India, Feb. 23 -- A flight carrying 12 Indians who had been deported to Panama from the United States arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Sunday.

Of the 12, four people are from Punjab, NDTV reported, citing unidentified officials.

The flight marks the first batch of Indians to be deported from the Central American country, according to India Today.

About 50 out of 300 people deported from the United States and kept in a hotel in Panama, are Indian nationals.

Panama and Costa Rica are among the Central American countries that are collaborating with the US to repatriate deported migrants.

The US is sending undocumented migrants from several Asian countries, who have refused to return home or whose govern...