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Attitudes towards migrants and preferences for asylum and refugee policies before and during Russian invasion of Ukraine: The case of Slovakia

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Magdalena, Adamus, Matúš, Grežo·2023·MUNI ECON Working Papers
DOI 10.5817/wp_muni_econ_2023-01
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Extant literature shows that well-being is one of the key drivers of attitudes towards migrants as well as preferences for asylum and refugee policies. To investigate the underpinnings of these relationships, two studies on representative samples of 600 Slovaks each were conducted before the Russian invasion of Ukraine and during its initial phase. The results show that well-being had a stable positive relationship with attitudes towards migrants across the studies, albeit not with preferences for asylum and refugee policies. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the negative feelings elicited by the war predicted preferences for asylum and refugee policies beyond well-being. The divergence between the attitudes towards migrants and the preferences urges that there is a need to extend the traditional focus on general attitudes towards migrants. Finally, the results indicate that incorporating psychological factors, such as well-being and emotional responses to the looming threat of war, may considerably inform the debate surrounding the support for inclusive asylum and refugee policies.

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Authors
Magdalena, A., & Matúš, G.
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MUNI ECON Working Papers
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Masaryk University Press
Published
2023
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1
ISSN
2571-130X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.5817/wp_muni_econ_2023-01
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  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Law › Migration, Racism, and Human Rights
Keywords
immigration attitudes, well-being, Russian invasion of Ukraine, public opinion on migration, Slovakia

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