Migration Policies, Attitudes in Sync Worldwide

Before the recent migrant crisis in Europe forced governments everywhere to take a new, hard look at their immigration policies, a Gallup analysis of 136 countries found people’s attitudes toward immigration were generally in line with their governments’ existing policies. In countries where the policy is to lower immigration, 61% of adults want to see immigration levels decreased. In countries where the policy is to raise immigration, people are the least likely to want to see immigration decreased (24%). CONT.

Neli Esipova & Julie Ray, Gallup

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