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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 while denying access to legal services.
The United States is sending hundreds of deportees back to both countries as part of its accelerated deportation efforts.
Juan Pappier, of Human Rights Watch, warned that Panama must not become a black hole for deported migrants and emphasized the need for support such as housing and medical assistance.
Some migrants do not wish to stay in Panama, expressing concerns about confusion during their deportation process.

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Al Jazeera

Why have Costa Rica and Panama agreed to take immigrants deported by Trump?

Trump’s tariff threats and political pressures are believed to be reasons third countries agreed to receive deportees.

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Los Angeles Times

Panama and Costa Rica, a 'black hole' for U.S. migrants and deportees, warn observers

The authorities of Costa Rica and Panama confiscate the migrants' passports and mobile phones, deny them access to legal aid and transfer them between remote posts while dealing with the logistics of a migratory flow that suddenly circulates the other way around.

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Panama and Costa Rica turning into a 'black hole' for migrants and deportees from U.S., observers warn

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Misión Verdad

Erik Prince, the commodification of migration and "Already Almost Venezuela"

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World ABC News

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. In its first month, the Trump administration ordered the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay for as many as 30,000 migrants, though so far only a sm…

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