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As a record-breaking 148,000 people have crossed the perilous Darien jungle in early 2023, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is increasing efforts to provide humanitarian assistance, protection, and information to people in transit, and supporting remote indigenous host communities, by scaling its presence at the borders with Colombia and Costa Rica, and in Panama City. IOM

According to UNICEF, since the beginning of this year, the number of migrant children crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama on foot has hit an all-time high. UNICEF

In response to the growing number of people crossing the dangerous Darien Gap, IOM and partners are stepping up the response in Panama, providing temporary shelters at government-run reception centres, as well as mattresses, blankets, solar lamps and hygiene kits, among other material assistance for both people on the move and local communities. IOM

In Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, governments are looking at ways to halt migration and encourage young people to stay in their home countries, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). In El Salvador, a rural development programme is having positive results, encouraging young people to take up careers in agriculture. IFAD

At the end of a week-long visit to three Latin American countries, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi applauded the region for its solidarity and commitment to protect refugees, asylum seekers and others displaced. UNHCR

Secretary-General António Guterres visited a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) art installation that calls attention to the COVID-19 education emergency and raises awareness about the need for governments to keep schools open. UNIFEED

The relentless rise of hunger, struggling economies, deepening inequality and an active hurricane season are threatening the people of Latin America and the Caribbean and may have far-reaching consequences unless swift action is taken, warns the United Nations World Food Programme. WFP

Global deliveries of critical equipment to tackle COVID-19 pandemic will grind to a halt unless urgent funding is made available to maintain air fleet, UN World Food Program (WFP) warned on Friday. UNTV CH

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working across the globe to help fight the spread of the virus and assist refugee and internally displaced populations and their host communities. UNHCR

A silent hunger pandemic is poised to sweep across the world, according to the World Food Programme (WFP), with analysis showing that almost a quarter of a billion people could be pushed into severe hunger in 2020 by the fallout from COVID-19. WFP