54 US-Bound Migrants To Await Deportation
The 54 US bound migrants picked up off the
coast of Limón are being held at the
immigration holding centre in Hatillo
awaiting deportation. The group from Africa,
Nepal and other African countries were
detained after their boat arrived on the
country's Caribbean coast, officials said on
Sunday.
Costa Rican authorities are treating some
the migrants for dehydration following their
voyage at sea, while three Colombians
suspected of being smugglers and travelling
with the group are in police custody.
One migrant asked a Costa Rican policeman
upon arrival: "How close is this country to
the United States?" according to Costa
Rica's Spanish language newspaper Al Día.
Immigration director Mario Zamora said
yesterday's 7 women and 47 men would
join 41 other migrants from Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Somalia and Guinea detained in
June and July on Costa Rica's Caribbean
coast.
Zamora said the arrival of migrants from
Africa is not just a problem for Costa Rica,
but has also affected Colombia, Panama and
Nicaragua.
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