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Learn about Costa Rica's comprehensive migration policy with intersectoral approach, participative processes, and high-level approval.
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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”
Migration Policy Approved at Session No. 100 of the National Immigration Council, August 8, 2013
MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND POLICE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND CULT CIVIL SOCIETY MTSS CCSS CNM MIDEPLAN ICT MINISTRY OF HEALTH DGME MEP Members
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 Migration Policy
Migration Policy
Migration Policy Management Model • 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.
www.migracion.go.cr Regional Consultation Group on Migration RCGM Costa Rica President Pro-Tempore 2013 “Migration with a Human Face”