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‘Sharp rise’ in Nicaraguans fleeing to Costa Rica, strains asylum system
"Nicaragua
"The Rise of Ortega-ismo"
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a relatively fair and just democratic electoral system in the U.S.A.]
[...]
Since taking office in 2007, the government of President Daniel Ortega has dismantled nearly all institutional checks on presidential power. The Electoral Council, stacked with the president’s supporters, removed opposition lawmakers in 2016 and has barred opposition political parties ahead of the 2021 presidential elections. A constitutional amendment approved by President Ortega’s party, which controls the National Assembly, abolished term limits in 2014. President Ortega was elected to a fourth consecutive term in November amid government repression of critics and the political opposition. Many governments from the region and Europe said the elections had not met minimum guarantees to be considered free and fair.
P - To pave the way for his re-election, authorities arbitrarily arrested and prosecuted government critics and political opponents, including presidential candidates, journalists, lawyers, and leaders of community, business, and student groups."
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Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun
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For more than a year now, with tacit and explicit support from their party’s national leaders, state Republican operatives have been building an apparatus of election theft. Elected officials in Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and other states have studied Donald Trump’s crusade to overturn the 2020 election. They have noted the points of failure and have taken concrete steps to avoid failure next time. Some of them have rewritten statutes to seize partisan control of decisions about which ballots to count and which to discard, which results to certify and which to reject. They are driving out or stripping power from election officials who refused to go along with the plot last November, aiming to replace them with exponents of the Big Lie. They are fine-tuning a legal argument that purports to allow state legislators to override the choice of the voters. ,, https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=167072165 .. Noted conix declined comment.
© UNHCR/Kai Odio A UNHCR staff member assists Nicaraguan asylum seekers in Upala, near Costa Rica’s border with Nicaragua.
25 March 2022
Around three per cent of Costa Rica’s population is now made up of Nicaraguan
refugees and asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Doubling in number over the last eight months, the agency now estimates that there are more than 150,000 Nicaraguans who have crossed over the southern border, seeking refuge in Costa Rica.
“These figures, as of February 2022, confirm more Nicaraguans are currently seeking protection in Costa Rica than all the refugees and asylum seekers combined, during Central America’s civil wars in the 1980s, when Costa Rica was a sanctuary for those fleeing violence,” UNHCR .. http://www.unhcr.org/ spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov, told a press conference in Geneva.
Troubling trend
UNHCR is concerned that this trend could seriously strain Costa Rica’s already stretched asylum system and overwhelm support networks in the country.
“The sharp rise in the number of asylum seekers from Nicaragua corresponds with major socio-political events in the country,” explained Mr. Cheshirkov.
Moreover, Nicaraguans are also increasingly seeking protection further afield.
During the first two months of 2022, the number seeking asylum in Mexico, represented nearly a third of the total, for all of 2021.
UN Costa Rica/Danilo Mora Lilith, not her real name, was trafficked from Nicaragua as a teenager and now lives in Costa Rica.
Open borders
Throughout the COVID-19 .. https://www.un.org/coronavirus .. pandemic, the Government of Costa Rica has kept its doors open for those seeking international protection.
According to UNHCR’s border monitoring in Costa Rica, many of the new asylum seekers are finding employment through the seasonal coffee harvest.
“However, their economic security could be compromised once the harvest is over, increasing the pressure on response institutions and UNHCR programmes,” warned the UNHCR spokesperson.
He noted that due to the pandemic-induced economic crisis, which has weakened individual support networks that provide shelter and economic opportunities to Nicaraguans, Costa Rica is experiencing a high level of unemployment.
This adds to the need for support from UNHCR and its partners.
Off the world's radar
UNHCR assists Costa Rica and its host communities in welcoming asylum seekers and refugees through registration, legal aid, cash assistance, and donations of hygiene and cleaning kits, food and mattresses, Mr. Cheshirkov said.
The agency also provides psychosocial support, emergency shelter, vocational training, and activities to promote peaceful coexistence between refugees and the communities that host them.
“At a moment when the crisis in Ukraine is making daily headlines, these figures highlight the importance of remembering other less visible situations of displacement that persist and grow around the world,” said the UNHCR spokesperson.
“We urge the international community to continue supporting Costa Rica and other countries hosting Nicaraguans in their efforts to receive and provide international protection to those who are forced to flee their country”.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114792
"Nicaragua
"The Rise of Ortega-ismo"
A Trump wish list. [Here, add to that all Republicans working to thwart
a relatively fair and just democratic electoral system in the U.S.A.]
