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June 25, 2020


** Global Attitudes & Trends
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A biweekly digest of the Center's latest findings from its worldwide public opinion surveys and demographic research · Subscribe ↗ ([link removed])

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** Diversity welcomed… sometimes
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New polling by Pew Research Center finds that acceptance of homosexuality continues to vary greatly ([link removed]) around the globe. Some of the starkest differences can be found in Europe, where smaller shares of the public in the eastern part of the continent, as opposed to the western, think homosexuality should be accepted by society. Separately, we report on public reactions ([link removed]) to the diversity brought about by migration. Migrants and refugees are not always seen as beneficial to host countries, although the scale and nature of international migration may be changing, as indicated by our analysis ([link removed]) of COVID-19’s impact on economic activity and remittances.

James Bell

Vice President of Global Strategy, Pew Research Center

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** The global divide on homosexuality persists ([link removed])
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Despite major changes in laws and norms surrounding the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opinion on the acceptance of homosexuality ([link removed]) in society remains sharply divided by country, region and economic development.

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** In emerging economies, interacting with people of different backgrounds is related to more positive attitudes about diversity ([link removed])
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Across the 11 countries surveyed, more said their countries are better off ([link removed]) thanks to the increasing number of people of different races, ethnic groups and nationalities who live there (median of 42%) than said their country is worse off (22%), and a large minority said these changes make no difference (30%).




** Sharp decline in remittances expected in 2020 amid COVID-19 lockdowns in top sending nations ([link removed])
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With many nations under stay-at-home orders and work restrictions due to the COVID-19 crisis, remittances – money sent by migrants to their home countries – are projected to fall by a record 20% this year. This decline, from a high of $714 billion in 2019 to an estimated $572 billion in 2020, comes as the world’s largest remittance-sending nations have experienced especially stringent lockdowns, according to a Pew Research Center analysis ([link removed]) of data from the World Bank, Oxford University and Google.
* Most Americans say they regularly wore a mask in stores in the past month; fewer see others doing it ([link removed])
* Experiences with the COVID-19 outbreak can vary for Americans of different ages ([link removed])
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** Americans broadly support legal status for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children ([link removed])
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About three-quarters of U.S. adults say they favor granting permanent legal status to immigrants who came illegally to the United States when they were children, with the strongest support coming from Democrats and Hispanics, according to a Pew Research Center survey ([link removed]) .



** In the news
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Illegal immigration: No recent figure for UK ([link removed])

BBC

Measuring attitudes about diversity in the U.S. and abroad ([link removed])

US News and World Report

Biden, Trump Quit Praising Xi to Feud Over Who’d Be Tougher on China ([link removed])

Bloomberg



** Notable global research
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Western Balkans Poll Shows Strong Support for EU ([link removed])

International Republican Institute

Global economy faces a tightrope walk to recovery ([link removed])

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

COVID-19 Public Opinion Research ([link removed])

World Association for Public Opinion Research

Voices of Central and Eastern Europe: Perceptions of democracy & governance in 10 EU countries ([link removed])

Globsec



** From our research
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Median percentage across 34 nations polled ([link removed]) who say that homosexuality should be accepted by society.




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