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Panama begins repatriating migrants on US-funded flights

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Panama begins repatriating migrants on US-funded flights

Panama will begin repatriating undocumented migrants on US-funded flights on Tuesday. This move came less than two months after José Raúl Mulino was sworn in as President of Panama. Mr Mulino campaigned on a promise to “close” the Darién Gap, the dangerous stretch of jungle through which more than half a million migrants crossed last […]

Panama’s president rules out forced repatriation of migrants seeking entry to the United States

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Panama’s president rules out forced repatriation of migrants seeking entry to the United States

On Thursday, Panama’s new president ruled out the forced repatriation of illegal migrants who make the dangerous jungle crossing from Colombia to the United States, apparently softening his stance. “We cannot put them in prison. We cannot forcibly repatriate them,” Jose Raul Mulino said at a press conference. Last year, more than half a million […]