This publication by UNU-MERIT discusses on theimpact of popular frames on humanitarian concerns, threat perceptions, andpreferences for refugee policies of Germans, and on how these frames relate to thedemographic characteristics of the migrants. Tobias Hillenbranda, BrunoMartoranoa et al have analyzed data from a large-scale online surveyexperiment in Germany in May 2023 with 2,012 respondents. They find thatstressing the humanitarian plight of the refugees drives up variousforms of humanitarian concerns, while the threat frame impacts mainlyperceived cultural threats. Increasing the salience of the presence of youngmen among the refugees leads to an erosion of support for refugeeadmissions.  The findings shed light onthe nuanced dynamics of public opinion on humanitarian migration and stressthat solidarity with refugees is not merely a function of sheer numbers, butalso depends on the manner in which refugees re represented in public discourseand the media.

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