Meagan Dooley
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Meagan Dooley
Meagan Dooley is a Senior Research Analyst in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. Her research interests include migration, women’s economic empowerment, and labor force inequality.
Ms. Dooley holds an MA in global human development from Georgetown University.
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Más de 4 millones de venezolanos han migrado a otros países de América Latina y el Caribe, lo que ha generado preocupación sobre cómo estas llegadas están afectando a las comunidades receptoras. Algunos políticos y expertos han afirmado que la migración está provocando un incremento en la delincuencia, un argumento que este informe examina a través de un análisis detallado de los datos de Chile, Colombia y Perú.
More than 4 million Venezuelans have moved to other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, raising concerns about how these arrivals are affecting receiving communities. Some politicians and pundits have asserted that migration is leading to an increase in crime—a claim this issue brief finds misplaced based on examination of official data from Chile, Colombia, and Peru.