"The situation underscores the urgent need for the immediate collective involvement of governments from origin, transit and destination countries to provide humanitarian assistance, especially to vulnerable groups like women and children," said Michele Klein Solomon, IOM Regional Director for Central America, North America and the Caribbean. Perilous journeys IOM cited statistics that reveal the magnitude of the problem, noting that Panama's National Migration Service reported a record number of migrants crossing the perilous Darién jungle from Colombia this year.

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