A Foreign Ministry statement on the meeting, which will continue behind closed doors tomorrow, said deputy foreign ministers, migration directors and representatives of observer organizations are taking part in the deliberations.
According to the report, visitors to Darién received details on the attention given to thousands of migrants in mobility and the measures taken to meet these flows with a humanitarian approach, especially towards vulnerable groups such as minors.
For the Isthmus’s deputy foreign minister, Marta Elida Gordón, it is important that members of the 1996founded MCA and international observers experience firsthand some of the raw migratory reality of those crossing the PanamaColombia border irregularly and risking their lives. .
“It is an awareness that will help us to have more references to make appropriate choices in the face of a phenomenon that affects us all and that we must face together,” he said.
Tomorrow, delegates from Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, the United States and Canada will hold a private meeting at State Department headquarters.
The official statement said they hope to share best practices in dealing with extraregional irregular migration and in fighting migrant smuggling and human trafficking based on the principle of shared responsibility.
Last week, after touring Darién where it oversaw interim measures imposed in 2020, the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights in Panama expressed concern, although it noted some progress on health, nutrition and protection.
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