Costa Rican authorities receive a flight carrying people deported from the U.S., all nationals of third countries, under an agreement to accept such deportees, at the Juan Santamaria International Airport, near Alajuela, Costa Rica, on April 11, 2026.
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Costa Rica on Friday (April 17, 2026) received a second group of migrants — including an Indian — deported from the United States as part of an agreement to help the Trump administration’s latest policy of deporting immigrants to “third countries.” Under a bilateral agreement signed in March by Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves and U.S. Special Envoy Kristi Noem, Costa Rica has agreed to accept up to 25 third-country nationals expelled from the U.S. each week.
The first group of 25 deportees, which arrived at San Jose’s Juan Santamaría International Airport on Saturday (April 11, 2026), was assisted by Costa Rican migration police in coordination with the International Organisation for Migration.
Published – April 18, 2026 07:23 am IST
