Chinese migrant crossings through Darien Gap plunge after crackdown

Visa waiver suspension by Ecuador squeezes traffic on passageway to U.S.

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Migrants cross a river in the Darien Gap, a dense jungle along the border between Colombia and Panama and the only land-based route for migrants heading from South America to the U.S. © AP

TOMOHIRO ICHIHARA, Nikkei staff writer

PANAMA CITY -- The number of Chinese migrants crossing the Darien Gap, the sole land bridge for those heading from South America to the U.S., has fallen sharply amid a crackdown by some Latin American countries on illegal migration, new data shows.

Just 124 Chinese made the journey in September, only about a tenth as many as in June, according to Panama's immigration authority.

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