The number of people crossing the perilous Darien Gap linking Panama and Colombia has hit a record high of 400,000 in the year to September, official data shows, as migration has intensified near Texas and California border points, despite efforts by the White House to curb the flow.
Thomson ReutersA migrant woman carries a baby as large numbers of people wait at a migrant reception centre on Sept. 23 in Lajas Blancas, Darien province, Panama.
The year-to-date figure of 402,300 migrants is almost double the number for the whole of 2022. The United Nations had estimated in April that the number of migrants for the entire year would be 400,000. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday called for a meeting of foreign ministers from 10 countries around Latin America to discuss migration.
U.S. asks Canada to reimpose visa requirements for Mexico to stem surge of crossings at northern border Under the Biden administration's new rule, migrants who have not sought an appointment to cross at a legal port of entry on a government-run cellphone app known as CBP One can face a higher bar to asylum and potentially swift deportation.
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