THE SURVEY: The Cmr Laboratory highlights how perceptions of immigration in the North-East have changed over the past four years: 55 per cent remain open to new arrivals
Migrants: a welcome, yes, but hostility is on the rise
Marini: ‘The proportion of “opponents” has jumped from 1 per cent to 13 per cent in four years.’ However, there is a link to ignorance: ‘62 per cent of Venetians are mistaken about the predominant religion.’
‘However, even those who are against it think it is right to grant citizenship to those who embrace Italian values and culture’
The survey is clear: “A feeling of hostility towards migrants is spreading and on the rise,” summarises sociologist Daniele Marini. However, he also observes another equally tangible phenomenon, and he backs this up with figures too: there is a widespread lack of understanding of the reality of immigration in Italy, and this “influences opinions and attitudes”. And the summary of the latest survey by Community Media Research (in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo – Cassa Risparmio Veneto), led by the Vicenza-based sociologist and focusing on “how much the perceptions of people in the north-east have changed towards immigrants and what their views are on the hypothetical law on the integration of migrants’ children”.
