Significant Decline in Refugees’ Crime Rates
Written by Analyst Ingibjörg Ingólfsdóttir, Researcher Camilla Hvidtfeldt, Research Professor Lars Højsgaard Andersen, and Head of Analysis Anders Bruun Jonassen, ROCKWOOL Foundation’s Analysis Unit
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