IMMIGRATION


ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CONTINUES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM FOR EUROPEANS. ONE NOTABLE CHANGE, HOWEVER, IS THAT WHILE IN 2016 MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THOSE ASKED THOUGHT THAT MOST IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING IN EUROPE ENTER THE EU BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SAFE IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY, THE RESPONSE WAS DIFFERENT IN 2017, WITH 53 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS BELIEVE THAT MOST IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE FOR ECONOMIC REASONS. IN ONLY EIGHT MEMBER STATES DID MORE THAN HALF OF RESPONDENTS THINK MOST IMMIGRANTS WERE SEEKING ASYLUM.  WE CAN SEE A SHARP DIVISION IN EUROPE BETWEEN THE WESTERN AND THE FORMER SOCIALIST COUNTRIES REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF THE EU QUOTA SYSTEM. WHILE THE RESPONDENTS OF CENTRAL-EASTERN EUROPE AND IN THE BALTIC STATES STRONGLY AGAINST QUOTAS (70 PERCENT) THOSE OF THE WESTERN STATES SUPPORT IT AT THE SAME PROPORTION. IN TOTAL, 13 STATES ARE FOR THE QUOTAS AND 15  ARE AGAINST. IN RELATION TO THE ASYLUM CONVENTION BETWEEN THE EU AND TURKEY, EVERY SECOND EUROPEAN CONSIDERS THIS TO BE A BAD POLITICAL PACT. LIKE THE QUOTA SYSTEM, THE BUILDING OF FENCES IS A DIVISIVE THEME IN EUROPE, AND, WHILE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN MOST COUNTRIES DO NOT SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION OF FENCES, THEY NEVERTHELESS DO WANT STRONGER PROTECTION TO BE PROVIDED FOR EUROPE’S BORDERS. OVERALL, PEOPLE IN EUROPE CONSIDER THE IMPACT OF THE WAVE OF IMMIGRATION IN RECENT YEARS TO BE A MATTER OF SIGNIFICANCE. MOST ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE WAVE OF IMMIGRATION HAS LED TO AN INCREASE IN CRIME AND A HIGHER RISK OF TERRORISM, AND ALSO ALTERS THE CULTURE AND IDENTITY OF THE ACCEPTING COUNTRY AND REDUCES JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE.

NUMBERS OF THE QUESTIONS ARE THE SAME AS IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE.

Q14. HOW SERIOUS A PROBLEM DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE COMING INTO YOUR COUNTRY?

AnswerPercentil
Very serious0.50
Only somewhat serious0.31
Not very serious0.13
No problem at all0.04
Don't know/Refused0.02
CountryVery seriousOnly somewhat seriousNot very seriousNo problem at allDon't know/Refused
EU0.50.310.130.040.02
Bulgaria0.740.180.060.010.01
Italy0.530.370.070.020.01
Austria0.640.260.090.010
Finland0.50.370.10.020.01
Cyprus0.520.340.080.060
Malta0.460.40.120.020.003
Germany0.570.280.10.030.02
Greece0.560.290.10.040.01
Romania0.670.180.10.040.01
Czech Republic0.520.320.120.030.01
Portugal0.550.280.10.040.03
Belgium0.550.260.120.040.03
Slovenia0.550.260.110.060.02
Sweden0.490.310.130.030.04
Denmark0.50.290.140.040.03
Slovakia0.450.340.150.040.02
United Kingdom0.490.30.140.050.02
France0.540.240.130.060.03
Hungary0.480.310.130.070.01
Spain0.410.370.140.050.03
Netherlands0.410.360.180.020.03
Latvia0.430.340.170.040.02
Lithuania0.420.30.210.040.03
Croatia0.350.370.190.070.02
Ireland0.340.350.240.060.01
Estonia0.290.380.260.040.03
Luxembourg0.220.450.280.040.01
Poland0.290.370.250.080

Q20. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT DESCRIBES THE CURRENT SITUATION BETTER?

