The reversal has been stark. Last year alone, more than 302,200 people attempted to travel northwards from South America, according to the United Nations.
However, as President Donald Trump makes asylum all but impossible to obtain in the US, migration northwards has slowed to a trickle.
The Darien Gap — a sliver of untamed forest and steep terrain — used to be the main artery connecting South America to the north. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people would struggle to cross the…
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