A flight carrying primarily Asian undocumented migrants, 65 of whom are minors, is expected to land in San Jose, Costa Rica on Thursday afternoon.

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.

Costa Rica is the second Central American nation to accept migrants from distant countries as the Trump administration ramps up deportation flights.

The flight from San Diego landed in San José, the Costa Rican capital, on Thursday evening. The group of migrants on board included dozens of children, officials said.

The U.S. has deported more than 400 migrants — from nations as far as China and Vietnam — to Panama and Costa Rica, leaving them in legal limbo.

The migrants were flown from San Diego to San Jose, from where they were sent by bus to a migrant shelter near the border with Panama.

Panama received three U.S. deportation flights last week with migrants from China, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and other countries.

viceministro de Gobernación y director de Migración de Costa Rica, informó que 16 de los migrantes son menores, quienes viajaron con 15 familiares mayores, además de 30 personas que viajaron solas Los migrantes provienen de Rusia, Yemen, Nepal, China ...

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.

Facing pressure from Trump, Costa Rica and Honduras join Panama as stopovers for foreign deportees A group of families and children hailing from Uzbekistan, China, Afghanistan, Russia and more ...