FILE PHOTO: Nicaraguan migrants fill documents to request refuge in Costa Rica due to the unrest occurring in their country at the migration office in San Jose, Costa Rica July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate/File Photo
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - A record number of Nicaraguans sought refuge in neighboring Costa Rica in 2021, Costa Rican immigration authorities said on Friday, amid a widespread political crackdown against opponents of longtime Nicaraguan leader President Daniel Ortega.
Costa Rica received 53,000 refugee applications from Nicaraguans in 2021, particularly in the months ahead of the elections in November, when Ortega clinched https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/nicaraguas-ortega-coasting-victory-after-contentious-election-2021-11-08 a fourth consecutive term after jailing political rivals.
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