Both leaders will hold a private meeting before a binational encounter of their respective cabinets in the town of Lajas Blancas, where a Migration Reception Station and the eastern brigade of the National Border Service (Senafront) are located. Afterwards, they will move to the border territory with Colombia, where they will fly over the points through which thousands of travelers enter Panama daily from South America.

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Security of both countries met at the beginning of last September, where they agreed to adopt measures against the growing wave of migration on route to North America, affecting the two countries.

The parties have shared their genuine concern about the challenges posed by this migration, and with it, the increase in organized crime and human trafficking.

The dangers of irregular migration and the presence of a significant number of minors in the migratory flow are issues that Panama has repeatedly made visible, due to the risks to which thousands of people are subjected in their transit through the Darién National Park.

Both leaders are committed to guaranteeing controlled and safe migration, but they require international support, and demand shared responsibility between the sending, transit and destination nations.

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