Immigration and Refugee Stereotype
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A stereotype can be described as a mistaken idea or a belief that people have about something or a group of incumbents upon how they appear on the outside. This belief might be untrue, or it might be slightly or partially true about that thing. Immigrants are citizens or people who live in that they do not have birthrights. No matter if these groups of people take citizenship of the destination country, serve in the courtiers’ military, get into marriage with a native citizen, or acquire special status, they will always remain immigrants. Then who are refugees? According to Froehlich et al. (2019), these are people out of their countries of nationality. Some of the most common stereotypes on the immigrants and the refugees include the following; (Froehlich et al., 2019).
Crime and terror
This is one of the most common forms of stereotyping of refugees and immigrants. Immigrants are always depicted as violent criminals, rapists, murders, and even terrorists. In the United States, the immigration of persons of Muslim origin has been stopped. This is because they are assumed to be criminals and engage in criminal attacks such as terror. The immigrants of black origin have also been stereotyped as illegal immigrants and criminals (Froehlich et al., 2019).
Economic malaise
The refugees and the immigrants have been considered to bring a huge burden to the economy. This is because they take economic space from the indigenous; this includes taking away jobs, exhaustion of social services, and depressed wages. It is ascertained that immigration has led to an increase in unemployment and abuse of the social services that could be for the native citizens (Froehlich et al., 2019).
The concerns about integration
Immigrants and refugees are feared to bring weak social integration, diluting social morals, worsening economic woes, bringing undesired cultures, and self-segregation. According to Froehlich (2019), immigrants make social morals worse; they bring in drugs and gang culture. Immigration and refugees have since been segregated with many negative attributes that have tarnished their reputation across the globe. Immigrants and the refugees have often fallen victims to stereotype; this is caused by the belief and the negative information that we quire about the refugees.
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Froehlich, L., & Schulte, I. (2019). Warmth and competence stereotypes about immigrant groups in Germany. Plus one, 14(9), e0223103. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejsp.2585
Froehlich, L., & Schulte, I. (2019). Warmth and competence stereotypes about immigrant groups in Germany. Plus one, 14(9), e0223103. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223103