Current Questions on Migration / Integration (August 2023)

The short survey on current issues relating to migration/integration was conducted by the opinion research institute Kantar Public on behalf of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. During the survey period from 16.08.2023 to 22.08.2023, the German-speaking population aged 14 and over was asked about their attitudes to migration and integration in telephone interviews (CATI). The focus is on attitudes towards refugee issues, immigration and the federal government´s immigration policy, as well as general issues relating to citizenship law. Respondents were selected using a multi-stage random sample as part of a multi-topic survey (Emnid bus), including landline and mobile phone numbers (dual-frame sample).<br>Concerns about the current number of refugees in Germany; short-term and long-term forecast regarding the advantages or disadvantages for Germany of accepting refugees; attitude towards accepting more refugees from Ukraine; attitude towards accepting more refugees from other countries; opinion on rather simplified or rather more difficult immigration regulations for the following groups (refugees from Ukraine, refugees from Syria or Afghanistan, refugees from other countries, skilled workers from non-European foreigners); attitude towards citizenship law (German citizenship in future no longer after 8 years but after just 5 years in Germany, no renunciation of citizenship of the country of origin, no naturalization test and only basic knowledge of German if older than 67 years); agreement with statements on immigration to Germany (integration of immigrants into German society has been successful overall so far, there are already so many immigrants living in Germany that no more can be taken in, immigrants are causing a sharp rise in crime in Germany, I think it´s good that Germany is becoming more culturally diverse through immigration); satisfaction with various aspects of the German government´s immigration policy (dealing with the population´s concerns about immigration, how the objectives 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).

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

Additionally coded: consecutive respondent number; weighting factor; interview date; city size (BIK city size and political city size); federal state; survey area west/east.