Concern about Asylum Seekers (based on information about arrivals)

Q.  Actually, the number of asylum seekers reaching Australia by boat has fallen by more than half in 2011 compared to 2010. Based on that information, now how concerned are you about the number of asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
Very concerned	33%	24%	43%	9%
Somewhat concerned	25%	27%	30%	11%
A little concerned	20%	23%	17%	26%
Not at all concerned	19%	25%	8%	50%
Don’t know	3%	2%	1%	3%

When told that the number of asylum seekers arriving by boat had fallen by more than half, 33% said they were very concerned (down 10% from the earlier question), 25% somewhat concerned (up 1%) and 39% a little or not concerned (up 9%).

The shifts were similar across all demographic groups.