Costa Rica set to receive 200 migrants deported from US

WASHINGTON

Costa Rica agreed to collaborate with the US in the repatriation of 200 illegal immigrants to their country.

"These are people originating from countries in Central Asia and India," the Costa Rican presidency said on X.

The first group will arrive in Costa Rica on a commercial flight on Feb. 19, it added.

Recently, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Costa Rica to meet with President Rodrigo Chaves Robles to discuss a wide range of issues, including drug trafficking and immigration.

"On the issue of migration, which is a catastrophe of mass migration, Costa Rica is not a source of migration, but it is a route that’s used for migration," Rubio said, adding the two countries agreed to fight drug trafficking.