Western Europeans say immigration is too high and poorly managed, survey finds

Survey comes days after anti-immigration AfD doubled its score in the German election. Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

Most western Europeans think immigration over the past decade has been too high and their governments have handled it badly, with more believing immigration has been negative for their country than not, a survey has shown.

Days after the far-right, anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) doubled its score in a German election dominated by the question, the YouGov poll found majorities in all seven countries surveyed felt immigration had been too high.