US deports to Panama nearly 120 migrants of different nationalities
Source: Reuters
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - The United States deported 119 people of different nationalities to Panama as part of an agreement between the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and the Central American nation, Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday.
The first flight from the U.S., carrying people from Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Vietnam, arrived on Wednesday, and two more will land soon, Mulino said at a press conference. In total the U.S. will send Panama 360 people on the three flights.
Before being returned to their respective countries, the deportees will be transferred to a shelter near the Darien - the jungle separating Central America from South America which countless migrants traverse in a bid to reach the U.S.
"Through a cooperation program with the U.S. government ... yesterday (Wednesday) a U.S. Air Force flight arrived with 119 people of the most diverse nationalities in the world," Mulino said.
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