Abstract
The paper aims to analyse the attitudes towards immigration among Czech youth and their changes on two distinct surveys of young Czechs (aged 14–19) held in 2011 and 2016, the years before and after a period of a greatly increased inflow of migrants to the European Union. In these surveys, special focus was given to changes in attitudes and factors influencing attitudes in each year. The results show that there was not a big difference in attitudes between both samples. Nevertheless, looking closely at the results, we found two main differences. The first was higher polarisation of answers in survey from 2016 than from the one held in 2011. The second one was in factors influencing answers, mainly in the statement on having an immigrant among close friends.
Highlights
In the years 2015 and 2016, the European Union (EU) experienced a highly increased inflow of migrants, mainly refugees from the Middle East and Africa
The increased migration flow towards Europe was a result of more long-term problems in the source regions – mainly the rise of ISIS, and changing environmental conditions combined with relatively poor economic conditions2 (Ionesco et al 2017; UNHCR 2014)
If we focus on refugees, the Czech numbers are very low in the EU context
Summary
In the years 2015 and 2016, the European Union (EU) experienced a highly increased inflow of migrants, mainly refugees from the Middle East and Africa. In 2017, the number of applications dropped again. Most of the applicants were from Syria and Iraq. The increased migration flow towards Europe was a result of more long-term problems in the source regions – mainly the rise of ISIS, and changing environmental conditions combined with relatively poor economic conditions (Ionesco et al 2017; UNHCR 2014). The term was widely used in the media around Europe, despite being challenged by many scientists. It was definitely a crisis for the people fleeing their homes (see for instance Goodman et al 2017). The term has influenced overall perception of migrants and migration in many countries and that is the reason why we use the term in the present paper
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