Concerns about ‘too many refugees’ have eased since last autumn, results suggest
Two-thirds of respondents say they would be happy to have Ukrainian refugees in their locality. Photograph: Getty ImagesMore than half of all voters say that Ireland should continue to accept all Ukrainian refugees who arrive in Ireland and two-thirds say they would be happy to have Ukrainian refugees in their locality, the latest Irish Times/Ipsos opinion poll shows.
While there are concerns that too many refugees from Ukraine have arrived, the results of Friday’s poll suggest that those concerns appear to have eased since last autumn. Under half of voters say there are “too many refugees in Ireland now”, while 43 per cent disagree. However, the numbers suggest that at least some of those who believe there are too many refugees here also believe that Ireland should keep taking them.
In a similar Ipsos poll for The Irish Times last year, 60 per cent of voters said they were concerned about too many Ukrainians coming here, while just 36 per cent said that Ireland should continue to accept Ukrainians “no matter how many arrive”.
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