As refugees surge, European voters show ‘resilient’ support, study finds
Interesting insights from a new study testing the conventional wisdom that “[t]he tides of immigration are driving a backlash, with hard-right populist parties using the crises to advance their power.” A new study found that, despite growing numbers of migrants, European support remains solid for refugees.
“These results demonstrate that support for asylum-seekers has increased despite the repeated crises,” the research concludes, “and that this increase in support extends broadly to all refugees, not just to Ukrainians, and is also shared among voters on both ends of the political spectrum.”
The study, “Europeans’ support for refugees of varying backgrounds is stable over time,” was published in the journal Nature. It was written by Kirk Bansak, Jens Hainmueller and Dominik Hangartner.
KJ
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