La Organización Internacional para las Migraciones, por esta razón, instaló en Panamá dos estaciones de registro de migrantes para ofrecer asistencia humanitaria a las miles de personas en tránsito. Puntualizó que solo entre enero y septiembre de este año más de 91.300 personas atravesaron la selva del Darién, en su mayoría haitianos (56.000), cubanos (13.000) y venezolanos (1.500). El resto proviene de países asiáticos y africanos.Las cifras revelan un aumento en el número de migrantes venezolanos. En 2017 se registraron 66, pero entre enero y septiembre de 2021 la cifra fue de 1.529. Texto completo-> ElNacional

Courtesy translation-> The International Organization for Migration, for this reason, installed two migrant registration stations in Panama to offer humanitarian assistance to miles of people in transit. It pointed out that only between January and September of this year more than 91,300 people crossed the Darien jungle, mostly Haitians (56,000), Cubans (13,000) and Venezuelans (1,500). The rest comes from Asian and African countries. The figures reveal an increase in the number of Venezuelan migrants. In 2017, 66 were registered, but between January and September 2021 the figure was 1,529.

“For Venezuelan refugees and migrants, the pandemic exposes them to even greater hardship as many are now struggling to survive, away from home,” said Eduardo Stein, Joint UNHCR-IOM Special Representative for refugees and migrants from Venezuela, in an appeal for additional funding today.“Venezuelans across the region are now faced with hunger, a lack of access to medical care, the prospects of homelessness and xenophobia,” he added. By UNHCR staff. Full Text -> UNHCR

UNICEF’s latest ‘Migration flows in Latin America and the Caribbean,’ situation report, released Wednesday, showed that the number of migrants from Venezuela to Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago were surpassing the capacities of the countries and “further straining already vulnerable host communities. Full text -> NewsAmericas