About 9% of respondents are considered to have views which are friendly to foreigners and 45% would hear arguments on whether or not asylum should be granted to an applicant.

Tárki’s xenophobia survey showed a rapid rise in xenophobic attitudes in its first three years from 1992, then showed volatility and stayed stable between 2002 and 2011.

There was an increase in 2012 and xenophobia stayed high in the following two years. It rose from the previous record of 43% in 2001 to 46% this April, Tárki said.

The highest rejection rate was recorded against Arabs, at 94%, followed closely by the Roma minority, the Chinese, Africans and Romanians.

The lowest rate of rejection against a national group was that measured against Hungarians from other countries, only 7% of the sample rejected them.

The rate of xenophobia was slightly higher than the average among Jobbik and Socialist voters and nonvoters, as well as among the poor, the unemployed and the 40-50 age group, Tárki said. The survey was taken in April 2015.

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