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US Deportations: The offer from Costa Rica comes after Panama and Guatemala also said that they will collaborate with the US to repatriate deported migrants.
US Deportations: US plane carrying deportees (Image: PTI)
Costa Rica announced that it will receive illegal immigrants from Central Asia and India deported from the US following President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration. The office of Costa Rican president said that the first flight with 200 people from Central Asia and India is expected on Wednesday in the country.
The offer from Costa Rica comes after Panama and Guatemala also said that they will collaborate with the US to repatriate deported migrants.
What Costa Rica said on taking US deportees
“The Government of Costa Rica agreed to collaborate with the United States in the repatriation of 200 illegal immigrants to their country,” the statement read.
“These are people originating from… Central Asia and India,” it added.
The first set of deportees will arrive in Costa Rica on a commercial flight after which they will be transported to a Temporary Migrant Care Center near the border with Panama, the statement said.
“The process will be completely financed by the US government under the supervision of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),” it read.
Guatemala and Panama taking US deportees after Marco Rubio visit
Earlier, Guatemala and Panama agreed to a similar arrangement following US secretary of state Marco Rubio’s recent visit to Latin America. Panama received the first batch of 119 migrants last week from China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere, as per officials. None have arrived yet in Guatemala.
A third US aircraft carrying 112 illegal Indian immigrants landed at Amritsar International Airport on Sunday- the latest batch of deportations as part of the US administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
