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.

So far, Costa Rica has opened its borders, receiving one flight of 200 deportees from Central Asia and India. And Panama has so far received at least three flights of deportees, with plans to first house migrants at hotels before sending them to camps near the Darién Gap,

The Holland America Line cruise ship left Port Everglades on Feb. 2 and traveled through the Caribbean, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica over 12 days.

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.

The migrants from around the world did not know where they were or what would happen to them, according to an independent government entity.

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.

A U.S. flight carrying 135 deportees of mostly Asian origin, half of them minors, landed Thursday in Costa Rica, making it the second Latin American nation to serve as a stopover for migrants as U.S.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. flight carrying 135 deportees, half of them minors, from various countries was set to land Thursday in Costa Rica, making it the second Latin American nation to serve as a stopover as U.S. President Donald Trump 's administration steps up deportations.