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Thousands of people used to cross the Darién Gap every day. Emerging from the rainforest, they would stop in small towns across southern Panama, where migrant reception centers provided food, water ...

When migrating children and families emerge from the treacherous Darien Gap, UNICEF is there to provide support through Self-Care and Child-Friendly Spaces.

A 66-mile-long swath of jungle connecting South and North America is where thousands of migrants make the arduous, potentially fatal crossing on their treks north.

It is known as the 'gap' on Panama's Darien isthmus because it is the only missing section, running about 60 miles, on the Pan-American highway that stretches from Alaska to Argentina.

World's longest road is broken by 99-mile 'most dangerous' land 'impossible' to develop' The Darién Gap is reputedly one of the most dangerous places in the world. It splits the Pan American ...

The Darién Gap, a remote jungle in the Isthmus of Panama has been a deadly place for migrants but it's also attracting adventure and nature enthusiasts.

Although the Darien lacks an actual road, it is increasingly no longer a gap in the migration route through the Americas.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The flow of thousands of migrants daily through the treacherous migratory highway, the Darien Gap, has been cut off following the capture of a number of boat captains who had ...

The government of Panama says it will launch a new campaign to stem the flow of migrants through the dangerous, jungle-clad Darien Gap.

Crossings of the dangerous Darién Gap have reached another record, as migrants seek protection or a better future in the United States but lack safer routes to get there.