U.S. Deports African & Asian Migrants To Panama

The U.S. has begun to deport African and Asian migrants to Panama.

On Wednesday (February 12), an American military flight deported Asian migrants in U.S. immigration custody to Panama, marking a major step in the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, per CBS News.

Internal federal documents obtained by CBS News state the deportation included adults and families with children from Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, and Uzbekistan.

More Asian migrants along with some African deportees were taken to Panama on another U.S. military flight on Thursday (February 13). The African deportees included migrants from Cameroon, according to the documents.

Panaam’s foreign ministry confirmed Thursday that it had received the flight under an agreement with the Trump administration that allows the U.S. to deport non-Panamanians to their country. According to the ministry, Wednesday’s deportation flight included 119 deportees. Deportation costs were covered by the U.S., the ministry said.

Wednesday’s move marks a breakthrough in the Trump administration’s deportation efforts as the U.S. has previously had difficulty deporting African and Asian migrants back to their countries due to long distances and governments rejecting American deportation flights.

According to reports, the governments of El Salvador and Guatemala have also agreed to accept deportees from the U.S. not from their countries.

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