Safi did keep moving. The former Afghan government employee fled his country after the Taliban swept to power, made it through the Amazon jungle and arrived at the U.S. southern border in 2022.

Panama's government has released dozens of migrants who were deported from the United States and held for weeks in a remote detention camp ...

such as Afghanistan. The security ministry statement said 97 migrants had been transferred to the shelter in the Darien region, which includes dense and lawless jungle separating Central America ...