How Do Americans & Europeans View Immigrants?

A Pew Research survey has revealed that a majority of people in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States think immigrants make a country stronger. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Spain, France, Poland, Greece and Italy. In Greece and Italy, 70 and 69 percent of respondents respectively said that immigrants are a burden on their countries because they take jobs and social benefits.

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This chart shows the percentage who say immigrants make a country stronger /are a burden on a country.

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Opinion of adults in selected countries worldwide on whether immigration strengthens or is a burden on their country in 2018
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Opinion of adults in selected countries worldwide on whether immigration strengthens their country in 2018, by political ideology
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Would you say that immigration has generally had a positive or negative impact on your country?
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Opinion on immigration making the country worse or better in the United States as of February 2026
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Share of people in the United States who think immigrants strengthen the country with their hard work and talents from 1994 to 2020, by political preference
Share of American adults who say immigrants strengthen the country because of their hard work and talents in 2019, by generation

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