Father Gustavo Meneses, in charge of the Mesoamerican and Caribbean Socio-Pastoral Observatory of Human Mobility (known as OSMECA in Spanish), told Crux that around 500,000 immigrants crossed the Darien Gap in 2023.
January 21, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: “We recognize and respect the legitimate right to sovereignty of the countries involved in the transit of these migrants,” the Episcopal Secretariat for Central America (SEDAC) said in its Spanish-language statement. “In the name of political charity promoted by Pope Francis, we ask that their human rights not be violated and that there be a deeply humanitarian attitude toward them regardless of their migratory status.”
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