Illegal immigrants from India to be deported to Costa Rica? Here is what Trump's new plan looks like

Costa Rica has become the third country to strike a deal with the United States for the intake of illegal immigrants who are deported by the Donald Trump administration. Costa Rica announced on Monday that it would receive 200 illegal immigrants from Central Asia and India.

First deportation flight on Wednesday?

According to the Costa Rican president's office, the first set of deportees will arrive in the country on Wednesday aboard a commercial flight.

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The deportees will be held at a Temporary Migrant Care Centre near the border with Panama from where they would return to their countries of origin.

According to Costa Rican officials, "the process will be completely financed" by the US government under the supervision of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Panama, Guatemala also to accept deportees

Earlier, Panama and Guatemala had also agreed to work with the US by temporarily sheltering illegal immigrants.

Last week, Panama received its first repatriation flight with 119 migrants from China, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries.

El Salvador to house illegal immigrants, criminals from US

Earlier this month, US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, had said that El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele agreed to house dangerous criminals who are US citizens or legal residents apart from accepting its own citizens who have been deported.

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Trump, who has vowed to deport all illegal immigrants in the US, needs the support of countries in Central and South America that fall on the route millions of migrants and asylum-seekers take to reach the US, to stop their flow.

Thousands of Indians also travel through these countries, often referred to as the dunki route, sometimes taking months, hoping to reach the US illegally.

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Deportation of Indian illegal immigrants?

The US has so far deported 332 Indian nationals who entered the country illegally on three deportation flights. Last week, the MEA told the Parliament that while the government does not have data on the number of undocumented Indian immigrants in America, the country continues to work in close coordination with the US government in all instances of deportation.

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