In Costa Rica, there is a widespread belief among the public and policymakers that the country's ‘exceptional’ universal healthcare system represents a magnet for Nicaraguan immigrants. However, examining immigrants’ actual access to social policy demonstrates the importance of legal and extra-legal mechanisms of exclusion that go hand in hand with official recognition of human rights. This paper critically assesses the relationship between migrants and the state, and public social policy in particular, in both sending and receiving country. We analyse the extent to which Nicaraguan migrant families on both sides of the Costa Rica–Nicaragua migration system incorporate public social protection in their welfare strategies. Drawing on two sets of qualitative data, we find that, on both sides of the border, migrants and their families display very similar commodified practices of welfare strategies, side-stepping the state and purchasing services in the private sector.

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回避国家：哥斯达黎加和尼加拉瓜尼加拉瓜人的社会服务商品化实践

在哥斯达黎加，公众和政策制定者普遍认为，该国“特殊”的全民医疗保健系统吸引了尼加拉瓜移民。然而，审查移民实际获得社会政策的机会表明了与官方承认人权齐头并进的法律和法律外排斥机制的重要性。本文批判性地评估了移民与国家之间的关系，特别是公共社会政策，无论是在输出国还是在接受国。我们分析了哥斯达黎加-尼加拉瓜移民系统两边的尼加拉瓜移民家庭将公共社会保护纳入其福利战略的程度。利用两组定性数据，我们发现，在边界的两侧，