Refugee crisis

17 September 2018

Refugees and individual solidarity: Social beliefs, political-ideological orientations and social traits

By Nicola Maggini

Socio-political tendencies and education both affect whether European citizens choose to show solidarity for refugees

3 September 2018

Regional, national, global: Mogherini’s take on migration

By Giulia Tercovich

The European response to the recent migration flows to the continent is everything but successful. Yet, the High Representative of the EU Foreign and Security Policy Federica Mogherini could be proud of a few initiatives started by the Union.

25 July 2018

Taking back control: An EU or national issue?

By Alessandro Pellegata

Do Europeans prefer that their governments or that EU institutions deal with non-European immigration fluxes? It all depends on the country.

18 July 2018

Do Europeans embrace EU migration policies?

By Alessandro Pellegata

The role the EU plays in handling immigration has quickly become a highly-contested subject in the public opinions of different EU member states. Do Europeans approve or disapprove policies the EU implemented to manage immigration?

30 May 2018

Why Europeans see immigration as a bad thing

By Alessandro Pellegata

A majority of Europeans see mass migration as a threat to their personal lives. But why?

23 May 2018

Why Europeans think non-EU migrants settle

By Alessandro Pellegata

While a majority of Europeans think non-EU migrants settle for economic reasons, a minority acknowledge conflict-inflicted migration.

25 April 2018

Rising support for free movement stops at EU migration

By Alessandro Pellegata

Support for free movement in the EU is on the rise, but there’s a catch: enthusiasm is limited to EU migrants.

11 April 2018

Immigration: A contentious issue in the UK

By Alessandro Pellegata

Britons are split over an issue central to a post-Brexit world: immigration. From net migration rates to price reductions in industries sustaining migrant workers, public opinion polls expose a great divide.

1 February 2018

Welfare states and the “liberal paradox” – An interview with Thomas Faist

By Maurizio Ferrera and Thomas Faist

We should not forget that right-wing populism at first sight appear as a corrective to the current market liberalizing regimes in Europe. Yet such a view is deceiving. In reality, right-wing populists are the beneficiaries of market radical, neo-liberal policies of many member state governments.

20 April 2017

The REScEU Mass Survey – Infographic #6: EU measures for migrants

By Alessandro Pellegata

The survey asked respondents to evaluate three potential EU initiatives to deal with the issues of workers mobility within the Union and immigration from extra-EU countries.

«What globalisation’s losers theory hypothesized has found some empirical support during the last Italian national election. Negative externalities of globalisation and the EU integration process are unevenly distributed in the society»

Refugee crisis

Refugee crisis

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