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World Becoming Less Accepting of Migrants, Poll Finds

Aline Barros

   As the European Union introduces a new migration and asylum plan after
   a blaze at an overcrowded camp in Greece left thousands without
   shelter, a [1]poll released Wednesday shows the world is growing less
   accepting of migrants.

   North Macedonia, Hungary, Serbia and Croatia led the Gallup index of
   the world's least-accepting countries, but several South American
   countries also became markedly less welcoming of migrants, the survey
   found.

   According to Gallup's latest update of its Migrant Acceptance Index, on
   a range from zero to nine, the global score on the index declined from
   5.34 to 5.21 between 2016 and 2019. The score determines people's
   acceptance of migrants based on increasing degrees of personal
   proximity to migrants.

References

   1. https://news.gallup.com/poll/216377/new-index-shows-least-accepting-countries-migrants.aspx

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