Costa Rica joins a growing list of Latin American nations to serve as a stopover for migrants as Trump ’s administration pushes for more deportations.

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The flight of 135 deportees, half of them minors, added Costa Rica to a growing list of Latin American nations to serve as a stopover for migrants as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to step up deportations.

A group of families and children hailing from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and more countries climbed down the stairs of a plane in Costa Rica’s capital Thursday, the first flight of deportees from other nations Costa Rica agreed to hold in detention facilities for the Trump administration while it organised the return back to their countries.

The flight of 135 deportees, half of them minors, added Costa Rica to a growing list of Latin American nations to serve as a stopover for migrants as U.S. President Donald Trump‘s administration seeks to step up deportations.

Costa Rica joins a growing list of Latin American nations to serve as a stopover for migrants as Trump 's administration pushes for more deportations.

A group of families and children hailing from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and more countries climbed down the stairs of a plane in Costa Rica’s capital Thursday, the first flight of deportees from other nations Costa Rica agreed to hold in detention facilities for the Trump administration while it organised the return back to their countries.

The US has sent hundreds of migrants who entered the US without legal documents to Panama, Costa Rica and Honduras. President Donald Trump has pressured these nations to help with deportation or face steep tariffs or sanctions.

Honduras will play in the U-17 World Cup for the sixth time in its history, having previously participated in South Korea 2007, Nigeria 2009, the United Arab Emirates 2013, Chile 2015, and India 2017. The team’s all-time top scorers are Patrick Palacios (3) and Carlos "Zapatilla" Mejía (3).