Last Change:

08/14/2025

Protocol for the Care of Foreign Minors Whose Parents, Relatives, or Guardians Are Subject to Deportation Proceedings

Original names of the law: Protocolo para la atención de las personas menores de edad extranjeras, cuyos padres, madres, familiares o personas responsables se encuentran sometidos a un proceso de deportación

Year: 2012

Type: Domestic policy

Rights Category: Family life

Link to external source: https://www.migracion.go.cr/Documentos%20compartidos/Ni%C3%B1ez/Protocolo%20para%20la%20atenci%C3%B3n%20de%20personas%20menores%20de%20edad%20extranjeras%20padres%20sometidos%20a%20deportacion.pdf
Description

The elaboration of the Regularization Protocol, the Deportation Protocol and the Unaccompanied children Protocol took place within the PANI - MIGRACION Bipartite Commission, which was conceived with the objective of creating mechanisms that, within the framework of the development of the joint work plan, allow both the DGME and PANI to efficiently and effectively attend and protect foreign children and adolescents in different migratory situations, ensuring at all times compliance with the Principle of the Best Interest of the children and adolescents. 

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Do domestic laws and policies take into account the right to family life, the principle of family unity, and the best interests of the child in proceedings that may result in the expulsion or deportation of an individual?  Family life