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These tragic deaths underscore that draconian policies are not a deterrent. When people are fleeing for their lives they’re willing to take risks of an uncertain death rather than stay trapped in a burning house where death is certain,
Bookey saidColombian and Panamanian authorities can and should do more to ensure the rights of migrants and asylum seekers crossing their countries as well as of local communities that have experienced years of neglect,
Juanita Goebertus, the group’s Americas director, said at the time
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10 migrants drown crossing Panama's Darien Gap
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