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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
By Megan Janetsky,Alma Sols and Matas Delacroix

Panama releases dozens of detained deportees from US into limbo following human rights criticism

Panama Deportees - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

After weeks of lawsuits and human rights criticism, Panama on Saturday released dozens of migrants who were held for weeks in a remote camp after being deported from the United States, telling them they have 30 days to leave the Central American nation.

It thrust many like Hayatullah Omagh, a 29-year-old who fled Afghanistan in 2022 after the Taliban took control, into a legal limbo, scrambling to find a path forward.

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