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Costa Rica - South Border - September 2022
documentThe Costa Rica–Panama border is 348 km long and there are only four border posts on the Costa Rica side in Sixaola, Sabalito, Golfito and Paso Canoas as the main one. Due to its length, the southern b...Publish date: 1 November 2022 (1 year ago)
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Costa Rica - Field Office Upala Fact Sheet - September 2022
documentThe North of Costa Rica borders Nicaragua across 309 kilometers. There are two official border points: Peñas Blancas to the West, and Tablillas to the East. UNHCR has identified over 20 irregular entr...Publish date: 1 November 2022 (1 year ago)
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Costa Rica - Strengthening of the Government of Costa Rica’s Asylum System through Digitalization - September 2022
documentCosta Rica’s asylum system uses systems for case management, within and outside the database designed by the General Directorate for Migration and Foreigners (DGME), which was designed for the managem...Publish date: 1 November 2022 (1 year ago)
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Costa Rica - Operation Fact Sheet - September 2022
documentAs of June 30, 2022, Costa Rica was hosting 215,933 people of concern: of these, 11,205 are refugees and 204,728 asylum seekers, the majority Nicaraguans (89%). UNHCR continues to assist the Governmen...Publish date: 1 November 2022 (1 year ago)
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Costa Rica - Health Insurance Scheme - September 2022
documentUNHCR and the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) signed an agreement to provide health insurance to 6,000 people of concern in 2020. The agreement has enabled UNHCR to support the Government of C...Publish date: 1 November 2022 (1 year ago)
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Costa Rica - Community-Based Protection - September 2022
documentUNHCR developed the 2022-2024 CBP strategy to respond holistically to the increasing number of refugees and asylum seekers in Costa Rica. The strategy increased its emphasis on Age, Gender, and Divers...Publish date: 1 November 2022 (1 year ago)
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Costa Rica - Situación de Movimientos Mixtos (Julio-Agosto 2022)
documentPanorama de la situación de movimientos mixtos en Julio y Agosto del 2022.Publish date: 26 September 2022 (1 year ago)
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Assessing the Socioeconomic Impact of COVID 19 on Forcibly Displaced Populations
documentUNHCR, in association with Innovations for Poverty Action ( carried out a household level survey to collect socioeconomic data on persons of concern to UNHCR ( The study examines the impact of COVID 1...Publish date: 5 April 2022 (2 years ago)
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New high-frequency data highlights COVID-19’s major impact on livelihoods and food insecurity in Costa Rica
news UNHCR Blog, 05 Apr 2022 (2 years ago )In Costa Rica, the negative impacts of the pandemic continue to ripple through the economy – even as it partially recovers from 2020, when the country saw its sharpest economic contraction in decades resulting in high unemployment and rising poverty (World Bank, 2021). Nonetheless, through the pande... -
Costa Rica - Boletín ACNUR - Enero a Junio 2022
documentEl boletín de ACNUR Costa Rica correspondiente a Enero Junio 2022 que resume las actividades de la operación.Publish date: 17 August 2022 (1 year ago)
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