Elien Diels is Research Associate and Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration at the Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, Belgium. She holds a M.A. in Sociology and a M.A. in Public Management and Public Policy. Her research interests include immigrant integration, public opinion towards asylum seekers and refugees, social policy, multi-level and multi-actor governance.
Andrea Rea, et al.
The refugee question occupied centre stage at every political debate in Europe since 2015. Starting from the "long summer of migration", the polarization of opinions and attitudes towards asylum seekers among citizens of the EU has grown increasingly. The divergence between hospitality and hostility has also become evident in political reactions. plus d'information