Since the European refugee crisis of 2015 left repercussions on the educational system among others, and the educational research has not yet been dedicated to the attitude of the teachers towards the asylum seekers, with this paper we wanted to begin studying this issue. The subject of the research is the social distance of the teachers towards the asylum seekers, and the main goal of the research was to determine the level of the social distance of the teachers towards the asylum seekers. 298 primary and secondary school teachers in the Republic of Croatia participated in the research. The conducted research is of a quantitative nature, and the data were collected by a survey questionnaire, which consisted of socio-demographic data and an adjusted Bogardus scale of social distance. The research found that the level of social distance of the teachers towards the asylum seekers is low. Further processing of the data sought to determine whether there are differences in the stated level of social distance considering some socio-demographic characteristics of the teachers as well as the contact made with the asylum seekers or the members of national/ethnic minorities, either in professional or another context. The research showed that statistically significant differences exist for some categories of the asylum seekers regarding the age and political orientation of the respondents, as well as the type of teaching they provide. Furthermore, the results showed that the contact made with the asylum seekers and the minorities is also a statistically significant distinguishing feature of the stated level of social distance for some of the categories of the asylum seekers.