
Panama and Costa Rica turning into a ‘black hole’ for migrants and deportees from U.S., observers warn
LA TimesVenezuelan migrant Naomi Diaz sits on a boat departing from Panama’s Caribbean coastal village of Miramar to the border with Colombia on Thursday. “We’re a reflection of current United States immigration policy,” said Harold Villegas-Román, a political science professor and refugee expert at the University of Costa Rica. ‘Black hole for deported migrants’ Costa Rica and Panama have so far denied press access to facilities where they are holding migrants. “Panama cannot end up becoming a black hole for deported migrants,” said Juan Pappier, deputy director of Human Rights Watch in the Americas. “Migrants have the right to communicate with their families, to seek lawyers and Panama must guarantee transparency about the situation in which they find themselves.” Costa Rica has faced similar criticisms from the country’s independent human rights entity, which has raised alarm over “failures” by authorities to guarantee proper conditions for deportees arriving.
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Panama releases dozens of detained deportees from US into limbo following human rights criticism
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Panama releases dozens of detained deportees from U.S. into limbo following human rights criticism
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Panama to allow 112 migrants deported from the US to move about freely in the country
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Panama offers temporary reprieve for 112 migrants deported by US
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Why have Costa Rica and Panama agreed to take Asians deported by Trump?
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Panamá y Costa Rica, un “agujero negro” para migrantes y deportados de EEUU, advierten observadores
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Panama and Costa Rica turning into a ‘black hole’ for migrants and deportees from US, observers warn
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The US lines up Latin American cooperation for migrant deportations
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The US lines up Latin American cooperation for migrant deportations
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Panama migrants: Lawyers say asylum seekers were deported from US, locked in hotel and held at remote camp
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Panama migrants: Lawyers say asylum seekers were deported from US, locked in hotel and held at remote camp
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Costa Rica joins Panama in detaining deportees from the US in stopover back to their countries
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Will arrange for return once citizenship verified: MEA on Indians held in Panama
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Indians among 300 US migrants held in Panama hotel: 'Help, we are not...'
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Facing pressure from Trump, Costa Rica, Honduras join Panama as stopovers for foreign deportees
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‘What is going on?’: Congress on Indian deportees moved to Panama from US
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Group of mostly Asian migrants deported from US arrive in Costa Rica
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Facing pressure from Trump, Costa Rica and Honduras join Panama as stopovers for foreign deportees
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Costa Rica becomes a stopover for US deportees, minors and families, sparking human rights concerns
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Facing pressure from Trump, Costa Rica and Honduras join Panama as stopovers for foreign deportees
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Over 50 Indians among 299 migrants deported from US to Panama
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‘Indians safe and secure’: Embassy in Panama says has ‘consular access’ to citizens deported by US
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‘Indians safe and secure’: Embassy in Panama says has ‘consular access’ to citizens deported by US
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‘They are safe, secure’: India reacts as US deportees flash ‘help us’ message from Panama hotel window
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Indian deportees from U.S. arrive in Panama
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Panama sends 97 U.S. deportees to migrant camp after they refused to be repatriated
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Indian deportees from US arrive in Panama as embassy team gets consular access
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Nearly 300 deportees from US held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries
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Indians among 300 deportees from US pleading for help from Panama hotel window; ‘We are not…’
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Panama denies depriving 'freedom' to migrants deported by U.S.
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Nearly 300 deportees from US held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries
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Nearly 300 deportees from U.S. held in Panama hotel as officials try to return them to their countries
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Panama holds nearly 300 US deportees from India, other nations as officials work on their return
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Why Costa Rica has agreed to take Indian deportees from US
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Why Costa Rica has agreed to take Indian deportees from US
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Trump migrant crackdown: After Panama, Costa Rica offers ‘bridge’ for Indians deported by US
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Costa Rica says will accept Indians, Central Asians deported by US
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Costa Rica says will take Indian, Central Asian migrants deported by Trump administration
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Costa Rica says will take Indian, Central Asian migrants deported by Trump administration
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Costa Rica to receive Indian migrants deported from US under new agreement
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US deports 119 migrants from a variety of nations to Panama
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Rubio says El Salvador offers to accept deportees from US of any nationality, including Americans
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As Trump threatens mass deportations, Central America braces for influx of vulnerable migrants
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Panama deports 130 Indian 'irregular' migrants under US-backed repatriation deal
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Panama deports 29 Colombians on first US-funded flight
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Panama deports 29 Colombian migrants from Darien Gap under US deal
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Panama and Colombia fail to protect migrants on Darien jungle route, Human Rights Watch says
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Panama and Colombia fail to protect migrants on Darien jungle route, Human Rights Watch says
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Panama and Colombia fail to protect migrants on Darien jungle route, Human Rights Watch says
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