Trilateral plan to curb migration through Darien Gap announced.

The US Department of Homeland Security has announced a 60-day campaign to "end the illicit movement of people and goods through the Darien by both land and maritime corridors" between Panama and Colombia, which is popular with US-bound migrants and asylum seekers. However, rights groups and observers have raised questions about how the plan will function in practice, with some calling it the "externalization of the US border". Nearly 250,000 migrants and refugees crossed through the Darien Gap last year, and the Biden administration is under pressure to address an increase in arrivals at the US-Mexico border.