AnswerPercentil
Most of the immigrants come to EU for economic reason and state benefits0.53
Most of the immigrants come to EU because they are not safe in their country of origin0.42
Don't know/Refused0.05
CountryMost of the immigrants come to EU for economic reason and state benefitsMost of the immigrants come to EU because they are not safe in their country of originDon't know/Refused
EU0.530.420.05
Latvia0.80.170.03
Bulgaria0.710.240.05
Czech Republic0.690.240.07
Estonia0.690.240.07
Lithuania0.690.270.04
Slovakia0.670.280.05
Poland0.650.310.04
Austria0.640.320.04
Hungary0.610.330.06
Slovenia0.60.350.05
Spain0.570.40.03
United Kingdom0.530.390.08
Denmark0.520.390.09
Germany0.540.420.04
Finland0.520.420.06
Netherlands0.520.420.06
Belgium0.490.450.06
Italy0.490.470.04
France0.470.470.06
Croatia0.470.470.06
Ireland0.460.510.03
Romania0.430.530.04
Sweden0.350.590.06
Greece0.350.630.02
Cyprus0.330.660.01
Portugal0.320.660.02
Luxembourg0.250.710.04
Malta0.240.750.01

Q7. DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE FOLLOWING ACTION? – THE EUROPEAN UNION QUOTA PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE RECENT IMMIGRANTS THROUGHOUT EUROPE

AnswerPercentil
Agree0.48
Disagree0.41
Don't know/Refused0.11
CountryAgreeDisagreeDon't know/Refused
EU0.480.410.11
Greece0.790.150.06
Malta0.770.170.06
Luxembourg0.730.20.07
Germany0.690.180.13
Austria0.670.210.12
Italy0.660.230.11
Netherlands0.630.270.1
Cyprus0.620.330.05
Portugal0.560.350.09
Belgium0.540.360.1
Sweden0.520.350.13
France0.480.40.12
Ireland0.480.40.12
Finland0.430.440.13
Denmark0.360.390.25
Croatia0.410.480.11
United Kingdom0.390.480.13
Spain0.370.520.11
Slovenia0.310.530.16
Lithuania0.270.60.13
Poland0.250.620.13
Estonia0.220.650.13
Romania0.220.670.11
Bulgaria0.20.660.14
Latvia0.170.720.11
Hungary0.190.770.04
Slovakia0.140.760.1
Czech Republic0.10.820.08

Q8. DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE FOLLOWING ACTION? – THE MIGRATION HANDLING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EU AND TURKEY

AnswerPercentil
Agree0.36
Disagree0.51
Don't know/Refused0.13
CountryAgreeDisagreeDon't know/Refused
EU0.360.510.13
Greece0.660.270.07
Slovenia0.650.260.09
Lithuania0.580.260.16
Romania0.60.290.11
Bulgaria0.510.390.1
Croatia0.510.390.1
Hungary0.410.340.25
Italy0.490.430.08
Poland0.460.40.14
Latvia0.470.430.1
Portugal0.420.410.17
Denmark0.420.470.11
Finland0.390.470.14
Estonia0.40.490.11
Slovakia0.340.510.15
Sweden0.310.490.2
Malta0.330.520.15
Netherlands0.350.550.1
United Kingdom0.310.530.16
France0.310.550.14
Spain0.310.550.14
Czech Republic0.320.570.11
Cyprus0.310.590.1
Luxembourg0.290.580.13
Ireland0.290.60.11
Belgium0.270.620.11
Germany0.20.670.13
Austria0.190.690.12

Q9. DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE THE FOLLOWING ACTION? –  YOUR COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE FENCES TO PROTECT ITS BORDERS AGAINST IMMIGRANTS

AnswerPercentil
Agree0.39
Disagree0.51
Don't know/Refused0.10
CountryAgreeDisagreeDon't know/Refused
EU0.390.510.1
Bulgaria0.880.070.05
Hungary0.780.20.02
Malta0.690.270.04
Slovakia0.520.360.12
Latvia0.510.40.09
Czech Republic0.510.430.06
Finland0.450.40.15
United Kingdom0.460.430.11
Greece0.490.470.04
Romania0.460.450.09
Slovenia0.420.450.13
Belgium0.410.450.14
Italy0.430.480.09
Austria0.40.490.11
Poland0.390.50.11
Lithuania0.360.510.13
Cyprus0.380.580.04
Estonia0.330.540.13
Denmark0.330.550.12
Netherlands0.330.550.12
Germany0.340.580.08
Spain0.330.570.1
France0.290.60.11
Croatia0.270.60.13
Sweden0.250.610.14
Ireland0.260.670.07
Portugal0.140.80.06
Luxembourg0.140.830.03

Q16. PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU FIND THE STATEMENT TO BE TRUE OR UNTRUE!  – THE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS INTO YOUR COUNTRY WILL INCREASE CRIME

