Survey finds that Derry and Strabane most welcoming to asylum seekers


Derry City and Strabane district ranked highest in the percentage of people who agreed that asylum seekers should be allowed to stay in Northern Ireland at 75%, while Fermanagh and Omagh topped both the percentage of those who felt indifferent at 23% and disagreed at 14%.

The findings are from data that was recorded over 2021 and 2022 that was released today by the Executive Office.

Lisburn and Castlereagh and Belfast also had a 75% rate of those who agreed.

Meanwhile Mid and East Antrim showed the same level of indifference and rate of those who disagreed as Fermanagh and Omagh.

Mid Ulster also had a 14% rate of respondents who disagreed with asylum seekers being allowed to stay in Northern Ireland.

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