MIGRATION, TERRORISM

Aug 9, 2019

MIGRATION AND TERRORISM ARE STILL A MAJOR CONCERN FOR ALL EUROPEAN SOCIETIES. THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY IS CONCERNED ABOUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND THE OCCURRENCE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS AND EXPECTS FURTHER MASS MIGRATION. MOST OF EUROPE IS DISSATISFIED WITH BRUSSELS’ HANDLING OF THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS, EVERY SECOND EU CITIZEN BELIEVES THAT CENTRAL EUROPEAN MEMBER STATES HAVE HANDLED THE MIGRATION CRISIS BETTER. ACCORDING TO 58 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS EUROPE SHOULD PRESERVE ITS CHRISTIAN CULTURE AND TRADITIONS.

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

Year	Very serious	Only somewhat serious	Not very serious	No problem at all	DK/Refused
2016	0.49	0.35	0.11	0.04	0.01
2017	0.5	0.31	0.13	0.04	0.02
2018	0.48	0.3	0.15	0.05	0.02
2019	0.45	0.31	0.16	0.05	0.03

Year	Very serious	Only somewhat serious	Not very serious	No problem at all	DK/Refused
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	0.47	0.31	0.14	0.05	0.03
EU28	0.45	0.31	0.16	0.05	0.03
Former socialist countries	0.4	0.3	0.21	0.07	0.02
Western Balkan	0.35	0.31	0.2	0.11	0.03
V4	0.32	0.33	0.24	0.08	0.03

	Very serious	Only somewhat serious	Not very serious	No problem at all	DK/Refused
EU28	0.45	0.31	0.16	0.05	0.03
Western Balkan+Ukraine	0.2	0.38	0.3	0.08	0.04
Bulgaria	0.72	0.17	0.08	0.02	0.01
Finland	0.6	0.24	0.12	0.01	0.03
Netherlands	0.28	0.56	0.11	0.02	0.03
Greece	0.57	0.26	0.13	0.02	0.02
Denmark	0.55	0.27	0.13	0.02	0.03
Belgium	0.55	0.26	0.11	0.04	0.04
Italy	0.48	0.33	0.12	0.04	0.03
Germany	0.48	0.32	0.13	0.03	0.04
Romania	0.56	0.25	0.13	0.03	0.03
Sweden	0.5	0.29	0.13	0.02	0.06
Austria	0.5	0.29	0.14	0.04	0.03
Czech Republic	0.45	0.34	0.15	0.04	0.02
Portugal	0.48	0.31	0.15	0.04	0.02
Serbia	0.44	0.34	0.16	0.04	0.02
Cyprus	0.43	0.35	0.14	0.07	0.01
United Kingdom	0.45	0.31	0.16	0.04	0.04
Slovenia	0.52	0.25	0.16	0.06	0.01
Latvia	0.46	0.3	0.19	0.04	0.01
France	0.49	0.24	0.14	0.08	0.05
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.44	0.31	0.17	0.07	0.01
Malta	0.4	0.33	0.21	0.04	0.02
Spain	0.41	0.31	0.19	0.07	0.02
Slovakia	0.37	0.36	0.22	0.04	0.01
Croatia	0.32	0.4	0.2	0.06	0.02
Macedonia	0.33	0.37	0.21	0.08	0.01
Estonia	0.32	0.36	0.27	0.05	0
Lithuania	0.33	0.32	0.27	0.06	0.02
Poland	0.27	0.34	0.27	0.08	0.04
Ireland	0.32	0.29	0.28	0.08	0.03
Montenegro	0.29	0.33	0.29	0.08	0.01
Hungary	0.33	0.28	0.21	0.17	0.01
Luxembourg	0.15	0.43	0.31	0.09	0.02
Ukraine	0.14	0.41	0.35	0.07	0.03
Albania	0.13	0.29	0.27	0.29	0.02
Kosovo	0.16	0.2	0.35	0.25	0.04

HOW LIKELY DO YOU EXPECT THAT A TERRORIST ATTACK COULD HAPPEN IN YOUR COUNTRY?

