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Year: 2025
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 agree 20
Agree 29
Neither agree nor disagree 21
Disagree 13
Strongly disagree 11
I don't know 5


 

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 21 19
Agree 28 31
Neither agree nor disagree 20 22
Disagree 13 14
Strongly disagree 14 9
I don't know 4 6


 


 

Results for people of different ages

 
%
 18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+
Strongly agree 27 24 16 18 15 20
Agree 25 31 27 26 35 30
Neither agree nor disagree 17 18 24 21 22 23
Disagree 18 9 11 18 15 12
Strongly disagree 11 14 15 11 9 9
I don't know 3 4 7 5 4 6


 


 

Results for people of different religions

 
%
 CatholicProtestantNo religion
Strongly agree 21 9 33
Agree 37 24 28
Neither agree nor disagree 21 23 16
Disagree 9 20 10
Strongly disagree 6 19 7
I don't know 4 4 7


 


 

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