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Panama releases people from migrant camp holding US deportees
Migrants, mostly from Asian countries, arrived in Panama City on March 8, 2025, after spending weeks in a temporary Panamanian immigration camp following their deportation from the U.S. and being released on the condition that they leave the country within 30 days
AFTER weeks of lawsuits and human rights criticism, Panama released dozens of people on Saturday held for weeks in a remote camp after being deported from the US, telling them they have 30 days to leave.
Many including Hayatullah Omagh, a 29-year-old who fled Afghanistan in 2022 after the Taliban took control, are in legal limbo.
“We are refugees, Mr Omagh said, “we do not have money. We cannot pay for a hotel in Panama City, we do not have relatives.”
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