A deportation journey to leave the United States on Thursday, carrying 135 Asian immigrants, is expected to land in Costa Rica in the afternoon. Almost half of the migrants will be children.
Immigrants, heading from San Diego to San Jose, from China, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan, are among other countries. Omar Badla, Deputy Minister of Interior and Police in Costa Rica, Deputy Minister of Interior and Police in Costa Rica, said on Wednesday, sixty -five palace and at least two women among the two departments, Omer Badla, Deputy Minister of Interior and Police in Costa Rica, on Wednesday.
Some migrant mother countries have not easily accepted to return them home. Meanwhile, the US government said Costa Rica as a “bridge” for them.
The deportation journey is the latest to Central America, like some 300 people Also from most Asian countries – they are held at the Panama Hotel.
Badla said that Costa Rica agreed to accept migrants “because of our history and our habit as a protector of human rights”, and that the agreement with the Trump administration does not depend on any special conditions.
“We have responded to the request of the United States government and raised our hands to help them,” said Badla.
Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chavez said at a press conference on Wednesday that the country is helping its “economist’s strong brother from the north.”
“If they impose a tax in our free areas, it will spoil us,” Chavez said. “I don’t think they will do it, thank God … Love is paid with love … 200 will come, and we treat them well and they will leave.”
The White House did not immediately respond to the NBC News request for comment.
Badla said that the trip to Costa Rica also transported immigrants from Tajikistan, Vietnam, Georgia and Azerbaijan. He said that none of the immigrants have criminal records, but they are not documented.
Upon landing, migrants will take a bus on a six -hour trip to the city of Coridors, on the border with Panama, where they will be shelter at the temporary migrant care center.
The first Thursday trip in which Costa Rica will work as a stop for the phases. The United States installs the flight bill, including flights that will ultimately transport these migrants to their countries of origin. The International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Agency, will provide humanitarian support.
A spokesman for the International Organization for Migration said in a statement, “The role of the International Organization for Migration in helping people who have been deported from the United States focuses on providing humanitarian support and facilitating return when it is safe to do so.” “Although we are not directly involved in detention or restriction of the movement of people, we are committed to ensuring that all migrants are treated in dignity and according to international standards.”
Badla said that all the deportees will undergo a “detailed study” of their situation, to ensure that their lives are not in danger in their countries of origin. He pointed out that some will be able to request a refugee status in Costa Rica. The country usually allows up to 30 days to return the migrants who have been deported, but Badilla said that the process can be extended to ensure that human rights are not violated upon their return.
The Associated Press reported that hundreds of people who were recently deported to Panama are being held in a hotel there and are prohibited from leaving the building while they were waiting for the international authorities to arrange their return home.
“What we have agreed with the United States government is that they will remain here and they are under our temporary sponsorship to protect them, but the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Main Refugee) is responsible for returning to their countries,” Frank Abro, Minister of Public Security in Panama, said at a press conference on Tuesday.
Officials said more than 40 % of the hotel’s departed say they will not return voluntarily to their countries of origin, and many have written letters on the windows of the hotel who are asking for help. Abigo said that those who do not want to return to their countries will be transferred to a facility in Darren Province
