Issues of tolerance vis-à-vis migrants

... past are perceived as “the ones trying to overrun the country”, or as “aliens” [7] . Psychological factors behind attitudes to migrants are closely linked to historic factors, which contribute to maintaining a certain level of tolerance. Russia developed as a state that annexed territories. This is grounded in the so-called national colonization of neighboring nations, when territories were annexed because the inhabitants of the central provinces of Russia or entrepreneurs were looking ...