Venezuelan Migration Is Not Leading to Increased Crime in Latin American Host Countries Despite Perceptions to Contrary, MPI-Brookings Analysis Finds

WASHINGTON — As communities in Latin America and the Caribbean adjust to the arrival of more than 4.2 million Venezuelan migrants and refugees over the past several years, there has been a perception by some that the newcomers are driving up crime rates. These concerns are largely unfounded, however, according to a new Migration Policy Institute-Brookings Institution analysis of data from the three countries that are host to the largest number of Venezuelans: Colombia, Peru and Chile.