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GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION

The General Directorate of Migration and Immigration is working towards regularizing Panamanian indigenous populations in Costa Rica by granting them a special migration status. The project aims to promote integration, respect for rights, and facilitate interaction between various state institutions.

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GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION

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  1. REGULARIZING INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION

  2. Background In 2005, after several meetings with local authorities the General Directorate of Migration and Immigration (DGME) began granting the migration status of Migrant Worker (Act 7033) to Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous populations from the district of Sixaola.

  3. Background • The migration status of Migrant Worker disappeared in Acts 8487 & 8764. • Beginning in 2006, Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous populations were granted the special status of Temporary Worker. • The official from the Regional Office of Sixaola stamped the safe-conducts of indigenous populations, thus granting this special migration status. • Indigenous populations entering at Sabalito and Paso Canoas were not granted any migration status, even if they entered the country to work.

  4. MIGRATION LEGISLATION • The General Migration and Immigration Act, Article 6, Paragraph 1, establishes the following migration policy: To promote, regulate, guide and organize the dynamics of immigration and out-migration to enable the ensuing contribution to national development through the economic, social and cultural enrichment of the Costa Rican society. With this objective, the regularization and integration of communities of immigrants into the Costa Rican society shall be promoted, as well as the establishment of mechanisms that enable maintaining and stimulating permanent links between the national society and communities of out-migrants.

  5. Project:“REGULARIZING PANAMANIAN INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS THAT WORK OR LIVE IN OUR COUNTRY”

  6. OBJECTIVES • To promote instruments and strategies that facilitate the integration of and interaction between various State institutions, with the aim of organizing the migration flows of indigenous populations through regularization and respect for the rights and guarantees of these populations. • To regularize Panamanian indigenous populations that live or work in Costa Rica by granting them a special migration status.

  7. Strategies

  8. SURVEY • The survey was conducted in 2010-2011. • With support from various units of DGME: GTI, Planning, Migration Police, and DTO. • As well as staff from the offices at Paso Canoas, Sabalito and Limón.

  9. Results from the Survey Through the survey: We identified the approximate number of Ngäbe-Buglé that are living in the country. We identified that approximately 10.000-15.000 indigenous workers enter the country to harvest coffee each year. We identified the leaders of each community. We made a decision to seek a comprehensive solution in order to grant a special migration status to these populations.

  10. MIGRATION LEGISLATION • On May 17, 2012 the Migration Regulations were published. • Title V addresses the following topic: Treatment of foreign indigenous populations.

  11. NEWS

  12. IMPLEMENTING DIFFERENT MIGRATION CATEGORIES • Coordination with the following institutions has been established: • Costa Rican authorities: Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), local governments; • Panamanian authorities: Migration and Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office; • Organizations: IOM, UNHCR; • Other groups: Employers, local leaders. • The following instruments have been designed: • An exclusive, simple procedure to be implemented at the border; • An application for documentation; • A document enabling migrants to stay; • Changes to SINEX in terms of logics; • Forms: Sworn statements. • Border posts have been set up at Paso Canoas, Sabalito and Sixaola (Limón), as well as a mobile unit for Los Santos.

  13. DISSEMINATION CAMPAIGNS Dissemination campaigns have been scheduled, oriented toward Panamanian Ngäbe-Buglé indigenous populations, employers and the general public. With support from the Supreme Electoral Court, IOM, UNHCR, the Jesuit Service and the Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office, David Section, Panama.

  14. COMPUTER WORKSHOPS • 2012: Four workshops were held in Costa Rica and 3 in the Ngäbe-Buglé region. • 2013: Three workshops were held in the Ngäbe-Buglé region, with the great opportunity to participate in a meeting of the Council of the region. A mobile unit visits the Los Santos area on a monthly basis. In addition, workshops with employers are being held.

  15. REFLECTION “……the spirituality of the indigenous peoples is the basis for the relationship of respect between humans and the environment. The starting point is the principle that in order to ensure the development of human beings, first the development of nature needs to be ensured. Therefore, high priority is given to the responsibility of thanking nature and the cosmos, since they are our source of life.” It is based on this principle that we have developed the project of regularizing indigenous populations, considering their significant contribution to humanity and to the planet.

  16. THANK YOU

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