{"id":3282,"date":"2015-08-02T04:53:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T04:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=3282"},"modified":"2015-08-02T04:54:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T04:54:12","slug":"immigration-the-major-concern-for-europeans-poll-14-hours-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2015\/08\/02\/immigration-the-major-concern-for-europeans-poll-14-hours-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration the major concern for Europeans: poll   14 hours ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_723\" class=\"credit-bar clearfix large-sharebtns\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_732\" class=\"interest-bar\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_731\" class=\"action-bar\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_730\" class=\"action-bar-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"mediacontentsharebuttons-light\" class=\"yom-share-btns-container light\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_729\" class=\"share-btns-int-container\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_728\" class=\"share-btns\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_554\" class=\"cover-wrap \">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_553\" class=\"\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_552\" class=\"img-wrap\">\n<figure id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_551\" class=\" cover  &lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;                        get-lbdata-from-dom&lt;br \/&gt;\n                                go-to-slideshow-lightbox&lt;br \/&gt;\n                        \" data-id=\"bb4cfae9-4fe0-3e33-a911-b44626455fc6\"><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/immigration-major-concern-europeans-poll-141706631.html#\" data-ylk=\"rspns:xpnd;t1:a3;t2:ct-mod;t3:ld;sec:ct-mod;slk:expand;elm:img;elmt:ct;itc:1;grpt:;edtr_vos:;g:;aid:bb4cfae9-4fe0-3e33-a911-b44626455fc6;ct:4;cpos:1;\" data-rapid_p=\"8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/l3.yimg.com\/bt\/api\/res\/1.2\/an1iDJ6XXFe2aD1eD29w5A--\/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTM3NztpbD1wbGFuZTtweG9mZj01MDtweW9mZj0wO3E9NzU7dz02NzA-\/http:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en_us\/News\/afp.com\/Part-PAR-Par8208783-1-1-0.jpg\" alt=\"Migrants climb in the back of a lorry on the main highway leading to the Eurotunnel on June 23, 2015 in Calais, northern France\" width=\"355\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_550\" class=\"cta-overlay\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_1151\" class=\"cta-text large  \">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_557\" class=\"body yom-art-content clearfix\">\n<div id=\"yom-ad-LREC\" class=\"yom-ad yom-ad-LREC\">\u00a0Brussels (AFP) &#8211; Immigration is the main concern of Europeans, ahead of economic problems and unemployment, according to a new opinion poll released by the European Commission.<\/div>\n<div class=\"body-slot-mod\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_1157\">A similar poll last November had the economic situation, employment, and public deficits top of the list.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_737\">Since then immigration has been a hot topic, with Italy, Greece and Malta having to deal with unprecedented arrivals by sea from Africa and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_738\">The latest flashpoint is in Calais, northern France, where each day hundreds of migrants attempt to sneak across to Britain via the Channel tunnel.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_739\">According to the study, released on Friday, 38 percent of respondents across the European Union cited immigration as their top concern.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_1159\">This issue is &#8220;now way ahead&#8221; of the economic situation which was the foremost issue for 27 percent of the people polled, and unemployment (24 percent), the study said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_1168\" class=\"body-related\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_1170\" class=\"body-related-title photo-caption\">A woman and her child after disembarking from an Italian Coast Guard patrol vessel on July 11, 2015,\u00a0\u2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_1161\">&#8220;It is the number one most frequently cited concern in 20 Member States reaching peaks in Malta (65 percent) and Germany (55 percent).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;expectations for the economy are improving and support for the euro remains stable,&#8221; according to the findings of the &#8220;Spring 2015 Standard Eurobarometer&#8221; poll.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_1163\">Concern for terrorism at EU level has also increased significantly since November, up six points to 17 percent.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_746\">In Italy, where tens of thousands of migrants have fled aboard rickety boats across the Mediterranean, immigration was the top concern for 43 percent of people.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_740\">According to the study, the number of Europeans who say they have a positive image of the EU has risen from 39 percent last November to 41 percent in May, with only 19 percent having a negative image.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1438448153499_1174\">The poll was conducted through face-to-face interviews in May with more than 30,000 people across the EU&#8217;s member states and candidate countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0Brussels (AFP) &#8211; Immigration is the main concern of Europeans, ahead of economic problems and unemployment, according to a new opinion poll released by the European Commission. A similar poll last November had the economic situation, employment, and public deficits top of the list. Since then immigration has been a hot topic, with Italy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_ml_titleColor":"#000000","_ml_titleFont":"Roboto","_ml_titleFontSize":1.1359999999999998987476601541857235133647918701171875,"_ml_titleFontWeight":"400","_ml_titleLineHeight":1.3000000000000000444089209850062616169452667236328125,"_ml_metaColor":"#708090","_ml_metaFont":"Montserrat","_ml_metaFontSize":0.67849999999999999200639422269887290894985198974609375,"_ml_metaFontWeight":"400","_ml_metaLineHeight":0.92000000000000003996802888650563545525074005126953125,"_ml_bodyColor":"#a9a9a9","_ml_bodyFont":"Open Sans","_ml_bodyFontSize":0.84999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375,"_ml_bodyFontWeight":"400","_ml_bodyLineHeight":1.1999999999999999555910790149937383830547332763671875,"_ml_wooPriceColor":"#666","_ml_wooPriceFont":"Open Sans","_ml_wooPriceFontSize":0.90000000000000002220446049250313080847263336181640625,"_ml_wooPriceFontWeight":"400","_ml_wooPriceLineHeight":1.270000000000000017763568394002504646778106689453125,"_ml_headingColor":"#000","_ml_headingFont":"Merriweather","_ml_headingFontSize":2.020000000000000017763568394002504646778106689453125,"_ml_headingFontWeight":"700","_ml_headingLineHeight":1.4699999999999999733546474089962430298328399658203125,"_mlglobal_userfontcolors":{"headingColorUser":[],"titleColorUser":[],"metaColorUser":[],"bodyColorUser":[],"wooPriceColorUser":[]},"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Immigration the major concern for Europeans: poll  14 hours ago - UNITED ERITREA MEDIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Immigration the major concern for Europeans: poll  14 hours ago - UNITED ERITREA MEDIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; \u00a0Brussels (AFP) &#8211; Immigration is the main concern of Europeans, ahead of economic problems and unemployment, according to a new opinion poll released by the European Commission. 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