Year	Very likely	Somewhat likely	Not likely at all	DK/Refused
2016	0.36	0.5	0.13	0.01
2017	0.37	0.48	0.11	0.04
2018	0.32	0.5	0.13	0.05
2019	0.25	0.52	0.16	0.06

Year	Very likely	Somewhat likely	Not likely at all	DK/Refused
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	0.29	0.52	0.13	0.06
EU28	0.25	0.52	0.17	0.06
Former socialist countries	0.11	0.55	0.28	0.06
V4	0.12	0.58	0.23	0.07
Western Balkan	0.1	0.46	0.36	0.08

	Very likely	Somewhat likely	Not likely at all	DK/Refused
EU28	0.25	0.52	0.16	0.07
Western Balkan+Ukraine	0.2	0.54	0.18	0.08
France	0.47	0.41	0.06	0.06
Denmark	0.38	0.51	0.07	0.04
United Kingdom	0.39	0.5	0.07	0.04
Germany	0.29	0.56	0.08	0.07
Poland	0.17	0.68	0.08	0.07
Belgium	0.39	0.45	0.08	0.08
Sweden	0.36	0.49	0.1	0.05
Spain	0.21	0.64	0.11	0.04
Ukraine	0.24	0.58	0.1	0.08
Netherlands	0.26	0.57	0.12	0.05
Slovenia	0.14	0.67	0.15	0.04
Bulgaria	0.14	0.65	0.17	0.04
Finland	0.23	0.5	0.18	0.09
Serbia	0.11	0.57	0.23	0.09
Luxembourg	0.16	0.51	0.29	0.04
Austria	0.13	0.53	0.28	0.06
Czech Republic	0.08	0.55	0.27	0.1
Italy	0.09	0.54	0.28	0.09
Latvia	0.06	0.57	0.29	0.08
Greece	0.15	0.49	0.31	0.05
Portugal	0.1	0.54	0.32	0.04
Ireland	0.13	0.45	0.36	0.06
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.09	0.45	0.34	0.12
Croatia	0.05	0.5	0.39	0.06
Cyprus	0.17	0.39	0.41	0.03
Montenegro	0.13	0.41	0.4	0.06
Macedonia	0.09	0.4	0.46	0.05
Romania	0.07	0.41	0.45	0.07
Malta	0.08	0.39	0.46	0.07
Slovakia	0.06	0.37	0.44	0.13
Lithuania	0.04	0.37	0.51	0.08
Kosovo	0.06	0.33	0.56	0.05
Albania	0.08	0.25	0.6	0.07
Hungary	0.01	0.32	0.65	0.02
Estonia	0.04	0.26	0.66	0.04

TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU FEAR THAT AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS WILL ARRIVE AT EUROPE EN MASSE IN THE NEXT DECADE?

Year	Strongly fear	Moderately fear	Don’t fear so much	Don’t fear at all	Don't know/Refused
2018	0.35	0.33	0.19	0.06	0.07
2019	0.34	0.34	0.2	0.07	0.05

Year	Strongly fear	Moderately fear	Don’t fear so much	Don’t fear at all	Don't know/Refused
V4	0.44	0.36	0.14	0.03	0.03
Former socialist countries	0.36	0.38	0.18	0.05	0.03
EU28	0.34	0.34	0.2	0.07	0.05
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	0.34	0.34	0.2	0.07	0.05
Western Balkan	0.16	0.34	0.29	0.17	0.04

