Migrants still arriving in Panama; remains recovered

More than 800 migrants, mostly Haitian, joined other 300 migrants already waiting in a migrant camp following a boat ride in the Chucunaque River that carried them out of the jungle.Many boarded government buses that would drive them across Panama to a camp near the border with Costa Rica.

A day earlier, in an isolated cemetery in Panama's Darien province, white-suited workers laid to rest 15 sets of remains from migrants who died crossing the most treacherous segment of their journey toward the United States.In Panama, much of the identification work falls to Pachar's staff at the morgue in Panama City. If possible, they fingerprint the victims, create dental records, and try to determine a cause of death.

All of that information is entered into a database. In recent years, 20 to 30 bodies on average have been recovered annually, but this year Panamanian authorities say more than 90,000 migrants have crossed the Darien Gap from Colombia.