Government of the Republic of Serbia
The “Citizens’ Attitudes on Discrimination in Serbia” survey was presented on December 21, and it showed that for 16% of Serbian citizens the discrimination against certain groups is acceptable. The result of the survey also demonstrated that the highest degree of distancing is expressed against the LGBT community, Albanians and migrants.
The survey stated that, three years ago, 20% of respondents did not accept the migrants becoming citizens of Serbia; this number has now increased by 11 percentage points.
A quarter of respondents does not want members of the LGBT community as their colleagues; the third does not want to be friends with them, while half is against them being teachers to their children.
According to the survey, the trust in state institutions is growing; the percentage of citizens who would report discrimination to relevant public institutions has increased from 32 to 63%, in the past three years.
Judging by the answers given by the respondents, the trust in police work and the work of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality has increased. In 2013, 2% of citizens said they would contact the Commissioner in the case of discrimination, while this year this was said by 18%. Three years ago, 10% of citizens would go to the police, while this year this would be the choice of 21% of respondents.
The survey also showed that 13% of respondents felt they have experienced discrimination at some point in their life.
The survey was conducted for the Commissioner for Protection of Equality, as part of the European Union twinning project. It was carried out by the “Faktor Plus” Agency during June 2016, and it included 1200 respondents. The last survey of this kind was conducted in 2013.
Source: Beta, taken from www.euractiv.rs
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