Overview
- Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung polled about 3,000 people nationwide from October 2024 to January 2025, including 1,007 foreigners and 1,003 respondents with a migration background.
- Fear of right-wing extremism is highest among Germans without a migration background at 74%, compared with 66% among those with migration roots and 55% among foreigners, with concern strongest among people of Turkish and Russian origin and lower among those of Polish origin.
- Only 38% of foreigners and 39% of Germans with a migration background say Russia alone is responsible for the Ukraine war, versus 58% of Germans without foreign roots.
- Antisemitic mistrust registers at 10% among foreigners and 9% among Germans with a migration background, compared with 4% among non-migrant Germans, rising to 26% among Turkish-origin respondents and 18% among late resettlers as police logged 6,236 suspected antisemitic cases in 2024.
- Rejection of homosexual friends is reported by 7% of non-migrant Germans versus 18% of Germans with migration backgrounds and 19% of foreigners, with roughly a quarter of Muslims and Orthodox Christians expressing rejection, while perceptions of always being treated with respect have fallen since 2015 despite over 90% saying they like living in Germany.