Illegal Migration And Its Relation To National Belonging Among Algerian Youth: A Field Study In Boumerdès Province

Abstract

The current research aims to determine whether there is a relationship between attitudes toward illegal migration and national belonging among youth. To achieve this objective, we conducted a field study on a sample of 250 young men and women from the Dellys area, Boumerdès Province. We adopted the descriptive approach suitable for this study and utilized two standardized scales: the Attitudes toward Illegal Migration Scale and the National Belonging Scale, both adapted to the Algerian context.
The research results revealed no correlation between attitudes toward illegal migration and national belonging among the study sample. This indicates that attitudes toward illegal migration are influenced by other factors rather than the degree of an individual’s or youth's sense of belonging to their country.