Migration: Panama and Colombia will facilitate passage to the United States
For several weeks, thousands of migrants, including minors and pregnant women, often coming from Haiti, have been waiting in the Colombian port of Necocli for boats supposed to take them to the border with Panama, to cross the Darien jungle.
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Panama and Colombia announced on Friday August 6 that they would facilitate the transit through their territories of migrants trying to reach the United States, in order to resolve the crisis linked to the influx of illegals ready to cross the hospitable jungle. Panamanian.
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The agreement, through which quotas for migrants in transit will be established as of next week, was concluded Friday after a meeting between Colombian Foreign Minister Marta Lucia Ramirez and her Panamanian counterpart Erika Mouynes.
Another Panamanian delegation will visit Colombia on Monday August 9 "
to determine this quota of migrants
" who can "
be received in a safe and orderly manner
" in Panama, said Erika Mouynes.
The two countries are working in particular on transport solutions to avoid them having to cross the Darien jungle.
“
We don't want these migrants to run the risk of drowning or passing through the Darien, where we know they run a lot of risks,
” said Marta Lucia Ramirez.
Aterrizamos in Nicanor, Panamá, to reunirnos with the Canciller Erika Mouynes, tras solicitud mía.
Nuestro propósito es trabajar coordinadamente para buscar soluciones a la crisis migratoria that is experienced in # Necoclí y el norte del # UrabáAntioqueño 🇨🇴🤝🇵🇦 pic.twitter.com/HgmWFdLOjy
- Marta Lucía Ramírez (@mluciaramirez) August 6, 2021
A regional problem
Colombia and Panama are seeking to unite around this quota initiative other countries, including the United States. "
It is a process which involves many countries
", underlined Erika Mouynes. Last year, Costa Rica, a transit country, closed its border due to the pandemic, blocking
thousands of refugees
in makeshift camps in
Panama
. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights had appealed to the countries of the subregion to try to unblock the situation.
The @CIDH insta a los Estados de la region has coordinarse para guaranteeizar the salud and seguridad of the migrating personas, recordándoles sus obligaciones de protección integral a los #DDHH con base en la Res.
01/20 pandemia y derechos humanos.
2
Res.
1/20: https://t.co/3c7tQQZ6xG
- CIDH - IACHR (@CIDH) June 1, 2020
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To listen also:
"The policy of the United States to manage the migratory crisis, it is to help the countries on the spot"
An endless stream of candidates for exodus
Since the reopening of the borders, after the numerous lockdowns and the serious economic crisis affecting these countries, many people have taken the routes of the exodus to the North to try to reach Mexico and then the United States or Canada.
For several weeks, thousands of migrants, including minors and pregnant women, often coming from Haiti, have been waiting in the Colombian port of Necocli for boats supposed to take them to the border with Panama, to cross the Darien jungle.
An influx of candidates at the start which caused a congestion in particular in the Colombian port of Necocli.
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See also:
Colombia: thousands of Haitian and Cuban migrants stranded in the city of Necoclí
(and with
AFP
)
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