Category: Immigration

And they will keep coming to escape Chavez. Monitor and give them hope. https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/economia/aporte-economico-de-los-migrantes-venezolanos-a-panama-supero-los-280-millones-en-2022-EA6323688?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc   The Cavex explained that in Panama there are more than 5,000 Venezuelan companies registered, with an investment that exceeds $1.8 billion in the last 10 years. In 2022, the tax contribution of Venezuelan migrants living in Panama was $203.2 million,…

The increase in migrants through the Darién on their way to the US or Canada in search of better living conditions has been progressive since 2021, reaching the record number of more than 520,000 last year https://www-laestrella-com-pa.translate.goog/panama/nacional/mas-de-68400-migrantes-han-cruzado-el-darien-en-2024-22000-mas-que-un-ano-antes-BD6225164?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc More than 68,400 migrants have crossed the Darién jungle, the dangerous border between Panama and Colombia used daily…

From America, Ukraine, to Latin Americas. Immigration and refugees are the issue of the century. Simply fewer places in the world offer a better life as countries and economies struggle. https://www.laestrella.com.pa/internacional/mundo/230907/unicef-hay-record-migrantes-menores-america-latina Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing one of the “biggest and most complex crises” of child migration on the planet, with record numbers…

Several UN agencies called for increased international cooperation to stop the record number of migrants crossing the inhospitable Darien jungle, on the Panama-Colombia border, on their way to the United States. In a joint statement, the UN agencies for Refugees (Acnur) and for Migrations (IOM) asked the governments for “a hemispheric response” to face the…