African migrations in transit through Costa Rica: Reflections on the challenges of the institutional care

In recent decades there has been an increase of the amount of people from different countries from Africa who are transiting the American continent to reach the United States and Canada. Particularly in Costa Rica, since 2014the presence of these migrations in transit has been more visible, which ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Martínez Sánchez, Verónica, Coelho de Souza Lago, Mara
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios (CSEM)
Repositorio:REMHU (Online)
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:remhu.csem.br:article/1704
Acceso en línea:https://remhu.csem.org.br/index.php/remhu/article/view/1704
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Costa Rica
África
migraciones en tránsito
institucionalidad
Africa
migration in transit
institutionality
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Sumario:In recent decades there has been an increase of the amount of people from different countries from Africa who are transiting the American continent to reach the United States and Canada. Particularly in Costa Rica, since 2014the presence of these migrations in transit has been more visible, which has produced different institutional responses to control and accompany their transit through the country. This article aims to make visible and problematize some of the main challenges present in the institutional attention to African migrations in transit in Costa Rica. Various interviews were conducted with officials in the area of migration (both from state institutions and international organizations) who have worked with this flow of migrants in the country...