Migrants and Crime

The subject of crime in the context of integration gained more attention throughout recent years. To help practitioners stay on top of the latest evidence on the topic of recent migrants and crime, we reviewed both academic and policy-oriented research since 2011.

Learn about policy objectives in relation to crime and integration and the instruments and tools policy makers have used and use to implement different kind of objectives by checking out the results of our study!

Key outputs:

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Brief for Crime:

A snapshot of research findings on most pressing issues on the topic of (recent) migrants and crime.

This brief includes perspectives of migrants engaging in criminal activities as well as migrants as victims of crime – and policy practices addressing those. Here you can find evidence based, effective recommendations that can be applied by governments or NGOs. To dive into the details, see the full report summarising some evidence in the area of crime and integration of migrants for the past decade.

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Featured studies:

Immigration, Social Integration and Crime: A Cross-National Approach

This publication gives a broad overview and analysis on immigration and crime rates in European countries. Take a look to see how and what factors influence the relationship between immigration and crime...

Breaking the Cycle

The paper aims to support you in adjusting existing strategies for preventing violent extremism by (also) considering the challenges related to an increasing polarisation of public opinion concerning refugees, asylum seekers and migration issues...

Report on the Comparative Analysis of European Counter-Radicalisation, Counter-Terrorist and De-Radicalisation Policies

A comparative overview of legislation, security policies and procedures on preventing extremism and radicalization from a European perspective...

Find selected research on Migration and Crime on The Migration Research Hub

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Where is the evidence?

Here you can see how much evidence on Migrants and Crime is available in each country (from the Migration Research Hub).

