Chinese people were the fourth-highest nationality, after Venezuelans, Ecuadorians and Haitians, crossing the Darien Gap during the first nine months of this year, according to Panamanian immigration authorities.
Deng Guangsen winces as he talks about his journey from his homeland China to crossing the United States border with Mexico, as he sits in a transit center after being dropped off by Border Patrol agents Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, …SAN DIEGO — The young Chinese man looked lost and exhausted when Border Patrol agents left him at a transit station.
They also reflect a broader presence of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border - Asians, South Americans and Africans - who made September the second-highest month of illegal crossings and the U.S. government’s 2023 budget year the second-highest on record. “This wave of emigration reflects despair toward China,” Cai Xia, editor-in-chief of the online commentary site of Yibao and a former professor at the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing.
The monthly number of Chinese migrants crossing the Darién has been rising gradually, from 913 in January to 2,588 in September. For the first nine months of this year, Panamanian immigration authorities registered 15,567 Chinese citizens crossing the Darién. By comparison, 2,005 Chinese people trekked through the rainforest in 2022, and just 376 in total from 2010 to 2021.
With more financial resources, Xi Yan, 46, and her daughter Song Siming, 24, didn’t trek the Ecuador-Mexico route, but instead flew into Mexico via Europe. With help from a local guide, the two women crossed the border at Mexicali into the U.S. in April. Migrants hoping to enter the U.S. at San Diego wait for agents to pick them up in an area between two border walls or in remote mountains east of the city covered with shrubs and large boulders.
In September, 98% of U.S. border arrests of Chinese people occurred in the San Diego area. At the transit stop, migrants charge phones, snack, browse piles of free clothing and get travel advice.
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