Crossings of the dangerous Darién Gap have reached another record, as migrants seek protection or a better future in the United States but lack safer routes to get there.
Hundreds of people sleep in tents each day outside Bajo Chiquito, the first village that migrants encounter in Panama after making the grueling trek across the Darién jungle.
The large number of crossings has created a humanitarian crisis that governments in the region are struggling to cope with. Panama has described the situation as a threat to its national security. And farther to the north, neighboring Costa Rica has declared a, a group that is assisting migrants as they emerge from the jungle, says that in the first six months of this year it treated 216 women and girls who were sexually assaulted on the route.
It can take anywhere from three days to a week to cross the Darién Gap. Last year, at least 140 people perished along the way, according to theDr. Ariel Garibaldi speaks with a patient at Bajo Chiquito's small public clinic, on Sept. 16. The clinic consists of two rooms and a patio that serves as a waiting area.
"With my wife we had bought equipment to start a business," said Douglas Muñoz, a Venezuelan migrant who had been living in Ecuador for three years."But then the economy slowed down and gangs began to ask for extortion payments. It was becoming just as bad as Venezuela."Migrants help to push a small motor boat past a shallow stretch of the Turquesa River, on Sept. 16. The boats take migrants from Bajo Chiquito to a government-run camp.
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