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Global and Canadian Views

on Immigration and Refugees

November 2017

Public Perspectives © Ipsos 2017 | 2

General themes from the data are…

Just one-quarter of Canadian support closing the country’s border entirely, up six percentage points from 2016.

Opinion is split on whether refugees are really refugees (41% think they aren’t, vs 45% who think they are), but there is majority agreement that there are terrorists pretending to be refugees (52%). A majority are confident that refugees will eventually acculturate, but this not overwhelming (54%).

On all of these metrics, Canadians rank lower on the negative and higher on the positive compared with most other countries.

THEY HAVE MIXED OPINIONS ON

REFUGEES BUT ARE AMONG THE

MOST FAVOURABLE WORLDWIDE

Canadians are more likely to say that immigration has increased compared to two years ago (up 10 percentage points to 80%) but they remain split on whether the impact is positive (38%) or negative (30%).

Canadians lean toward believing that immigration is good for the economy (43%), and that immigration makes the country more interesting (48%). At the same time, many agree that immigration is changing the country in an undesirable direction (40%), and putting pressure on public services (50%).

On most of these metrics, Canadians rank lower on the negative and higher on the positive compared with most other countries.

CANADIANS HAVE MIXED

OPINIONS ON IMMIGRATION BUT

ARE AMONG THE MOST

FAVOURABLE WORLDWIDE

IMPLICATIONS

Challenges regarding immigration and refugees will undoubtedly continue to multiply as events continue to disrupt the world. While there is little doubt that Canadians are more receptive to immigration and refugees than most other countries, positive opinion is not overwhelming and more often than not, the public are split. Understanding public opinion on this issue will be key to navigating future immigration and refugee policies.

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CANADIANS ATTITUDES TOWARD IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEES

3


Attitudes toward immigration

80%

18%2%

INCREASED

STAYED THE SAME

DECREASED

Over the last 5 years, in your opinion has the amount of migrants in Canada…? (US comparative “in US”)

Canadians are, not surprisingly, more likely to say that immigration has increased compared to two years ago. There is a split on whether the impact is positive or negative.

78% 78% 76% 70%78% 80%

77%72%

65% 69%74%

64%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011 2013 2014 Jul-15 Jul-16 Jul-17

Canada US

Would you say that immigration has generally had a positive or negative impact on Canada? (US comparative “on US”)

39%31% 33% 37% 36% 38%

18% 22% 25% 25%35% 35%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011 2013 2014 Jul-15 Jul-16 Jul-17

Canada US

38%

29%

30%

3%POSITIVENEUTRALNEGATIVEDON'T KNOW

Increased Positive

4


Attitudes toward immigration cont’d

43%

28%

25%

4%AGREENEITHERDISAGREEDON'T KNOW

Immigration is good for the economy of Canada (US comparative “US”)

Immigrants make Canada a more interesting place to live (US comparative “US”)

Canadians are not convinced, but lean toward believing that immigration is good for the economy, and makes the country a more interesting place.

48%

30%

20%2%

AGREENEITHERDISAGREEDON'T KNOW

43% 40% 40% 43% 42% 43%

23% 26% 28% 30%36%

42%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011 2013 2014 Jul-15 Jul-16 Jul-17

Canada US

48% 42% 46% 47% 44% 48%

36% 37% 37% 41% 42% 47%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011 2013 2014 Jul-15 Jul-16 Jul-17

Canada US

Agree Agree

5


40%

26%

31%


“Immigration is causing Canada to change in ways that I don’t like” (US comparative “US”)

35%

29%

33%


“There are too many immigrants in Canada” (US comparative “US”)

Canadians are divided but decreasingly likely to believe that there are too many immigrants in the country. Agreement leans toward the sentiment that immigration is changing the country in an undesirable way, and that it is putting pressure on public services.

