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*The number of migrants declined in later years but in 2015, there were some 420,000 immigrants in Costa Rica and the number of '''asylum seekers (mostly from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua)''' rose to more than 110,000, a fivefold increase from 2012. In 2016, the country was called a "magnet" for migrants from South and Central America and other countries who were hoping to reach the U.S. | *The number of migrants declined in later years but in 2015, there were some 420,000 immigrants in Costa Rica and the number of '''asylum seekers (mostly from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua)''' rose to more than 110,000, a fivefold increase from 2012. In 2016, the country was called a "magnet" for migrants from South and Central America and other countries who were hoping to reach the U.S. | ||
===Emigration=== | ===Emigration=== | ||
*According to the World Bank, in 2010, 125,306 Costa Ricans live abroad in the '''United States, Panama, Nicaragua, Spain, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, and Ecuador.''' | *According to the World Bank, in 2010, 125,306 Costa Ricans live abroad in the '''United States, Panama, Nicaragua, Spain, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, and Ecuador.''' | ||