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"An international survey of almost 22,000 adults across 29 countries found British people had the third-most enthusiastic outlook towards refugees, just behind Spain and New Zealand."

Edit: Just found the actual report by Ipsos. We are #1, not #2. Fixed the title.

Edit 2: We're also the most likely to agree that refugees make a positive contribution to our country (70%). And here's the breakdown on the central question:

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You wouldn't be able to tell based on our quotas, which are some of the lowest per capita in the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I mean, this pretty much explains it doesn't it. The higher per capita countries are more likely to want to slow down refugee intake, and the lowest ones like us a more likely to be happy to increase the number we take.