Posted on 02/20/2025 8:22:15 AM PST by 11th_VA
PANAMA CITY — Panama transferred about one-third of the deportees from various nations it had received from the United States to a camp in its Darien province Wednesday, an area that became the main thoroughfare for migrants traveling from South America to the U.S. border in recent years, security officials said late Wednesday.
The migrants sent to Darien had refused to voluntarily be repatriated to their countries and will be held there until third countries can be found to take them, said a Panamanian official familiar with the situation who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
They were part of a larger group of 299 migrants to Panama by the U.S. government as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump tries to accelerate deportations.
Panama's Security Ministry said in a statement later Wednesday that 97 migrants had been sent to the camp in Darien province and eight more would be sent there in the coming hours. It said 13 migrants had already been voluntarily returned to their countries.
The others remained under police guard in a Panama City hotel awaiting travel arrangements to their countries. The Panamanian government has denied that they are detained, but they are under police guard and not allowed to leave the hotel...
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too bad- so sad
Some sort of virulent jungle disease will thin the 97
“refuse to be repatriated”? How does that work?
They enjoyed the climate, taxes and easy living. They don’t want to go back to the Big City.
Good. Getting booted out of the United States is not their option.
“refuse to be repatriated”? How does that work?,”
Notice how npr is deliberately vague as to what “Asian countries” they are from?
I’m guessing Chinese that don’t want to go back....and if that’s the case I really don’t blame ‘em.
But as they say in the bars at closing time....”you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here”.
Antarctica is nice this time of year.
“a camp in its Darien province...”
Something tells me it’s not gonna be 5 star accommodations.
So is Somalia
Those migrants passed a lot of countries on the way to America. Those countries helped them along. They sound very friendly. Those migrants should consider parking in one of them on their way out.
You have to love irony...illegals who might have crossed the Darién Gap to get to the USA in the first place are being sent to Darién Province.
The Darién Gap is a 100 mile stretch between Panama and Colombia. It is a largely roadless stretch of rugged, swampy, dense rainforest, rivers, mountains and jungle.
I hear Atlantis is nice any time of the year.
It is almost autumn there.
The mojados would appreciate the trees changing to their Fall colors.
Didn’t El Salvador say they would take them? They have a fine prison there.Once once there -there is no way out. Maybe they can place them in segregated areas.
Atlantis really is nice all year 'round.
But why do you hate the Reno Casino?
I like the one that requires a boat to get to.
FIND OUT WHAT SOC SEC NUMBERS THEY HAVE BEEN USING
Panama borders two oceans, and has plenty of boats.
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