Inmigrants and ethnic minorities

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In March 2006, the Netherlandish Minister of Immigration Rita Verdonk took tough measures towards immigrants. Paradoxically, according to the Observatory of inequalities, the Netherlands is a country where minorities are the most represented in the Parliament. This example shows that immigrants seem to be more rejected, as similar measures have also been taken in other European countries, in a region, which advocate tolerance towards minorities and all the human beings. Consequently, it makes us wonder about the different attitudes of people towards immigrants and ethnic minorities.

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[...] That is to say that the higher the level of people's education is, the less they agree and the more they disagree with the three statements. That means that they are more open towards new cultures and differences of respondents with no formal qualification agrees strongly with the statement that it is impossible for people who do not share country‘s customs and traditions to become full citizens of the country. On the contrary, only of people who have completed a university degree agree strongly with the statement. [...]

[...] Great Britain and Slovakia follow with very similar results if we compare their data. France shows to be the most tolerant of the four countries with 28.3 people who strongly disagree with the same statement. Our hypothesis is wrong. First conclusion The three tables that we were about to study don't allow us to prove our hypothesis to be right and not even to compare the two groups. In reality, even though the Czech Republic appears to be the least tolerant of the four countries, the criterion (country) that we have chosen is not sufficient to compare the attitude towards minorities (both historical and immigrant). [...]

[...] Immigrants increase crime rates - Agree strongly - Agree - Neither agree nor disagree - Disagree - Disagree strongly http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/index.jsp Public opinion about the statement “Immigrants increase crime rates” in relation with the four countries This table and graph refute completely our theory because it is the Czech Republic that shows to be the least tolerant. It is an interesting remark if we consider the fact that the Czech Republic experiences even nowadays the smallest immigration and has the smallest number of minorities settled on its territory. Here is the last question. [...]

[...] Actually, this fear makes people to charge immigrants with all the negative points of society, all its troubles, like crime. How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? Immigrants take jobs away from people who were born in [COUNTRY] - Agree strongly - Agree - Neither agree nor disagree - Disagree - Disagree strongly Finally, this question highlights how much people feel resentment towards immigrants. They may think that immigrants are responsible for a difficult economic situation. [...]

[...] - Agree strongly - Agree - Neither agree nor disagree - Disagree - Disagree strongly Here are the results: http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/index.jsp Public opinion about the statement is impossible for people who do not share [COUNTRY's] customs and traditions to become fully” in relation with the four countries As the table and the graph say, the Czech Republic is the least tolerant because the biggest percentage of people agree, (“agree strongly” and category) with the statement that people not sharing the same cultural background and the same traditions should not be enabled to become citizens of the country. However, the second least tolerant country is France, followed by Slovakia. The most tolerant country is Great Britain. [...]