UK is among countries with the most positive attitude towards refugees, poll finds

A group of people are brought into Dungeness, Kent, by the RNLI after a small boat incident in the Channel. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Britons have among the most positive attitudes towards refugees in the world, a new global poll has found, despite increased hostility from the UK government to asylum seekers.

An international survey of almost 22,000 adults across 29 countries found British people had the third-most enthusiastic outlook towards refugees, just behind Spain and New Zealand.