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The US will cover the costs of repatriating migrants who enter Panama illegally, under a deal agreed with the Central American country’s new president who has vowed to shut down the treacherous Darién Gap used by
people travelling north to the United States.
In his first address as president, José Raúl Mulino promised to seek international assistance to find solutions to what he described as a
costly “humanitarian and environmental crisis”.
Last year, a record 520,000 migrants risked their lives, often at the
hands of people smugglers, to traverse the Darién Gap, a dense jungle on Panama’s border with Colombia.
“We cannot continue financing the economic and social costs that massive illegal immigration generates for the country, along with the consequent connection of international criminal organisations,” Mulino said.
Minutes later, Mulino’s new foreign minister signed a memorandum of understanding with the US government to “allow the closing off of the
passing of illegal immigrants through the Darién”, Panama’s government
said in a statement.
The agreement, signed by US homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
who attended Mulino’s inauguration, will see the US agree to “cover” the
costs of repatriating migrants who enter Panama illegally.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/02/panama-to-shut-down- darien-gap-migrants-usa
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