Why thousands of Latin American migrants traverse the dangerous Darién Gap

CFR Vice President of Studies Shannon K. O'Neil explains what drives hundreds of thousands of Latin American migrants a year to trek across the dangerous Darién Gap.

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[bryantaylor]

Not a single one of those people traversed the Darien gap because of "climate change". That is pure privilege talking.

[theesteady]

Most that are coming are military men!

[tongsanchez]

Why dont you provide your address, so they can live with you, you can support them..

[hank]

Cool lady. They can stay at your house

[chocolatezen]

The only solution to this problem is for those people to stop having children on a large scale until their government puts them in a better position 🤷🏾‍♀️ why keep breeding families into poverty and a horrible government…it doesn’t make sense cuz they all can’t leave…even in America I say the same thing people living in poverty need to stop having children until you can create a good life for them…it’s really simple but for some reason people have to have children they can’t afford and can’t protect 😩

[mikesmith]

I like how you don’t want to mention the nonprofits that pay these people to fly across the planet and land in South America

[watersbey]

Looks like a hospital scrub top, getting the attention of a Doctor...right.

[gomdoripoo]

Yeah I’m sure climate change is a major reason 😂

[thomaslamb]

she says they are going “elsewhere”, like she doesn’t know where they’re going. Lol.

she knows exactly where they’re going, but she’s just playing dumb.

[sundayznostalgianightz]

Viva mi gente que pelea para llegar a tener una buena vida.

[robertemery]

Are you going to open your doors to them

[jerseyjoe]

They look very healthy to me and with nice clothes . Blow it out your a.s.s lady!

[Dina_virgin]

Give that land to China & its very sure that they easily develop it & make exress ways to connect the north to south with toll fees.😂😂😂

[alessandrorossi]

Walls are a good solution. Also tell them to stop coming so they won’t make the trek

[buentaste]

Useless video waste of time and energy. No solution idea 👎👎👎

[marksamuelsen]

OMG im a 71yo Veteran and I believe these poor people need to get to 🇺🇸 America. My grandparents came to this country from Norway and from Ireland between 1890-1915. They were searching for a better life here in AMERICA. I have had a great life with only a few regrets. My 2 daughters are now in their early thirties married and hoping to have children soon. I Thank God everyday that my grandparents decided to take the chance on this country.

[WizardHarry]

Defund this org. Western hemisphere needs to come together to land mine the entire gap to preserve our quality of life.