Since 2014, Costa Rica has faced a ‘migration crisis’ tied to the arrival of new asylum seekers from El Salvador, Venezuela and Colombia and transit migrants from Africa, Haiti and Cuba. This article examines representations of these groups through a qualitative analysis of newspaper coverage (2011–2017). Representations of these groups build on existing threat narratives to position transit migrants and asylum seekers as inherently dangerous, undeserving of public concern, and a drain on Costa Rican hospitality. These framings reinforce social and political boundaries and justify the exclusion of migrants and refugees from public resources.

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不值得和不受欢迎：在哥斯达黎加媒体中代表新移民和难民

自 2014 年以来，哥斯达黎加面临着一场“移民危机”，这与来自萨尔瓦多、委内瑞拉和哥伦比亚的新寻求庇护者以及来自非洲、海地和古巴的过境移民的到来有关。本文通过对报纸报道（2011-2017 年）的定性分析来检验这些群体的表现。这些群体的代表建立在现有的威胁叙述的基础上，将过境移民和寻求庇护者定位为天生危险、不值得公众关注，并且会消耗哥斯达黎加人的热情好客。这些框架强化了社会和政治界限，并为将移民和难民排除在公共资源之外提供了理由。