Current Questions on Migration / Integration (January 2023)

The short survey on current questions on migration / integration was conducted by the opinion research institute Kantar on behalf of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. During the survey period 18.01.2023 to 24.01.2023, the German-speaking population aged 14 and over was surveyed in telephone interviews (CATI) on their attitudes toward migration and integration. The focus is on attitudes toward refugee issues and citizenship law. Respondents were selected by a multi-stage random sample in a multi-topic survey (Emnid-bus) including landline and mobile phone numbers (dual-frame sample).<br>Concerns about the current numbers of refugees in Germany; short-term and long-term prognosis regarding the advantages or disadvantages for Germany of accepting refugees; agreement with statements on the subject of immigration to Germany (integration of immigrants into German society has been good so far, all in all, there are already so many immigrants living in Germany that no more can be taken in, crime in Germany is rising very sharply as a result of immigration, I think it is good that Germany is becoming more culturally diverse as a result of immigration); satisfaction with the federal government´s immigration policy in various areas (dealing with the population´s concerns about immigration, how the goals and measures of immigration policy are explained to the population, efforts to date to integrate immigrants into the German labor market, efforts to date to find a European solution for immigration to Europe); opinion on rather simplified or rather more difficult regulations for immigration for the following groups: refugees from Ukraine, refugees from Syria or Afghanistan, refugees from other countries, skilled workers from non-European countries; attitude towards citizenship law (German citizenship in the future not after 8 years but already after 5 years in Germany, no giving up of citizenship of the country of origin, no naturalisation test and only simple knowledge of German if older than 67 years).

Demography: sex; age; education; employment status; household size; number of persons in the household aged 14 and over; party preference; voter eligibility; net household income; survey by mobile or landline.

Additonally coded were: current respondent number; weighting factor; interview date; city size (BIK regions); federal state; survey area west/ east.