Around 300 people are stuck at a hotel in Panama, where they are all facing many challenges, including deportation from America and the uncertainty of getting home. Most of those people are Indians and citizens of Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China. These all people will stay at the hotel till their return arrangement is made, and they are not allowed to stay outside the hotel. Officials say that more than 40% of these migrants are not willing to go back to their country.
The scenario for the migrants locked up in the hotel is quite miserable, as is already evident by the fact that the people trapped in the hotel are writing messages on windows and begging for help. Many pictures have surfaced from this Panama hotel, where people are standing with clean paper sheets in their hands written – Help us, and we are not safe in our country.
300 migrants belong to these 10 Asian countries
As of this time, all the migrants have originated from the 10 Asian countries, most notably Iran, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan and China. It has been really difficult for the US to deport directly to these countries, leaving it using Panama as a stopover.
Migrants are provided with basic facilities
Meanwhile, Panama Security Minister Frank Abrego has declared that all migrants are receiving medical attention and food. Everything is being done under an agreement between America and Panama. Thus all costs are on the side of America. Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino, who is under political pressure owing to Trump’s threats to take control of the Panama Canal, announced the arrival of the first deportation flight last Thursday.
Migrants who are willing to be returned to their countries
According to reports, so far 171 of the 300 immigrants have agreed to go back to their countries through the efforts of international agencies. The remaining 128 camps in two different stops are still being sought for resettlement options in third countries by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHRC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Those not willing to go back to their country will find themselves in the specialized holding center in Panama’s Darien province.
