14,000 U.S.-bound migrants have returned south since Trump's border changes, UN says

14,000 U.S.-bound migrants have returned south since Trump’s border changes, UN says Nation Aug 29, 2025 11:46 AM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than 14,000 mainly Venezuelan migrants who hoped to reach the United States have reversed course and turned south since U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown began, according to a report published Friday by the governments of Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.

The phenomenon, known as “reverse flow” migration, is largely made up of Venezuelan migrants who fled their country’s long-running economic, social and political crises only to encounter U.S. immigration policy no longer open to asylum-seekers.

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