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Year: 2024
Module: Minority_Ethnic_People
Variable: ASYLUMNI

The next set of questions are about refugees and asylum seekers in Northern Ireland.
Refugees are people who have been given permission to stay in the UK because they have been persecuted in their home country.
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.
Thinking about people who come to Northern Ireland to get away from persecution in their own country. How much do you agree or disagree that these asylum seekers should be allowed to stay in Northern Ireland?

 
%
Strongly agree23
Agree36
Neither agree nor disagree21
Disagree10
Strongly disagree6
I don't know4



 

Go to results for men and women, people of different religions, and people of different ages.
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Results for men and women

 
%
 MaleFemale
Strongly agree 23 23
Agree 39 34
Neither agree nor disagree 19 22
Disagree 9 11
Strongly disagree 7 4
I don't know 2 5



 


 

Results for people of different ages

 
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 26 23 22 22 26 22
Agree 36 28 32 33 40 46
Neither agree nor disagree 21 22 26 24 20 14
Disagree 9 16 8 9 9 9
Strongly disagree 5 7 7 8 4 4
I don't know 3 4 4 5 1 4



 


 

Results for people of different religions

 
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 25 14 36
Agree 40 33 36
Neither agree nor disagree 20 26 15
Disagree 8 14 7
Strongly disagree 2 9 5
I don't know 5 4 2



 


 

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