For African migrants trying, and dying, to reach north America, the Darién Gap is the “new Mediterranean”

The dramatic decrease in Mediterranean crossings corresponds sharply with increased flows from Africa to south America. Deaths at sea are being replaced by deaths in the Darién.Read the full article

By Shola Lawal

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