ABSTRACT
Since the late 1970s, the stream of refugees and economic immigrants into Belize from Central America has had a profound impact on the country’s political, social, and economic infrastructure. Although Belize has received international financial and technical assistance for their provision, the refugee presence has placed a burden on the fragile Belizean economy. The country’ is newly independent and struggling with its own identity as a state. As such, it is ill-pressed to meet the priorities of its own population, much less those of non-residents.
