Migration Colombia says it has no competition in the number of dead or missing in Darién

director of Migration Colombia, Fernando García Manosalvaassured that his entity does not have figures on people arrested or deceased in the Darienthe mountainous jungle that separates your country from Panamabecause it is not under its jurisdiction and that it is fulfilling the commitments made with the neighboring country to exchange information.

Given the accusations of Panama lack of collaboration Colombia to resolve the situation at the border, where more than 400,000 migrants have crossed so far this year setting a new record, García Manosalva defended himself by ensuring that they are doing their part.

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The person responsible explained that the exchange of information agreed between Migration Colombia and its counterpart Panama at the Memorandum of Understanding signed in April 2021, which contains this and other agreements.

Thus, 772 reports were sent on the behavior of migration in transit through Colombia to Panama between April 2021 and September 2023 to National Immigration Service from Panama.

Reports have been sent since June also to the Intersectoral Commission against Migrant Traffickingcomposed of several ministries, public forces and State institutions, which also had two work sessions on migration in February and June.

Migration Colombia also reported that it strengthened its presence in the region of Urabáfrom where migrants begin their journey through the Darienwhere institutional presence is almost non-existent.

However, the immigration authority guarantees that it has installed a Checkpoint in Necoclí and another in Acandion each side of the gulf, and “work is being done on the management of an information or humanitarian assistance post for migrants that would have the support of United States Embassy“, reported the entity.

The figures

Figures of Panama National Immigration Service -Colombia also does not have records of how many people leave their country for Darién- they report that as of September 27, 399,606 migrants have entered this country so far this year, at a rate of more than 2,000 people per day during this month of September.

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It is a historic record that leaves behind the 248,000 migrants registered in 2022 and 133,000 in 2021, and Panamanian authorities have already stated that the number of people crossing the jungle could reach half a million this year.

Around 25% of the migratory flow in 2023 will be minors, according to official data. There are entire families on the move.

The vast majority of travelers are South Americans, more than 324 thousand, led by Venezuelans -more than 252 thousand-, Ecuadorians -47,724- and Colombians -13,404-. Next are the Antilleans, with more than 39,200, the Asians -27,878- and the Africans -7,389-.

Source: Elcomercio

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