The Darién Gap: Where people risk their lives in search of a better future

This is the story of María, a Venezuelan migrant who tried to make a living in Ecuador first before risking everything to come to the US through the Darién Gap. The security situation in Ecuador pushed her to make the decision of bringing her two young children and her mother through the Darién Gap to reunite with her in the US.

Movement restrictions, often promoted by the United States, have pushed migrants and asylum seekers to cross the Darién Gap, exposing them to abuse and empowering organized crime.

The devastating stories of abuses of people who try to cross the Darién Gap are the result of failed immigration policies that push people into danger.

Governments in the Americas should take steps towards ensuring rights-respecting immigration policies, including by increasing safe and legal pathways for migration and ensuring access to asylum.

[WakandaleezaRazz]

Oh no Maria, we closed. Por favor stay there.

[chom]

You are a brave woman. Bravo
Just a footnote, your misery and the misery of your people are real because of U.S foreign policy towards latin America. Your governments also are corrupt.

[USA-CANADA]

7:59 Rather than “transacting” on what the United States “should” do, your organization is better off telling the governments of these countries to crack down on the gang and drug problem stemming from their very own nations - VIOLATING THEIR VERY OWN PEOPLE’S HUMAN RIGHTS. Don’t dare obligate the United States to do anything for these people who are warned never to cross to the US for their own safety (yet they still do) when the nation itself has local homelessness and political as well as immigration problems of its own.

[lucianofietto]

Justice needs all of us and record any evidence of human rights violation

[alexanderclaylavin]

"the smell
of the dead is really strong"

[mariedejesus]

WHYIS IT THE UNITED STATES PROBLEM TO FIX A ROAD IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. HERE IS AN AMAZING IDEA, GO TO YOUR EMBASSY, APPL;Y FOR A VISA, GET A PASSPORT, BUY AN AIRLINE TICKET, AND TAKE A PLANE. THE AUDACITY TO DEMAND THE UNITED STATES TAX PAYERS TO BUILD A ROAD TO ALLOW ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. CRAZY TO SAY THE LEAST

[michaelgallatin]

Not treacherous enough, too many people surviving.