In a survey conducted between mid-September and the end of November 2024, the Centre for Public Opinion Research asked a set of questions about the Czech public's attitudes towards accepting refugees from Ukraine. Specifically, the respondents expressed their attitudes towards the reception of Ukrainian refugees with regard to the possibility of their permanent settlement in the Czech Republic and their opinions on whether or not Ukrainian refugees are being integrated into our society. The survey also included a mapping of interest in current developments around this situation.
More than a quarter (29%) of Czech citizens are interested in the situation regarding refugees from Ukraine. This is the lowest proportion of those who are interested so far.
Less than a tenth (9%) of citizens are in favour of the possibility of permanent settlement of Ukrainian refugees here, while another less than two thirds (64%) prefer only temporary admission followed by return to their country of origin.
The opinion that we have taken in more refugees from Ukraine than the country is able to handle (60%) continues to prevail, with almost a third (31%) thinking that we have taken in many more refugees, and almost three tenths (29%) slightly more than the Czech Republic is able to handle.
Just over half (51%) of Czechs think that we are succeeding in integrating Ukrainian refugees into our society, while two-fifths (40%) of the public think the opposite.
More than half of citizens (56%) think that refugees from Ukraine are a problem in the context of the whole country, but if we focus on the place of residence, significantly fewer (30%) consider refugees to be problematic.
The vast majority of Czechs (88%) encounter refugees from Ukraine most often in public places. Around a fifth of the population always have refugees among their colleagues, friends or children's classmates.
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- Download the full press release here: pm250116.pdf
- All reports from this survey: NS_2409
