Costa Rica’s refugee lifeline at breaking point amid funding crisis

(UNA) Washington.- A 41% cut is seriously affecting assistance to displaced persons, mainly Nicaraguan refugees. The ability to register newly arrived asylum-seekers has been reduced by 77%, which delays access to the documentation necessary to guarantee employment, health care and education. While humanitarian needs reach critical levels in Costa Rica, a 41% cut in funds is seriously affecting the ability of the UN Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) t…

GENEVA – Humanitarian assistance to some 200,000 people from Nicaragua who have arrived in Costa Rica in search of protection, refuge or asylum is compromised by a 41 percent cut in funds, warned this 9 the United Nations Agency for Refugees (Acnur). Sri Lankan lawyer Ruvendrini Menikdiwela, [...] This article At Risk Assistance to Nicaraguan Refugees in Costa Rica was originally published in IPS News Agency

Costa Rica’s refugee lifeline at breaking point amid funding crisis

Costa Rica’s long-standing commitment to protecting refugees is under threat as severe funding cuts cripple support for surging numbers of Nicaraguan asylum seekers, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Friday.