Most foreigners in Peru have irregular immigration status -minister

LIMA (Reuters) - More than half of the 1.5 million foreigners in Peru, mostly from Venezuela, are in the country under an irregular immigration status, Peru's interior minister said Wednesday.

Using data through mid-April, Interior Minister Vicente Romero said some 60% of foreigners living in Peru had entered or stayed in the country without the proper documents, which has had an impact on "public security, public services and employment," he said.