Refugees and Migration

Oscar Arias: To stem the child migrant crisis, first stop poverty and violence

In 2014, when another of the immigrant crises was in the headlines, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias asked "If these children... are willing to risk their lives atop the infamous train through Mexico known as La Bestia (“the...

Oscar Arias: Fixing Migration

"They were eager to help Central America transform students into soldiers. They were eager to provide the weapons while we provided the dead." In June, 2014, the US was grappling with the fact that more than 50,000 migrant children were attempting to enter...