Costa Rica

General Directorate of Migration and Immigration REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA Regional Consultation Group on Migration RCGM Costa Rica President Pro-Tempore 2013 “Migration with a Human Face”

Approved at Session No. 100 of the National Immigration Council, Policy Approved at Session No. 100 of the National Immigration Council, August 8, 2013

Members CIVIL SOCIETY CCSS ICT DGME MEP MINISTRY OF HEALTH MIDEPLAN MTSS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND CULT THE INTERIOR AND POLICE CNM

Policy Establishing a Technical Committee Initiating the policy-making process Support from IOM, UNFPA, UNHCR Assessment Methodology design Weekly reports to the National Immigration Council Participative consultation processes Interviews to leaders Text revisions Migration Policy

Consultations Conducted Populations of refugees Refugees (focal group) Employers Sexual diversity, LGBTI populations Strategic integration themes Ngäbe-Buglé populations Migration management Migrant women and organizations Unions Security Local development and migration Migrant smuggling and trafficking / protection for migrants in vulnerable situations Children’s and youth organizations Populations of the northern region Migration Policy

Policy Migration Policy Approaches Human Rights Comprehensiveness Gender Interculturalism Diversity Age Groups Integration Social Prevention Sustainable Human Development Equal Opportunities for Disabled Migrants and Senior Citizens Social Participation Human Security

Principles of the Policy Equality Equity Non- Discrimination The Child’s and Adolescent’s Best Interest Respect for the Labour Rights of Migrant Workers Solidarity Accountability

Central Themes of the Policy Migration regularization Information management and legal security Costa Rican nationals living abroad Safe borders IMMIGRATION SERVICES Employment Health Education Culture and society Economic development INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT Migrant smuggling and trafficking Populations in vulnerable situations Refuge and asylum seekers and stateless persons PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND POPULATIONS IN VULNERABLE SITUATIONS

Guidelines of the Policy Goal Objective Strategy Leading Actors

Management Model Policy Migration Inter-institutional political conduction Execution level: technical coordination of the policy Follow-up and evaluation mechanisms Plan of Action of the Policy: next steps

A Comprehensive Migration Policy Costa Rica is the only country in Latin America with an intersectoral policy. Developed in a participative formal consultation process. Signed and approved at the highest level, by the President of the Republic.

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