Taipei Times
Date: Aug 20, 2016
By: Abraham Gerber / Staff reporter
The nation is divided over accepting refugees, giving foreign aid and other measures intended to increase international participation in the face of Chinese-imposed diplomatic isolation, according to the results of a poll released yesterday by the Association of Foreign Relations.
More than 37 percent of respondents said they were opposed to accepting any refugees, while about 40 percent supported accepting some refugees and 10 percent supported accepting larger numbers, the poll showed.
Most of the 10 percent of respondents who refused to answer were likely opposed to accepting any refugees, choosing not to answer because of a social acceptability bias, association secretary-general Huang Kwei-bo (黃奎博) said, adding that the results should give the central government “food for thought.” [FULL STORY]