Attitude of Poles toward Receiving Refugees Before and in the Conditions of the European Migration Crisis

Abstract

The article draws attention to the fact that the European migration crisis caused significant changes in the social mood in Poland, consisting in an increase in the attitudes of hostility towards migrants from outside Europe. Western European countries, which have been subjected to multicultural processes for many decades, are willing to accept immigrants and integrate, while in Poland the subject is difficult due to the lack of daily contacts between Poles and representatives from outside Europe, which causes an increased level of fears and anxieties and reduces the chance for assimilation of newcomers from abroad.