Some 78% of people in 28 countries believe those escaping conflict or persecution should be able to take refuge in another country, up from 70% in a 2021 survey.
Fewer people also believe borders should be entirely closed to refugees, with 36% agreeing in Friday’s poll, against 50% a year earlier, in part reflecting decreasing concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Ipsos survey of attitudes towards refugees polled 20,505 people from 28 countries, including Australia, Argentina, China, France, Great Britain, Poland, Sweden, Turkey and the United States.Ukrainian refugees that were granted free accommodation by the hotel owner Krzystof Ciszewski, are pictured in their room in Bratkowice, Poland April 29, 2022.ZUMAPRESS.com
Travelers are waiting to board a Ukrainian bus to Kyiv, which has a digital inscription ‘Putin Huylo’ on the front.“Attitudes have become more favorable since last year in most of the countries surveyed, suggesting that the Ukraine crisis has increased public openness to refugees and reversed some of the concerns generated by the pandemic,” IPSOS said.A report by the UN body showed on Thursday that some 89.
Since then, millions more have fled Ukraine or been displaced within its borders, with price hikes linked to blocked grain exports set to stoke more displacement elsewhere.
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