	Strongly fear	Moderately fear	Don’t fear so much	Don’t fear at all	Don't know/Refused
EU28	0.34	0.34	0.2	0.07	0.05
Western Balkan+Ukraine	0.18	0.29	0.28	0.21	0.04
Czech Republic	0.42	0.42	0.12	0.01	0.03
Slovakia	0.44	0.36	0.14	0.02	0.04
Bulgaria	0.35	0.46	0.14	0.03	0.02
Poland	0.45	0.34	0.14	0.02	0.05
Latvia	0.37	0.41	0.15	0.03	0.04
Belgium	0.41	0.33	0.15	0.03	0.08
Netherlands	0.36	0.37	0.16	0.04	0.07
Hungary	0.39	0.37	0.16	0.08	0
Denmark	0.39	0.34	0.19	0.04	0.04
Germany	0.42	0.3	0.19	0.04	0.05
Austria	0.43	0.29	0.19	0.05	0.04
Sweden	0.37	0.29	0.16	0.03	0.15
Spain	0.28	0.43	0.18	0.08	0.03
Italy	0.36	0.35	0.19	0.06	0.04
Malta	0.38	0.32	0.22	0.07	0.01
Estonia	0.29	0.39	0.24	0.05	0.03
France	0.35	0.3	0.2	0.09	0.06
Portugal	0.25	0.41	0.23	0.07	0.04
Finland	0.3	0.33	0.25	0.06	0.06
Greece	0.29	0.35	0.25	0.08	0.03
Slovenia	0.28	0.35	0.28	0.06	0.03
Lithuania	0.23	0.4	0.24	0.09	0.04
Croatia	0.2	0.42	0.24	0.09	0.05
Romania	0.22	0.39	0.27	0.09	0.03
United Kingdom	0.24	0.34	0.24	0.11	0.07
Ireland	0.25	0.34	0.26	0.11	0.04
Cyprus	0.31	0.28	0.26	0.13	0.02
Montenegro	0.18	0.39	0.3	0.11	0.02
Serbia	0.16	0.37	0.26	0.15	0.06
Luxembourg	0.16	0.4	0.35	0.09	0
Macedonia	0.17	0.35	0.23	0.23	0.02
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.16	0.3	0.32	0.17	0.05
Ukraine	0.19	0.27	0.27	0.23	0.04
Albania	0.16	0.32	0.36	0.16	0
Kosovo	0.1	0.25	0.33	0.29	0.03

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT DESCRIBES THE CURRENT SITUATION BETTER?

Year	Most of the immigrants come to EU for economic reason and state benefits.	Most of the immigrants come to EU because they are not safe in their country of origin.	DK/Refused
2016	0.47	0.51	0.02
2017	0.53	0.42	0.05
2018	0.54	0.39	0.07
2019	0.55	0.38	0.07

Year	Most of the immigrants come to EU for economic reason and state benefits.	Most of the immigrants come to EU because they are not safe in their country of origin.	DK/Refused
V4	0.68	0.25	0.07
Former socialist countries	0.63	0.31	0.06
EU28	0.55	0.38	0.07
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	0.53	0.4	0.07
Western Balkan	0.4	0.54	0.06

	Most of the immigrants come to EU for economic reason and state benefits.	Most of the immigrants come to EU because they are not safe in their country of origin.	DK/Refused
EU28	0.55	0.38	0.07
Western Balkan+Ukraine	0.6	0.35	0.05
Lithuania	0.78	0.18	0.04
Latvia	0.78	0.19	0.03
Czech Republic	0.74	0.17	0.09
Estonia	0.74	0.22	0.04
Hungary	0.73	0.23	0.04
Bulgaria	0.71	0.25	0.04
Slovakia	0.69	0.23	0.08
Ukraine	0.69	0.26	0.05
Slovenia	0.69	0.27	0.04
Poland	0.65	0.28	0.07
Austria	0.62	0.31	0.07
Denmark	0.6	0.31	0.09
Netherlands	0.59	0.32	0.09
Germany	0.58	0.35	0.07
United Kingdom	0.56	0.37	0.07
Kosovo	0.57	0.39	0.04
Belgium	0.54	0.37	0.09
Finland	0.53	0.37	0.1
Italy	0.54	0.39	0.07
Croatia	0.52	0.43	0.05
Albania	0.53	0.44	0.03
France	0.48	0.43	0.09
Ireland	0.48	0.47	0.05
Greece	0.48	0.48	0.04
Spain	0.45	0.5	0.05
Romania	0.45	0.51	0.04
Sweden	0.41	0.5	0.09
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.39	0.55	0.06
Portugal	0.39	0.58	0.03
Serbia	0.35	0.56	0.09
Cyprus	0.39	0.6	0.01
Malta	0.33	0.64	0.03
Montenegro	0.32	0.64	0.04
Macedonia	0.31	0.65	0.04
Luxembourg	0.26	0.72	0.02

IN YOUR VIEW, WILL THE MASS INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CONTINENT…?

