Latin Americans have always looked up to the United States as the land of opportunity. As such when US immigration policy was relaxed it created several waves of immigrants heading north. Thousands of migrants from many different parts of the world have passed through Panama and Costa Rica on their way to the United States. Recently the US government banned Venezuelans from entering the United States and as a result many have been stuck in Panama and Costa Rica figuring out how to get back to Venezuela. The influx of migrants to Costa Rica and Panama have financial and social effects they they are not as capable financially to handle compared to the United States. Leaders and politicians in Latin America are also to blame as decades of mismanagement and corruption has meant the lack of economic opportunities which in turn stimulates mass migration to the United States.
For more information on migrants in Costa Rica visit the website of the International Office of Migration of the United Nations: costarica.iom.int/es/tablero-...