Foreign tourists at Old Town Square in the historic center of Prague
In face-to-face interviews, 53% of respondents said that foreigners are a problem for the republic as a whole. According to the website Vinegret.cz, this figure decreased by 5% over the year.
Interestingly, when asked whether foreigners are a problem specifically in their place of residence, only 23% of respondents answered affirmatively.
As part of the study, participants were also asked seven questions about the impact of migrants on society. 61% of Czechs surveyed expressed confidence that foreigners are a cause of rising crime. More than half of respondents (64%) stated that foreigners pose a risk of spreading infectious diseases. About 45% of Czechs see migrants as a threat to the traditional way of life, and 40% believe that newcomers contribute to rising unemployment.
Only 20% of respondents agreed that foreigners help solve the problem of an aging population in the Czech Republic, 21% that they enrich Czech culture, and 23% that they contribute to economic development.
The vast majority of respondents (79%) among those who see foreigners as a problem for the Czech Republic would not allow them to live in the country long-term at all. In the opposite camp (those who do not see a problem with migrants), only 15% hold this view.