Panama, migrants and Costa Rica
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Panama and Costa Rica turning into a ‘ black hole’ for migrants, deportees from US, observers warn
Why have Costa Rica and Panama agreed to take Asians deported by Trump?
Trump’s tariff threats and political pressures are believed to be reasons third countries agreed to receive deportees.
Migrants expelled from U.S. to Costa Rica, Panama in a legal 'black hole'
Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants' passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as they wrestle with the logistics of a suddenly reversed migration flow.
Costa Rica and Panama have agreed to serve as “bridge” countries holding the migrants. At least three flights have arrived in Panama so far, and one flight landed in Costa Rica on Thursday.
While Costa Rica joins Panama in holding deportees of mostly Asian origin until their repatriation can be arranged or they can seek protection somewhere, Honduras on Thursday also facilitated a ...
While traveling through Central America and the Caribbean earlier this month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio received assurances from several governments, including Panama’s and Costa Rica’s ...
The flight from San Diego landed in San José, the Costa Rican capital, on Thursday evening. The group of migrants on board included dozens of children, officials said.
Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants’ passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as they wrestle with the logistics of a suddenly reversed migration flow.
Venezuelan migrant Naomi Diaz sits on a boat departing from Panama's Caribbean coastal village of Miramar to the border with Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. Migrants are returning from southern ...
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