Book contents
- Does Immigration Increase Crime?
- Does Immigration Increase Crime?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Immigration and Crime: Perceptions and Reality
- 2 Migration Policy and Crime in Italy
- 3 Immigration and Crime in the United Kingdom
- 4 The Case of the United States
- 5 Refugee Waves and Crime: Evidence from EU Countries
- Conclusion
- Book part
- References
- Index
5 - Refugee Waves and Crime: Evidence from EU Countries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 August 2019
- Does Immigration Increase Crime?
- Does Immigration Increase Crime?
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Immigration and Crime: Perceptions and Reality
- 2 Migration Policy and Crime in Italy
- 3 Immigration and Crime in the United Kingdom
- 4 The Case of the United States
- 5 Refugee Waves and Crime: Evidence from EU Countries
- Conclusion
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
The European Union has experienced a major refugee crisis in the last few years. The total number of individuals with recognized refugee status who reside in one of the EU15 countries increased from approximately 1 million in 2014 to 1.8 million in 2016. Over the same period, the number of asylum applications received by EU15 countries increased from 500,000 in 2014 to more than 1 million in 2015 and to 1.1 million in 2016, reaching an unprecedented 2.6 million applications submitted in just three years.
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- Does Immigration Increase Crime?Migration Policy and the Creation of the Criminal Immigrant, pp. 129 - 155Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019