CENTRAL AMERICA Published August 2, 2023 1:39pm EDT
Migrant numbers crossing Darién Gap set new record, despite US efforts
The nearly 250,000 already outpaces 2022's numbers
By Adam Shaw | Fox News
The number of migrants crossings through a key, and highly dangerous, migration route surged in the first half of 2023, setting a new record and outpacing 2022, despite the efforts of the U.S. and other governments to slow the surge.
The number of migrants who traveled through the Darien Gap — a massive jungle that serves as a pathway through Central America and towards the U.S. — is close to 250,000 already in 2023, The Associated Press reported, citing Panamanian officials.
That is higher than the total for all of 2022, and a record pace of migration through the gap, the outlet reported.
While Republicans have blamed the Biden administration for the record surge in numbers at the U.S.-Mexico border between 2021 and 2023, the administration has pointed to a hemisphere-wide migration movement and called for an international response — including the signing of a declaration at a summit in Los Angeles last year.
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