Costa Rica is a Beautiful place, but that's about all is left of it.
seek asylum or refuge in this country as a result of internal problems in their own countries. In
the seventies the immigrants mainly came from Argentina and Chile. From the beginning of the
eighties, the immigrants came mainly from other Central American countries as a result of the
armed conflicts in the region.
Since the middle of the nineties there has been a constant flow of Nicaraguan immigrants into
Costa Rica, which is intensified by the economic crisis and the natural disasters in Nicaragua.
In order to help the migrant population to deal with the problems they have to face in Costa Rica,
a number of civil organisations set up a National Network of Civil Organisations for Immigrants.
This network is composed of:
La
Asociación de Trabajadoras Domésticas (ASTRADOMES);
El Productor R.L;
La Comisión para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos en Centroamérica (CODEHUCA);
La Comisión Costarricense de Derechos Humanos (CODEHU);
Pastoral Social Caritas de Costa Rica;
Defensa de los Niños Internacional (DNI) – Capítulo Costa Rica;
El Centro Internacional para los Derechos Humanos de los Migrantes (CIDEHUM);
Consultores y Asesores Internacionales (CAI);
Servicio Internacional de Paz y Justicia (SEPAJ);
La Liga Internacional de Mujeres pro Paz y Libertad (LIMPAL); an
La Asociación de Miskitos Nicaraguenses en Costa Rica (AMIRCOR).
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