The government of Costa Rica signed a decree so that the agricultural sector can formally hire migrants who are in the country.
The decree provides legal certainty to agricultural companies, because they will be able to hire regularized labor for agricultural activities, within the framework of social guarantees, explained the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG).
International labor mobility as an important factor in business competitiveness is being obstructed in Costa Rica by the inefficiency of the Department of Immigration.
EDITORIAL
Inefficiency is the right adjective to describe the management of the Department of Immigration and Alien Affairs, where"... there are more than 20,000 cases pending resolution."
A new edict orders procedures which are very similar to the "melting pot" held under previous administrations, in order to regularize the status of undocumented immigrants.
An article on Prensa.com reports that "...Decrees 167 and 168 issued on June 3, 2016 by the Executive for general regularization and also for migrants from China, respectively, have generated a debate about its resemblance to Decree 547 of July 22, 2012, whereby migratory regularization fairs known as the Melting Pot were created during the administration of Ricardo Martinelli."
The disordered nature of their living conditions has been described as a positive catalyst for creative thinking.
When talking about successful immigrants, emphasis has traditionally been given to their hunger for progress, their determination, and their hard working nature. But modern studies on the subject are drawing more attention to the "world being turned upside down" -which is what happens to those who emigrate- as the main factor which explains how so many immigrants are revealed to have exceptional, even genius capabilities.