Poll: Aegean islanders feel migrants are a threat
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
The view of migrants in the eastern Aegean islands that carry the bulk of the burden of migrant flows is extremely negative.
One characteristic is the result of a Kapa Research survey that 65% of the inhabitants of the North Aegean islands speak of a threat to the country.
That figure, according to the daily Kathimerini, is up 9 points from a September 2019 survey when 56% said "immigrants are a threat to the country and we need to tackle it".
On the other hand, 21% responds that the presence of immigrants in the country is inevitable due to international and geopolitical developments, while only 10% agree that immigrants can also be an opportunity for the country if integrated effectively.
In a survey published by Kathimerini 9 in 10 residents of the Eastern Aegean islands of the Northern Aegean region estimates that increased migration flows have had a negative or rather negative impact on their area.
According to the rest of the survey conducted on a sample of 1,203 people from 11 to 13 February:
56% believe that no countervailing measures can improve the situation
70% feel very insecure
45% believe that the increased flows are due to the "fairly accepting" regime in Greece.
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