28 Sep, 2018 @ 12:13
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Spain among most welcoming countries for refugees

Felipe Passolas
JOY: Safe arrival at Motril port ©FelipePassolas

SPAIN is officially one of the most welcoming countries for refugees.

According to a new study by the Pew Research Centre, 86% of Spaniards support those arriving in Spain after ‘fleeing war and violence’.

It was the highest percentage of 18 nations surveyed, including 10 European countries.

Only 13% of Spaniards would ‘oppose accepting refugees fleeing violence and war’.

Italy, Poland and Hungary were the least welcoming countries for refugees in Europe

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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