UK attitudes to immigration among most positive internationally
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Public opinion has shifted a huge amount in a relatively short space of time.
The UK public have among the most positive attitudes to immigration, according to a new study that ranks the country at the top of an international league table as the most accepting of new arrivals.
Of 17 countries, the UK is least likely to say the government should place strict limits on the number of foreigners who can come to the country or prohibit people from coming altogether. 31% of the UK public hold this view, compared with 35% of people in Germany and 39% in Canada – the next-most accepting countries on this measure.
At the same time, 68% of the UK public think we should either let anyone come to who wants to or let them come as long as there are jobs available – the highest of any nation.
The study was carried out by the Policy Institute at King’s College London for a major new research programme as part of the World Values Survey, one of the largest and most widely used academic social surve...
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