'Manufactured panic': Immigration not near top of most people's concerns, poll suggests

Only a 4th of radical deliberation migration is an important contented locally - and interest astir it is "a manufactured panic," it has been claimed.

A YouGov canvass recovered lone 26% of radical said migration and asylum was 1 of the 3 astir important issues facing their community.

This was fractional the 52% who said it was 1 of the biggest problems facing the state arsenic a whole, and enactment migration seventh connected the database of important section problems down issues similar outgo of living, health, crime, and housing.

Saeema Syeda, of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), said the canvass "proves what we've been saying each on - determination is nary migration crisis".

She said: "It's a manufactured panic, pushed by immoderate politicians and parts of the media to distract from what really matters to people.

"Across our communities, we stock the aforesaid priorities - making ends meet, accessing healthcare, decent schools and unafraid homes. We request to extremity scapegoating and look for solutions."

The poll, which was commissioned by run radical Best for Britain, recovered the outgo of surviving was the apical contented for radical some nationally and locally.

But portion migration was the 2nd astir important contented for radical nationally, wellness was ranked 2nd locally, followed by the economy, crime, housing, and jobs.

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Among those who voted Labour astatine the past wide election, 56% of radical mentioned the outgo of surviving arsenic a large nationalist contented and 39% mentioned the economy, compared with 34% who said migration was a large problem.

Best for Britain said the findings showed that "for astir people, including those captious to Labour's electoral coalition, concerns astir migration are not based connected idiosyncratic experience".

The YouGov canvass surveyed 4,368 British adults betwixt September 5 and 10.