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Facing pressure from Trump, Costa Rica and Honduras begin taking deportees

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The flight of deportees added Costa Rica to a growing list of Latin American nations to serve as a stopover for migrants as President Donald Trump ’s...

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  1. Costa Rica will receive deported migrants from US

    Headline from Voice of America ·

  2. Costa Rica Joins Panama in Detaining Deportees from the US In Stopover Back to Their Countries

    Headline from Military.com ·

  3. Newest

    Facing pressure from Trump, Costa Rica and Honduras begin taking deportees

    Headline from NBC New York ·

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  1. Deutsche Welle

    Costa Rica to take India, Central Asia deportees from US – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Costa Rica has announced it will receive migrants deported from the US, much like Panama and Guatemala. Two hundred migrants from central Asia and India are set to arrive on Wednesday.

  2. Voice of America

    Costa Rica will receive deported migrants from US (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    Costa Rica is the third country in Central America to collaborate on repatriating deported migrants from the United States since President Donald Trump assumed office

  3. New York Times

    Costa Rica to Receive 200 Deported Migrants From U.S. (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Costa Rica is the second Central American nation to accept migrants from distant countries as the Trump administration ramps up deportation flights.

  4. Daily Journal

    Costa Rica joins Panama in detaining deportees from the US in stopover back to their countries (opens Daily Journal)

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    Daily Journal's feed description

    MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. flight carrying 135 deportees, half of them minors, from various countries was set to land Thursday in Costa Rica, making it the second Latin American nation to serve as a stopover for migrants as U.S. President Donald Trump ‘s administration steps up deportations.

  5. NBC News

    On a U.S. deportation flight of mostly Asians to Costa Rica, half will be minors (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    A deportation flight from the U.S. carrying 135 mostly Asian undocumented migrants, 65 of whom are minors, is expected to land in Costa Rica on Thursday afternoon.

  6. NBC New York

    Facing pressure from Trump, Costa Rica and Honduras begin taking deportees (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    The flight of deportees added Costa Rica to a growing list of Latin American nations to serve as a stopover for migrants as President Donald Trump ’s...

  7. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Deportation flight lands in Costa Rica (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    MEXICO CITY -- A U.S. flight carrying 135 deportees of mostly Asian origin, half of them minors, landed Thursday in Costa Rica, making it the second Latin American nation to serve as a stopover for migrants as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration steps up deportations.

  8. NBC News

    Group of mostly Asian migrants deported from U.S. arrive in Costa Rica (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The flight of 135 deportees, half of them minors, included families from China, Afghanistan, Russia and more.

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