56%
Median percentage of people worldwide who said immigrants make their countries stronger, according to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey of 18 countries that host half the world’s migrants. However, people in European countries that received a large influx of asylum seekers in 2015—including Greece, Germany and Italy—were 7% to 9% less likely to endorse this view in 2018 than they were in 2014, when Pew last conducted this survey.
38%
Median percentage of people in the countries surveyed who said immigrants are a burden on their countries.
49%
Median percentage of people who felt immigrants want to remain distinct rather than adopt their new country’s customs and way of life.
45%
Median percentage of people who said immigrants want to adopt their customs and way of life. That includes 75% of those in Japan, 54% in the United States, 33% in Germany, 19% in Greece and 10% in Italy.
Source: Around the World, More Say Immigrants Are a Strength Than a Burden. Pew Research Center survey, 2018. Available at: www.pewglobal.org/2019/03/14/around-the-world-more-say-immigrants-are-a-strength-than-a-burdenopens in new window.
