Date of publication:

09/24/2026

Costa Rica

Do domestic laws and policies provide for the continued protection of refugees for whom special arrangements have been made?

ANALYSIS

Assessment by population

Assessment by population
Refugees
Asylum-seekers
Analysis

Neither the Ley General de Migración y Extranjería nor the Reglamento de Personas Refugiadas contain a specific provision addressing persons falling within Article 1D of the 1951 Refugee Convention, namely persons who are receiving protection or assistance from organs or agencies of the United Nations other than UNHCR.