‘Transatlantic Trends: Immigration 2011’

Economy and Society

Public Opinion Research

2011

Transatlantic Trends: Immigration 2011 is the fourth edition of an annual public opinion survey sounding North Americans and Europeans on their views toward immigration. TTI is a project of the German Marshall Fund and a broad group of European foundations. This is the third time that Spain has taken part.

DIRECTOR

German Marshall Fund, Dpto. de Estudios Sociales y Opinón Pública - Fundación BBVA, Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Barrow Cadbury Trust, Compagnia di San Paolo

DESCRIPTION

This year’s survey analyzes the opinions of citizens on both sides of the Atlantic on a wide range of topics, among them:

– Attitudes towards immigration from North Africa and the Middle East
– Attitudes towards forced migration
– Legal immigration: admission conditions, permanent vs. temporary admission
– The role of the European Union
– Government handling of immigration policy
– Social acceptance of immigrants
– Immigration as a problem or an opportunity
– Integration of immigrant groups
– Estimation of immigrant numbers
– Attitudes and degree of concern concerning legal and illegal immigration

TNS Opinion conducted the Transatlantic Trends: Immigration survey by means of computer-assisted telephone interviews with 1,000 subjects aged 18 and older. Interviews were carried out between August 25 and September 18, 2011 in five European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) and in the United States.

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