Asians, Africans or Russians to Panama and Costa Rica: Trump’s deportation machinery to Latin America

An old pencil factory turned into a center of attention for migrants in southern Costa Rica, very close to the border with Panama, was the unexpected fate of some 200 deportees from the United States in mid-February. These people, including dozens of minors, had originally migrated from countries as varied as China, Iran, Vietnam, Ethiopia or Uzbekistan. They all planned to apply for asylum in the United States. But Donald Trump’s government sto…

An old pencil factory turned into a center of attention for migrants in southern Costa Rica, very close to the border with Panama, was the unexpected fate of some 200 deportees from the United States in mid-February. These people, including dozens of minors, had originally migrated from countries as varied as China, Iran, Vietnam, Ethiopia or Uzbekistan. They all planned to apply for asylum in the United States. But Donald Trump’s government sto…

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