Norwegians much less constructive in direction of immigrants

Proper after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Norwegians turned extra constructive about immigrants. This was mirrored within the annual survey, which final 12 months was clearly extra constructive than traditional.

Now we see a change that displays a “normalisation” of the deal with immigration, in response to Statistics Norway (SSB). On a lot of the questions within the survey, attitudes are far much less constructive than final 12 months. Over time, you see modifications that go in a extra liberal path, however the patterns are largely steady.

– A minority believes that the majority immigrants are a supply of insecurity or that they abuse social welfare schemes. On the similar time, most agree that immigrants enrich cultural life in Norway and that immigrants make a helpful contribution to Norwegian working life, they write within the report.

Discuss integration

In some areas, opinions differ extra clearly. This is applicable, amongst different issues, as to whether immigrants ought to attempt to grow to be as just like Norwegians as potential. Right here, round half reply that they disagree, whereas a 3rd agree that immigrants ought to search to combine in such a method.

The identical applies to how simple or tough it ought to be for asylum seekers and refugees to acquire residence. Half consider that entry ought to be as it’s at this time. There are roughly the identical quantity of people that assume it ought to grow to be harder as those that assume it ought to grow to be simpler – 19 and 18 per cent respectively.

Norwegians’ contact with immigrants additionally continues to extend. A big majority state that they’ve contact in numerous arenas, and the experiences are primarily constructive.

Metropolis folks extra constructive in direction of immigrants

Ladies, youthful folks and college students are normally extra constructive about immigrants than males, the aged, folks on social safety and pensioners. These are patterns which have additionally been seen in comparable surveys up to now. The clearest connections are seen when trying on the diploma of contact and stage of schooling.

Individuals in cities and densely populated areas are usually extra constructive than folks in rural areas. However this time, folks in densely built-up areas are considerably extra in settlement that immigrants are a supply of insecurity than has been seen earlier than.

This time, Statistics Norway has additionally checked out revenue versus attitudes. Individuals with greater incomes appear extra constructive to a few of the statements, however this may increasingly even be associated to the principle financial exercise and stage of schooling, the report notes.