“Panama cannot end up becoming a black hole for deported migrants,” said Juan Pappier, deputy director of Human Rights Watch in the Americas. “Migrants have the right to communicate with their families, to seek lawyers and Panama must guarantee transparency about the situation in which they find themselves.”

Costa Rica is the second Central American nation to accept migrants from distant countries as the Trump administration ramps up deportation flights.

Panama received three U.S. deportation flights last week with migrants from China, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other countries.

Their plane was the first such flight to arrive in Costa Rica and carried the latest group of migrants from countries in the Eastern Hemisphere to be deported by the United States to Central America — a new tactic in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.

Costa Rica will temporarily house migrants deported from the United States for up to six weeks before their repatriation. This decision, announced by Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves, is aimed at strengthening ties with the U.

Costa Rica has announced that it will accept illegal migrants deported from the United States who are nationals of other countries, following similar

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.