Saturday, 5 March 2016

What do Americans really think about Syrian refugees? (Elizabeth McElvein, Brookings)

A Syrian refugee family sits down after arriving at the Pearson Toronto International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, December 18, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

What do Americans really think about the Syrian refugee crisis, and how have their views changed in light of the Paris attack last November and the San Bernardino attack in December? Brookings’s Governance Studies Senior Fellow Bill Galston has explored these questions in depth. At a Brookings event in February, he traced the transition in public sentiment from humanitarian sympathy to national security anxiety.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/markaz/posts/2016/03/04-syrian-refugees-us-public-opinion-mcelvein

No comments:

Post a Comment