Transatlantic Trends: Immigration 2011

The results of the 2011 Transatlantic Trends: Immigration survey capture U.S. and European public opinion on a range of immigration and integration issues. The most important highlights of 2011 year’s survey show 1) there was a remarkable stability of general immigration opinions over time, 2) the public supported European Union burden-sharing on migration resulting from the Arab Spring and increasingly favored European responsibility for setting immigrant admissions numbers, and 3) the public tended to favor highly educated immigrants but still preferred immigrants with a job offer.

Then in its fourth year, Transatlantic Trends: Immigration measured public opinion on immigration and integration issues on both sides of the Atlantic. The countries included in the 2011 version of the survey were the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain.