Al Jazeera English YouTube Channel
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