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Necocli, Colombia, Sep 29 (EFE).- Stuck for a month waiting on the Colombian-Panama border spending the money they still have to get to the United States or turning around and returning to where they started, to countries where their future is not assured. That is the decision facing Haitian migrants in Necocli, Colombia."Here things are very difficult. Nobody is helping us," they say."The Colombians are asking for a lot of money from us," and "They're making money off of us" are other comments from the migrants. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ).B-ROLL OF HAITIAN MIGRANTS CROSSING RIVER IN NECOCLI, COLOMBIA.
Necocli, Sep 26 (EFE).- Numerous migrants, most of them Haitians, wait for space on the boats that cross to the other side of the Gulf of Uraba, the end of Colombia, where some 17,000 people wait to continue their way to North America. Only 500 people can board a day on the boats that leave them in Acandi to begin their journey through the Darien Gap, which separates Colombia from Panama. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: MIGRANTS, MOST OF THEM HAITIANS, PLAY SOCCER CAMP IN NECOCLI, COLOMBIA.
Tulcán (Ecuador), Apr 17 (EFE).- (Camera: Xavier Montalvo) Every morning, Valentina Arellano has a small breakfast and leaves home at 6:00 am, accompanied by her mother, to cross one of the "trails" on the Carchi river, the natural border between Ecuador and Colombia.She is nine years old and has Colombian nationality, but lives on the Ecuadorian side of the border, in a humble house located next to an old neoclassical-style headquarters of the Customs Police, now in disuse.The pandemic has kept the binational border closed for more than a year, which has not prevented the minor from being brave enough to cross the gorge that separates the two countries and accomplish her dream of having an education.FOOTAGE OF VALENTINA CROSSING.
Bajo Chiquito (Panama), Feb 12 (EFE) (Camera: Carlos Lemos).- "We come from Brazil and Chile. We are looking for a good life.", said Evans Paul Pierre, a 33 year-old Haitian who, along with dozens of fellow citizens, arrived in Panama through the Darien jungle, the dangerous route they use to try and reach North America.Evans' destination is Mexico. He travels with his 6 year-old son, who lost his mother. She died of Covid-19 back in Chile, the young mechanic, who left his country last January, explained with his limited Spanish.FOOTAGE OF PEOPLE CROSSING THE JUNGLE AND A RIVER IN BAJO CHIQUITO, PANAMA.
Central American migrants board buses and trucks in the central Mexican town of Ixtlan del Rio on their way to Sinaloa as they continue their trek through Mexico in hopes of reaching the US, where military personnel have started installing cement barriers and barbed-wire fencing. IMAGES
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