Trapped in the Darien Gap

In 2023, of the 520,085 people who moved through the region, Nepalis counted for 2,252.

The Darien Gap is a stretch of densely forested jungle across northern Colombia and southern Panama. Roughly 60 miles (97 kilometres) across, the terrain is muddy, wet and unstable. No paved roads exist in the Darien Gap. Yet despite this, it has become a major route for global human migration.