According to a survey carried out in 2021, 18 percent of Brazilian respondents agreed that their country should be more open to accepting refugees than before the COVID-19 crisis. Around 55 percent of Colombian and Peruvian respondents stated their country should be less open than before the pandemic to accepting refugees. Overall, more than half of Argentinians agreed that refugees would successfully integrate into their new society.
Opinion on whether the country should be more or less open to accepting refugees in selected Latin American countries 2021
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, LAC
Survey time period
May 21 to June 4, 2021
Number of respondents
500 per country
Age group
16 years and older
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The question was phrased by the source as follows: "Do you think that
[COUNTRY] should be more open or less open to accepting refugees or do you think it should remain the same as it was before the coronavirus/COVID 19 outbreak?"
Missing percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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Ipsos. (June 16, 2021). Opinion on whether the country should be more or less open to accepting refugees in selected Latin American countries 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271092/public-opinion-open-to-refugees-latin-america/
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Ipsos. (2021). Opinion on whether the country should be more or less open to accepting refugees in selected Latin American countries 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1271092/public-opinion-open-to-refugees-latin-america/
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