According to a new Saar Poll survey conducted for the Ministry of the Interior, 55 percent of Estonian inhabitants believe that admitting refugees would have a somewhat negative effect on the country. Eight percent say admitting more refugees would be positive.
This is against a background where, in sharp contrast to other Nordic countries, only a few refugees receive asylum each year. The survey found that awareness is low as to how many refugees have been admitted (47 since re-independence) and how many applications are submitted each year (87 in 2013).
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