The effects of climate change violence, political instability and economic in Latin American and the Caribbean are forcing millions of people to migrate, reports Marina Franco in a new Axios article.
Ecuador has for at least two decades drawn migrants from nearby countries, Franco notes. “Now people are leaving Ecuador as a rise in gang violence has made living in major cities like Guayaquil untenable for many.” Natural disasters “have also forced more Guatemalans, Panamanians, Dominicans and Hondurans to leave home.”
The story is part of a series in Axios Latino focused on immigration to the United States.
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