The Panama Government will grant a temporary humanitarian permit to 112 irregular migrants, deported by the US Within the framework of a bilateral agreement, so that they can leave the shelter in which they are and process their departure from the country, either repatriated or accepted by a third nation.
This permit will be for 30 extendable days up to 90and interviews to grant it will begin no later than Saturday, said Public Security Minister Frank Abrego, in statements to journalists this Friday.
Migrants, national from extracontinental countries, They will also have access to a lawyeradded the head of the Ministry of Public Security of Panama.
Panama received last February 299 Irregular extracontinental migrants sent by the US Within the framework of an agreement that made it “bridge” for repatriation.
Of those 299 people, “177 have already returned voluntarily (to their countries) and 10 are pending to take the flight home. There are 112 who have not agreed to take the voluntary flight home because they have told the International Organization for Migration (IIM) and the UN Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) who feel that it is a danger to return, and invariably do not want to return to a third country, ”explained Ábrego.
The 112 migrants They are “protected” in the San Vicente migratory shelter, in the province of Dariénborder with Colombia, and the temporary permit will allow them to go to the Panamanian capital or another national city to process their voluntary departure from the country.
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