Migratory mobility and its impact on the public policies of Costa Rica as a destination country

Abstract

The treatment of migratory flows, as regards public policy, represents an inter-institutional challenge for migrant recipient countries, hence it is a constant theme in the political agenda of public administrations, of which, Costa Rica is not exempt, having to incorporate the migrant population into the economic and social gear of the country, promoting its regularization in order to achieve full and productive integration within the Costa Rican system (health system, education, work, financial, housing, among others). For this, it is necessary to develop, adopt and implement migration policies that fit the reality of Costa Rica. In addition, that the measures adopted can respond efficiently and effectively to the needs of the migrant population under the perspective of respect for human rights, and in the same way they can respond to the country’s own needs, both as regards It concerns maintaining economic stability and managing national security levels. All this leads to the need to analyze the phenomenon of migration and its transversal nature over the various internal areas of the country in which it affects.