Taking in refugees does not strongly influence xenophobia in East German communities

(WZB Berlin Social Science Center) The reception of refugees in East German communities did not lead to changes in voting behaviour or attitudes to migration. This is the main finding of a study conducted by Max Schaub (WZB), Johanna Gereke (MZES), and Delia Baldassarri (New York University). In the over 200 East German communities they examined, negative attitudes to migration were widespread. However, the arrival of refugees in the immediate neighbourhood had hardly any influence on these attitudes.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news