Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Social Policy (Basic Aims and Standards) Convention, 1962 (No. 117) - Costa Rica (Ratification: 1966)

Migrant workers. Further to its previous observation, the Committee notes with interest the information supplied in the Government's report, and in particular, the Government's comments on the report of the ILO mission on "The situation of migrant workers in Costa Rica", and a Joint Declaration concerning Labour Migration made in May 1996 in San José by the Labour Ministers of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic. It notes with interest that the Government has been continuing its efforts to deal with matters relating to migrant workers of Nicaraguan nationality working in Costa Rica. It notes in particular that the Government is proposing a system of a seasonal labour card.

The Committee requests the Government to continue to supply information on the measures taken or envisaged to ensure the application of Article 8 of the Convention, with particular reference to developments concerning Nicaraguan migrants mentioned above.