"Costa Rica Renews Plan for the Entry of Nicaraguan Agricultural Workers", 30 September 2021

...Authorities from Costa Rica and Nicaragua renewed this past week an agreement that will allow the temporary entry of Nicaraguan agricultural workers to harvest various crops on Costa Rican soil.

The Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture reported that the agreement, in force since 2020, was renewed during a meeting in the town of Peñas Blancas, the border between the two countries, with the presence of officials from the Ministries of Agriculture and Migration institutions.

“During the meeting, the requirements expressed by agricultural sectors of Costa Rica in relation to the harvesting of various crops, and the procedures to guarantee a regular, orderly and safe migration of Nicaraguan labor, who would be hired on a temporary basis, were analyzed” says an official statement.

Through the 2020 agreement, 6,638 Nicaraguans entered Costa Rica between November of that year and April 2021, who worked in coffee, sugarcane, teak, palm, melon, watermelon and orange crops...

In accordance with the binational agreement, the Government of Costa Rica will ensure human, labor, health, social security, and occupational hygiene and safety rights, in accordance with Costa Rican legislation...