By Staff
NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
The United States has been deporting hundreds of Asian immigrants to South America, according to multiple news outlets.
The BBC on Wednesday reported on a group of about 300 migrants, all deported from the U.S., being held in a hotel in Panama City. Many begged for help through hotel windows, holding up signs and writing “Help” on the glass.
“Others hang small signs with other messages such as: ‘We are not safe in our country,’” the BBC reported.
Many of these immigrants are Asian, the BBC said.
Panama’s president, José Raúl Mulino, has agreed to allow Panama to become a “bridge” country to deport migrants from the U.S.
NBC News reported that a group of undocumented Asian immigrants, 65 of whom are children, were deported on Wednesday to Costa Rica. Most of them are from China and Afghanistan.