Fleeing Nicaraguans camp out in Costa Rican streets

Record ID: 1357402

  • Title: Fleeing Nicaraguans camp out in Costa Rican streets
  • Date: 22nd September 2018
  • Summary: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA (SEPTEMBER 20, 2018) (REUTERS) NICARAGUAN MIGRANTS SLEEPING IN LOCAL PARK NICARAGUANS SLEEPING AMONGST PILE OF BELONGINGS NICARAGUAN MIGRANT AMONGST BELONGINGS MIGRANT SLEEPING IN PARK MIGRANTS GATHERED IN PARK MIGRANTS SITTING IN PARK (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) NICARAGUAN MIGRANT, BISMARK, SAYING: "We are sleeping here because we have nowhere to sleep, nowhere to stay. Our time has run out and we need some friendly help, to help us find a place to sleep at night." MIGRANTS SLEEPING TOGETHER IN PARK (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) NICARAGUAN MIGRANT, AUGUSTO FLORES, SAYING: "We are like criminals here, as if we're rapists. They don't give us any work here. We've been to companies and they close the doors, even if we have documentation to stay here. I walk around with my passport. I've been looking for a job for a month and a half. And nothing." EXTERIOR OF LOCAL PREMISE ASSISTING MIGRANTS INTERIOR OF PREMISE MIGRANT WITH FOOD MIGRANTS TAKING SHELTER IN PREMISE CHILDREN SLEEPING ON BED SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA (SEPTEMBER 21, 2018) (REUTERS) MIGRATION OFFICIAL, DAQUER HERNANDEZ, WALKING INTO OFFICE HERNANDEZ LOOKING AT DOCUMENT WHICH SHOWS FLOWS OF MIGRANTS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MIGRATION OFFICIAL, DAQUER HERNANDEZ, SAYING: "We are attending to hundreds of people on a daily basis, with 200 requests daily. We hope to raise our capacity with added personnel and space that is being given to us, allowing us to attend to refugee applications and to expedite (claims)." MIGRANTS GATHERED IN LOCAL SQUARE MIGRANTS IN SQUARE IMMIGRATION POLICE TALKING TO PEOPLE IN LOCAL PARK OFFICERS IN PARK OFFICER WITH MIGRANTS OFFICERS WITH MIGRANTS
  • Embargoed: 6th October 2018 01:16
  • Keywords: migrants fleeing Nicaragua San Jose Costa Rica sleep streets
  • Location: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
  • City: SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
  • Country: Costa Rica
  • Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0018YKNFWJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Nicaraguan migrants are camping out in Costa Rica's capital of San Jose, fleeing instability and violence during widespread protests against President Daniel Ortega.
    According to the Costa Rican government, about 100 to 150 Nicaraguans are crossing the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua regularly. San Jose has sought international help to deal with the influx.
    The uptake in Nicaraguan migrants has put a strain on local services and shelters.
    Nicaragua has been wracked by protest violence since April against the Ortega government. Proposed cuts to the pension system announced in the spring triggered months of protests that have expanded to encompass a range of concerns against Ortega, a former guerrilla leader whom critics accuse of tampering with elections and seeking to install a "family dictatorship."
    Some 300 people have died so far during protest violence in Nicaragua.
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