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CNN 5 Things

One Thing: 66 Miles Through the Darién Gap

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The Biden administration is expecting an influx of asylum-seekers to arrive at the US-Mexico border next month once Title 42 is lifted. But even before they arrive in Mexico, some migrants must journey through the Darién Gap, a perilous stretch of jungle connecting Central and South America. In today’s episode, we hear from a CNN reporter who made that trek alongside a group of everyday people who were willing to risk treacherous terrain, extortion and violence to get one step closer to America.  Guest: Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Chief International Security Correspondent To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.0

This is what the waiting room at immigration is looking like right now in the gates of America.

0:39.0

Thousands of people waiting to be processed.

0:42.0

When you think about the immigration issue at the US-Mexico border,

0:46.2

what comes to mind?

0:47.6

Probably border fences, the Rio Grande, processing facilities?

0:52.3

Plenty of politics and policies too.

0:55.0

We now have a record number of personnel working to secure the border.

1:00.0

In fact, you're going to be hearing a lot about this in the next few weeks.

1:03.0

The Biden administration is expecting an influx of asylum seekers once that pandemic or a public health policy known as title 42 officially ends next month. But what happens before these people, men,

1:16.4

women, and children, reach the border? What is that journey actually like. What's startling is the sheer number of children on this trek as it begins on a route sometimes adults don't even survive.

1:37.0

My guess this week is CNN Chief International Security

1:40.2

correspondent Nick Payton Walsh. He and his team recently experienced part of that journey. A grueling, dangerous five-day hike through the jungles of Columbia and Panama. We're going to talk about the people he met along the way

1:54.6

and why they risked everything

1:56.5

just to get one step closer to America.

2:00.3

From CNN, this is one thing. I'm David Ryan.

2:04.0

So, Nick, you've been looking into the journey,

2:11.0

migrants take well before they even get to the border

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