Costa Rica President Luis Guillermo SolÃs spoke Monday at Washington D.C.'s Wilson Center about the country's growing role in hosting migrants and refugees.
As many as 200 refugees at a time from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras — the so-called Northern Triangle — will be allowed to stay in Costa Rica for up to six months while they are processed for potential asylum in the U.S. or elsewhere.
Vice Minister of the Interior Carmen Muñoz told The Tico Times that the cease-fire announcement between Colombia and the FARC could result in a drop in the number of asylum-seekers from Colombia.
A 45-year-old U.S. man is currently hoping to be granted refugee status in Costa Rica after he was detained by immigration authorities in April for being in the country illegally.
