ABSTRACT

In this paper Jacobs examines the connection between attitudes on migration, perceived threats linked to migration and the (lack of) willingness to help refugees using a data set of twelve countries from a survey project called the Aurora Humanitarian Index. The higher the perceived ethnic threat (economic, cultural or religious), the less willing individuals are to mobilize for refugees. In addition to patterns on the individual level, we examine the impact of country characteristics (gross domestic product (GDP), number of migrants and so on) through correlational and multilevel analysis. While neither the proportion of migrants nor the proportion of refugees impacts on the willingness to mobilize in favour of refugees, the economic situation does have an effect. In richer countries there is less willingness to help. Furthermore, we can observe that the effect of both opposition to migration and the perception of refugees as posing an economic threat is exacerbated in richer countries (countries with a higher GDP).

摘要

在本文中，雅各布斯使用来自名为 Aurora 人道主义指数的调查项目的十二个国家的数据集，研究了对移民的态度、与移民相关的感知威胁与（缺乏）帮助难民的意愿之间的联系。感知到的种族威胁（经济、文化或宗教）越高，个人就越不愿意为难民动员起来。除了个体层面的模式之外，我们还通过相关性和多层面分析检验了国家特征（国内生产总值 (GDP)、移民人数等）的影响。虽然移民比例和难民比例都不会影响动员支持难民的意愿，但经济形势确实有影响。在较富裕的国家，帮助的意愿较低。此外，