Number Of Children Fleeing Latin America Soars: UN

Number Of Children Fleeing Latin America Soars: UN

More than 30,000 children have crossed the perilous Darien Gap jungle in four months on the path to a better life in the United States, a number up 40 percent from the same period last year, the UN children’s agency said Wednesday. UNICEF warned of “a fifth consecutive year of record levels of child migration” … Read more

Migrant flows resume through Darien Gap after pilot strike

Migrant flows resume through Darien Gap after pilot strike

By Astrid Suarez and Manuel Rueda | Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Migrants bound for the U.S. are once again crossing the Darien Gap in large numbers, officials in Colombia said on Monday, after being stranded for much of last week in a small town along the country’s Caribbean coast due to a work stoppage … Read more