Year	Strengthen the economy of the EU	Set back the economy of the EU	Don't know/Refused
2018	0.21	0.61	0.18
2019	0.2	0.61	0.19

Year	Strengthen the economy of the EU	Set back the economy of the EU	Don't know/Refused
Western Balkan	0.25	0.59	0.16
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	0.22	0.58	0.2
EU28	0.2	0.61	0.19
Former socialist countries	0.12	0.73	0.15
V4	0.12	0.74	0.14

	Strengthen the economy of the EU	Set back the economy of the EU	Don't know/Refused
EU28	0.2	0.61	0.19
Western Balkan+Ukraine	0.17	0.66	0.17
Kosovo	0.44	0.44	0.12
Luxembourg	0.37	0.45	0.18
Albania	0.38	0.5	0.12
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.31	0.5	0.19
Montenegro	0.32	0.55	0.13
Ireland	0.31	0.54	0.15
Spain	0.27	0.51	0.22
Portugal	0.28	0.52	0.2
Malta	0.31	0.58	0.11
Macedonia	0.31	0.58	0.11
Germany	0.25	0.53	0.22
Sweden	0.21	0.59	0.2
United Kingdom	0.22	0.6	0.18
Belgium	0.21	0.6	0.19
France	0.19	0.58	0.23
Austria	0.18	0.58	0.24
Italy	0.22	0.63	0.15
Slovenia	0.18	0.64	0.18
Netherlands	0.17	0.64	0.19
Croatia	0.17	0.65	0.18
Cyprus	0.18	0.68	0.14
Romania	0.16	0.66	0.18
Greece	0.19	0.7	0.11
Ukraine	0.14	0.68	0.18
Poland	0.14	0.7	0.16
Serbia	0.12	0.69	0.19
Denmark	0.13	0.72	0.15
Finland	0.1	0.72	0.18
Lithuania	0.09	0.77	0.14
Slovakia	0.07	0.78	0.15
Czech Republic	0.06	0.78	0.16
Hungary	0.1	0.84	0.06
Latvia	0.07	0.83	0.1
Estonia	0.06	0.82	0.12
Bulgaria	0.07	0.86	0.07

IN YOUR OPINION, WOULD THE ADDITIONAL FLUX OF IMMIGRATION INTO YOUR COUNTRY FROM OUTSIDE OF EUROPE…

Válasz	EU
increase the cultural diversity of the country?	0.26
increase the likelihood of cultural conflicts in the country?	0.63
DK/Refused	0.11

Year	increase the cultural diversity of the country?	increase the likelihood of cultural conflicts in the country?	DK/Refused
Western Balkan	0.33	0.54	0.13
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	0.28	0.61	0.11
EU28	0.26	0.63	0.11
Former socialist countries	0.19	0.72	0.09
V4	0.18	0.74	0.08

