Research of public opinion about migrants

Proteklih pedeset godina Europa doţivljava konstantne promjene uzrokovane migracijom. Migracijski procesi sve su intenzivniji, podrijetlo migranata sve različitije, a izazovi koji se tiču migracija i integracija sve kompleksniji. Kako bi se mogle donositi kvalitetne migracijske politike te kako bi integracija imigrantskog stanovništva bila što uspješnija, potrebno je redovito provoditi istraţivanja stavova javnosti i njihove informiranosti o temi migranata. Kao odgovor na spomenute potrebe, kreiran je ovaj rad čiji je temeljni ispitivanje stavova opće populacije prema migrantima. Specifičan cilj je utvrĎivanje razlika i povezanosti stavova prema imigrantima i odreĎenih socio-demografskih obiljeţja ispitanika te iskazane razine straha od kriminaliteta. Istraţivanje je provedeno tijekom srpnja 2020. godine primjenom online upitnika uz korištenje metode snjeţne grude. Uzorak čini 476 ispitanika Rezultati ovog istraţivanja upućuju na to da postoje razlike u stavovima prema migrantima u s obzirom na različita socio-demografska obiljeţja ispitanika. Migrante kao društvenu, kulturološku i zdravstveno-ekonomsku prijetnju češće percipiraju muškarci, ispitanici koji se identificiraju desnom političkom orijentacijom, religiozni ispitanici, oni koji pridaju veću vaţnost religioznosti/duhovnosti te oni koji se u svom formalnom ili neformalnom obrazovanju nisu susreli s temom migranata. O odnosu stavova prema migrantima i strahu od kriminaliteta moguće je zaključiti da osobe koje iskazuju veći strah od kriminaliteta iskazuju negativnije stavove prema migrantima kao prema društvenoj prijetnji.In the last fifty years, Europe has been under constant change caused by migration. Migration processes are getting more and more intense, the origin of migrants more diverse, and challenges connected with migration and integration more complex. It is necessary to conduct public opinion and public awareness research so quality migration policies can be made and so the integration of migrants would be as successful as possible. As a contribution to understanding public opinion about migrants, this research was conducted - with a specific objective to determine the connection between opinions towards migrants and specific social-demographic characteristics of data subjects and their declared level of fear of crime. The research has been carried out during July of 2020. through an online questionnaire using the „snowball“ method. Sample was formed by 476 respondents. The results of this research indicate that there are differences between attitudes towards migrants regarding different social-demographic characteristics of respondents. Migrants are more often seen as a social, cultural, and health-economic threat by males, people of right political orientation, religious people, those who consider religiosity more important, and those that didn't come into contact with the subject of migrants during their formal or informal education. When focusing on the relationship between attitudes towards migrants and fear of crime, it is possible to conclude that people who report a greater fear of crime perceive migrants as a social threat more often