When it comes to race, Britain is one of the best

Despite the image Brexit may be portraying, Britons continue to have some of the most progressive views regarding race and immigration in the world.



And attitudes have improved since the refugee crisis, while they have declined in much of continental Europe



We are one of the most likely to admit that immigrants do not cause crime



or terrorism



And one of the least likely to support deportations



https://www.pewglobal.org/2019/03/14/around-the-world-more-say-immigrants-are-a-strength-than-a-burden/

Brexit may be a disasterous affair, but it is not a sign of a nation whipped into a racist frenzy.

Are immigrants included in the sample?

I think the Uk is one of the best, I think the media deliberately confuse race & immigrants, with macro economic issues which can be related to immigration.

This has lead to the divisive identity politics you often see on BBC/Sky etc. the reality is the media wants it tho as it brings in viewers. But generally speaking people in the UK are progressive on race and immigrants.

I don't think Western Europe ever had a severe problem with immigration, I believe the main issue was economic migrants and issues like 'country shopping' which made European people angry

The vast majority of immigrants legal or otherwise, are 'economic' and they always have been. They don't come here because they desperately want to partake in our culture and customs, they come simply because we have a better standard of living (and a very generous welfare state) than they could hope for in their homelands. That's not to say that many don't develop a deeper connection once they are here, but it's naive to think that economics don't play a very significant role in their motivations to emigrate.

1 word - Colonisation

So strong that we shall have to live in Urban multicultural areas with expensive housing, stagnant wages and also live near lots of crime. Not a fan of it myself. Strong for the capitalists and rich and leftists, very useful to them. Not so much your average person.
The only progress made is eradicate the nation state.
Not to mention feeling no connection towards the country as a whole.

What’s up with Greece lol🤦🏽*♂️

Flawed study if you ask me. Just a few things that come to mind:

1- In recent years people have been blasted on social media, or by mainstream media, or both, for certain views. Some justified, some questionable at best, and some that were grasping at straws (The recent Danny Baker tweet for example). These could have easily pushed people to say the 'right' thing as opposed to their actual views. Not to say this would massively change the numbers but it's something to keep in mind.

2- It's a rather binary set of answers. You're getting people to summarise a large group of people based on two answers when in reality, it really depends on the individuals who are immigrants. Since the figures don't add to 100% and there is no third answer, I can only assume there was a third option of "prefer not to say", which somewhat ties into the first point and is essentially an implied 'wrong' answer

3- Similarly to the point above, it depends on the area. Some areas might have higher concentrations of immigrants who are seen as a burden, populating job centres, little effort to try and integrate, lots of foreigners working in out-of-the-public-eye minimum wage jobs (Where I believe a lot of these views stem from) whereas others may have more immigrants working higher paying jobs (I.E a GP) or have a smaller population of immigrants.

4- Were they explained what was meant by immigrant? Many people wrongly associate refugees which immigrants which could sway the stats (mainly in the favour of a burden I believe).

5- Some stats contradict each other. Look at the stats regarding crime then terrorism.

No more to blame for crime but they yield a larger terrorist threat? Makes perfect sense...

And while we are on the subject of population, I live in a certain county right next to London, and I have seen it's population explode over my lifetime, fueled in large part by both immigration and white flight from London, and the additional population density has not been a positive on the quality of life. It means I now can't afford to buy any homes locally. Rent is more expensive, council tax is more expensive, every type of insurance I have to purchase is more expensive. It means I get stuck in traffic everyday and it's getting noticeably worse each year. It means more litter everywhere. More pollution. More crime. More noise. More godawful modern housing estates ripping the soul out of all the old rural towns and villages. More destruction of the countryside and environment (being a lifelong lover of nature and having worked in conservationism, I have witnessed with my own eyes the local biodiversity of flora and fauna decline very rapidly, it is heartbreaking and frankly terrifying. No wonder though, as there are increasingly fewer natural habitats left across vast swathes of the county. Every scrap of spare land is either intensively farmed or gets concreted over). Overpopulation sucks, I hate it and I really don't care one ****ing jot anymore for the supposed economic benefits of it. The neoliberal doctrine of economic growth for the sake of growth, is the ideology of cancer and it needs to die. I'd happily sacrifice a significant chunk of the GDP and live a simpler life in return for peace and quite, some elbow room and a landscape where nature thrives and isn't on the brink of ecological collapse.