Migrants from China deported by the U.S. begin asylum process in Costa Rica.

Twelve foreigners left the Temporary Care Centre for Migrants (Catem) with the aim of establishing themselves in Costa Rica.This was confirmed on Saturday by the General Directorate of Migration and Aliens of Costa Rica. These are persons of Chinese nationality: eight adults and four minors.The group requested refuge against the refusal of their countries of origin to receive them.Migration reported on their social networks that the correspondin…

By Djenane Villanueva, CNN en Español Costa Rica has granted asylum seeker status to 16 Chinese migrants deported by the United States on February 20 and 26, the Central American nation's General Directorate of Migration and Foreigners reported Friday. The group is part of 200 people deported by the United States on those dates and who were being held at the Temporary Care Center for Migrants (Catem) in the southern part of the country, about se…

Costa Rican authorities reported this Friday that 16 Chinese citizens who are part of a group of 200 migrants of different nationalities who were deported by the United States to the Central American country last February requested refuge in Costa Rica. The entry Seeking refuge in Costa Rica 16 Chinese migrants deported by the United States was first published in the Digital Process.