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Immigration - the host country perspective
Murdock, Elke; Sölvason, Ómar
202017th IMISCOE Conference
 

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Keywords :
Iceland; Immigration; Host Country Perspective; Acculturation
Abstract :
[en] With 35.5 immigrants per 1000 inhabitants, Iceland had the third highest number of immigrants/ inhabitants in Europe in 2017. Until the turn of the century, the foreign population percentage in Iceland was around 2%. In the last 5 years, this percentage has risen steadily to over 10% in 2018. How is this rapid rise in immigration experienced by the host country population? What is the attitude towards this increasingly plurally composed society? The Inclusive Societies – Iceland project investigated both, the immigrants’ situation in Iceland, but also the native populations’ attitude towards immigration and immigrants. It is important to take the host country perspective into consideration, as diversity ideologies will also determine the acculturation options for minorities. A quantitative survey was conducted among 3630 native Icelanders (51.1% women, Mean Age = 50.8, SD = 15.6), spread across all regions of Iceland. The questions covered satisfaction with life in Iceland in different domains but included also specific questions about the attitudes towards immigrants and enquired about contact with immigrants. The results indicate that this culture contact takes place – with over two thirds of participants indicating that they have invited immigrants to their home a few (34.4%) or many times (34.4%). Slightly less participants have been invited to immigrants’ homes (few times 33.6%, often 27.9%). Predictors for openness towards multiculturalism will be presented and discussed. We will also outline the domains with little and considerable variance among respondents concerning cultural practice and attitude to immigration and close with a discussion of policy implications.
Disciplines :
Social, industrial & organizational psychology
Author, co-author :
Murdock, Elke ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Sölvason, Ómar;  University of Akureryri
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Immigration - the host country perspective
Publication date :
01 July 2020
Event name :
17th IMISCOE Conference
Event organizer :
University of Luxembourg
Event place :
Online, Luxembourg
Event date :
from 01-07-2020 to 02-07-2020
Audience :
International
Focus Area :
Migration and Inclusive Societies
Name of the research project :
Rannis - 184903-051:Inclusive societies? The integration of immigrants in iceland
Funders :
Rannis Iceland
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