AnswerPercentil
True0.64
Untrue0.27
Don't know/Refused0.09
CountryTrueUntrueDon't know/Refused
EU0.640.270.09
Czech Republic0.860.090.05
Latvia0.820.10.08
Bulgaria0.830.130.04
Slovakia0.80.120.08
Estonia0.750.140.11
Hungary0.780.20.02
Finland0.730.180.09
Cyprus0.740.20.06
Lithuania0.720.20.08
Austria0.710.220.07
Greece0.720.230.05
Italy0.710.220.07
Poland0.70.210.09
Malta0.730.250.02
Slovenia0.680.220.1
Romania0.690.230.08
Netherlands0.640.220.14
Denmark0.640.240.12
Germany0.660.260.08
Sweden0.640.260.1
Belgium0.610.270.12
Portugal0.60.320.08
United Kingdom0.570.320.11
Croatia0.560.360.08
France0.530.360.11
Luxembourg0.540.410.05
Spain0.50.40.1
Ireland0.50.410.09

Q17. PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU FIND THE STATEMENT TO BE TRUE OR UNTRUE!  – THE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS TO YOUR COUNTRY WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF TERRORISM

AnswerPercentil
True0.66
Untrue0.26
Don't know/Refused0.08
CountryTrueUntrueDon't know/Refused
EU0.660.260.08
Czech Republic0.8630.090.047
Bulgaria0.840.1230.037
Latvia0.80.1290.071
Slovakia0.7880.1410.071
Estonia0.7670.1320.101
Hungary0.7910.1910.018
Finland0.7470.1610.092
Lithuania0.7580.1940.048
Poland0.7250.2010.074
Romania0.720.210.07
Austria0.7030.230.067
Germany0.6970.2390.064
Slovenia0.660.2350.105
Netherlands0.6410.2210.138
Sweden0.6430.2450.112
Italy0.6520.2570.091
Belgium0.6470.2530.1
Cyprus0.6630.3040.033
Malta0.6610.3110.028
France0.6310.2850.084
Denmark0.6030.2720.125
Croatia0.590.2720.138
United Kingdom0.5920.2920.116
Portugal0.6130.3210.066
Greece0.5890.3630.048
Spain0.5520.3620.086
Ireland0.5350.3790.086
Luxembourg0.4120.5310.057

Q18. PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU FIND THE STATEMENT TO BE TRUE OR UNTRUE!  – THE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS TO YOUR COUNTRY WILL DECREASE JOBS AVAILABLE FOR THE CITIZENS

AnswerPercentil
True0.48
Untrue0.43
Don't know/Refused0.09
CountryTrueUntrueDon't know/Refused
EU0.480.430.09
Netherlands0.550.330.12
Malta0.580.360.06
Cyprus0.560.390.05
United Kingdom0.540.380.08
Italy0.540.390.07
Greece0.550.410.04
France0.520.380.1
Belgium0.50.390.11
Austria0.50.410.09
Poland0.50.410.09
Denmark0.510.430.06
Latvia0.510.430.06
Portugal0.50.420.08
Slovenia0.50.420.08
Spain0.50.420.08
Bulgaria0.470.440.09
Ireland0.470.470.06
Romania0.470.480.05
Estonia0.450.470.08
Lithuania0.430.450.12
Finland0.440.50.06
Croatia0.420.490.09
Slovakia0.420.490.09
Hungary0.430.540.03
Sweden0.390.520.09
Czech Republic0.380.530.09
Germany0.360.540.1
Luxembourg0.240.710.05

Q19. PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU FIND THE STATEMENT TO BE TRUE OR UNTRUE!  – THE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS TO YOUR COUNTRY WILL CHANGE THE CULTURE OF YOUR COUNTRY

AnswerPercentil
True0.59
Untrue0.34
Don't know/Refused0.07
CountryTrueUntrueDon't know/Refused
EU0.590.340.07
Austria0.760.180.06
Netherlands0.740.180.08
Sweden0.710.20.09
Finland0.690.230.08
Czech Republic0.690.240.07
United Kingdom0.680.240.08
Germany0.680.250.07
Hungary0.680.290.03
Latvia0.660.270.07
Belgium0.640.260.1
Ireland0.660.30.04
Denmark0.630.280.09
Italy0.640.30.06
Slovakia0.610.30.09
Bulgaria0.610.320.07
Estonia0.60.310.09
Malta0.620.340.04
Slovenia0.550.360.09
France0.530.40.07
Cyprus0.520.440.04
Lithuania0.480.410.11
Greece0.50.460.04
Luxembourg0.460.460.08
Spain0.460.480.06
Poland0.420.50.08
Portugal0.390.580.03
Croatia0.360.550.09
Romania0.320.60.08

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