from the eastern darien in panama, reporting with bruno federico, i'm nadja drost for the pbs newshouroodruff: incredible. nick schifrin recently spoke with nadja, to update the situation for the people you have met in these stories, and tehow the pandemic has aff their journeys.ep >>ter: nadja, incredible reporting. you were there about a year ago. what's changed along these routes, especially with covid? >> so the, the coronavirus has basically completely stalled this route, nick, so as we know, planes have been grounded and migrants can no longer arrive from asia or africa to south america to make their way northwards. t for the thousands of migrants alum seekers who were already en route to the u.s. when the coronavirus hit, jthey-- therney has effectively been stalled. they are no longer able to continue on their ro costa rica and the rest of central america. esspoke with a local who l near that camp. there's abt 2,000 migrants stranded at that cwhp since marc latin american countries started shutting their borders. there have been coronavirus outbreaks in, in the migrant camp. >>

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pandemic, and with the support of the pulitzer center, correspondent nadja drost and videographer bruno federicoput themselves at great risk to bring us stories of people risking everything, to make their ways north toward the u.s. and a warning: the images and accounts in this report may disturb some viewers. >>epter: where south america meets central america, lies one it's road-less, lawless, andes. almost entirely uninhabited. its name: the darien gap. underneath the soaring jungle sknopy, migrants from around the arld rieath crossing the jungle, inesperate bid to reach the u.s. and canada. they have no map, and no instructions on how to make it through one of the w most dangerous migration routes. >> ( translated ): i would likes d send a mge to anyone who is thinking ng this route, it's very dangerous. if i knew this, i wouldn't have done it. >> reporter: many migrants spend a week or even two othis trail before they reach a village, and safety. but these journeys started long before. migrants, from asia, the middle east and africa flew into ecuador or brazil, where vis requirements are som