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Survey: North America, Europe Handling Immigration Poorly
Phoenix, Arizona – As North American and European countries
continue to pull through the global economic crisis, a new public
opinion survey reveals an almost general consensus that
governments are doing poorly in terms of dealing with immigration.
The study also shows that individuals whose personal economic
situation failed to improve in 2010 are likely to fear competition from
immigrants as they look for jobs in the labor market.
The findings are part of the third-annual Transatlantic Trends:
Immigration survey of public opinion, conducted in North America and
Europe. The report shows majorities in the United States (73%),
United Kingdom (70%), Spain (61%), France (58%), and the
Netherlands (54%) believed that their government was doing a poor
job in managing immigration.
The only exception was Canada which split with 48% having a
positive feeling and 43% negative in regards of how its government
handles immigration. The survey reports that the majority of
respondents in the United States (67%) and the United Kingdom
(63%) said immigration policy would affect their vote.
“Transatlantic Trends: Immigration is a wake-up call for the
governments of receiving countries,” said German Marshall
Fund (GMF) President Craig Kennedy. “The survey shows that North
Americans and Europeans have strong opinions about immigration
policy, what works, and what doesn’t. But the survey also shows
that the more one is exposed to immigrants, the more one feels
positively toward them.”
The public opinion survey addresses several aspects of the
immigration and integration debate. Among others are the effect of
the economic crisis on attitudes toward immigration, immigrants’
labor market impacts and effects on wages, and how governments
are managing immigration, according to Transatlantic Trends:
Immigration.
The survey also shows, for the first time, evidence that individual
economic hardship is connected to fears of competition in the labor
market.
Individuals whose financial situation worsened last year expressed
their belief that immigrants take jobs away from native-born workers.
Both in the United States (63%) and Europe (43%), respondents
whose personal economic situation “got worse” or identified
themselves as unemployed in 2010, agreed to say that immigrants
take jobs versus those whose situation either improved or remained
the same (49% in the U.S. and 35% in Europe).
Transatlantic Trends: Immigration is a project of the German Marshall
Fund of the United States (GMF), the Lynde and Harry Bradley
Foundation (U.S.), the Compagnia di San Paolo (Italy), and the
Barrow Cadbury Trust (U.K.).
continue to pull through the global economic crisis, a new public
opinion survey reveals an almost general consensus that
governments are doing poorly in terms of dealing with immigration.
The study also shows that individuals whose personal economic
situation failed to improve in 2010 are likely to fear competition from
immigrants as they look for jobs in the labor market.
The findings are part of the third-annual Transatlantic Trends:
Immigration survey of public opinion, conducted in North America and
Europe. The report shows majorities in the United States (73%),
United Kingdom (70%), Spain (61%), France (58%), and the
Netherlands (54%) believed that their government was doing a poor
job in managing immigration.
The only exception was Canada which split with 48% having a
positive feeling and 43% negative in regards of how its government
handles immigration. The survey reports that the majority of
respondents in the United States (67%) and the United Kingdom
(63%) said immigration policy would affect their vote.
“Transatlantic Trends: Immigration is a wake-up call for the
governments of receiving countries,” said German Marshall
Fund (GMF) President Craig Kennedy. “The survey shows that North
Americans and Europeans have strong opinions about immigration
policy, what works, and what doesn’t. But the survey also shows
that the more one is exposed to immigrants, the more one feels
positively toward them.”
The public opinion survey addresses several aspects of the
immigration and integration debate. Among others are the effect of
the economic crisis on attitudes toward immigration, immigrants’
labor market impacts and effects on wages, and how governments
are managing immigration, according to Transatlantic Trends:
Immigration.
The survey also shows, for the first time, evidence that individual
economic hardship is connected to fears of competition in the labor
market.
Individuals whose financial situation worsened last year expressed
their belief that immigrants take jobs away from native-born workers.
Both in the United States (63%) and Europe (43%), respondents
whose personal economic situation “got worse” or identified
themselves as unemployed in 2010, agreed to say that immigrants
take jobs versus those whose situation either improved or remained
the same (49% in the U.S. and 35% in Europe).
Transatlantic Trends: Immigration is a project of the German Marshall
Fund of the United States (GMF), the Lynde and Harry Bradley
Foundation (U.S.), the Compagnia di San Paolo (Italy), and the
Barrow Cadbury Trust (U.K.).
By Eduardo Barraza February 3, 2011
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The survey shows, for the first time,
evidence that individual economic
hardship is connected to fears of
competition in the labor market.
Photo: Eduardo Barraza | Barriozona
evidence that individual economic
hardship is connected to fears of
competition in the labor market.
Photo: Eduardo Barraza | Barriozona
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Eduardo Barraza is a journalist and writer,
Barriozona Magazine's editor, and director of
the Hispanic Insitute of Social Issues.
E-mail: editor@barriozona.com
Barriozona Magazine's editor, and director of
the Hispanic Insitute of Social Issues.
E-mail: editor@barriozona.com
Published by the Hispanic Institute of Social Issues in Phoenix, Arizona
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