	increase the cultural diversity of the country?	increase the likelihood of cultural conflicts in the country?	DK/Refused
EU28	0.26	0.63	0.11
Western Balkan+Ukraine	0.19	0.67	0.14
Luxembourg	0.61	0.35	0.04
Albania	0.54	0.4	0.06
Kosovo	0.42	0.48	0.1
Portugal	0.39	0.53	0.08
Montenegro	0.39	0.53	0.08
Italy	0.36	0.5	0.14
Ireland	0.37	0.54	0.09
Macedonia	0.38	0.55	0.07
Spain	0.37	0.54	0.09
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.32	0.53	0.15
Cyprus	0.32	0.55	0.13
Malta	0.35	0.6	0.05
Romania	0.27	0.61	0.12
United Kingdom	0.27	0.62	0.11
France	0.26	0.61	0.13
Greece	0.29	0.65	0.06
Sweden	0.25	0.61	0.14
Serbia	0.24	0.6	0.16
Belgium	0.25	0.63	0.12
Finland	0.23	0.64	0.13
Netherlands	0.24	0.66	0.1
Croatia	0.22	0.66	0.12
Germany	0.23	0.68	0.09
Poland	0.23	0.68	0.09
Slovenia	0.24	0.7	0.06
Denmark	0.21	0.67	0.12
Austria	0.18	0.73	0.09
Lithuania	0.15	0.73	0.12
Ukraine	0.13	0.73	0.14
Estonia	0.12	0.79	0.09
Latvia	0.12	0.79	0.09
Slovakia	0.09	0.82	0.09
Hungary	0.11	0.85	0.04
Czech Republic	0.07	0.82	0.11
Bulgaria	0.06	0.85	0.09

WHO DO YOU BELIEVE HAS HANDLED THE IMMIGRATION CRISIS BETTER?

Year	East-Central European countries	Brussels	DK/Refused
2018	0.52	0.24	0.24
2019	0.5	0.24	0.26

Year	East-Central European countries	Brussels	DK/Refused
V4	0.55	0.16	0.29
Former socialist countries	0.55	0.2	0.25
EU28	0.5	0.24	0.26
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	0.49	0.25	0.26
Western Balkan	0.43	0.3	0.27

	East-Central European countries	Brussels	DK/Refused
EU28	0.5	0.24	0.26
Western Balkan+Ukraine	0.41	0.3	0.29
Czech Republic	0.67	0.12	0.21
Hungary	0.7	0.18	0.12
Italy	0.63	0.14	0.23
Estonia	0.59	0.11	0.3
Bulgaria	0.63	0.16	0.21
Slovenia	0.63	0.18	0.19
Slovakia	0.58	0.14	0.28
Lithuania	0.59	0.21	0.2
Austria	0.56	0.21	0.23
Serbia	0.46	0.15	0.39
Belgium	0.53	0.23	0.24
Poland	0.47	0.18	0.35
Latvia	0.52	0.23	0.25
Romania	0.56	0.29	0.15
Croatia	0.47	0.22	0.31
France	0.45	0.22	0.33
Greece	0.51	0.29	0.2
United Kingdom	0.42	0.21	0.37
Portugal	0.47	0.26	0.27
Sweden	0.53	0.32	0.15
Denmark	0.48	0.28	0.24
Kosovo	0.51	0.33	0.16
Germany	0.5	0.33	0.17
Spain	0.47	0.31	0.22
Ukraine	0.4	0.3	0.3
Ireland	0.39	0.31	0.3
Netherlands	0.36	0.27	0.37
Montenegro	0.46	0.4	0.14
Malta	0.44	0.39	0.17
Macedonia	0.46	0.4	0.14
Finland	0.42	0.4	0.18
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.35	0.37	0.29
Cyprus	0.37	0.44	0.19
Albania	0.35	0.53	0.12
Luxembourg	0.34	0.55	0.11

DO YOU APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS? – THE EUROPEAN UNION QUOTA PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE RECENT IMMIGRANTS THROUGHOUT EUROPE

Year	Approve	Disapprove	DK/Refused
2016	0.53	0.37	0.1
2017	0.48	0.41	0.11
2018	0.47	0.39	0.14
2019	0.449	0.408	0.143

Year	Approve	Disapprove	DK/Refused
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	0.5	0.35	0.15
Western Balkan	0.47	0.41	0.12
EU28	0.45	0.41	0.14
Former socialist countries	0.25	0.63	0.12
V4	0.21	0.66	0.13

