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Britain split on taking Palestinian refugees from Gaza
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https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/30/britain-split-on-taking-palestinian-refugees-from-gaza
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British people are split over whether the UK should welcome in refugees fleeing the war in Gaza, even as the situation for millions of Palestinian civilians becomes ever more uncertain as Israel rolls out its ground offensive.
According to new research by YouGov, 31% of Britons think that their country has a moral obligation to take in Palestinian refugees escaping Gaza, while 45% said that the UK has no such duty and 24% admitted they didn’t know how to feel about it.
In a similar way, British people were divided in their opinion of how the UK government is acting in regards to helping Palestinian refugees, with 13% saying it’s doing too much, 25% saying it’s not doing enough, 24% saying it’s doing about the right amount of effort and 38% saying they didn’t know.
The conflict itself has proven divisive in the UK, with 19% saying their sympathies lie with Israel, 17% with the Palestinians, and 32% saying they support both sides equally.
This division also follows party lines, with 57% of Labour voters supporting the initiative compared to only 24% of Conservatives.
Thousands of people joined pro-Palestinian protests in London in the past two weeks, voicing their solidarity with civilians living in the Gaza Strip and calling for a stop to Israeli bombardments.
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