‘Refugees welcome?’ The interplay between perceived threats and general concerns on the acceptance of refugees – a factorial survey approach in Germany

Hermanni, Hagen von; Neumann, Robert

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2018.1459183

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“…Similarly, Stark, Mäs & Flache [46] determine that the level of felt threat is related to factors like the existence of a multicultural ideology or the development of integration policies. According to Hermanni & Neumann [47], the feeling of threat is the most important factor which explains the social rejection of refugees over cultural differences (typically arising from racism). According to Salmela & von Scheve [48], contemporary capitalist societies are highly influenced by the feelings of fear and threat, which are the most widespread emotions, since capitalism is an individualist model which categorizes people based on success or failure in their lives.…”

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What Attitudes Toward Refugees Do Future European Teachers Have? A Comparative Analysis between France and Spain

Soriano

Cala

2019

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(1) Background. The increase in international conflicts and humanitarian crises has led to an increase in the movement of people to Europe. The legal and moral commitments of the European Union require the incorporation and integration of such refugees. In this sense, the school and its teaching staff are a key agent in the challenge of integrating newly arrived students. This research analyses attitudes towards inclusive European citizenship, the recognition of rights, and feelings of threat and affective reactions, experienced by future teachers towards refugees in France and Spain. (2) Methods. The investigation was carried out through a cross-sectional survey. There were 851 participants of Spanish and French nationality. (3) Results. The French future teachers showed a lower perception of any threat, and a better predisposition towards the reception of refugees than their Spanish counterparts. Women are those who show a greater recognition of the rights of refugees, and a better predisposition to their integration in Europe. French women feel less of a threat than Spanish women, and are more affective towards refugees. The main predictor of inclusive European citizenship is a low perception of threat related to refugees. (4) Conclusions. Future teachers showed sensitivity towards the accommodation of refugees, but programs that prevent growing xenophobia and discredit towards the European Union are still necessary.

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What Attitudes Toward Refugees Do Future European Teachers Have? A Comparative Analysis between France and Spain

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“…Facilitating family reunions of refugees might therefore be valued positively. With respect to single persons, especially an influx of single male immigrants will likely be disapproved if we assume that respondents in our study imagined predominantly male immigrants and believe that single male immigrants are more likely to exhibit deviant behaviour [ 42 ], as has been discussed, for example, after the mass sexual assaults on New Year’s Eve in the city of Cologne in 2015/2016 [ 43 ]. Third, the country of origin and religion matter with preferences being in favour of non-Muslim refugees from Syria.…”

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From welcome culture to welcome limits? Uncovering preference changes over time for sheltering refugees in Germany

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Europe recently experienced a large influx of refugees, spurring much public debate about the admission and integration of refugees and migrants into society. Previous research based on cross-sectional data found that European citizens generally favour asylum seekers with high employability, severe vulnerabilities, and Christians over Muslims. These preferences and attitudes were found to be homogeneous across countries and socio-demographic groups. Here, we do not study the general acceptance of asylum seekers, but the acceptance of refugee and migrant homes in citizens’ vicinity and how it changes over time. Based on a repeated stated choice experiment on preferences for refugee and migrant homes, we show that the initially promoted “welcome culture” towards refugees in Germany was not reflected in the views of a majority of a sample of German citizens who rather disapproved refugee homes in their vicinity. Their preferences have not changed between November 2015, the peak of “welcome culture,” and November 2016, after political debates, media reporting and public discourse had shifted towards limiting admission of immigrants. A minority of one fifth of the sample population, who were initially rather approving of refugee and migrant homes being established in their vicinity, were more likely to change their preferences towards a rather disapproving position in 2016. Experience of contact with refugees and migrants, higher education, and general pro-immigration attitudes explain acceptance of refugee and migrant homes as well as preference stability over time. Country of origin and religion of refugees and migrants are considered less important than decent housing conditions and whether refugee and migrants arrive as families or single persons. In this respect our results highlight the importance of humanitarian aspects of sheltering and integration of refugees and other migrants into society.

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“…10 As a second aspect of the migratory context, the share of asylum applicants from Middle Eastern conflict regions could matter. A higher share of applicants from these regions is anticipated to lead to more support for welcoming policies, as Middle Eastern asylum seekers are generally seen as more deserving than asylum seekers from other regions (Holmes and Castañeda 2016;Von Hermanni and Neumann 2018). This higher deservingness is expected to be reflected in a more open attitude and an increased willingness to receive asylum seekers and refugees in the country.…”

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The Refugee Reception Crisis : Polarized Opinions and Mobilizations

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Mazzola

Martiniello

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Les députés européens et leur rôle. Sociologie interprétative des pratiques parlementaires. Julien Navarro. 2009. The future of mutual recognition in criminal matters in the European Union/L'avenir de la reconnaissance mutuelle en matière pénale dans l'Union européenne. Ed. Gisèle Vernimmen-Van Tiggelen, Laura Surano and Anne Weyembergh. 2009. Sophie Heine, Une gauche contre l'Europe? Les critiques radicales et altermondialistes contre l'Union européenne Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) as part of the framework programme Belgian Research Action Through Interdisciplinary Networks (BRAIN-be, contract nr. BR/175/A5/PUMOMIG). We are grateful to BELSPO for providing financial support to our research and dissemination activities, and for funding the publication of this book in open access. We wish to thank all research participants in Belgium and Europe, including migrants and non-migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented people, activists, volunteers, members of organizations, institutions and municipalities. We also thank the experts who accepted to review this manuscript and provided us with important insights to improve some of its sections.

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‘Refugees welcome?’ The interplay between perceived threats and general concerns on the acceptance of refugees – a factorial survey approach in Germany

Cited by 60 publications

References 57 publications

What Attitudes Toward Refugees Do Future European Teachers Have? A Comparative Analysis between France and Spain

What Attitudes Toward Refugees Do Future European Teachers Have? A Comparative Analysis between France and Spain

From welcome culture to welcome limits? Uncovering preference changes over time for sheltering refugees in Germany

The Refugee Reception Crisis : Polarized Opinions and Mobilizations

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