South African attitudes towards refugee settlement: Examining the importance of threat perceptions

IF 2.2 2区 社会学 Q1 DEMOGRAPHY
S. Gordon
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Compared to many other countries, South Africa has quite a liberal refugee settlement policy. But public hostility towards refugees in the country is a serious obstacle to refugee protection. To understand what is driving anti-refugee sentiment amongst the masses, this study investigates refugee settlement policy preferences in the post-apartheid nation. Data from the 2020 round of the nationally representative South African Social Attitudes Survey (N = 3133) was used. Different possible drivers of policy preferences were tested. Data analysis showed that there was a robust relationship between immigrant threat perceptions and policy preferences. This finding is consistent with integrated threat theory, highlighting the damaging effects of widespread negative stereotypes about immigrants in the country. Other notable drivers of attitudes identified include economic anxiety and religiosity. Subjective knowledge, by contrast, only had a weak effect on attitude formation. The study concludes by discussing future research opportunities on anti-refugee sentiment in an African context.
南非对难民安置的态度:研究威胁感的重要性
与许多其他国家相比,南非的难民安置政策相当宽松。但是,该国公众对难民的敌意严重阻碍了难民保护工作的开展。为了了解民众反难民情绪的驱动因素,本研究调查了种族隔离后南非的难民安置政策偏好。研究使用了具有全国代表性的南非社会态度调查(2020 年)(N = 3133)中的数据。对政策偏好的不同可能驱动因素进行了测试。数据分析显示,移民威胁感与政策偏好之间存在着稳固的关系。这一发现与综合威胁理论相一致,强调了国内普遍存在的对移民的负面成见的破坏性影响。其他显著的态度驱动因素包括经济焦虑和宗教信仰。相比之下,主观知识对态度形成的影响较弱。研究最后讨论了在非洲背景下对反难民情绪的未来研究机会。
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期刊介绍: Journal of Refugee Studies provides a forum for exploration of the complex problems of forced migration and national, regional and international responses. The Journal covers all categories of forcibly displaced people. Contributions that develop theoretical understandings of forced migration, or advance knowledge of concepts, policies and practice are welcomed from both academics and practitioners. Journal of Refugee Studies is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, and is published in association with the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford.
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