June 25, 2020 A biweekly digest of the Center's latest findings from its worldwide public opinion surveys and demographic research · Subscribe ↗
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Diversity welcomed… sometimesNew polling by Pew Research Center finds that acceptance of homosexuality continues to vary greatly 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 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 of COVID-19’s impact on economic activity and remittances. James Bell Vice President of Global Strategy, Pew Research Center | |
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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 in society remains sharply divided by country, region and economic development.  Across the 11 countries surveyed, more said their countries are better off 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%).  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 of data from the World Bank, Oxford University and Google.
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. Support Pew Research CenterIn times of uncertainty, good decisions demand good data. Please support Pew Research Center with a contribution on the Center’s behalf to our parent organization, The Pew Charitable Trusts. |
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