Regarding the origin of the migrants, there were 328,650 Venezuelans, 57,250 Ecuadorians, 46,422 Haitians, 25,565 Chinese, 18,841 Colombians, and thousands of others from different countries.
ADN Celam reported that the archbishop of Panama, José Domingo Ulloa, explained that the objective of the meeting is to propose actions to be taken to deal with this migration crisis.
“We want to raise much more awareness. It’s to make people aware of the danger that our migrants face due to drug trafficking, the “coyotes,” and the reality of that jungle where hundreds of migrant brothers have died,” Ulloa said.
“Coyotes” can refer to human traffickers who exploit their victims or human smugglers, persons who facilitate illegal migration through transportation, fraudulent documents, etc.
This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA.
Eduardo Berdejo has a Journalism degree from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Peru). He has been a member of the ACI Prensa team since 2001. He has covered Pope Francis’ visits to Cuba, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru. He also holds a diploma in Comparative Literature from the University of Piura (Peru) and has completed the Comprehensive Course on Style Correction at the Lima Publishing School (Peru).