42% 45% 40% 39% 41%35%

59%53%

48% 49% 51% 48%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011 2013 2014 Jul-15 Jul-16 Jul-17

Canada US

44% 40%

52%46%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011 2013 2014 Jul-15 Jul-16 Jul-17

Canada US

NA

Immigration has placed too much pressure on public services in Canada (US comparative “US”)

50%

24%

22%4%


56% 56% 51% 45% 51% 50%

66% 65%58% 58% 60% 56%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011 2013 2014 Jul-15 Jul-16 Jul-17

Canada US

Agree AgreeAgree


6


51%

28%

19%2%


Immigrants in Canada have made it more difficult for people of your nationality to get jobs (US comparative “US”)

Priority should be given to immigrants with higher education and qualifications who can fill shortages among certain professions in Canada (US comparative “US”)

A majority of Canadians believe that higher educated immigrants should receive higher priority, but there is some concern that immigrants will make it more difficult for Canadians to get jobs.

40%

26%

31%


62% 56% 57%49% 50% 51%

33% 34% 33% 35% 38% 43%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011 2013 2014 Jul-15 Jul-16 Jul-17Canada US

41% 44% 47%39% 43% 40%

60% 56% 51% 48% 49% 45%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011 2013 2014 Jul-15 Jul-16 Jul-17Canada US

AgreeAgree


7


Impact immigration on Canada by demographics

8

GENDER

39%

28%

38%

29%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Po

sitiv

e

Neg

ative

Men Women

AGE INCOME

Would you say that immigration has generally had a positive or negative impact on Canada? -- % Positive vs Negative

50%

20%

38%

29%28%

38%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Po

sitiv

e

Ne

gative

Millennial Gen X Boomer

32%28%

36% 34%

43%

26%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Po

sitiv

e

Neg

ative

Lower $ Middle $

Higher $

REGION

51%

21%

49%

15%

35%

45%42%

29%29%32%

49%

15%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Po

sitiv

e

Neg

ative

BC Alta Prairies

Ont Que Atl

Millennials, higher income, and BC, Alberta and Atlantic residents tend to be most positive in assessing the impact of immigration on Canada.


Attitudes toward refugees

“I’m confident that most refugees who come to Canada will

successfully integrate into their new society” (US comparative “US”)

“There are terrorists pretending to be refugees who will enter Canada to cause violence and destruction” (US comparative “US”)

“We must close our borders to refugees entirely—we can’t accept any at this time”

“Most foreigners who want to get into Canada as a refugee really aren’t refugees. They just want to come here for economic reasons,

or to take advantage of our welfare services” (US comparative “US”)

25%

10%65%

AGREE

DON'T KNOW

DISAGREE

52%

16%

32% AGREE

DON'T KNOW

DISAGREE

54%

10%

36% AGREE

DON'T KNOW

DISAGREE

41%

14%

45%AGREE

DON'T KNOW

DISAGREE

Canadians do not support a closed door approach to refugees, although support for this option has increased slightly over the last year. Opinion is split on whether refugees are really refugees, but a majority agree that there are terrorists pretending to be refugees. A majority are confident that refugees will eventually acculturate but this not overwhelming.

+6% vs 2016US +11%

+4% vs 2016US -8%

+2% vs 2016US -4%

-4% vs 2015US 0%

US 40%

US 51%

US 65%

US 48%

9


Refugees by demographics

10

GENDER

52%56%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Men Women

AGE INCOME

57% 57%

49%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Millennial Gen X Boomer

47%52%

55%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Lower $ Middle $

Higher $

REGION

58%

51%49%

57%

47%

63%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

BC Alta Prairies

Ont Que Atl

Millennials and Gen Xers, higher income and BC, Ontario and Atlantic residents tend to be most positive in believing that refugees will eventually acculturate.

