Blocked From Reaching the U.S., Migrants Begin the Reverse Journey South
As President Trump’s migration policy begins to bite, growing numbers of people are heading back through Panama and Colombia.
Spurned by the US, some migrants are returning to South America on boat
A growing number of Latin American migrants who have given up hope of reaching the United States are returning to their home countries in South America through a sea route in Panama, which poses new ...
Migrants braved the Darien Gap to seek asylum in the US — under Trump they’re turning back
They once braved the jungles of the Darien Gap, trekking days along the perilous migrant passage dividing Colombia and Panama with a simple goal: seek asylum in the U.S. Now, boat-by-boat, those ...
Indigenous migrants in northern Colombia battle worsening droughts and floods
In La Guajira, Colombia, the Wayuu people face worsening climate impacts, with droughts and intense rains causing food ...
They crossed the Darien Gap to reach the US. Now, boat-by-boat, migrants are returning
They once braved the jungles of the Darien Gap, trekking days along the perilous migrant passage dividing Colombia and Panama with a simple goal: seek asylum in the U.S. Now, boat-by-boat, those ...
Trump crackdown forces Latin America’s migrant flows into reverse
A Colombian town adapted its economy to Darién Gap travellers. Now only a few are travelling — and in the opposite direction ...
Former illegal immigrant aide to AOC self-deports to Colombia amid questions about employment: report
An illegal immigrant who once served as an aide to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, has reportedly self-deported to ...
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Panama releases 65 detained migrants from US amid criticism
Group of 65 migrants reach Panama City after release from the Darien, a dangerous jungle region near Colombia border.
Panama and Costa Rica turning into a ‘ black hole’ for migrants, deportees from US, observers warn
Before dawn Thursday, Pereira and other migrants boarded wooden boats that carried them to near the Colombia-Panama border ...
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Panama to formalize long-used migrant smuggling boat route to handle ‘reverse flow’ south
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A boat departs to Colombia from Gardi Sugdub on Panama’s Caribbean coast, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, carrying ...
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‘We’re not animals’: Reverse migration surges as migrants avoid detention-like shelters
Luis Montilla chose to sleep on a beach in Panama instead of being confined to a migrant shelter on his way home to Venezuela ...
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Indigenous migrants in northern Colombia battle worsening droughts and floods
Colombia's environment ministry did not respond to AP's requests for comment. Wayuu leader Anibal Mercado told AP the migrant Wayuu population suffers the most because of climate change.