“Type of Contact Matters: Prosocial Behaviour Towards Asylum Seekers and the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Greece”

Why do ingroup members help outgroup strangers? Focusing on the case of Greece in the context of the Syrian refugee crisis, I study behavioral motivations of host community members who offered assistance to asylum seekers. Drawing on an in-depth analysis of behavioral patterns and their variations, I assert the importance of the type of intergroup contact in influencing prosocial actions.