“I’m confident that most refugees who come to Canada will

successfully integrate into their new society” -- % agree


CANADA VS OTHER COUNTRIES -- ATTITUDES TOWARD IMMIGRATION

11


July 2016 July 2015 2014 2013 2011

NA

94% 88% 77% 79% 66%

96% 97% 92% 92% 81%

87% 94% 90% 87% 93%

85% 86% 88% 88% 83%

91% 93% 88% 95% 91%

89% 84% 85% 86% 94%

87% 86% 77% 79% 79%

NA

93% 87% 84% 73% 63%

81% 90% 93% 97% 90%

78% 70% 76% 78% 78%

78% 83% 79% 85% 83%

77% 87% 85% 90% 89%

77% 81% 82% 81% 83%

80% 80% 82% 81% 85%

85% 91% 81% 84% 81%

72% 73% 74% 82% 81%

74% 69% 65% 72% 77%

50% 58% 56% 63% 85%

77% 81% 77% 79% 77%

69% 77% 63% 75% 65%

46% 60% 52% 46% 56%

61% 62% 70% 73% 75%

Canada in the middle of the pack in believing that immigration has increased

58%

66%

78%

74%

51%

61%

58%

58%

58%

65%

52%

51%

48%

43%

29%

40%

28%

38%

37%

35%

21%

27%

9%

10%

33%

25%

12%

14%

35%

24%

28%

27%

27%

20%

28%

30%

31%

31%

43%

31%

41%

30%

28%

27%

40%

26%

41%

38%

91%

90%

90%

88%

86%

85%

85%

85%

85%

85%

81%

80%

79%

74%

72%

71%

69%

68%

64%

61%

61%

54%

50%

49%

Peru

Sweden

Turkey

Italy

Brazil

South Africa

Belgium

France

Serbia

Germany

Russia

Canada

Mexico

Argentina

India

Great Britain

Hungary

Australia

United States

Spain

Poland

Saudi Arabia

Japan

South Korea

Increased a lot Increased a littleJuly 2017

Over the last 5 years, in your opinion has the amount of migrants in your country decreased or increased?12


Canadians among most positive about the impact of immigration

July 2016 July 2015 2014 2013 2011

48% 52% 30% 33% 38%

45% 49% 41% 41% 43%

35% 28% 26% 25% 19%

36% 37% 33% 31% 39%

33% 36% 32% 30% 31%

35% 25% 25% 22% 18%

24% 31% 39% 38% 37%

17% 23% 35% 29% 30%

20% 21% 21% 21% 19%

14% 19% 25% 23% 27%

18% 20% 16% 12% 10%

18% 20% 15% 17% 16%

NA

14% 15% 20% 22% 22%

11% 11% 12% 11% 14%

11% 12% 10% 8% 9%

9% 13% 13% 13% 17%

10% 16% 14% 14% 17%

12% 15% 17% 12% 15%

10% 5% 9% 12% 14%

8% 11% 8% 8% 10%

6% 2% 7% 7% 6%

NA

6% 6% 8% 6% 8%

Would you say that immigration has generally had a positive or negative impact on your country?

45%

44%

40%

38%

38%

35%

25%

22%

20%

18%

18%

18%

17%

15%

14%

11%

11%

10%

10%

10%

9%

9%

6%

5%

Saudi Arabia

India

Great Britain

Canada

Australia

United States

Sweden

Brazil

Spain

South Korea

South Africa

Germany

Peru

Poland

France

Belgium

Japan

Mexico

Argentina

Italy

Russia

Turkey

Serbia

Hungary

July 2017- Very positive/Fairly positive

13


Immigration data suggests countries with a higher proportion of immigrants tend to have more positive views about immigration

Would you say that immigration has generally had a positive or negative impact on your country?

Foreign born population figures: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2015.

