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Comparative Migration Studies

Table 1 Number of registered extra-continental migrants in Costa Rica

From: Es cosa suya: entanglements of border externalization and African transit migration in northern Costa Rica

2016

Firma Periódica

1823

PIT

18,301

2017

PIT

5975

2018

PIT

January

252

February

474

March

593

Total

  

27,418

  1. Number of extra-continental migrants registered by Costa Rica’s Immigration and Naturalization Service (DGME) between 2016 and March 2018, first via the Firma Periódica and afterwards via the Permiso de Ingreso y Tránsito (PIT; permit of entry and transit). Source: Costa Rica’s Immigration and Naturalization Service (DGME), Costa Rica, May 2018
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