Obama, Biden meet Costa Rica's president, discuss steps to protect migrants: White House

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The two U.S. leaders commended Costa Rica for its leadership in setting up a “protective transfer arrangement” in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration to provide temporary safe haven for up to 200 migrants at a time from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, the White House said in a statement.

The three leaders met in the White House.

(Reporting by Eric Walsh; Editing by Paul Tait)