Government of Costa Rica As of this Friday, it counts the passage of more than 300,000 migrants so far in 2023 making up the flow that crosses the continent to the United States and has declared a national state of emergency to accelerate the mobilization of resources to deal with the situation.
President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chavessigned an executive order this Friday declaring National emergency due to immigration crisiswhich allows the National Commission for States of Emergency (CNE) to take a series of administrative, operational and economic measures to resolve the situation.
Official data from Costa Rica show that so far in 2023, 320,110 migrants have entered the border with Panama, of which 214,146 (68%) Venezuelans, and then 37,156 Ecuadorians; 21,255 Haitians; 16,294 Chinese; 8,851 Colombians; 2,593 Chileans; 2,536 Indians; 2,413 Afghans; 2,144 Peruvians and 12,722 other nationalities.
According to this data from General Directorate for Migration274,242 migrants are adults, and 45,868 are minors.
The national state of emergency decree promotes “more agile procedures to support the work of institutions related to the protection of families already at the borders and the guarantee of safe transit to their next point, hand in hand with the institutions,” he reported. Presidential House it’s a statement.
The government explained that it is working on full authorization Center for Temporary Care of Migrants (CATEM) in the canton of Corredores, on the border with Panama, in order to divert attention there to the migrants who gather in the town of Paso Canoas after entering from Panama.
Costa Rica has a plan so that migrants entering from Panama take the buses A passage for canoes that takes them to Los Chilesborders Nicaragua, but many of them don’t have the $30 a ticket costs and are stuck in a place called Campo Ferial, where they camp in poor safety and health conditions.
He Government announced this Friday that it will implement a new plan that will see Panamanian buses bringing migrants enter the Temporary Center for the Treatment of Migrants (CATEM) to prevent these people from being left wandering the streets.
Once they enter CATEM, migrants will board buses that will take them to the border with Nicaragua so they continue their journey across the continent.
In addition, the government reported that it is working with international organizations to set up a mobile medical post to augment the work done by the city’s health workers. Costa Rica Social Security Deposit.
He President Chaves repeated this Friday that the Government will deport migrants who do not respect the laws in Costa Rica.
“I have instructed immigration authorities that migrants who misbehave, create disturbances or disrespect ours authorities and Costa Rican law, they are going back to their country of origin because we will not tolerate it here,” Chaves said.
Last week, authorities detained 27 migrants on suspicion of rioting when police stopped them from selling on the street in the town of Paso Canoas. President Chavez He said that the deportation process will be applied to these 27 people.
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Source: Panama America
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