Panama-Panama is facing a new migratory conflict today, which prevents the re-entry to the country of 89 foreigners along the border with Costa Rica, who fail to meet the established requirements, the National Migration Service (SNM) reported.

77 Venezuelans, five Hondurans, three Salvadorans, two Nicaraguans and the rest of several European nationalities are among the persons rejected, according to the institution, which said that there is a migration control of entrances and departures in accordance with established policy.

Versions of the local press refer statements of some of the stranded on the western border, who confessed to the authorities that they carry out illegal work activities as tourists, and travel for three days to Costa Rica every six months to renew their stay with similar visa.

SNM explained in its note that 'the reasons for not allowing the entry of a foreigner to the national territory are: not passing the interview made by the immigration inspector in the window of attention, not providing the exact address where they will stay, saying that they are working without counting with work permit', among others.

Likewise, they can be rejected for 'not having economic solvency, lacking the ticket back to their country of origin and presenting a damaged passport,' said the institution.

The local migratory panorama is completed by the stay inside the country of 499 illegal Cuban immigrants, according to official figure, on which President Juan Carlos Varela reiterated the government's decision to return them to the previous destination or deport them to Cuba, although those who meet the requirements may receive residence.

This week authorities from both countries signed a memorandum of understanding on the procedure for 'deportations of Cubans who are unlawfully in the Republic of Panama,' SNM said.

The Antilleans are housed in a shelter of the Catholic institution Cáritas, in this capital, a center of retention of migrants near the jungle of Darien and another center managed by the SNM.

From the end of 2015 until the middle of 2016, Panama suffered the consequences of a massive migratory flow of illegal immigrants' traffic that staged serious conflicts on both frontiers, which forced the government to take extraordinary measures, including an airlift with Mexico for the evacuation of Cuban citizens.

With the United States ending of the ‘wet foot, dry foot' policy, the crossing of these Cuban nationals was halted, who were received and legalized at US border posts when they arrived in an irregular way.