Perceived in-group discrimination of migrants in Europe

What is it about?

We analyse perceived in-group discrimination of 29,189 first and second generation immigrant respondents from 201 different countries of origin and currently living in one of the 27 EU-countries. In addition to testing effects of individual factors, we estimate the effects of macro-characteristics of both origin and destination countries and community variables. The migration history of these groups is relevant for perceived discrimination: immigration with citizenship, who speak the majority language at home and have at least one native parent perceive less in-group discrimination, whereas religious respondents, especially from religions that differ more in comparison to the majority, perceive more in-group discrimination. Furthermore, macro-characteristics of the country of origin are most important in explaining differences between European countries. Immigrants from socio-economically more developed countries with higher living standards, and for that reason more comparable to the native population, are less likely to perceive in-group discrimination.

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Why is it important?

It is the only cross-national study on perceived discrimination using recent European data. When migrants experience more discrimination this may hamper their integration in the host societies.