SPRING Community

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Title	Type	Website	Countries	City	Governance levels	Types of the organization	Areas of integration	Main target groups - legal status or admission channel	Main target groups – social characteristics	country_hfilter	governance_level_hfilter	main_target_group_legal_status_hfilter	main_target_group_social_chr_hfilter	type_of_the_organization_hfilter
MMONIKA – Multicultural Women’s Association, Finland	Organisation	monikanaiset.fi	Finland	Helsinki	National [Nuts 0]	NGO/ non-profit organisation	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Welfare and social work	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, EU-citizens, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Refugees, Resettled refugees	Students, Women	finland	national-nuts-0	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants asylum-seekers eu-citizens family-migrants irregular-migrants refugees resettled-refugees	students women	ngo-non-profit-organisation
Academic Council on the United Nations System	Organisation	acuns.org/	Germany	Ulm	Multi-country	NGO/ non-profit organisation	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Health, Housing and settlement, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Sports/leisure/arts, Welfare and social work	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, EU-citizens, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Other protection status including toleration, Refugees, Resettled refugees, Unaccompanied minors	Elderly, Faith groups, General population/ non-migrants, Men, Racialised minorities/ BPoC, Sexual minorities, Specific ethnicity/languages, Students, Women, Youth	germany	multi-country	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants asylum-seekers beneficiaries-of-subsidiary-protection eu-citizens family-migrants irregular-migrants other-protection-status-including-toleration refugees resettled-refugees unaccompanied-minors	elderly faith-groups general-population-non-migrants men racialised-minorities-bpoc sexual-minorities specific-ethnicity-languages students women youth	ngo-non-profit-organisation
Brown University	Organisation	brown.edu	USA	Providence, RI	Multi-country	Knowledge producer	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Health, Housing and settlement, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Sports/leisure/arts, Welfare and social work	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, EU-citizens, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Migrants, Other protection status including toleration, Refugees, Resettled refugees, Unaccompanied minors	General population/ non-migrants	usa	multi-country	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants asylum-seekers beneficiaries-of-subsidiary-protection eu-citizens family-migrants irregular-migrants migrants other-protection-status-including-toleration refugees resettled-refugees unaccompanied-minors	general-population-non-migrants	knowledge-producer
The RWII–Refugee Wellbeing & Integration Initiative (research)	Organisation	www.rwii.nl	Netherlands	Utrecht	National [Nuts 0]	NGO/ non-profit organisation	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Health, Housing and settlement, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Sports/leisure/arts, Welfare and social work	Asylum seekers, Refugees		netherlands	national-nuts-0	asylum-seekers refugees		ngo-non-profit-organisation
CESIE	Organisation	cesie.org/	Italy	Palermo	Supranational (EU)	NGO/ non-profit organisation	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Health, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, EU-citizens, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Refugees, Unaccompanied minors	Children, Elderly, Faith groups, General population/ non-migrants, Men, Racialised minorities/ BPoC, Sexual minorities, Specific ethnicity/languages, Women, Youth	italy	supranational-eu	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants asylum-seekers eu-citizens family-migrants irregular-migrants refugees unaccompanied-minors	children elderly faith-groups general-population-non-migrants men racialised-minorities-bpoc sexual-minorities specific-ethnicity-languages women youth	ngo-non-profit-organisation
Lasdel Bénin	Organisation	lasdel.net/	Benin	Parakou	Multi-country	Migrant/diaspora organisation	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Crime (perpetration & victimization), Gender and gender relations, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Welfare and social work	Asylum seekers, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Other protection status including toleration, Refugees, Resettled refugees	Children, Men, Sexual minorities, Specific ethnicity/languages, Women, Youth	benin	multi-country	asylum-seekers family-migrants irregular-migrants other-protection-status-including-toleration refugees resettled-refugees	children men sexual-minorities specific-ethnicity-languages women youth	migrant-diaspora-organisation
France terre d’asile	Organisation	www.france-terre-asile.org/	France	Paris	Multi-country, National [Nuts 0], Supranational (EU)	NGO/ non-profit organisation	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Housing and settlement, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Welfare and social work	Asylum seekers, Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, Refugees, Resettled refugees, Unaccompanied minors	Children, Men, Women, Youth	france	multi-country national-nuts-0 supranational-eu	asylum-seekers beneficiaries-of-subsidiary-protection refugees resettled-refugees unaccompanied-minors	children men women youth	ngo-non-profit-organisation
