Transatlantic trends: immigration
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In 2010, immigration dominated headlines in Europe and North America like never before. Though flows of new migrants slowed in 2008 and 2009 as a result of the economic crisis, Americans grappled with questions of governance stemming from legislation in Arizona, and asylum policy in Canada made headlines after a number of high-profile incidents. In September, France’s lower house overwhelmingly passed a ban on face-covering veils everywhere that can be considered public space. Dutch politician Geert Wilders won 15% of the vote for his Party for Freedom by running on an anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic platform. In Germany, a controversial book was released in August, drawing national attention to the integration of Germany’s Muslim minority.
In order to gauge the effects of these types of political developments on public opinion, Transatlantic Trends: Immigration (TTI) targets perceptions of immigrant groups and support for immigration and integration policies in a comparative context...
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