Majority of UK, China and Germany People Welcomes Refugee

When it comes to accepting refugees into their country, the people of China, Germany and the U.K. are the most welcoming, while Russians, Indonesians and Thais are the least. The result is based on the Refugees Welcome Index, based on a survey of more than 27,000 people across 27 countries.

The 27 nations across all continents were then ranked with the average (median) score.China emerged top of the list with the overall index score of 85.

Germany was second top, scoring 84. Merely 3% of Germans would deny refugees entering their country. The UK (83) was in third place with 58% of those questioned prepared to accept refugees in their country, with 11% refusing.

As the least welcoming country, 61 percent of Russians surveyed expressed they would not let refugees in their country. Poland, Hungary and other former communist east European states say immigration, especially from the Muslim cultures of the Middle East, would hinder their homogeneous societies.