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22 chinese deported

The Dirección de Migración paid $36,963 for airplane tickets to deport 22 Chinese citizens detained by the Servicio Marítimo Nacional this past Nov. 18. The deportees were apprehended on the island of Melón, in Las Perlas Archipelago.

According to official documents, the 22 individuals were caught while passing through Panama on their way to the United States.

The Dirección de Migración deported a total of 1,476 foreign citizens in 2007, mostly Colombians and Chinese.