Argentina

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

France

Germany

Great Britain

Hungary

India

ItalyJapanMexico

Peru Poland

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Serbia

South AfricaSouth Korea

Spain

Sweden

Turkey

United States

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%% of foreign born population

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Canadians more likely to agree that “Immigration is good for the economy”

50%

47%

47%

46%

43%

42%

41%

34%

31%

28%

27%

27%

26%

26%

23%

20%

19%

19%

18%

16%

15%

11%

9%

9%

8%

Saudi Arabia

Great Britain

New Zealand

India

Canada

United States

Australia

Peru

Sweden

South Africa

Brazil

Germany

Spain

Poland

South Korea

Mexico

Japan

Argentina

Belgium

France

Italy

Turkey

Hungary

Russia

Serbia

Jul 2017 - Strongly agree/Tend to agree

Please tell whether you agree or disagree with the following statement – “Immigration is good for the economy of your country”

July 2016 July 2015 2014 2013 2011

51% 52% 44% 43% 41%

45% 38% 32% 31% 27%

NA

46% 48% 40% 45% 45%

42% 43% 40% 40% 43%

36% 30% 28% 26% 23%

40% 41% 37% 34% 36%

NA

33% 38% 37% 34% 28%

30% 36% 27% 21% 18%

27% 33% 37% 40% 47%

26% 27% 23% 24% 23%

30% 26% 27% 27% 29%

23% 17% 24% 26% 28%

22% 23% 26% 23% 30%

27% 22% 23% 25% 27%

20% 20% 23% 22% 26%

19% 20% 25% 20% 22%

19% 19% 16% 13% 18%

16% 15% 19% 21% 24%

15% 14% 18% 23% 30%

15% 14% 11% 17% 14%

15% 13% 14% 13%13%

12% 13% 12% 12% 15%

15


July 2016 July 2015 2014 2013 2011

45% 40% 38% 39% 33%

NA

49% 47% 45% 43% 46%

44% 47% 46% 42% 48%

44% 46% 44% 42% 46%

42% 41% 37% 37% 36%

45% 42% 40% 47% 40%

NA

39% 46% 44% 45% 44%

36% 38% 31% 29% 26%

32% 33% 35% 34% 35%

33% 34% 39% 43% 49%

25% 28% 23% 27% 30%

21% 20% 19% 18% 18%

23% 23% 25% 20% 22%

23% 23% 31% 33% 39%

17% 20% 23% 25% 28%

17% 20% 20% 16% 19%

27% 22% 18% 24% 22%

17% 19% 19% 19% 22%

14% 13% 16% 16% 18%

14% 14% 16% 16% 18%

13% 18% 20% 25% 23%

9% 9% 8% 10% 12%

Canadians more likely to believe that “Immigrants make the country a more interesting place to live”

49%

49%

48%

48%

48%

47%

46%

44%

36%

34%

32%

32%

27%

25%

24%

23%

22%

22%

21%

18%

13%

13%

10%

10%

8%

Great Britain

New Zealand

Australia

Canada

India

United States

Saudi Arabia

Peru

Sweden

South Africa

Germany

Brazil

Turkey

Spain

Argentina

Poland

France

Belgium

Mexico

South Korea

Italy

Japan

Hungary

Russia

Serbia

July 2017 – Strongly agree/Tend to agree

Please tell whether you agree or disagree with the following statement – “Immigrants make your country a more interesting place to live”16


July 2016 July 2015 2014 2013 2011

85% 92% 83% 76% 51%

65% 71% 67% 65% 67%

64% 69% 73% 83% 77%

65% 62% 61% 75% 66%

60% 61% 63% 70% 72%

NA

NA

56% 59% 65% 69% 58%

54% 57% 57% 58% 61%

57% 60% 58% 57% 52%

56% 61% 56% 56% 60%

50% 43% 51% 47% 53%

43% 43% 37% 33% 46%

51% 49% 48% 53% 59%

40% 48% 48% 56% 67%

55% 54% 46% 50% 50%

49% 60% 60% 64% 71%

NA

44% 44% 43% 52% 52%

43% 35% 44% 44% 37%

41% 39% 40% 45% 42%

35% 36% 42% 45% 41%

31% 33% 30% 29% 24%

33% 32% 24% 28% 29%

12% 13% 16% 17% 15%

Canadians among least likely to believe that “There are too many immigrants in our country”

