Nearly 100 migrants who were recently deported by the United States to Panama have been moved to a detention camp located outside city limits in the jungle. The migrants were originally deported under the Trump administration’s efforts to expel unauthorized migrants, and it is uncertain how long they will be held at the new camp.
Conditions at the jungle camp are described as primitive, with diseases like dengue endemic to the region. Access to journalists and aid organizations has been denied by the government, leaving the migrants in a difficult situation. The group includes eight children, and lawyers have raised concerns about the legality of detaining them in Panama for extended periods without a court order.
The Panamanian government has not officially announced the transfer of the migrants to the jungle camp. The move is part of a larger strategy by the Trump administration to export challenging migration issues to other nations. Panama, under pressure from the United States, has agreed to take in some of these migrants.
Costa Rica is also receiving some deportees and has plans to repatriate them to their home countries. The migrants who were deported to Panama are no longer subject to U.S. law, and some fear reprisals if returned to countries like Iran and China.
The situation of the deported migrants gained widespread attention after an article was published in The New York Times. Guards at the hotel where the migrants were initially held instructed them to pack their bags, and they were then moved to the jungle camp. The Panamanian government claims that the migrants are in temporary custody for their own protection.
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