Migration Policy Institute Europe	Organisation	www.migrationpolicy.org/	Belgium	Brussels	Multi-country, National [Nuts 0], Regional (province or subnational region) [Nuts 1-2], Rural and Smaller Municipalities [Nuts 3], Supranational (EU), Urban – Larger Cities (OECD definition L-XXL) [Nuts 3], Urban – Small/ Medium (OECD Definition) [Nuts 3]	Knowledge producer	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Health, Housing and settlement, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Sports/leisure/arts, Welfare and social work	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, EU-citizens, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Other protection status including toleration, Refugees, Resettled refugees, Unaccompanied minors	Children, Elderly, Faith groups, General population/ non-migrants, Men, Racialised minorities/ BPoC, Sexual minorities, Specific ethnicity/languages, Students, Women, Youth	belgium	multi-country national-nuts-0 regional-province-or-subnational-region-nuts-1-2 rural-and-smaller-municipalities-nuts-3 supranational-eu urban-larger-cities-oecd-definition-l-xxl-nuts-3 urban-small-medium-oecd-definition-nuts-3	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants asylum-seekers beneficiaries-of-subsidiary-protection eu-citizens family-migrants irregular-migrants other-protection-status-including-toleration refugees resettled-refugees unaccompanied-minors	children elderly faith-groups general-population-non-migrants men racialised-minorities-bpoc sexual-minorities specific-ethnicity-languages students women youth	knowledge-producer
Defence for Children International Belgium	Organisation	www.dei-belgique.be	Belgium	Brussels	Multi-country	NGO/ non-profit organisation	Crime (perpetration & victimization), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination	Asylum seekers, Other protection status including toleration, Refugees, Unaccompanied minors	Children	belgium	multi-country	asylum-seekers other-protection-status-including-toleration refugees unaccompanied-minors	children	ngo-non-profit-organisation
International Organization for Migration (IOM)	Organisation	belgium.iom.int/	Belgium	Brussels	Supranational (EU)	International Organisation	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia)	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, EU-citizens, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Other protection status including toleration, Refugees, Resettled refugees, Unaccompanied minors	Children, General population/ non-migrants, Men, Racialised minorities/ BPoC, Sexual minorities, Specific ethnicity/languages, Students, Women, Youth	belgium	supranational-eu	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants asylum-seekers beneficiaries-of-subsidiary-protection eu-citizens family-migrants irregular-migrants other-protection-status-including-toleration refugees resettled-refugees unaccompanied-minors	children general-population-non-migrants men racialised-minorities-bpoc sexual-minorities specific-ethnicity-languages students women youth	international-organisation
IntegrateYouth Project at Stockholm University SOFI	Organisation	www.integrateyouth.org/	Sweden	Stockholm	Multi-country	Knowledge producer	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Health, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Sports/leisure/arts	(Permanent) Labour migrants, Family migrants, Refugees	Children, Men, Students, Women, Youth	sweden	multi-country	permanent-labour-migrants family-migrants refugees	children men students women youth	knowledge-producer
Community Development Institute	Organisation	www.cdi.mk	North Macedonia	Tetovo	Supranational (EU)	NGO/ non-profit organisation	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, EU-citizens, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Other protection status including toleration, Refugees	Elderly, General population/ non-migrants, Men, Racialised minorities/ BPoC, Students, Women, Youth	north-macedonia	supranational-eu	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants eu-citizens family-migrants irregular-migrants other-protection-status-including-toleration refugees	elderly general-population-non-migrants men racialised-minorities-bpoc students women youth	ngo-non-profit-organisation
Sveriges Ensamkommandes Förening	Organisation	www.facebook.com/231677767215180/posts/1395511564165122/?d=n	Sweden	Höganäs	Supranational (EU)	NGO/ non-profit organisation	Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Health, Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Sports/leisure/arts	Asylum seekers, Family migrants, Refugees, Resettled refugees, Unaccompanied minors	Children, General population/ non-migrants, Students, Youth	sweden	supranational-eu	asylum-seekers family-migrants refugees resettled-refugees unaccompanied-minors	children general-population-non-migrants students youth	ngo-non-profit-organisation
WE HELP	Organisation	consultant.teachlearnwork.com/	United Kingdom	Dewsbury	National [Nuts 0]	NGO/ non-profit organisation	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Health, Housing and settlement, Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Welfare and social work	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, Family migrants, Refugees, Resettled refugees, Unaccompanied minors	Children, Elderly, Faith groups, General population/ non-migrants, Men, Racialised minorities/ BPoC, Sexual minorities, Specific ethnicity/languages, Students, Women, Youth	united-kingdom	national-nuts-0	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants asylum-seekers family-migrants refugees resettled-refugees unaccompanied-minors	children elderly faith-groups general-population-non-migrants men racialised-minorities-bpoc sexual-minorities specific-ethnicity-languages students women youth	ngo-non-profit-organisation
Diaspora Digital News	Organisation	diasporadigitalnews.co	Ghana	Accra	Multi-country	Media	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Health, Housing and settlement, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Sports/leisure/arts, Welfare and social work	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, EU-citizens, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Other protection status including toleration, Refugees, Resettled refugees, Unaccompanied minors	Children, Elderly, Faith groups, Men, Racialised minorities/ BPoC, Specific ethnicity/languages, Students, Women, Youth	ghana	multi-country	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants asylum-seekers beneficiaries-of-subsidiary-protection eu-citizens family-migrants irregular-migrants other-protection-status-including-toleration refugees resettled-refugees unaccompanied-minors	children elderly faith-groups men racialised-minorities-bpoc specific-ethnicity-languages students women youth	media
