Costa Rica says to receive 50 migrant children expelled by US

Costa Rica will receive 50 children Thursday among 200 migrants deported by the United States. Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala have all agreed to receive migrants expelled by the United States and hold them until they are sent to their home nations or other host countries. 

On Wednesday, Costa Rica President said they would not be able to leave the facility and would remain in Costa Rica only as long as absolutely necessary, probably "four to six weeks." Arrangements for their repatriation or dispatch to a third country would be handled by the US embassy in San Jose and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).