On the whole, those polled showed a high awareness of the issue, with only 8% of respondents unable to answer the question. Just 28% of the French respondents believe that the presence of a large number of migrants in the country has not been a factor in the rise in criminality.
The Sputnik.Polls survey was conducted among 1,499 respondents by Ifop, France's largest research company, on February 3-5, 2016. The sample is representative of the country's population in terms of sex, age and location.
About the Sputnik.Polls Project
The international public opinion project was inaugurated in January 2015, in partnership with the leading research companies such as Populus, Ifop and Forsa. The project organizes regular surveys in the United States and Europe on the most sensitive social and political issues.
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