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.
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.
Facing pressure from Trump, Costa Rica and Honduras join Panama as stopovers for foreign deportees
Costa Rica joins a growing list of Latin American nations to serve as a stopover for migrants as Trump 's administration pushes for more deportations.
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 in the U.
On a U.S. deportation flight of 135 mostly Asian migrants to Costa Rica, half will be minors
A flight carrying primarily Asian undocumented migrants, 65 of whom are minors, is expected to land in San Jose, Costa Rica on Thursday afternoon.
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.
Group of mostly Asian migrants deported from US arrive in Costa Rica
The migrants were flown from San Diego to San Jose, from where they were sent by bus to a migrant shelter near the border with Panama.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel2h
Trump crackdown leaves Panama facing chaotic reverse migration wave
Boatloads of migrants have returned to South America this week from a new departure point in Panama -- part of an increasing ...
The Washington Post7d
Trump deports hundreds to third countries, leaving them in legal limbo
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 ...
The Independent7d
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, where they will wait up to 30 days to be flown back to their countries of ...
Costa Rica Receives First Flight of Trump Deportees From Faraway Countries
The flight from San Diego landed in San José, the Costa Rican capital, on Thursday evening. The group of migrants on board ...
The U.S. lining up Latin American cooperation for migrant deportations
Venezuelan migrants handed over to Mexico like it’s a U.S. immigration detention facility. Families from Central Asia flown ...
New flight to connect San Diego and Panama
San Diego will soon be connected to Panama City, Panama with direct flights from Copa Airlines, starting June 25.