“…With this “tough approach on immigration” (Pancevski & Pop, 2018), EU politicians mimic political leaders elsewhere (e.g., the United States and Australia) and contribute to antipathy towards immigrants and refugees amongst their voters by framing the debate about refugee integration in ethno‐nationalist tones (Elgenius & Rydgren, 2019; Esses, Hamilton, & Gaucher, 2017; Porter & Russell, 2018). According to the UNHCR, refugees are “people who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country” (UNHCR, 2020), and earlier research has shown imperative differences in residents' legitimacy perceptions towards “refugees” versus “labor migrants” (De Coninck, 2020). In many EU member states, residents' attitudes towards refugee integration are associated with increased societal tensions (Stokes, Wike, & Poushter, 2016).…”