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UN launches plan to support migrants in Costa Rica

Ileana Fernandez - February 3, 2023

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On the US border, migrants desperation outweighs fear

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Costa Rica to commemorate World Refugee Day

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Costa Rica teams up with US to Address Migration

UN launches plan to support migrants in Costa Rica

Ileana Fernandez - February 3, 2023

Yesterday, The United Nations presented the "People in Transit Preparedness and Response Plan 2023 for Costa Rica," aimed at assisting migrant populations in transit...

On the US border, migrants desperation outweighs fear

AFP - July 2, 2022

Selvin Allende is worn out. With his one-year-old daughter on his shoulders and his pregnant wife beside him, he crossed the Rio Grande from...

Costa Rica to commemorate World Refugee Day

Ileana Fernandez - June 19, 2022

World Refugee Day will be celebrated in Costa Rica on June 19 and 24, with various activities in the province of San José and...

Costa Rica teams up with US to Address Migration

AFP - March 22, 2022

Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic, transit countries for thousands of migrants seeking to reach the United States irregularly, established a strategic alliance...

Riots Break Out in Costa Rica’s Infamous San Jose Barrio La Carpio

The Tico Times - March 9, 2022

Just over two weeks ago an estimated 800 families entered into La Carpio to occupy a vacant property adjacent to the San Jose neighborhood. The vacant...

Mexican migrant tragedy: A Guatemalan mother’s grief

AFP - December 13, 2021

Giovani Raymundo, 18, kissed his mother goodbye last week, setting off before sunrise from their remote Guatemalan village on a dangerous journey in search...

Mexico urges US migration rethink after horror crash kills 55

AFP - December 12, 2021

Mexico on Friday urged Washington to rethink its migration policy after a horror road accident killed 55 undocumented migrants in a truck on a...

UN seeks $1.79 bn to help Venezuelan migrants

AFP - December 9, 2021

The UN on Thursday made a call for $1.79 billion to help an ever-larger wave of Venezuelan migrants and their host countries in Latin...

Poverty and violence push 378,000 Central Americans north each year

The Tico Times - November 30, 2021

A joint report published by the World Food Programme (WFP), Migration Policy Institute (MPI), and Civic Data Design Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of...

For Honduran youth, US is the only escape from poverty

AFP - November 25, 2021

Wilmer Rodriguez's mother, Lesly Madariaga, spent a sleepless night looking for him in the streets of Nueva Suyapa, a poor neighborhood in the hills...