83%

66%

62%

62%

61%

56%

56%

54%

54%

53%

53%

50%

48%

48%

47%

46%

45%

44%

43%

39%

35%

35%

31%

30%

15%

Turkey

Italy

Russia

South Africa

Belgium

Serbia

Peru

Saudi Arabia

Argentina

France

India

Germany

Sweden

United States

Spain

Hungary

Great Britain

New Zealand

Australia

Mexico

Canada

Brazil

South Korea

Poland

Japan

Jul 2017 - Strongly Agree/Tend to Agree

Please tell whether you agree or disagree with the following statement – “There are too many immigrants in our country”17


Canada lower-middle of the pack in believing “Immigration is causing my country to change in ways that I don’t like”

77%

63%

57%

56%

54%

52%

49%

49%

46%

46%

46%

45%

45%

44%

43%

42%

41%

40%

38%

38%

34%

32%

27%

24%

23%

Turkey

Italy

Russia

Belgium

Hungary

South Africa

France

India

Spain

United States

Argentina

Germany

Australia

Sweden

Great Britain

Serbia

Poland

Canada

Saudi Arabia

New Zealand

Peru

Mexico

Japan

South Korea

Brazil

2017 – Strongly agree/ tend to agree

74%

63%

60%

55%

56%

49%

54%

52%

41%

52%

43%

44%

49%

41%

47%

43%

44%

38%

30%

24%

30%

23%

2016 – Strongly agree/ tend to agree

“Immigration is causing my country to change in ways that I don’t like”. 18


July 2016 July 2015 2014 2013 2011

72% 81% 72% 66% 45%

62% 59% 61% 74% 63%

59% 67% 63% 59% 56%

59% 68% 68% 72% 76%

58% 56% 63% 68% 68%

55% 45% 37% 36% 40%

60% 58% 58% 65% 66%

57% 61% 59% 58% 58%

60% 60% 61% 63% 56%

57% 53% 53% 58% 59%

50% 52% 56% 59% 70%

NA

55% 53% 53% 55% 62%

NA

52% 47% 52% 50% 58%

53% 52% 56% 59% 64%

51% 45% 51% 56% 56%

45% 43% 48% 52% 43%

NA

45% 49% 59% 54% 44%

34% 34% 30% 30% 27%

35% 31% 34% 36% 25%

36% 37% 35% 43% 37%

32% 34% 34% 38% 33%

21% 21% 25% 29% 28%

Canada in lower-middle of the pack believing “Immigration has placed too much pressure on public services”

73%

65%

61%

58%

57%

56%

56%

55%

55%

53%

53%

53%

52%

51%

51%

51%

50%

45%

36%

36%

35%

35%

33%

32%

26%

Turkey

South Africa

Italy

Great Britain

Belgium

Sweden

United States

India

France

Hungary

Spain

New Zealand

Argentina

Serbia

Germany

Australia

Canada

Russia

Peru

Saudi Arabia

Poland

South Korea

Brazil

Mexico

Japan

July 2017 - Strongly Agree/Tend to Agree

Please tell whether you agree or disagree with the following statement – “Immigration has placed too much pressure on public services in your country”19


July 2016 July 2015 2014 2013 2011

78% 85% 72% 70% 61%

69% 68% 71% 77% 75%

56% 54% 58% 69% 64%

51% 55% 52% 52% 51%

50% 56% 57% 54% 61%

49% 54% 57% 58% 52%

49% 48% 51% 56% 60%

NA

45% 46% 51% 53% 50%

45% 52% 50% 54% 46%

NA

43% 47% 57% 53% 52%

41% 41% 45% 51% 52%

41% 40% 53% 62% 54%

43% 39% 47% 44% 41%

41% 48% 46% 50% 41%

40% 46% 36% 44% 35%

38% 48% 51% 53% 62%

35% 32% 38% 39% 30%

34% 36% 39% 42% 38%

28% 30% 35% 34% 37%

29% 29% 32% 40% 35%

26% 24% 29% 35% 38%

NA

25% 25% 18% 21% 23%

Canada in middle of the pack believing “Immigrants have made it more difficult for people of your nationality to get jobs”

