How can one increase openness towards conflict refugees in states that have experienced conflict? While highlighting shared war experience may reduce hostility toward refugees by enabling people to better understand the plight of refugees, it may also foment higher levels of out-group antipathy due to heightened feelings of threat. To answer this question, we leverage the context of South Korea, a country that technically remains at war with North Korea for more than 70 years and yet attracts asylum seekers as an advanced economy. This provides a hard case to shift residents' refugee acceptance, as challenges associated with accepting refugees are amplified with ongoing threat concerns. Employing an original survey, we find that when the parallels between the human costs of the Korean War and current conflicts are underscored, refugee acceptance increases, particularly among those whose families were displaced by the war. Moreover, this strategy is more effective than perspective-taking exercises.

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共同战争经历的感觉可以提高难民的接受度吗？


在经历过冲突的国家如何提高对冲突难民的开放程度？虽然强调共同的战争经历可能会让人们更好地了解难民的困境，从而减少对难民的敌意，但也可能因威胁感加剧而引发更高程度的外群体反感。为了回答这个问题，我们以韩国为背景，严格意义上来说，韩国与朝鲜交战已有 70 多年，但作为发达经济体却吸引着寻求庇护者。这为改变居民对难民的接受程度提供了一个艰难的理由，因为与接受难民相关的挑战随着持续的威胁担忧而加剧。通过一项原始调查，我们发现，当强调朝鲜战争和当前冲突造成的人员伤亡之间的相似之处时，难民的接受度就会增加，特别是那些因战争而流离失所的家庭。此外，这种策略比换位思考练习更有效。