FARMING POLL 2015: Over 50% of farmers say ‘enough refugees’

More than half of farmers say Ireland should not take in anymore refugees.

FARMING POLL 2015: Over 50% of farmers say ‘enough refugees’

However, the poll was conducted prior to the heightening of the refugee crisis and before the publication of the harrowing photographs of toddler Aylan Kurdi, and the subsequent moves by EU authorities and the Government to provide sanctuary for a much higher number of refugees than was previously the case.

In a reversal of the pattern in other sections, support for allowing more migrants into Ireland was strongest among the oldest age group, those aged 65 and over, at 40%, whereas just 23% of those aged under 34 agreed.

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