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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Megan Janetsky

Costa Rica will give migrants deported from the US permits to stay in the country for 3 months

Costa Rica US Deportees - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Costa Rica announced Tuesday it will allow some of the approximately 200 migrants deported from the United States and held in detention in the Central American country to stay and move about freely for three months.

The move comes just days after human rights lawyers sued Costa Rica, alleging the government violated the rights of 81 migrant children by detaining them in a rural camp without any legal recourse, access to education or psychological services.

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