FAIRWORK Belgium	Organisation	www.fairworkbelgium.be/nl/	Belgium	Brussels	National [Nuts 0]	NGO/ non-profit organisation	Crime (perpetration & victimization), Employment and related training	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Irregular migrants	Elderly, Men, Women, Youth	belgium	national-nuts-0	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants irregular-migrants	elderly men women youth	ngo-non-profit-organisation
Roskilde University	Organisation	ruc.dk/en	Denmark	Roskilde	National [Nuts 0], Supranational (EU)	Knowledge producer	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Health, Housing and settlement, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Sports/leisure/arts, Welfare and social work	(Permanent) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, Family migrants, Other protection status including toleration, Refugees, Unaccompanied minors	Racialised minorities/ BPoC, Specific ethnicity/languages	denmark	national-nuts-0 supranational-eu	permanent-labour-migrants asylum-seekers beneficiaries-of-subsidiary-protection family-migrants other-protection-status-including-toleration refugees unaccompanied-minors	racialised-minorities-bpoc specific-ethnicity-languages	knowledge-producer
University of Bristol	Organisation	migration.bristol.ac.uk/	United Kingdom	Bristol	Supranational (EU)	Knowledge producer	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Health, Housing and settlement, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Sports/leisure/arts, Welfare and social work	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, EU-citizens, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Other protection status including toleration, Refugees, Resettled refugees, Unaccompanied minors	Children, Elderly, Faith groups, General population/ non-migrants, Men, Racialised minorities/ BPoC, Sexual minorities, Specific ethnicity/languages, Students, Women, Youth	united-kingdom	supranational-eu	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants asylum-seekers beneficiaries-of-subsidiary-protection eu-citizens family-migrants irregular-migrants other-protection-status-including-toleration refugees resettled-refugees unaccompanied-minors	children elderly faith-groups general-population-non-migrants men racialised-minorities-bpoc sexual-minorities specific-ethnicity-languages students women youth	knowledge-producer
GAMBE – support group for Brazilian women	Organisation	gambe.org	Netherlands	Amsterdam (multiple)	Multi-country	Grassroots organisation	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Welfare and social work	(Permanent) Labour migrants, EU-citizens, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Unaccompanied minors	Children, Racialised minorities/ BPoC, Sexual minorities, Specific ethnicity/languages, Students, Women	netherlands	multi-country	permanent-labour-migrants eu-citizens family-migrants irregular-migrants unaccompanied-minors	children racialised-minorities-bpoc sexual-minorities specific-ethnicity-languages students women	grassroots-organisation
DIACONIA SPAIN	Organisation	www.diaconia.es	Spain	MADRID	National [Nuts 0]	NGO/ non-profit organisation	Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Gender and gender relations, Housing and settlement, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Welfare and social work	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, EU-citizens, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Other protection status including toleration, Refugees, Resettled refugees, Victims of human trafficking	Children, Elderly, Faith groups, General population/ non-migrants, Men, Racialised minorities/ BPoC, Women, Youth	spain	national-nuts-0	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants asylum-seekers beneficiaries-of-subsidiary-protection eu-citizens family-migrants irregular-migrants other-protection-status-including-toleration refugees resettled-refugees victims-of-human-trafficking	children elderly faith-groups general-population-non-migrants men racialised-minorities-bpoc women youth	ngo-non-profit-organisation
Welcoming America (Welcoming International Initiative)	Organisation	www.welcominginternational.org	USA	St. Louis	Multi-country	International Organisation	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Health, Housing and settlement, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Sports/leisure/arts, Welfare and social work	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, EU-citizens, Family migrants, Irregular migrants, Other protection status including toleration, Refugees, Resettled refugees, Unaccompanied minors	General population/ non-migrants, Racialised minorities/ BPoC, Specific ethnicity/languages, Students	usa	multi-country	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants asylum-seekers beneficiaries-of-subsidiary-protection eu-citizens family-migrants irregular-migrants other-protection-status-including-toleration refugees resettled-refugees unaccompanied-minors	general-population-non-migrants racialised-minorities-bpoc specific-ethnicity-languages students	international-organisation
OpenEmbassy	Organisation	www.openembassy.nl/en	Netherlands	Amsterdam	National [Nuts 0]	Social enterprise	Attitudes (both mainstream/minority), Civic participation, Crime (perpetration & victimization), Education and training, Employment and related training, Family relations marriage and children, Gender and gender relations, Health, Housing and settlement, Identity and belonging, Intergroup relations and contact (including racism and xenophobia), Rights and legal status as well as non-discrimination, Sports/leisure/arts, Welfare and social work	(Permanent) Labour migrants, (Temporary) Labour migrants, Asylum seekers, Family migrants, Refugees, Resettled refugees	Children, Men, Women, Youth	netherlands	national-nuts-0	permanent-labour-migrants temporary-labour-migrants asylum-seekers family-migrants refugees resettled-refugees	children men women youth	social-enterprise

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