Panama, Costa Rica and Migrants

Panama and Costa Rica turning into a ‘black hole’ for migrants and deportees from US, observers warn
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.
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 Will Take Central Asian and Indian Migrants Deported by U.S.
Costa Rica is the second Central American nation to accept migrants from distant countries as the Trump administration ramps up deportation flights.
Facing pressure from Trump, Costa Rica and Honduras join Panama as stopovers for foreign deportees
A group of families and children hailing from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and more climbed down the stairs of an airplane in Costa Rica's capital on Thursday, the first flight of deportees from other nations Costa Rica agreed to hold in detention facilities for the Trump administration while it organized
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Costa Rica joins Panama in detaining deportees from the US in stopover back to their countries
Upon arrival, the migrants will be bused from Costa Rica’s capital to a rural holding facility near the Panama border, ...
Panama and Costa Rica face growing flow of migrants heading back south
Panama and Costa Rica are among a number of Latin American nations that have agreed to cooperate with U.S. President Donald Trump as he ramps up his deportation machine and restricts access to asylum ...
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Panama, Costa Rica turning into ‘black hole’ for migrants, deportees from US, observers warn
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 ...
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Panama and Costa Rica turning into a ' black hole' for migrants, deportees from US, observers warn
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 ...