‘We are not safe in our country’: Deportees from US cry for help from Panama hotel

In Panama, nearly 300 deportees from the US are stranded, pleading for help from a hotel where they are under police guard. Mostly from Asian countries, they face uncertain futures as 40% refuse voluntary repatriation. Panama considers transferring them to a temporary migration facility near the dangerous Darien Gap, intensifying criticism of its role in US immigration enforcement.

​In Panama, nearly 300 deportees from the US are stranded, pleading for help from a hotel where they are under police guard. Mostly from Asian countries, they face uncertain futures as 40% refuse voluntary repatriation. Panama considers transferring them to a temporary migration facility near the dangerous Darien Gap, intensifying criticism of its role in US immigration enforcement.