78%

64%

58%

56%

49%

47%

45%

44%

44%

43%

42%

41%

41%

40%

40%

37%

37%

34%

34%

33%

30%

29%

26%

21%

21%

Turkey

Russia

South Africa

India

Argentina

Italy

United States

New Zealand

Australia

Belgium

Peru

Saudi Arabia

Spain

Hungary

Canada

France

Poland

Great Britain

South Korea

Brazil

Germany

Mexico

Japan

Serbia

Sweden


Please tell whether you agree or disagree with the following statement – “Immigrants in your country have made it more difficult for people of your nationality to get jobs”

20


July 2016 July 2015 2014 2013 2011

NA

55% 55% 56% 57% 58%

61% 54% 59% 59% 58%

56% 60% 55% 55% 56%

52% 46% 44% 51% 61%

50% 49% 57% 56% 62%

50% 55% 48% 52% 51%

49% 50% 55% 55% 57%

38% 35% 33% 34% 33%

48% 42% 39% 30% 38%

37% 43% 47% 41% 42%

43% 44% 43% 43% 49%

NA

33% 31% 27% 30% 35%

39% 34% 36% 36% 34%

31% 31% 36% 39% 36%

32% 37% 46% 48% 42%

28% 40% 32% 30% 34%

29% 31% 29% 29% 36%

26% 26% 28% 28% 34%

33% 34% 33% 33% 41%

33% 40% 45% 44% 45%

27% 30% 39% 36% 35%

26% 24% 26% 34% 36%

58%

56%

55%

54%

51%

51%

50%

46%

43%

42%

42%

39%

38%

36%

35%

33%

33%

32%

31%

29%

28%

27%

25%

24%

20%

New Zealand

Saudi Arabia

Great Britain

South Africa

Australia

Canada

India

Russia

United States

Sweden

Germany

Turkey

Peru

Poland

Argentina

Spain

France

Mexico

South Korea

Japan

Hungary

Belgium

Brazil

Italy

Serbia


Canadians more likely to agree “Priority should be given to immigrants with higher education who can fill shortages in certain professions”

Please tell whether you agree or disagree with the following statement – “Priority should be given to immigrants with higher education and qualifications who can fill shortages among certain professions in your country”

21


CANADA VS OTHER COUNTRIES -- ATTITUDES TOWARD REFUGEES

22


Canadians less likely to agree that “We must close our borders to refugees entirely - we can’t accept any at this time”

*Trends from 2016 calculated by repercentaging 2017 figures to exclude don’t knows

63%

61%

60%

50%

48%

45%

45%

44%

43%

40%

41%

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38%

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32%

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31%

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T u r k e y

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G e r m a n y

S w e d e n

U n i t e d S t a t e s

S o u t h A f r i c a

F r a n c e

S e r b i a

A u s t r a l i a

G r e a t B r i t a i n

A r g e n t i n a

S p a i n

S o u t h K o r e a

S a u d i A r a b i a

B r a z i l

C a n a d a

P e r u

M e x i c o

J a p a n

Change since 2016*

Please tell whether you agree or disagree with the following statement – “We must close our borders to refugees entirely - we can’t accept any at this time”

+1

-5

+2

-3

0

-3

-8

0

+1

+11

-2

+6

-

+2

-1

-3

-8

+10

-3

+1

+6

-

-3

+5

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Canada lower-middle of the pack believing “There are terrorists pretending to be refugees who will enter my country to cause violence…”


