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Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado met with Mayorkas weeks
after Costa Rica, Panama and Mexico established visa
requirements that make it more difficult for Venezuelans and
Cubans to transit through their countries towards U.S.
territory.
The new requirements came after Nicaragua lifted visa
requirements for Cuban nationals in November, opening a new
avenue for migration north to Mexico and the United States.
Mayorkas and Costa Rican Minister of Security Michael Soto
signed a letter of understanding pledging police efforts and
attention to migrants and refugees. Those efforts would include
training, infrastructure and equipment, Soto said in a video
shared with media.
"The document seeks to generate options to strengthen the
professional migration police and the border police of Costa
Rica in all their capacities, strengthen the fight against the
smuggling of migrants and human trafficking," the Costa Rican
government's statement said.
Mayorkas was in Costa Rica a day after his visit to Mexico where
he discussed regional migration and labor policies with Mexican
officials.
(Reporting by Alvaro Murillo, writing by Cassandra Garrison;
Editing by Kim Coghill)
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