Kuznetsov I.M., Frolova E.V. Attitude of the population towards migrants in the Republic of Tatarstan. In: INAB №3 – 2017. Ethnicity and interethnic relations in a social context ...

Abstract

The article examines the main aspects of the attitude of the population of the Republic of Tatarstan to migrants. Despite the high level of negative attitude towards migrants, it can not be said that the reason for this is the widespread negativism among the population against foreign groups or the increased level of xenophobia of the population of the republic. The main reason is the weak pace of integration of recent visitors into the socio-cultural (including religious) environment of the host society. It inhibits the integration process, the lack of conditions and areas of integration in the space of local societies. The factor of common denomination of a large mass of the host population and most of the migrants (Islam in its various variants) becomes an effective resource for the integration of visitors to the receiving religious community only after the passage of migrants at least the initial stage of integration of the general cultural. The conclusions are based on the analysis of data from a representative survey of the population of the Republic of Tatarstan, conducted in 2017.

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