[...]
Since taking office in 2007, the government of President Daniel Ortega has dismantled nearly all institutional checks on presidential power. The Electoral Council, stacked with the president’s supporters, removed opposition lawmakers in 2016 and has barred opposition political parties ahead of the 2021 presidential elections. A constitutional amendment approved by President Ortega’s party, which controls the National Assembly, abolished term limits in 2014. President Ortega was elected to a fourth consecutive term in November amid government repression of critics and the political opposition. Many governments from the region and Europe said the elections had not met minimum guarantees to be considered free and fair.
P - To pave the way for his re-election, authorities arbitrarily arrested and prosecuted government critics and political opponents, including presidential candidates, journalists, lawyers, and leaders of community, business, and student groups."
Related: conix, Some truth for you which you could comment on:
Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun
[...]
For more than a year now, with tacit and explicit support from their party’s national leaders, state Republican operatives have been building an apparatus of election theft. Elected officials in Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, and other states have studied Donald Trump’s crusade to overturn the 2020 election. They have noted the points of failure and have taken concrete steps to avoid failure next time. Some of them have rewritten statutes to seize partisan control of decisions about which ballots to count and which to discard, which results to certify and which to reject. They are driving out or stripping power from election officials who refused to go along with the plot last November, aiming to replace them with exponents of the Big Lie. They are fine-tuning a legal argument that purports to allow state legislators to override the choice of the voters. ,, https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=167072165 .. Noted conix declined comment.
© UNHCR/Kai Odio A UNHCR staff member assists Nicaraguan asylum seekers in Upala, near Costa Rica’s border with Nicaragua.
25 March 2022
Around three per cent of Costa Rica’s population is now made up of Nicaraguan
refugees and asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Doubling in number over the last eight months, the agency now estimates that there are more than 150,000 Nicaraguans who have crossed over the southern border, seeking refuge in Costa Rica.
“These figures, as of February 2022, confirm more Nicaraguans are currently seeking protection in Costa Rica than all the refugees and asylum seekers combined, during Central America’s civil wars in the 1980s, when Costa Rica was a sanctuary for those fleeing violence,” UNHCR .. http://www.unhcr.org/ spokesperson Boris Cheshirkov, told a press conference in Geneva.
Troubling trend
UNHCR is concerned that this trend could seriously strain Costa Rica’s already stretched asylum system and overwhelm support networks in the country.
“The sharp rise in the number of asylum seekers from Nicaragua corresponds with major socio-political events in the country,” explained Mr. Cheshirkov.
Moreover, Nicaraguans are also increasingly seeking protection further afield.
During the first two months of 2022, the number seeking asylum in Mexico, represented nearly a third of the total, for all of 2021.
UN Costa Rica/Danilo Mora Lilith, not her real name, was trafficked from Nicaragua as a teenager and now lives in Costa Rica.
Open borders
Throughout the COVID-19 .. https://www.un.org/coronavirus .. pandemic, the Government of Costa Rica has kept its doors open for those seeking international protection.
According to UNHCR’s border monitoring in Costa Rica, many of the new asylum seekers are finding employment through the seasonal coffee harvest.
“However, their economic security could be compromised once the harvest is over, increasing the pressure on response institutions and UNHCR programmes,” warned the UNHCR spokesperson.
He noted that due to the pandemic-induced economic crisis, which has weakened individual support networks that provide shelter and economic opportunities to Nicaraguans, Costa Rica is experiencing a high level of unemployment.
This adds to the need for support from UNHCR and its partners.
Off the world's radar
UNHCR assists Costa Rica and its host communities in welcoming asylum seekers and refugees through registration, legal aid, cash assistance, and donations of hygiene and cleaning kits, food and mattresses, Mr. Cheshirkov said.
The agency also provides psychosocial support, emergency shelter, vocational training, and activities to promote peaceful coexistence between refugees and the communities that host them.
“At a moment when the crisis in Ukraine is making daily headlines, these figures highlight the importance of remembering other less visible situations of displacement that persist and grow around the world,” said the UNHCR spokesperson.
“We urge the international community to continue supporting Costa Rica and other countries hosting Nicaraguans in their efforts to receive and provide international protection to those who are forced to flee their country”.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1114792
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