PASO CANOAS, Panama — Panamanian police on Tuesday turned back dozens of migrants, mostly Venezuelans, trying to return home after abandoning their journey to the United States due to President Donald Trump's deportation policies.
PASO CANOAS, Panama — Panama nian police on Tuesday turned back dozens of migrants, mostly Venezuela ns, trying to return home after abandoning their journey to the United States due to President Donald Trump's deportation policies.Riot police forced the caravan to go back to Costa Rica to undergo an orderly repatriation process.'We went in search of a dream that could not be fulfilled and now we are heading back home again,' a migrant who did not give his name told AFP.
At a shelter in Costa Rica, the migrants will undergo biometric checks for criminal records and then be bussed to Panama for repatriation by air or sea, Panama's security ministry said in a statement.'We want to ensure an orderly, legal, humanitarian and safe flow of migration,' the statement quoted Costa Rican Security Minister Mario Zamora as saying.Many of the migrants had previously made the dangerous trek from Colombia to Panama through the lawless Darien jungle.
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