Solidarity with refugees across Europe. A comparative analysis of public support for helping forced migrants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12657296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sebastian Koo (0000-0001-6739-1649, University of Konstanz, corresponding author), Seibel (0000-0001-6407-9596, University of Groningen) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 704-728 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Societies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-6696 • E-ISSN: 1469-8307 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14616696.2019.1616794 |
| OpenAlex | W2946149917 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 43 |
| References cited | 47 |
The major influx of refugees to Europe, especially in 2015, has led to immense solidarity, but also hostility among European citizens. In the wake of the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ country differences in the willingness to help displaced people have become a salient issue of European integration. In this paper, we explain country differences in the public support for helping refugees across Europe at a critical time-point – spring 2016 – just after the influx of displaced people had peaked. Theoretically, we base our explanation of country differences on economic threat, inter-group contact, welfare state, and political framing theories. Using data from a Eurobarometer survey across the 28 EU member states, we show that solidarity with refugees varies significantly between countries. Controlling for individual characteristics of respondents and utilizing a multilevel design, we find that solidarity with refugees is highest in countries with an extensive welfare state and a historically high share of immigrants, whereas there is no effect of countries’ economic situation or strength of right-wing parties. On the individual level of respondents, however, we find that people with a more precarious economic background, little institutional trust, and a right-wing political orientation express lower solidarity with refugees
Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Solidarity · Welfare state · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 43 |
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| Citations per year | 6,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 42 |