{"id":1980982,"date":"2025-06-29T01:04:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T23:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/?p=1980982"},"modified":"2025-06-30T18:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:06:07","slug":"migrants-panama-return-journey-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/other-news\/2025-06-29\/migrants-panama-return-journey-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrants stranded in Panama on return journey south: \u2018The sea and the money stops us\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Moncho Torres<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miramar, Panama (EFE).- A reverse wave of migration is flowing through Panama as thousands of mostly Venezuelan migrants, once headed for the United States, now retrace their steps southward. Blocked by rising United States restrictions and mounting transport costs, many find themselves stuck in the remote coastal town of Miramar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recent election of Donald Trump and the cancellation of asylum appointments through the CBP-One app have driven many migrants to abandon their northbound journeys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Panamanian authorities, at least 12,730 migrants have headed south through the country since Trump\u2019s electoral victory in Nov. 2024, 94% of them Venezuelans. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-267-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1981088\" style=\"width:777px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-267-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-267-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-267-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-267-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-267-430x286.webp 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-267-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-267.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI couldn\u2019t wait anymore,\u201d said Marielbis Eloina Campos, a 33-year-old Venezuelan mother of four. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After spending over a year in a Mexican shelter awaiting an asylum appointment, Campos decided to return to Brazil, where her relatives live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Campos described crossing the Dari\u00e9n jungle alone with her children, including a baby she gave birth to during her journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHere, the sea and the money stop us,\u201d she said, explaining that a private boat to Colombia costs around 260 dollars per person, far out of reach for most. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-266-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1981084\" style=\"width:807px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-266-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-266-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-266-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-266-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-266-430x286.webp 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-266-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-266.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-migrants-struggle-to-leave-panama\"><strong>Migrants struggle to leave Panama<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Miramar, dozens of migrants, primarily Venezuelans, wait for a way out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With no road connecting <a href=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/latest-news\/2025-05-29\/colombia-warns-reverse-migration-routes\/\">Panama\u2019s Caribbean coast to Colombia<\/a>, they must cross by sea or jungle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Panama\u2019s government has provided occasional humanitarian boats, most migrants remain stranded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe authorities pulled me from a passenger van and sent me back to Paso Canoas (on the Costa Rican border),\u201d Campos said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to stay here. I just want to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-265-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1981081\" style=\"width:828px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-265-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-265-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-265-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-265-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-265-430x286.webp 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-265-1200x800.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-265.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She called on authorities to stop treating migrants like criminals, \u201ccrossing borders with my children at dawn, through the jungle, risking everything, it\u2019s not how we should be treated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panama\u2019s National Aeronaval Service transported 109 migrants by sea earlier this month from Col\u00f3n to the border town of La Miel, and officials have hinted more trips could follow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panamanian President Jos\u00e9 Ra\u00fal Mulino recently expressed concern about the rising southbound flow, \u201cit worries me that the number of citizens moving from north to south is increasing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-no-support-for-the-journey-back\"><strong>No support for the journey back<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Jes\u00fas Alfredo Aristigueta, 32, and his wife, the journey back south has been just as perilous. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After being kidnapped in Mexico and held for five days in a cramped house with dozens of other migrants, they decided to return to Venezuela. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the past, we\u2019d get a push north, buses, help at border posts. Now that we really need support going back, there\u2019s nothing,\u201d Aristigueta said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that current policies and protocols are leaving returning migrants \u201cadrift.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-263-1024x669.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1981074\" style=\"width:851px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-263-1024x669.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-263-300x196.webp 300w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-263-768x502.webp 768w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-263-1536x1003.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-263-430x281.webp 430w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-263-1200x784.webp 1200w, https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-263.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a record 500,000 migrants crossed the Dari\u00e9n in 2023, Panama now reports a near-total collapse of the northbound movement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, the number of southbound migrants peaked at 3,013 in April, dropping to 1,779 by late June, according to government data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet for families like Campos\u2019, the obstacles to continuing their journey are not just policy, they\u2019re existential. \u201cIf there were a road here,\u201d she said, looking toward the Caribbean Sea, \u201cwe\u2019d already be in Colombia.\u201d EFE <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">cl-mt\/seo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Moncho Torres Miramar, Panama (EFE).- A reverse wave of migration is flowing through Panama as thousands of mostly Venezuelan migrants, once headed for the United States, now retrace their steps southward. 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