Venezuelan Migration, Crime, and Misperceptions: A Review of Data from Colombia, Peru, and Chile

More than 5 million Venezuelans have left their country, and the majoritythan 4 millionmoved elsewhere in Latin America and the Caribbean. While some politicians and pundits have claimed the new arrivals are leading to an uptick in crime, few studies conducted in the region have examined whether and...

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Published in:Policy File 2020
Main Authors: Bahar, Dany, Dooley, Meagan, Selee, Andrew
Format: Report
Language:English
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Immigration
Migration Policy Institute
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Summary:More than 5 million Venezuelans have left their country, and the majoritythan 4 millionmoved elsewhere in Latin America and the Caribbean. While some politicians and pundits have claimed the new arrivals are leading to an uptick in crime, few studies conducted in the region have examined whether and what type of relationship exists between immigration and crime. This issue brief explores these questions by looking at migration and crime data from the three countries with the largest number of Venezuelan migrants: Colombia, Peru, and Chile. To do so, it draws on a mix of national and subnational datasets, some publicly available and others obtained by the authors through requests to government agencies.