The Biden administration vowed to “end the illicit movement” of people through the Darién jungle. But the number of migrants moving through the forest has never been greater — and the profits are too big to pass up.
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What One Image Shows About the Darién Gap
A man, his daughter, and the many items left behind.
Fleeing Afghanistan, U.S. Allies Risk Journey Through Darién Gap
For thousands of Afghans, the American withdrawal from Kabul was just the beginning of a long, dangerous search for safety.
What’s Driving Record Levels of Migration to the U.S. Border?
The United States is trying to curtail border crossings as a Covid-era immigration policy lifts this week, but it has little control over the crises in Latin America that have upended the lives of millions.
Battling the Border Surge
The Biden administration’s border policy relies on Mexico for crucial help.
Your Thursday Briefing: No ‘Red Wave’ in U.S. Midterms
Plus Russia says it is retreating from Kherson City and markets try to parse China’s “zero Covid.”
How the Darién Gap Is Reshaping Migrant Journeys
The pandemic, climate change and growing conflict are forcing a seismic shift in global migration. In few places is that more clear than a perilous crossing called the Darién Gap.
US Considers Easing Sanctions on Venezuela as Migration Surges
The Biden administration may allow the last American company producing oil in Venezuela to resume exports if the Maduro government takes steps to restore democracy.
In Record Numbers, Venezuelans Risk a Deadly Trek to the U.S. Border
Two crises are converging at the perilous land bridge known as the Darién Gap: the economic and humanitarian disaster underway in South America, and the bitter fight over immigration policy in Washington.