UK public support for Syrian refugees slumps

A new survey says that support for resettling Syrian refugees in Britain has slumped in the wake of the Paris attacks.

According to the poll conducted by YouGov, 49 percent of the respondents believed that the UK should accept fewer or no refugees at all.

The proportion of respondents who believed Britain should take more refugees had fallen from 36 to just 20 percent since the last survey taken in September. 

Meanwhile, 79 percent of respondents said they were worried that the ISIL militants also known as Daesh will try to launch a terror attack in Britain.

Earlier, Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to accept 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020, the first 100 of whom arrived in Glasgow on Tuesday.

Amnesty International issued a warning to European leaders on Wednesday urging them to continue welcoming refugees, despite fears of more Islamic State-linked terror attacks.

Amnesty International’s Director for Europe and Central Asia, John Dalhuisen said “giving in to fear … will not protect anyone.”

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