-- Between 2013 to July 2017, 36,081 irregular migrants entered Costa Rica through Paso Canoas on the Panamanian border, according to immigration officials. Towards the end of 2015 and into 2016, Costa Rica faced a surge in irregular migrants for which it was not prepared, said the government press office today, and that forced institutions and communities to respond to the emergency. First th...

Costa Rica's policy towards migrants seeking transit through the country has been to grant them a 25-day permit and basic assistance at border shelters, after a screening procedure to register their country of origin and to vet any criminals. Recent years has seen a new phenomenon of migrants from diverse countries in Africa, Asia, as well as Haiti arriving at Costa Rica's southern border with ...

Yesterday, some 80 migrants entered Costa Rica through Paso Canoas on the southern border with Panama, reported the Public Security Ministry. The men, women, and some children, who are in transit to the United States by foot, are from a number of African and Asian countries, said officials. According to immigration authorities, the migrants are from Nepal (43), Eritrea (21), Congo (8), Angola (...