Costa Rican plea for refugee support
Thursday, December 19, 2019
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Costa Rica's president requested urgent international aid for refugees in his nation, which has taken in tens of thousands of people from Nicaragua after a political crisis triggered months of violent protests.
Nicaraguans have made up the "vast majority" of refugee applications in Costa Rica over the past year and a half, Reuters reports.