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Panama starts deporting migrants apprehended at the Darien Gap through U.S.-funded flights

Migrants carrying children walk by the jungle near Bajo Chiquito village, the first border control of the Darien Province in Panama (Credit: AFP)

Panamanian authorities on Tuesday began conducting U.S.-funded deportation flights for migrants apprehended at the Darien Gap, the treacherous jungle path used by hundreds of thousands of migrants on their way up north.

A group of 29 Colombians with criminal records were the first to be returned, BBC reported. The U.S. has committed to "remove foreign nationals who do not have a legal basis to remain in Panama."

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