More than 100 asylum seekers from around the world sent to Panama from the United States have no sense how long they will be held or where they might eventually be sent.

FILE PHOTO: People look out from a hotel where migrants from Asia and the Middle East are housed after being deported to Panama as part of an agreement between the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and the Central American nation, in Panama City, Panama February 18, 2025. REUTERS/Enea Lebrun/File Photo

Costa Rican authorities have raised concerns about inadequate medical evaluations and the conditions of U.S. deportees held in detention facilities near the Panamanian border

Panama and Costa Rica are among a number of Latin American nations that have agreed to cooperate with U.S. President Donald Trump as he ramps up his deportation machine and restricts access to asylum in the U.

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.