Pros

- inhabitants understand the refugees’ problems and reasons why they had to flee

–> sympathize with them

- background of war, starvation, unemployment and bad living conditions

- want them to be safe

- angriness because of the stagnation concerning the refugees situation

Cons

- have to think of their own problems

- want the government to stop the refugee stream or to do something for the inhabitants (e.g. money in case of pecuniary injury)

- many inhabitants just want to be in denial because of the feeling of helplessness

- many do not want to have the “problem”  in their area ( for example the inhabitants of islands are afraid of the dead bodies washed ashore)