Migration and Social Integration: Migration with a Human Face XVIII VICE-MINISTERIAL MEETING REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION June 27, 2013 FREDDY MAURICIO MONTERO MORA VICE-MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR AND POLICE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA

Migration in Costa Rica National Overview of Migration and Development Immigration Act No. 8764 Migration in Costa Rica 9% of the total national population is born abroad; At least 6% of the national population lives abroad; Close to 2.5 million tourists visit Costa Rica each year; Refuge: The second receiving country of refugees in Latin America; Costa Rica: An increasing diversity, both socially and culturally. Article 3: “This Act promotes integration based on the principles of human life and the cultural diversity of persons, solidarity and human rights.” Article 7: “Migration policy shall be oriented toward the acknowledgment of the multicultural wealth that exists in the country and the development of each person’s potential.” Article 7: Migration policy shall be oriented toward integrating all foreign nationals into economic, scientific, social, labour, education, cultural and sports processes.

Why a social integration policy? COSTA RICA Why a social integration policy? To avoid social, education, and cultural gaps; To enable promoting a fair distribution of the benefits generated though migration; To prevent xenophobia and violence based on the origin of persons; To ensure improved social justice and strengthen the social state of law. Bidirectionality Integration Services Shared Responsibility Interculturality

Vision of the Future Migration Migration and Security and Development An Important Balance 4

(Directorate of Integration and Human Development)

Annual Reports on MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION IN COSTA RICA

Current Integration Programmes Implemented Programmes: Current Integration Programmes Promoting the joint community participation of national citizens, migrants and refugees (AMONG NEIGHBOURS) Community Communication Toolkit: Migration, Employment, Health, Justice and Education (INTEGRATION ROUTES)

INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME (AMONG NEIGHBOURS)

MIGRATION PROCEDURES

EDUCATION *“AVANCEMOS” SCHOLARSHIPS

HEALTH *INSURANCE

JUSTICE *ACCESS TO JUSTICE

Shared Responsibility Bidirectionality Integration Services Shared Responsibility Interculturality (National Integration Observatory)

(National Integration Plan)

A means of inter-institutional communication between local governments and the General Directorate of Migration and Immigration (DGME), aimed at supporting the social integration process of foreign nationals and Costa Rican nationals at a community level. (Municipal Guide on Immigration Services and Social Integration)

Equality and Migration Education Ministry of Public Education National Learning Institute National Scholarship Fund Mixed Institute for Social Welfare Health Costa Rica Social Security Institute Employment Ministry of Labour and Social Security Housing National Bank National Institute for Housing and Urban Planning   Migration Regularization General Directorate of Migration and Immigration

ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION TO VICTIMS The right to State protection, recovery, and social and psychological assistance; Primary care; Immigration documentation; Social reintegration: State institutions should establish programmes aimed at facilitating and supporting family, community, social, education, labour, and economic reintegration processes of victims of trafficking.

COSTA RICANS ABROAD

EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS: MIGRATION AS A FACTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT (1 + 1 we build Costa Rica: Migrants and Costa Ricans, hand in hand we build a better country.)

XVIII VICE-MINISTERIAL MEETING REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION Migration and Social Integration: Migration with a Human Face XVIII VICE-MINISTERIAL MEETING REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION June 27, 2013 FREDDY MAURICIO MONTERO MORA VICE-MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR AND POLICE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA