Costa Rica grants 3-month permits to some US-deported migrants

US/Panama: Mass Expulsion of Third-Country Nationals

Asylum seekers embrace upon arriving in Panama City, Panama on March 8, 2025. They had just been released from an immigration reception station in the Darién region of Panama after being expelled from the US.  © 2025 AP Photo/Matias Delacroix The United States carried out mass expulsions of 299 third-country nationals to Panama, subjecting them to harsh detention conditions and mistreatment, while also denying due process and the right to seek …

Costa Rica grants special status to 85 migrants deported from the US

(Reuters) - Costa Rica granted 85 migrants, who were deported in February by the Trump administration, a special status that will allow them to freely move within the country, the country's immigration director, Omar Badilla, said on Wednesday.

The government of Rodrigo Chaves failed in its plan to voluntarily repatriate all migrants deported by the administration of President Donald Trump. Of the 200 foreigners who arrived in Costa Rica from the United States, 85 remain in detention at the Temporary Care Center for Migrants (Catem), located in Paso Canoas, near the border with Panama. The General Directorate of Migration and Aliens (DGME) acknowledged that a “significant amount” of th…

Costa Rica grants 3-month permits to some US-deported migrants

Costa Rica will let some U.S.-deported migrants stay for 3 months after a lawsuit alleged rights violations of children held in a remote detention camp.

By Emiliano Rodríguez MegaThe country is taking steps to “protect” dozens of migrants from distant nations who were deported from the United States and until recently were detained indefinitely. Costa Rican authorities said this week that they would make it possible for dozens of migrants deported from the United States to stay legally in the country, or to leave if they so decided.

Ortega on international denunciation: A shame for a country that has been characterized by defending human rights San José, 23 Apr (elmundo.cr) – Frente Amplio’s deputy, Antonio Ortega, reacted harshly to the international complaint against Costa Rica for alleged violations of the human rights of migrant children deported from the United States. The complaint was presented to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, the body that…