Da Silva et al. (2021). Accueil des réfugiés en France : le point de vue des Français d’origine maghrébine et des Français « natifs » . Psychologie française

Studies on attitudes towards refugees in France have only focused on “native” French people. Extending the study beyond the majority group is important, given the multicultural composition of contemporary Western societies. To this end, 144 "native" French and 109 Maghrebi French were surveyed. We first tested the model whereby the link between national identification and prosocial intentions towards refugees is mediated by the threat perception. This model only applies to "native" French participants. We then took a closer look at the precursors of prosocial intentions among Maghrebi French (i.e., misrecognition of national belonging). Even if the feeling of identity misrecognition among Maghrebi French seems to be associated with the expression of prosocial intentions, the extent of its negative consequences should not be overlooked.