Continuing From Yesterday

Continuing from yesterdays' blog: we were given the chance to speak with the people abandoned in the Caribbean Sea. Costa Rica was actually their final destination, not Canada. Many of them have been traveling for months within Africa and Latin America, fleeing persecution, political oppression and the like. The boat trip from Columbia (which did not include the whole group at once) lasted about 7 days. Upon reaching Costa Rica, they were detained because they did not have the proper paperwork. Many of them have been in the detention center for 2 months now and are eagerly waiting to start their new lives in Costa Rica. Their days are endless, with little to do in the center. And even though we were only there briefly, it must have been a welcome relief to see some different faces who sat down to listen and speak with them (in English!).