Number of Migrants Crossing Panama Jungle Falls Ahead of Trump
- Migrants traverse the jungle on their way to US border
- US President-Elect Trump has promised to curb border crossings
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The number of migrants crossing the dangerous Panamanian jungle on their way to the US hit an almost three-year low ahead of the inauguration of US President-Elect Donald Trump.
Just 4,849 migrants crossed the Darien Gap, a stretch of rain forest on the border between Colombia and Panama, in December, according to figures released by the Central American nation. That’s an 80% drop from the same month a year earlier and less than half the crossings in November.