a curious Yankee in Europe's court » anti-immigrant http://foreignremarks.com/passingcomments Passing Comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:22:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Open borders not so pleasing to Italians or to their neighbors http://foreignremarks.com/passingcomments/archives/1285 http://foreignremarks.com/passingcomments/archives/1285#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:56:28 +0000 rebecca http://foreignremarks.com/passingcomments/?p=1285 Last month, Pew Research Center published the results of a 2009 poll that reveals highly negative attitudes of many Europeans toward immigration, with Italians being the most unhappy (“Widespread Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in Italy” by Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Jan 12, 2010).

…in the fall of 2009, more than eight-in-ten Italians said they would like to see tighter restrictions on immigration.

Titled the Global Attitudes Project, the Pew surveys are conducted in 55 countries, and have been  ongoing for the past decade, according to the article.

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