A group of canoes departed Bajo Chiquito on June 13 for the ERMs. Migrants celebrate leaving the village and, above all, leaving the Darién Gap behind. However, many are unaware that their stay in the reception centers in Panama could be quite long. And once they leave Panama, there are more than 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) to go—through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico—before reaching the United States, the final destination for most of these people forced from home.

Salida de piraguas el pasado domingo. Los migrantes celebran abandonar Bajo Chiquito y sobre todo, dejar atrás el Darién. Aun así, muchos desconocen que en algunos casos las estancias en las Estaciones de Recepción de Migratoria a las que se dirigen se pueden alargar en el tiempo dependiendo de diversos factores.