Integration is not only an ethical imperative—it is a strategic decision for the present and future development of Costa Rica.
Costa Rica: Organizations Propose Reforms to Promote Refugee Integration
These reforms include the improvement of asylum and regularization procedures, and the removal of barriers to employment.
Refugees International Concerned by U.S.–Costa Rica Third Country National Deportation Deal
Some people being deported to Costa Rica may be asylum seekers who were never given a fair chance to present their cases in the United States.
More than 200 Organizations and Experts Call for an End to Trump’s Threats of War Crimes and Call for Accountability
A threat to wipe out “a whole civilization” may amount to a threat of genocide. The law is clear that civilians must not be targeted.
40+ Human rights organizations call for an end to chain deportations from the United States to Costa Rica
The agreement between Costa Rica and the United States would permit the deportation of ~25 third country nationals from the U.S. per week.
How Cruel Migration Policies Hurt People: A Look at the Effects of Externalization in Mexico and Central America
Join us for a discussion on the human toll of migration policies in the United States on individuals seeking safety throughout the region.
U.S./Israel–Iran War on Course for Cataclysmic Civilian Harm, Displacement, and Humanitarian Need
If this evolves into a long-term war, and if internal conflict emerges in Iran, the humanitarian consequences could worsen dramatically.
America, Forty-Three Years After Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech
On March 8, 1983, President Ronald Reagan warned that the Soviet Union was “the focus of evil in the modern world” and urged Americans to resist “the aggressive impulses of an evil empire.” Years later, in his Farewell Address, he called America a shining city on a hill. Together, those ideas shaped the moral vocabulary…
Death of Rohingya Refugee After Abandonment by CBP Requires Investigation
We are saddened by the needless death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee who had been detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Protection, Not Concession: Mexico’s Responsibility to Third Country Nationals Deported by the United States
The United States is deporting thousands of third country nationals to Mexico using coercive tactics, including enforced disappearances.