Poll: Voters believe keeping refugees in detention is cruel

February 25, 2017
Issue 

Australians overwhelmingly believe keeping asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru indefinitely is cruel, but are evenly split on whether they should be resettled in Australia. 

This was the result of a survey by Roy Morgan Research over February 18 to 19.

The poll found a majority of voters in Victoria (52%), NSW (51%) and Tasmania (58%) supported bringing those on Manus and Nauru to Australia.

A majority of voters in Queensland (53%), WA (57%) and SA (54%) opposed resettlement in Australia.

Voters under 24 were more likely to support resettlement in Australia (58%) and the strongest opposition was among those aged between 50 and 64 (57%).

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