Panama, Costa Rica and Migrants

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, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as they wrestle with the logistics of a suddenly reversed migration flow.
Migrants in limbo in Panama jungle camp after being deported from US
By Sarah Kinosian PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Lawyers for migrants from around the world who were deported from the United States and moved to a remote jungle camp in Panama in recent weeks say they have been unable to communicate with their clients since they arrived there.
Migrants expelled from U.S. to Costa Rica, Panama in a legal 'black hole'
Panama President Jose Raul Mulino, asked about the lack of access to legal services on Thursday, questioned the idea that migrants would even have lawyers. "Panama cannot end up becoming a black ...
Migrants in Panama Deported From US Moved to Darien Jungle Region
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - A group of nearly 100 migrants deported from the U.S. to Panama last week has been moved from a hotel in the capital to the Darien jungle region in the south of the country, Panama's government said on Wednesday.
Panama and Costa Rica face growing flow of migrants heading back south
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.
Lawsuit Against Panama Challenges Detention of Trump Deportees
A group of lawyers accused Panama of violating the rights of people deported from the United States under the Trump ...
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‘We are in danger’: Migrants deported from US were locked in hotel and held at remote camp in Panama, lawyers say
For days, they say they were locked inside a hotel in Panama, surrounded by tight security with limited contact with the ...
Panama to formalize long-used migrant smuggling boat route to handle 'reverse flow' south
The decision comes as a growing number of migrants give up on seeking asylum in the U.S., often after crossing the perilous ...
Migrants, Deported to Panama Under Trump Plan, Detained in Remote Jungle Camp
The group of unauthorized migrants, which includes children, were bused to the camp late Tuesday night. “It looks like a zoo, ...
They crossed the Darien Gap to reach the US. Now, boat-by-boat, migrants are returning
They once braved the jungles of the Darien Gap, trekking days along the perilous migrant passage dividing Colombia and Panama ...
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Panama and Costa Rica turning into a ' black hole' for migrants, deportees from US, observers warn
Venezuelan migrant Naomi Diaz sits on a boat departing from Panama's Caribbean coastal village of Miramar to the border with Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. Migrants are returning from ...
Trump crackdown leaves Panama facing chaotic reverse migration wave
Boatloads of migrants have returned to South America this week from a new departure point in Panama -- part of an increasing ...
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Panama is in the middle of a complicated migrant crisis
In the past, hundreds of thousands of migrants crossed Panama to make it to the U.S. But now, as Trump has taken office, thousands are headed back, and some are getting stranded in the country.