Panama City – The US has deported 119 people of different nationalities to Panama as part of an agreement between the Trump administration and the Central American state, Panama President Jose Raul Murino said Thursday.
The first flight from the US carrying people from Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Vietnamese arrived on Wednesday, with two more coming soon, Murino reportedly reporter I mentioned it at the press conference. In total, the US will send 360 Panama people on three flights.
Before being returned to their respective countries, the exiles are transferred to a shelter near Darien. This is the jungle that separates Central America from South America, where countless immigrants cross to reach the United States.
“Through a programme of cooperation with the US government… yesterday, US Air Force flights arrived with 119 people of the world’s most diverse nationalities,” Murino said.
The US Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Earlier this month, after consultations with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Murino emphasized that the sovereignty of the Panama Canal is uncontroversial. However, he outlined the possibility of deporting more migrants.
Murino also said at that meeting that US sacrifices from the dangerous Darien gap through the Panama aviation strip, allowing the memorandum signed with the US Department of Homeland Security in July to expand. It has been announced that you can pay.
Panama’s Deputy Security Minister Luis Ikaza said the flow of immigration across Darien in January fell 90% thanks to bilateral cooperation between Panama and the US.
