Panama confirms arrival of Indian deportees from US

Sources said that the verification of Indians is to be done before they are sent back to India and the process usually takes some time.

The group of Indians is part of a larger group of 299 migrants sent to Panama by the US government.

These people arrived in the country on three flights last week after President Jose Raul Mulino agreed that Panama would become a “bridge” country for deportees.

The Trump administration has pledged to deport millions of people who crossed illegally into the US. “Panamanian authorities have informed us that a group of Indians have reached Panama from the US,” the Embassy of India in Panama, Nicaragua and Costa Rica posted on X.

“They are safe and secure at a hotel with all essential facilities. The embassy team has obtained consular access. We are working closely with the host Government to ensure their wellbeing,” it said. Three batches comprising a total of 332 Indians have already been sent back to India from the US amid an intensified crackdown by the Trump administration against illegal immigrants. —With agency inputs