Do immigrants make us (Europeans) less supportive of redistribution?

Across European regions of Europe, lower levels of support for redistribution are observed when the share of immigrants in a region is higher. The anti-redistribution impact of immigration is significantly stronger among natives placing themselves at the center or the right of the political spectrum, who hold negative views about immigrants or think that immigrants should not be entitled to welfare benefits. Immigrants originating from the Middle East and Northern Africa and from Eastern European countries generate a larger anti-redistribution effect (about three times more negative) relative to other types of immigrants.