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[INTERNATIONAL] · United States, Costa Rica

Part of situation: Dominican Republic deportations and migrant clashes (27 clusters)

Costa Rica Launches New Third-Country Deportation Deal with United States

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Costa Rica has received 25 people deported by the United States as the first wave of the agreement between the two countries.

Under a new third-country agreement signed in March, the policy allows Washington to send some non-Costa Rican deportees to Costa Rica instead of returning them directly to their homelands. The first group consisted of 25 people.