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Year: 2024
Module: Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable: ASEMP

How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement about asylum seekers in Northern Ireland?
An asylum seeker is someone seeking refugee status who has not yet received a decision from the Immigration Authorities on whether their application has been successful or not.
Asylum seekers should have the same access to employment as the rest of the Northern Ireland population.

 
%
Strongly agree17
Agree38
Neither agree nor disagree19
Disagree15
Strongly disagree7
I don't know4



 

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Results for men and women

 
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 17 17
Agree 38 38
Neither agree nor disagree 18 21
Disagree 16 14
Strongly disagree 9 6
I don't know 3 5



 


 

Results for people of different ages

 
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 30 18 15 17 17 14
Agree 29 33 43 35 43 41
Neither agree nor disagree 25 22 18 20 16 16
Disagree 9 14 13 15 17 17
Strongly disagree 3 9 7 11 6 6
I don't know 5 4 4 3 2 6



 


 

Results for people of different religions

 
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 18 9 27
Agree 45 33 39
Neither agree nor disagree 19 21 14
Disagree 13 19 11
Strongly disagree 3 12 6
I don't know 2 5 2



 


 

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