	Approve	Disapprove	DK/Refused
EU28	0.45	0.41	0.14
Western Balkan+Ukraine	0.42	0.37	0.21
Montenegro	0.78	0.14	0.08
Malta	0.77	0.19	0.04
Luxembourg	0.74	0.23	0.03
Albania	0.69	0.26	0.05
Kosovo	0.66	0.26	0.08
Germany	0.61	0.22	0.17
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.63	0.27	0.1
Netherlands	0.62	0.29	0.09
Greece	0.61	0.28	0.11
Austria	0.6	0.27	0.13
Portugal	0.54	0.34	0.12
Cyprus	0.55	0.38	0.07
Ireland	0.52	0.35	0.13
Finland	0.49	0.35	0.16
Sweden	0.46	0.32	0.22
Belgium	0.49	0.35	0.16
Italy	0.49	0.36	0.15
France	0.45	0.39	0.16
Ukraine	0.4	0.35	0.25
Slovenia	0.45	0.42	0.13
Spain	0.47	0.44	0.09
Denmark	0.35	0.39	0.26
Macedonia	0.45	0.5	0.05
United Kingdom	0.4	0.45	0.15
Lithuania	0.33	0.49	0.18
Croatia	0.33	0.56	0.11
Serbia	0.27	0.53	0.2
Poland	0.27	0.56	0.17
Bulgaria	0.3	0.59	0.11
Romania	0.3	0.6	0.1
Latvia	0.2	0.66	0.14
Estonia	0.15	0.7	0.15
Slovakia	0.14	0.77	0.09
Hungary	0.13	0.81	0.06
Czech Republic	0.1	0.8	0.1

WHAT DO YOU THINK, SHOULD EUROPE PRESERVE ITS CHRISTIAN CULTURE, TRADITIONS OR SHOULD RATHER SUPPORT A SECULAR CULTURE THAT GOES BEYOND CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS?

Válasz	EU
Europe should preserve its Christian culture, traditions	0.58
Europe should overpass its Christian traditions and move towards a more secular culture	0.31
DK/Refused	0.11

Year	Europe should preserve its Christian culture, traditions	Europe should overpass its Christian traditions and move towards a more secular culture	DK/Refused
Former socialist countries	0.68	0.24	0.08
V4	0.66	0.25	0.09
Western Balkan	0.61	0.31	0.08
EU28	0.58	0.31	0.11
Founding countries and 20th century joiners	0.55	0.33	0.12

	Europe should preserve its Christian culture, traditions	Europe should overpass its Christian traditions and move towards a more secular culture	DK/Refused
EU28	0.58	0.31	0.11
Western Balkan+Ukraine	0.66	0.26	0.08
Bulgaria	0.83	0.12	0.05
Czech Republic	0.8	0.1	0.1
Serbia	0.78	0.14	0.08
Hungary	0.79	0.17	0.04
Slovakia	0.74	0.14	0.12
Romania	0.75	0.17	0.08
Denmark	0.72	0.17	0.11
Lithuania	0.72	0.19	0.09
Malta	0.7	0.26	0.04
Ukraine	0.68	0.24	0.08
Greece	0.65	0.28	0.07
Estonia	0.61	0.25	0.14
Belgium	0.62	0.27	0.11
Sweden	0.59	0.25	0.16
Austria	0.62	0.29	0.09
Slovenia	0.6	0.29	0.11
Latvia	0.58	0.28	0.14
Italy	0.61	0.31	0.08
Germany	0.59	0.3	0.11
United Kingdom	0.56	0.29	0.15
Poland	0.57	0.34	0.09
Netherlands	0.52	0.33	0.15
Kosovo	0.54	0.36	0.1
Croatia	0.54	0.37	0.09
Ireland	0.53	0.37	0.1
Portugal	0.51	0.37	0.12
Macedonia	0.53	0.42	0.05
Montenegro	0.52	0.41	0.07
Finland	0.47	0.36	0.17
France	0.49	0.4	0.11
Albania	0.49	0.44	0.07
Luxembourg	0.49	0.49	0.02
Spain	0.45	0.45	0.1
Cyprus	0.4	0.54	0.06
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.36	0.51	0.13