Almost Everyone Overestimates How Many immigrants Live in Their Home Country
615 sats \ 25 comments \ @TheMorningStar 19h charts_and_numbers

People overestimate how many immigrants live in their country

Take the United States, for instance. The average American believes a whopping 33% of the population is foreign-born. Yet, official government figures paint a different picture: the actual percentage is closer to 15%. That’s less than half of what people think.
Japan presents a similar scenario. The public in that country estimates 10% of the population to be immigrants. The reality, however, is much lower: around 2%. That means, for every five immigrants people think exist, there’s only one in actuality.

The Global Perception Gap on immigrants

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673 sats \ 8 replies \ @nullama 19h
I think this difference in perception is because there's a difference in the thing being measured.
This data presented here shows people born overseas.
This is very different to what people perceive as foreign.
For example, you might have a migrant that raises their kids with their foreign culture, language, customs, etc. Those are not counted in this data.
I'm not saying it is good or bad, in the end most of the people in the "new world" are immigrants anyway.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 6h
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nitter 6h bot
https://xcancel.com/eyeslasho/status/1852132344259338660
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 6h
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nitter 6h bot
https://xcancel.com/fischerking64/status/1852114019500585016
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 18h
I had the same exact thought, but you articulated it better than I was going to.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve 18h
The 18 year old who stabbed and killed those girls in London was born in England. His parents migrated from Rwanda.
@nullama the answer this situation is terrible because most immigrants don’t assimilate.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @nullama 17h
most immigrants don’t assimilate.
I'm not sure if there's enough data to conclude one way or another.
There are heaps of cherry picked examples that showcase each side. For example, Albert Einstein ended up being a quite alright American immigrant, Elon Musk is also another great example of a successful immigrant in the US... also Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian immigrant, etc...
I think the main issue is that people see immigrants as different, as a "us vs them" mentality, when in reality, they are basically the same.
Of course there are many immigrants causing issues in foreign countries, but also the native population is causing issues there as well. In the same way, immigrants and natives are both doing great things as well.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 6h
The famous examples you cited are outliers.
They were all documented. None entered the country illegally.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 15h
The average American dies not trust the government official immigration figures. 😎
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54 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 19h
Yet, official government figures paint a different picture
Yes, the govt lies....
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 18h
No one knows how many immigrants lack documentation.
In this case the government will have to revise their statistics 📈 up vs the jobs report.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @orangecheckemail_isthereany 15h
Holy crap these reality percentages are large percentages
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 12h
Who guesses 37%? or 21%?
That is awfully specific for a guess
As far as computing "reality", the 'actual' number of illegal or undocumented aliens is a guess/estimate. The chart title should be Perception of citizen vs Perception of researcher
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 6h
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nitter 6h bot
https://xcancel.com/fischerking64/status/1852114019500585016
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 11h
@riberet19
2 minute video of Paris, France
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nitter 11h bot
https://xcancel.com/UltraDane/status/1809764454047031714
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jddska 15h
natural organic immigration is fine, but what's happening is many places is an invasion
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 16h
YES,
This is super crazy and super funny.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 18h
When they are all gathered in one place, it skews your perception.
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10 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 18h
The point is citizens of the west believe there are too many immigrants from the third world saturating their homeland and they are correct.
USA and Europe need to pause all immigration right now and deport immigrants who commit violent crimes.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheMorningStar OP 17h
Aren't these very violent remarks? What if the natives do the crime, they should be sent to he'll?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 13h
Remarks are not "violent".
Going to hell is different from deportation or it's a different kind of hell depending on your definition of hell
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @7e6e393a56 13h
The United States is a country made by immigrants and the European countries, mainly England, Spain, Portugal, France and the Netherlands, did so in the Americas and on the African continent, exploiting other people's wealth, decimating natives and accumulating capital around slavery, it was a true genocide.
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