Nielsen Poll 23-25 August 2012: Asylum Seekers

Majority Support Asylum Seeker Decision

Key Findings:

• 67 percent support offshore processing of asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea and Nauru
  
• 48 percent support the decision to increase the number of refugees Australia accepts from 13,750 per year to 20,000 per year; 49 percent are opposed.

A majority of Australians support the decision to resume offshore processing of asylum seekers according to the latest Nielsen Poll.

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