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  • US/Panama: Mass Expulsion of Third-Country Nationals

    (Washington, DC, April 24, 2025) – The United States carried out mass expulsions of third-country nationals to Panama between February 12 and 15, 2025, denying them due process and the right to seek asylum, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Both the United States and Panama detained people incommunicado and in harsh conditions.

    The 40-page report “‘Nobody Cared, Nobody Listened:’ The US Expulsion of Third-Country Nationals to Panama” documents this mass expulsion. Human Rights Watch exposes harsh detention conditions and mistreatment migrants experienced in the United States, along with the denial of due process and the right to seek asylum. It also details migrants’ incommunicado detention in Panama, where authorities kept their phones, blocked visitors, and isolated them from the outside world.
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