Posted: 17.12.2021 13:04:00

Over 50% Belarusians consider collective West responsible for refugees’ influx to EU borders

The figures were announced during the presentation of the Belarus. A Vision of the Future sociological poll conducted jointly by the EcooM Analytical Centre and the National Academy of Sciences’ Sociology Institute

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Who is responsible for the influx and accumulation of refugees on the Belarus-EU borders? 

This was one of the questions proposed to Belarusians for answering, and the results are as follows:

Governments of the states which people are fleeing – 33.8%

European Union – 24.4%

USA – 19%

NATO – 12.6%

Belarus – 9.3%

Other – 1.0%

Find it difficult to answer – 32.9%

No answer – 0.6%

Respondents could choose several answer options. A total of 10,217 people took part in the survey.

Sergei Musiyenko, the Director of the EcooM Analytical Centre, called these results obvious. In his opinion, these figures indicate the work of our mass media and involvement of our society in information flows. Mr. Musiyenko also noted that almost a third of all respondents found it difficult to answer, “These are people who need this situation to be explained to.”

In turn, the Director of the National Academy of Sciences’ Sociology Institute, Nikolai Myslivets, noted that there were very few people who escaped a direct answer, though the percentage of those undecided is quite significant.