82%

82%

79%

76%

76%

70%

65%

64%

64%

63%

61%

58%

57%

56%

55%

52%

52%

50%

50%

46%

42%

35%

19%

T u r k e y

R u s s i a

I n d i a

G e r m a n y

H u n g a r y

I t a l y


P o l a n d

F r a n c e


A u s t r a l i a

P e r u

S w e d e n

S o u t h K o r e a

B e l g i u m

C a n a d a

J a p a n

M e x i c o


B r a z i l

A r g e n t i n a

S e r b i a

S p a i n

Change since 2016*

Please tell whether you agree or disagree with the following statement – “There are terrorists pretending to be refugees who will enter my country to cause violence and destruction”

-1

0

+2

+3

+1

0

-4

-3

-4

+2

-4

-

-3

-9

+2

+2

-1

+9

-11

-6

-8

-

+2

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Canadians less likely to agree “Most foreigners who want to get into my country as a refugee really aren’t refugees…here for economic reasons…”


Please tell whether you agree or disagree with the following statement – “Most foreigners who want to get into my country as a refugee really aren’t refugees. They just want to come here for economic reasons, or to take advantage of our welfare services”

71%

71%

67%

67%

64%

61%

61%

61%

58%

55%

53%

51%

49%

49%

48%

48%

46%

42%

41%

41%

39%

38%

37%

35%

I n d i a

R u s s i a

T u r k e y

H u n g a r y


P o l a n d

P e r u

I t a l y

B e l g i u m

G e r m a n y

F r a n c e


A r g e n t i n a

M e x i c o


A u s t r a l i a


S e r b i a

S o u t h K o r e a

C a n a d a

S w e d e n

B r a z i l

S p a i n

J a p a n

Change since 2016*0

-3

+4

+4

0

-4

-

-1

+5

+3

-2

-8

-3

+6

-4

-6

+1

-

-4

+4

+5

-1

+8

0

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Canadians more likely to agree “I’m confident that most refugees who come to my country will successfully integrate into their new society”


Please tell whether you agree or disagree with the following statement – “I’m confident that most refugees who come to my country will successfully integrate into their new society”

70%

65%

63%

62%

58%

54%

54%

51%

48%

46%

45%

43%

43%

40%

39%

37%

37%

33%

31%

28%

26%

26%

25%

16%

S e r b i a

P e r u

I n d i a


M e x i c o

C a n a d a

A r g e n t i n a

B r a z i l



A u s t r a l i a

H u n g a r y


R u s s i a

S p a i n

G e r m a n y

P o l a n d

S w e d e n

I t a l y

F r a n c e

T u r k e y

B e l g i u m

S o u t h K o r e a

J a p a n

Change since 2015*

-

-

+3

+2

-2

+1

-2

-4

0

-2

0

-1

+3

-2

-7

-2

0

-1

-3

+8

-2

-4

-3

-3

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Methodology

• These are the findings of the Global @dvisor Immigration tracker 2011-2017. In total 17,903 interviews were conducted between 24 June and 8 July 2017 among adults aged 18-64 in the US and Canada, and adults aged 16-64 in all other countries.

• The survey was conducted in 25 countries around the world via the Ipsos Online Panel system in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States.

• Between 500 and 1000+ individuals participated in each country via the Ipsos Online Panel. The sample was 1000+ in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Spain and the United Stated of America. In all other countries the sample was 500+. The precision of Ipsos online polls is calculated using a credibility interval with a poll of 1,000 accurate to +/- 3.5 percentage points and of 500 accurate to +/- 5.0 percentage points. For more information on Ipsos’ use of credibility intervals, please visit the Ipsos website.

• 16 of the 25 countries surveyed online provide nationally representative samples: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. Online samples in Brazil, India, Israel, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Turkey are more urban/educated/income than their fellow citizens and are referred to as “Upper Deck Consumer Citizens.”

• Where results do not sum to 100, this may be due to computer rounding, multiple responses or the exclusion of don't knows or not stated responses.

• Data are weighted to match the profile of the population.

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Mike ColledgePresident, Canadian Public Affairs

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Sebastien DallaireVice-président, Ipsos Public Affairs

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