A new poll shows that most Brits want to either “keep the door firmly shut” against Syrian “asylum seekers,” or don’t know, as British politicians are warming to the idea under withering pressure from the humanitarian industrial complex.
From the Mirror:
YouGov asked:
“Some European countries are agreeing to each admit a few hundred of the people in the Syrian refugee camps. Do you think the United Kingdom should or should not also agree to admit a few hundred refugees from Syria to settle here?”
The answer? The British public are a lot less keen than some of our political leaders.
Just 39% of us think we’ve got room for a few hundred displaced Syrians. 47% think we should refuse to admit them, and 14% don’t know. Supporters of Ukip were more inclined to say no – 71% did – and over half of the Tory voters polled also said we should keep the door firmly shut.
Those demonstrators at Calais, France last fall sure didn’t help the cause of Syrian “refugees.”
Someone should do a poll in America! Should the US take thousands of Syrians this year? I think the results would be very similar to those found in the UK.