1. Costa Rica

2. 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”

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

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Guidelines of the Policy
Goal
Objective
Strategy
Leading Actors

11. 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

12. 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.

13. www.migracion.go.cr Regional Consultation Group on Migration RCGM
Costa Rica
President Pro-Tempore 2013
“Migration with a Human Face”