CBOS: 58% of Poles against taking in refugees

The majority of Poles are still against taking in refugees from war-torn countries, the latest survey by pollster CBOS revealed. About 58 percent of respondents do not want to accept any refugees in Poland, whereas 34 percent say the country should provide them with a temporary shelter and 4 percent are in favor of refugees' permanent settlement. In the August poll, 60 percent of respondents admitted that their attitude towards refugees has not changed even after celebrating World Youth Day, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. Earlier in July, a study by PEW Research Center showed that Poles have one of the worst attitudes in Europe toward refugees from the Middle East. Some 75 percent of Polish citizens claimed then that refugees are a burden on Poland. The poll was conducted as face-to-face interviews (1,033 Poles aged over 18) along with computer aided CAPI on August 17-25.