Asylum seekers

Q. Would you support or oppose the following actions regarding the refugees being held on Nauru?

	Total support	Total oppose		Strongly support	Support	Oppose	Strongly oppose	Don’t know
Close the detention centre on Nauru and transfer all the remaining asylum seekers to Australia	37%	42%		14%	23%	17%	25%	22%
Transfer the families and children from Nauru to Australia	40%	39%		15%	25%	17%	22%	21%
Keep all asylum seekers on Nauru indefinitely	35%	43%		15%	20%	22%	21%	23%

 

 

	Total support		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other
Close the detention centre on Nauru and transfer all the remaining asylum seekers to Australia	37%		51%	32%	68%	18%
Transfer the families and children from Nauru to Australia	40%		53%	36%	65%	21%
Keep all asylum seekers on Nauru indefinitely	35%		26%	42%	17%	58%

 

37% support and 42% oppose closing the detention centre on Nauru and transferring all the remaining asylum seekers to Australia. Those most likely to support were aged under 34 (48%), university educated (48%), Labor voters (51%) and Greens voters (68%).

40% support and 39% oppose transferring the families and children from Nauru to Australia. Those most likely to support were aged under 34 (51%), university educated (52%), Labor voters (53%) and Greens voters (65%).

35% support and 43% oppose keeping all asylum seekers on Nauru indefinitely. Those most likely to support were other party voters (58%).