Darien is Panama’s largest and poorest province. Bordering Colombia, the province hosts a 60-mile-deep jungle, the only breaking point of the Pan-American highway, linking the continent from south to north.
Despite being one of the most dangerous jungles in the world, Darien continues to be a transit location for thousands of refugees and migrants, mainly from Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Haiti, and African and South Asian nations.
Panama’s mixed movement crisis has been ongoing for over two years. According to National Migration Service (SNM) statistics, over on