Nicaragua has become a hot spot for migrants from around the world seeking to avoid a brutal trek through the Darien Gap jungle. He said that for Nicaragua, the new air route is an "opportunity to worsen the migration crisis to the United States and, in the process, make money." From the capital, Managua, migrants travel to Honduras and Guatemala, then to Mexico to the southern border with the United States, paying thousands of dollars to smugglers. Most of them "are destined for Nicaragua" a spokesperson for El Salvador's immigration authority told AFP. Colombia says that the majority of passengers arriving from Turkey are Africans in transit to San Salvador and then to Nicaragua.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 30, 2023 04:41 UTC