Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Panama: Terrorists Blending With U.S.-Bound Migrants

Panamanian authorities have detected terrorists trying to blend in with the unprecedented number of migrants from Haiti, Cuba, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East attempting to reach the U.S. and Canada through the Central American country, the country's top diplomat warned.

Migrants make their way into Panama by entering South America in places with lax visa rules, then make their way to Colombia.

Since 2016, the governments of Panama and Costa Rica have worked together to put in place a joint policy to secure safe passage of migrants through our territories based on each country's ability to ensure migrants' care and safety.

Panama has also recently reached an information-sharing agreement with Colombia to monitor the flows of migrants headed for the DariƩn Gap.

Currently, more than 1,000 migrants arrive in Panama every day from Colombia, and only 50 to 100 are allowed to proceed into Costa Rica.

Migrants from Haiti and Cuba made up the bulk of the people trying to enter Panama illegally at the time.

An increase in illegal migrants entering Panama has served as a warning for a looming wave of people from outside the Americas heading to the U.S. Mouynes wrote that her government agrees with the Biden administration's policy to address the root causes of migration that drive people to leave their homes to solve the illegal migration problem, a task the U.S. president has assigned to his Vice President Kamala Harris.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/29/panamanian-official-terrorists-migrants/ 

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